Glasgow music Anathallo
Eclectiv (Engine 7, The Lotus Project and Keser)
Someones Sons, The 1,2,3’s, The Shakes, Alan Cranney
black velveteens
Weekly eclectic collective.
‘Boy in the Corner’ single release
Alt. rock and funk
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Pop
PCL presents: mr. hudson
George Thorogood
No Tribe (Musicians of Bremem, Eddy and the T-Bolts, Psycho Babe)
Alt. R&B
Blues rock
Throw rocks against your ear drums. Weekly.
Kid British, Skint & Demoralised
The Fire & I, The Detours, The LaFontaines
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £6.50
Indie ska and dancehall
Alt. indie electro
Example, Flamboyant Bella
Tukoo, I am Machine, Master Katana
ABC, 19:00–23:00, £7
the Latecomers
Wonky pop tour
Americana indie folk
Lynyrd Skynyrd SECC, 19:30–23:00, £38
Experimental acoustic Glasgow-based outfit
Iconic southern rock
Wreckin Pitt presents: Left Alone
Maggie Mays, 20:00–23:00, £5
13th Note, 20:30–23:00, £3/4
Mon 25 May Dr Hook
Òran Mór, 19:00–22:00, £18
ABC, 19:00–23:00, £17.50 (sold out)
Out of the Swim, Dean Queasy, Traite Walker Rio Café, 20:00–00:00, Free
Experimental pop
Annie Keating
Brel, 20:00–22:00, £10
New York-based singer/ songwriter
Live at The Mill (Marlow, Hercules Mandarin) The Mill Glasgow @ Òran Mór, 20:00–22:30, Free
Showcase double-bills for the best upand-coming acts. For more information on these gigs go to: http://www.themill-live.com
glider, the plimptons
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Gran Ronde
Shoegaze indie
Melodramatic pop
Stereo, 20:00–23:00, £7
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
PCL presents: VIVIAN GIRLS
The Breeders
Super indie rockers with super haircuts. Bam
American alt. rock
RML & DFC presents: Great Lake Swimmers, Sharon Van Etten, Jo Mango, Anna Meldrum
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 20:00–22:00, £17.50
Hudson Fall, Casino Brag, Lost City Lights, Inner Sight Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Rock and pop
Jean Michel Jarre
SECC, 20:00–23:00, £48.95/39.16
French composer, performer and producer
Mono Jazz
Mono, 20:00–23:00, Free
Weekly jazz night with the resident house four-piece, plus guests.
PCL presents: pains of being pure at heart
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Pop
Revelations (Baldego, Vendor Defender, Paul Cuthbert Band, The Arkanes) Pivo Pivo, 20:00–23:00, £5/1
Weekly indie.
Synergy Concerts Presents: Deerhunter Stereo, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Original tickets still valid
Thu 21 May Bell X1, The Villagers
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £8.50
Indie folk rock
AC NEWMAN, Andrew Morgan ABC, 19:00–23:00, £8.50
Alt. indie
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
The Twisted Wheel, 19:30–23:00, £8
Alt. folk
The Twisted Wheel, 20:00–23:00, £8
Folk rock
Fri 22 May Duchess Says, Little Eye
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £5
A crescendo of new, no, old and alt. waves. A veritable tide of moog-ish synthed up post punk rock for the sectarian age
STAR FUCKING HIPSTERS, The Terrors
Ivory Blacks, 19:00–22:30, £tbc
Potentially the most honest indie band name we’ve heard this side of Preston
WE ARE THE KINGS
The Cathouse, 19:00–22:30, £8
Milk Kan, Root System, ID Parade, The Bucky Rage Maggie Mays, 20:00–22:00, £5
Hip hop, bluegrass and a wee bit of punk y’all
Stereo, 18:00–23:00, £15 early bird
De Rosa, The Aliens, Optimo. For more info see www.staganddagger.com
Nickelback
SECC, 18:30–22:00, £33.50
Promoting their new album, Dark Horse
In Case Of Fire, Telegraphs, Healthy Minds Collapse
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £7
Metro prog rock with a sideline in catalogue poses
KMR Promotions presents: The Black Lips Òran Mór, 19:00–22:00, £11
Psych psych
Union of Knives
Òran Mór, 19:00–22:00, £9
Indie electro
GUNSLINGER (lan Davey, Kritikill Mass, He Hates Us, Devils Rejects) Ivory Blacks, 19:00–22:30, £tbc
Hooting tooting bag of holster rock
Who’s Who
ABC, 19:00–23:00, £11
Tribute act for playing the songs of..oh, work it out for yourself
Featuring Ray Sawyer
John Carson
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Andi Almqvist
Indie
Rio Café, 20:00–00:00, Free
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £10
Neil Halstead, Lach
Rootsy, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll
Indie folk
Michael Simons
brain surgery presents: The One Ensemble Orchestra
Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 19:00–22:00, £2
folk, blues and beyond
MANIC STREET PREACHERS Barrowlands, 19:00–22:30, £25
Alt. rock Welshies
THE BLACKOUT, Sliverstein, Hollywood Undead, The Urgency QMU, 19:30–23:00, £12.50
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Weekly indie.
Thu 28 May
Blues and folk
Sloans, Argyle Arcade, 20:00–01:00, Free
Concrete Campfire (The Sea Kings) Brel, 20:00–22:00, Free
Acoustic session
The Twisted Wheel, 20:00–23:00, £5
Sucioperro
Trigger The Bloodshed, Ingested, Khalo, Scordatura
Rock fae Ayr, like
Aussie pop rock
Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Metal and hardcore
Tue 26 May Breed 77
The Cathouse, 19:00–22:00, £10
Rock and metal
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 20:00–22:00, £6.50
aloha TV, we hung your leader, belgrade, city of statues
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Alt. indie rock
Firestorm Events presents: Warship
The Twisted Wheel, 20:00–23:00, £5
DF Concerts presents: Imelda May
Metal
Irish Punk
Rockabilly icon
Folk
The Arches, 19:30–23:00, £11
Òran Mór, 19:00–22:00, £10
Sarah Cassidy
Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Californian four piece
Mid-week grindcore and salsa
Scottish Americana
Ska, funk and blues ahoy
How To Swim, The Seventeenth Century
The Twisted Wheel, 19:00–23:00, £7
Blue Man Group
SECC, 19:30–23:00, £39.50
The face painted collective of Arrested Development fame, sadly minus Tobias
Sublime Frequencies Tour: Group Doueh, Omar Souleyman
Maggie Mays, 20:00–22:00, £5
STAG AND DAGGER
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Over the wall, Dananananaykroyd. Check out www.staganddagger.com for more info
KMR Promotions Present: Black Lips
Stereo, 20:00–00:00, £10/8.50
Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Akron Family
stag & dagger
Alt. prog gospel
Findo Gask, Hot Club DJs. For more info go to www.staganddagger.com
With Sublime Frequency DJs Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Da Capo, Explain This, SoulCircus
Maggie Mays, 20:00–22:00, £5
Alt. rock
Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
the special edition
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Rock and powerpop
Nuts and Seeds present: Prurient, Cold Cave, Ultimate Thrush 13th Note, 20:30–23:00, £4
Influential noise experimentalist
Sat 23 May
Southern fried garage rock
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Vom, The Wrong Boyfriends, The Wildhouse, The Phantom Head 13th Note, 20:30–23:00, £3/4
Sonic Youth style indie
Glasgow Americana Festival Afterparty
The Twisted Wheel, 21:00–03:00, £5
Wrap party with live acts and DJs
Soul-Fi
The Brunswick Hotel, 21:00–03:00, £5
Classic and modern soul
Sun 24 May The Hours
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £7
Neo gothic punk
Marco Cafolla Quartet
BLAZE BAYLEY, Syth, Concept of Time
Folk gospel
Jazz funk
Metal
Brel, 15:00–18:00, Free
60 THE SKINNY May 2009
Ivory Blacks, 19:00–22:30, £tbc
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 19:00–22:00, £7
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Pop and rock
Firewater, 20:00–23:00, Free
Weenliz
13th Note, 20:30–23:00, £3/4
Riotous noise beatniks
Fri 29 May
DF Concerts Present: Twisted Wheel, Detroit Social Club, Mr Kill
Maiden Scotland
Alt. indie
Rock
Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Aesthetically concerned, punked-up goth rock
DF Concerts Present: Patrick Wolf
Classic Grand, 20:00–23:00, £tbc Lauries Bar, 20:15–23:00, Free
13th Note, 20:30–23:00, £4
Punk rock
Sat 30 May Malcolm MacFarlane Quartet Brel, 15:00–18:00, Free
Jazz classics and standards
the Gosssip
The Arches, 19:00–23:00, £15
Squirrel-eating punk for the lycra-bound Indie rock
Pivo Pivo, 20:00–23:00, £5/1
Acoustic Bazooka (Marc Evans, Dougie Greig, Mark McAnaw, Rell) RML & DF present: I Heart Hiroshima
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 20:00–22:00, £10
Val Verde
Haight Ashbury, David Bova
Weekly acoustic night.
The Horrors
Revelations (Vegas Nights, The Cams and Noxx)
Rock
Pivo Pivo, 20:00–23:00, £5/1
SECC, 19:30–23:00, £25
Stereo, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Sultans of Ping FC, Black Rat Death Squad
Skitten
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Alt. psychedelic lounge stuff
The Mix-Ups, The Little Yellow Ukuleles
Canadian jazz, folk and country
Acoustic session
stag & dagger
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 19:30–23:00, £6
The Soft Pack, Titus Andronicus
Surreal rock
Brel, 20:00–22:00, Free
Meursault, White Denim, The Phantom Band. For more info see www.staganddagger.com
Misty’s Big Adventure
Big Hand, Dead Sea Souls, Pose Victorious, The Moscow Club
Glasgow Americana 2009 and Fallen Angels Club Present: Po Girl
Concrete Campfire (Kerry Fowler, Al Shields & The Wilted Roses)
GSA, 18:00–23:00, £15 early bird
Wed 27 May
Regular Music presents: Phil Campbell
Rocky powerpop
Half Man Half Biscuit, Calvin Party
The Arches, 19:30–23:00, £16
stag & dagger - Skinny stage
ABC, 19:00–23:00, £6
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 20:00–23:00, £tbc
Pivo Pivo, 20:00–23:00, £5/1
PAOLO NUTINI
Pivo Pivo, 20:00–23:00, £5/1
The Cathouse, 19:00–22:00, £7
ABC, 19:00–23:00, £6
Girls Aloud
SECC, 19:30–23:00, £30
Promoting the new album, Out of Control
White RoSe Movement, Ulterior, Romance
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 20:00–22:00, £8
Indie electronica
Casino, The Urchins, Reality Killed Us, The Gazzettas Maggie Mays, 20:00–23:00, £5
Psych rock
Cryptacize (Cryptacize) Captain’s Rest, 20:00–23:00
The Only Jones, Diobane McChuills, 20:00–23:00, Free
Indie blues
Would Be Kings, Hugo A Go Go, Shimmer, Rats Of The Capital The V Club, 20:00–23:00, £5
Alt. rock and pop
The Wendy House presents: The State Broadcasters, Team Turnip, Endor, Captain and The Kings 13th Note, 20:30–23:00, £4/5
Local indie
Sun 31 May Aiden, Tonight Is Goodbye ABC, 19:00–23:00, £10
Pop-punk
Phosphorescent
Captain’s Rest, 20:00–22:00, £tbc
Experimental two-step
No Tribe (Black Heart Fire, FNL and Tolchok) Pivo Pivo, 20:00–23:00, £5/1
Throw rocks against your ear drums. Weekly.