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Nimmo Brothers
19:00 – 22:00, £16Oran Mor, 731-735 Great Western Road, West End, Glasgow, G12 8QXThe favourited Glasgow bluesmen return for another hometown show.
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Crows (Clocked Out, Drug Couple, Fifteen Dead)
19:00 – 00:00, £5Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, G41 1BADublin merrymakers Crows head to Scotland for the first time, bringing the gloomy and intense hardcore.
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Pilgrim Speakeasy (Capstin Pole)
19:00 – 22:00, £8O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JAAlternative funk machine mixing myriad genres and styles in one psychedelically harmonic whole.
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The Merrylees (Caravan Club)
19:00 – 22:00, £5 adv. (£7 door)Electric Circus, 36-39 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DFThe country-tinged Edinburgh trio bring the retro vibes, chock with hallucinogenic riffery and a load of reverb.
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Skyless (Jaded Playboy, Pirate Sans)
19:00 – 22:00, £3Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JWBlues-influed rock sounds as Skyless launch their new EP, Silence So Loud.
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No More Remedies (The Magnetic, Mark Cambull)
19:30 – 00:00, £4Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6AYHigh energy rock collides with electronic trickery as No More Remedies launch their debut album.
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We Luv Musik
19:30 – 23:00, £tbcVoodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AALive music night featuring a rota of new and established acts.
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Keith and Kristyn Getty
19:30 – 22:00, From £12Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2EARelaxed evening of modern Irish hymns with husband and wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty.
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All Eyes West (Kaddish, The Kimberly Steaks, Min Diesel)
19:30 – 22:00, £5 (incl. after-club)Kage, 4 St Andrews Lane, DundeeClassic 80s midwestern melodic punk from the Chicagoan noisemakers, all loud guitars and bass lines,
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Meadows Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary Concert
19:45 – 22:00, £11 (£9)Queen's Hall, 87-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9JGThe Meadows Chamber Orchestra celebrate 40 years of service, with Richard Michael performing a specially-arranged suite of his own pieces for jazz big band.
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The Field
20:00 – 23:30, £8The Art School Union, 468 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LWStockholm's Axel Willner fuses pop song structures with ambient textures, fractured buzzes, clicks and inventive sampling techniques as only he knows how.
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Let's Buy Happiness
20:00 – 23:00, £5Captain's Rest, 185 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9EBTyneside quintet with a penchant for wistfully-styled indie-pop, riding along on Sarah Hall's angelic vocals.
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Justified Sinners (Onzlow)
20:00 – 23:00, £5Bannerman's, 212 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1NQEdinburgh alternative rockers playing a mix of covers and original material.
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Dundee Ska Fest (Madnish, Urang Matang)
22:30 – 02:30, £10Reading Rooms, Blackscroft, Dundee, DD4 6ATAll-night ska happening, with Madness tribute act, Madnish, headlining. Plus ska DJs playing into the bedtime hours.
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The March Violets (Dead Eyes Opened)
19:00 – 22:00, £15Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, Glasgow, G1 4QDEnglish goth rockers touring with original members Si Denbigh, Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton, plus new bass player Jo Violet.
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Lucy Rose
19:00 – 22:00, £8Oran Mor, 731-735 Great Western Road, West End, Glasgow, G12 8QXThe singer/songwriter who has contributed vocals to Bombay Bicycle Club tracks strikes out on her own.
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Keith and Kristyn Getty
19:00 – 22:00SECC, Finnieston Quay, Glasgow, G3 8YWRelaxed evening of modern Irish hymns with husband and wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty.
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The Damned
19:00 – 22:00, £17.50O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JAThe seminal punk foursome tour in celebration of their 35th anniversary, playing their classic albums Damned Damned Damned and the Black Album in their entirety.
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Esther Swift, The Reverse Engineer, Mike Brown
19:30 – 23:30, £4Henry's Cellar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BJAtmospehric harp and lyrics care of folkstress Esther Swift.
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EPMD (DJ Naeem, DJ Kash)
19:30 – 22:00, £16.50The Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow, G2 8DLNYC hip-hop duo made up of MCs Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith.
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Recommended events
- 25May
Brendan Benson
Oran Mor, Glasgow19:00 – 22:00; £12The US singer/songwriter and sometime Raconteur takes to the road solo in support of his new album.
- 26May
Maple Leaves
Stereo, Glasgow19:00 – 22:00; £5Melodic folk-popsters on vocals, piano and guitar, now sans Miaoux Miaoux's Julian Corrie, but just as bloody lovely.
- 27May
Jim Bob (Gordon McIntyre, 8-Bit Ninjas)
The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow19:30 – 22:00; £8 adv.Carter USM singer Jim Bob launches his new novel, Driving Jarvis Ham, performing songs from his back catalogue, both solo and Carter USM, and reading from the novel.
- 27May
Aggi Doom (Palms)
Mono, Glasgow20:00 – 23:00; £5The dark, synth-pop Glasgow quartet launch their new 7-inch, Bring Me The Head. Mighty fine it is too.
- 28May
United Fruit
Stereo, Glasgow19:00 – 22:00; £tbcGlasgow quartet known for their all-out post-hardcore abrasion served at F1 velocity.
- 28May
Papa M (De Selby)
King Tut's, Glasgow20:00 – 23:00; £10David Christian Pajo (aka Papa M) plays solo, a rare thing for a man more likely to be found playing with the likes of Stereolab, Tortoise, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Interpol, and (currently) Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
- 30May
Vic Galloway Presents (Holy Mountain, Fat Goth, A Fight You Can’t Win)
Electric Circus, Edinburgh19:00 – 22:30; £tbcVic Galloway returns for his monthly showcase slot, where the man himself handpicks the acts for your aural delectation, this time headered by doom'n'roll Glasgow trio Holy Mountain.
