Clubs
TONIGHT'S hot clubbing pick in Glasgow is at the Sub Club as Bigfoot’s (£8) welcomes Californian producer Xosar (pictured), whose hardware-focused live shows speak eloquently of the influence of her adopted home city of The Hague.
The Sub Club Soundsystem hits Glasgow on Saturday and Sunday, bringing big-hitters such as Jackmaster, Tale Of Us, Mano Le Tough and Ame to the Barras Art & Design Centre on Saturday and Sunday (2pm to 11pm, day tickets £35).
Those in Edinburgh tonight should drop everything to see Awesome Tapes From Africa bring his legendary blog of the same name to life with a DJ set at Summerhall (£10). Neil Landstrumm, whose appearance in The National two weeks ago went viral to the extent that it has inspired a line of T-shirts, plays The Mash House on Saturday (11pm to 5am, £9).
All clubs run from 11pm to 3am unless otherwise stated.
Gigs
TONIGHT in Glasgow 1960s psychedelia pioneer Simeon Coxe III plays a show as Silver Apples at The Hug and Pint (7.30pm, £14), with support from Kaspar Hauser and Raza. On Wednesday at the same venue country enigma Karl Blau drops by, with support from Art Of Falling (7.30pm, £9).
East Kilbride legends The Jesus and Mary Chain will doubtless be mining their classic Psychocandy album over two nights at Glasgow’s ABC next Tuesday and Wednesday (7pm, £28).
In Edinburgh, Mogwai (left) play on both Saturday and Sunday at the Playhouse as part of the International Festival (9pm, £20 to £30). They’ll be performing their soundtrack to the new Mark Cousins documentary Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise. The shows will start at 9pm prompt, with no support.
Another superb tranche of Nothing Ever Happens Here shows at the capital’s Summerhall takes in shows from ESKA, hailed by Gilles Peterson as “one of the most important singers in the UK right now” (tonight, 7pm, £14); Edinburgh lo-fi mainstay Withered Hand and Chris T-T (Saturday, 7pm, £14); and Bill Wells (Sunday, 7pm, £12).
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