Music Monday: Gigs in Glasgow This Week

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Innocent When You Dream (Thursday 18th July | £5 | Mono)

An interesting event this, but one every fan of both Tom Waits and local music won’t want to miss. It’s been 40 years (!) since Waits released his debut album Closing Time, so to celebrate Mono are throwing a party featuring a host of local acts giving their own unique renditions of Waits’ songs. Amongst those performing will be The Rosy Crucifixion, Kaldi’s Goats, Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers, John McFarlane, Clare Simpson and many more. Plus there’ll be space for anyone in the audience who might have their own bit of Waits appreciation to share. So if that sounds like you then get yersel down to Mono this Thursday.

Mogwai: Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait (Sunday 21 July | £25 | 220 Broomielaw)

2006 saw the birth of an unholy alliance between post-rock, art-house cinema, and football in the form of Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait, a film designed seemingly either as a joke, or a proper attempt to make football seem BIG and SERIOUS. Now I’m no football fan, so the prospect of sitting through a 90 minute film consisting largely of slowed-down, monochromatic close-up’s of Zinedine Zidane’s face during the 2005 Real Madrid vs. Villarreal FC match does not really fill me with excitement. But the real draw here is probably the chance to see Mogwai perform the soundtrack live for the first time, alongside a screening of the film. The timing might seem a bit strange, the film’s been out for 7 years after all, but there’s no denying the magnetic pull the Gremlins quoting Glaswegians have on the local scene. The music is a bit of a departure (but not too much) for the band: all dark and brooding. Just like the man himself, I guess.

Miaoux Miaoux & Jonnie Common (Sunday 21 July | £5 | Stereo)

You might know Miaoux Miaoux, AKA 26 year old Julian Corrie, as the guy who should probably have won the Scottish Album of the Year award. That he wasn’t even shortlisted while derivative rubbish like The Twilight Sad and Admiral Fallow were is clearly a major injustice (though RM Hubbert’s victory is at least a blow against mediocrity). Still, it doesn’t look like Corrie is letting it get him down. Traditionally a one-man show, with Corrie multitasking across an impressive range of instruments, this Stereo gig will see him joined for the first time by a full band. The inclusion of a live drummer and bassist can only open up Miaoux Miaoux’s impressive sound, which has been described as “spacey hypercolour indie dance pop.” Support from the night comes courtesy of the equally exciting Jonnie Common, who’s sort of like a one man The Beta Band, but with an ear for pop hooks and a fantastic deadpan vocal delivery.

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