Today’s news featuring 20 Years of Sleaze, Elliott Smith Night, MILK and more

I may have mentioned a load of these gigs before but I thought the full listings better go up as it’s a pretty special event. 20 Years of Sleaze is what it’s being labeled and it celebrates as you may have guessed 20 years of Nice n Sleazy’s, quite possibly Glasgow’s most popular bar is having a months worth of celebration with plenty of mouthwatering gigs and club nights for you to hit up throughout November. Here’s the listings:

Gigs (8pm – 11pm):

1st: Wild Combination featuring ITAL (100% Silk) + guests
3rd: Theme Park
4th: St Deluxe, Paws, Edinburgh School for the Deaf
5th: Gummy Stumps
6th: Woodlands Creatures
7th: Acoustic Open Mic Night with Gerry Lyons
9th: Acid Mothers Temple, Vars of Litchi
10th: Meursault, Foxface
11th: We Are The Physics, Otherpeople
12th: United Fruit, Hey Enemy, Salo
13th: Haight Ashbury (£5/£6)
14th: Acoustic Open Mic Night with Gerry Lyons
16th: Croc party
17th: William Harness
18th: The Twilight Sad (Sold Out)
19th: John Knox Sex Club, Olympic Swimmers
20th Wake The President, Aggi Doom
21st: Acoustic Open Mic Night with Gerry Lyons
22nd: MakethisRelate
23rd: Sparrow and the Workshop, Martin John Henry
24th: Dutch Uncles
26th: Django Django, Robert Redford, She’s Hit
28th: Acoustic Open Mic Night with Gerry Lyons
30th: FOUND, Over The Wall, French Wives

Clubs (11.30pm – 3am):

1st: Wild Combination featuring ITAL (100% Silk) + guests
2nd: Take it Sleazy (£2 entry)
3rd: Boom Boom! (£3 entry)
4th: David Barbarossa’s THING (£3 entry)
5th: Pandemic (£3 entry)
8th: Wild Combinaton (free entry!
10th: Freaky Freaky (£3 entry)
11th: Kino Fist (£3 entry)
12th: Wrong Island (£3 entry)
15th: Wild Combination (free entry)
16th: Not Moving (free entry!)
17th: The Rev Up (£3 entry)
19th: Bottle Rocket (£3 entry)
22nd: Wild Combination (free entry)
23rd: Durty Booty (£2 entry)
24th: Danse Macabre (£3 entry)
25th: Black Tent (£3 entry)
26th: The Hot Club (£3 entry)
29th: Wild Combination (free entry)
30th: DIGITAL WINCH w/Prolife (live) (£tbc)

Trapped In Kansas will support This Town Needs Guns at Tut’s on December 5.

The annual Elliott Smith night is back again down at Mono on October 23, featuring Endor, Male Pattern Band, The Big Nowhere, Perestroika and members of Monoganon (plus more) performing pieces of Smith’s work. It’s £4 and it all goes to a great cause, Aberlour Children’s Charity, doors at 7.30pm.

Sunshine Social play with Raymond Meade at The Captains on October 28.

Salo and Lady North play with Australian party-rockers DZ Deathrays at Sleazy’s on October 26.

Indie popsters Maple Leaves are looking for a guitarist/backing vocalist, think you’re up to it contact them at mapleleavesmusic@googlemail.com.

Interesting, a celebration of 60 years of Joey Ramone and 30 years of Giles and Rose. Featuring a full band Ramones tribute set, Neighbourhood Gout and Crasier Frane/Methodist Leisure DJ, Saturday at The Old Hairdressers £3.

Listen/Watch

Stanley Odd – The Day I Went Deaf

United Fruit – Go Away Don’t Leave Me Alone

Martin John Henry – Breathing Space (Mogwai remix)

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Little Bay – Little Prints