This weekends music fix

Straighten Out are called the world greatest tribute to the early years of The Stranglers and you find out how good they are tonight at The Bungalow. Tickets on the door tonight from 7pm. Tomorrow afternoon The Divas Soul are back for another session of classic Motown and Soul. The gig is free entry and doors are at 1pm. Tomorrow night is a double bill with Meteora and Limpbiscuit who will be putting on a fantastic night filled with your favourite Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit songs. Tickets on the door from 7pm. 

On Sunday it is ‘Movie Morning’ featuring a Paisley First funded film Home Alone for kids (and grown-up kids) Tickets from Eventbrite.  After the movie Merged Events are hosting a family friendly fundraiser on Sunday from 2pm and the lineup is fantastic. On stage will be Sian Clark, Pidgin, Sigurast Ragnarsdottir, Esther’s Wife, Bobby Kakouris, Rona Bryden Liv Daen, Lost Angels, Sarha Verity, Hannah Nicole, Venus in the Lake, Terra Kin, Tanzana, Save Face, Angel May, Freel Percent, Frank’s House, Mars Rivera, Abbie Gordon, Andrea, Justine Beverly and Echo. All proceeds go to Girls Rock Glasgow. Their mission is to help girls and non-binary kids play music and have a space for themselves to meet new friends There will be stalls promoting the group and they will be selling crafts. Tickets on the door from 2pm. 

The Bungalow Tuesday Open Stage starts at 7pm and on Thursday the Introducing night features Zoned Out, Monday Mob and Straw Dogs 1980. Tickets on the door from 7pm. 

Venue has a fantastic gig for all ages on Sunday from 1pm. Louise Amy and Reded Sheeran bring you a live show paying tribute to the two biggest names in the music business today, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. The set list is impressive and give you some of the biggest songs ever. You can hear all the hits from both artists live on stage by getting tickets from Skiddle.

Four great bands at The Cave this week and they are The Muldoon’s tonight at 8pm and they will be playing some of the tracks from their new album. Tomorrow The Players will be ‘playing’ from 5pm and they will be followed by The Mighty Kong at 8pm. The Weekend will be finished off ‘splendidly’ by The Splendid Sons at 6pm on Sunday. 

The Old Swan have Addiction in tonight at 8pm and tomorrow at 3pm it is Crackerman. It’s a big Soul Event on Sunday with headliners The Mc-Commitments who put on a great show celebrating the Commitments. It all kicks off at 4pm and goes all the way up to 9pm. On the decks will be John and Maria who will be playing before and after the live show. Tickets from the venue. Crawford Carlyle will be playing on Monday from 4pm and at 4pm on Wednesday it is Duncan McLellan. Lee James sings ‘Songs from the Decades’ as well as keeping everyone entertained with his comedy banter and stories on Tuesday and Thursday at 3pm.

The Keg has Francis Bondd in tonight from 9pm and tomorrow night at the same time it is Lateral Flow.  The 5-piece rock band covers modern, and classics tunes from the likes of AC/DC, Queen, My Chemical Romance, Status Quo and surprisingly they have rocking party tunes from artists like Cher and ABBA too. The Keg Sessions start at 9pm on Thursday. This is a chance to see more original bands and artists.   

Kennedys have   playing tomorrow from 3pm and over at The Inn on the Corner Rheumatoid Rockers kick off at 4.30pm. 

Open Mic/Stage sessions next week are: The Abbey at 9pm on Monday, Ugly Duck Monday at 7pm, The Gantry at 9pm on Tuesday, The Bungalow on Tuesday 7pm, The Keg on Wednesday at 8.30pm and The Wee Howff from 8pm on Thursday. The Inn on the Corner has an Open Mic on the last Tuesday of the month. Live acoustic sessions are Monday and Wednesday