Hitlist - Music

The best gigs this fortnight

This article is from 2008.

N*E*R*D

Justin Timberlake guested at their Scottish debut in 2003 after the MTV Music Awards and while this night might not have the trouser-snake in tow, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams most certainly have what it takes to throw down a platinum hip hop show of their very own.
Corn Exchange, 08444 999 990, 22 Aug, 7.30pm, £22.

Women in Harmony

A rare couple of dates for this stellar line-up of Scots singers with serious pipes – Karin Polwart, Annie Grace and Corrina Hewat – who combine songs, stories and harmonies to produce something pretty damn gorgeous.
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 346 1405, 21 Aug, 7.15pm, 22 Aug, 9pm, £12 (£10).

The Raconteurs

Corn Exchange, 08444 999 990, 26 Aug, 7.30pm, £20.

Kate Nash

The perky princess of the piano’s debut album Made of Bricks was an unassuming delight – the occasional jarring cockneyism aside – and live, she is as engaging and talented as any of her more boisterous male counterparts currently hogging the spotlight.
Corn Exchange, 08444 999 990, 25 Aug, 7.30pm, £15.

Krol Roger

The International Festival flexes its opera muscles with some seriously full-on work, the tale of the mighty Sicilian ruler King Roger in a suitably spectacular contemporary setting.
Festival Theatre, 473 2000, 25 & 27 Aug, 7.15pm, £10–£64.

Joe Acheson Quartet

Electronic music from beyond this galaxy driven by two drummers combining with some cunning electronics and violin to produce a 21st century jazz-infused sound to behold.
The Voodoo Rooms, 556 7060, 29 Aug, 11pm, £5.