AS part of Distilled Live Scotland in New York Festival, the Mull Historical Society, a pop band, will play Thursday, Friday and Saturday in a free show at a studio in Chelsea.
The Glasgow-based Society is essentially the prolific 30-year-old Colin MacIntyre, who will bring an eight-piece band to New York to play its particular melodic brand of Britpop and hook fans with songs from their upcoming debut “Loss,” which due in June.
The band’s “Barcode Bypass” was named single of the year in the U.K., and their new single “Watching Xanadu” is already in the U.K.’s Top 40.
The festival’s lineup include writers, comedians, musicians and actors such as Alan Cumming and Kyle MacLachlan. Seminars will be held during the day.
The three-day showcase will be held at the Boylan Studios, Starret-Lehigh Building, 601 W. 26th St. Check http://www.distilledny.com for more info and to reserve free tickets.
TOMORROW: Clinic, the surgical-gear wearing band formed in Liverpool in 1997, powers up their organ-dipped garage rock from its new album “Walking With Thee,” at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., at Bowery, [212] 533-2111) tomorrow and Thursday and Maxwell’s (1039 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J., [201] 798-0406) on Wednesday.
Also tomorrow, Kevin Kinney, known for Drivin’ and Cryin’, pulls into the Village Underground (130 W. Third St., at Sixth Avenue, [212] 777-7745) to play country-fied acoustic songs from his new disc, “Broken Hearts and Auto Parts.” Openers include LP and Florence Dore.
WEDNESDAY: Stephen Bruton, an Austin-based singer/songwriter who was Kris Kristofferson’s guitarist for 17 years, plays his own country infused, bluesy R&B at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St., at Astor Place, [212] 539-8770) to celebrate his new CD, “Spirit World.”
FRIDAY: The Bottle Rockets, an alt-country rock trio, just released “Songs of Sahm,” a tribute to the late Doug Sahm, the Texas cowboy who led the ’60s Sir Douglas Quintet and then the Texas Tornados. The Bottle Rockets stir up Sahm’s Lone Star styles at Brownies (169 Ave. A, at 10th Street [212] 420-8392) on Friday and Saturday nights.
Do you think I’m Sexy? On Friday and Saturday, the amazing Loser’s Lounge crew pays tribute to Rod Stewart. The Kustard Kings and a quirky variety of New York musicians will play their last gig at the Westbeth Theatre Center (151 Bank St., at Washington Street, [212] 741- 0391), soon to be the home of The Actor’s Studio. The tribute goes on next weekend as well.
SATURDAY: Nina Nastasia’s petal-pretty voice is set against acoustic instruments on her album, “The Blackened Air.” The Chelsea-dwelling singer/songwriter will play her tunes for you at Tonic (107 Norfolk St., at Delancey Street, [212] 358-7503).