The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
ROCKTALK GIG GUIDE
• Now recognised as one of Dundee’s most vibrant and important music festivals, Book Yer Ane Fest XI has been launched with the announcement of more than 50 artists playing in three venues this year.
Promoters Make That A Take Records are presenting the festival, which they are calling Hardcore Against Immiseration – A DIY Punk Benefit Festival.
It takes place across the weekend of Friday December 1 to Sunday December 3 and all proceeds got to charity.
The three-day celebration of DIY punk music and culture aims to be a positive force while raising money and awareness for and to support the great work of many great people and organisations within our community.
What started as an alldayer in a Perth pub in 2008 now welcomes national and international artists to Dundee to perform across three venues.
They are the Abertay Student Centre, Conroy’s Basement and Deacon Brodie’s and Earlybird weekend tickets are still available at £20.
This year they are raising money for four vital services: Young Minds, Addaction, Insight Counselling and Royal Life Saving Society, while Tins For Tunes, which supports Dundee Foodbank, will be in operation throughout the weekend.
Organisers will also be operating the Donation Station in support of Dundee Refugee Support / Dundee The Caring City, www. dundeethecaringcity.co.uk/
Bands have been enlisted from across the whole of the UK, including Bird Law from Aberdeen, Cherym from Northern Ireland, Chris Snelgrove from Canada, Darko from England and Flatfoot 56 from USA.
Local bands are well catered for with gigs by Kaddish and Muppet Mule (who are reuniting after 20 years since their last show).
Other bands are coming from England, Northern Ireland as well as Scotland.
Tickets are available now fromwww. make that a take records.bigcartel.com/ product/e-tickets
• One of the most exciting techno DJS around makes a stop-off at Headway at the Reading Rooms tonight for his Dundee debut.
Dax J is a London born DJ, producer and label boss whose trademark sound is on constant rotation from the biggest DJS in electronic music.
Support comes from residents Andy Barton, Graeme Binnie and Neil Clark.
Gates open at 10.30pm and tickets are £12 from www. residentadvisor.net
Tomorrow sees the latest instalment of Jute City Jam with residents Max Galloway, Calvin Crichton and Ronan Baxter joined by Locarno’s Red for a set of old skool funk tail shakers.
Entry is £5 before midnight, £7 after and gates open at 10.30pm.
Stamina residents Matt, Chris and Rico are back at the Rooms on Thursday for Return 2 House, a start of term all night session with the best in house, Italo and disco from 10.30pm.
It’s £3 entry before midnight, £5 after.
• Cherry Bombz are unplugged on Sunday at Black Abott in Montrose from 4pm.
• Connor Liam Byrne plays an acoustic set at Deacon Brodie’s tomorrow from 6pm followed at 9pm by Bravado.
• Mcdaniels has Andy Williams tonight at 9pm then tomorrow The Directors are at 9.30pm.
• Number 57’s Friday night acoustic session kicks off at 9pm tonight.
Tomorrow sees Itchycoo Park in the tea time slot from 5.30pm.
The Junkyard Dogs are in their usual Sunday residency at 7pm.
• Barry and Nicky Lawson play acoustic covers tonight at The Bank Bar from around 9.30pm.
Tomorrow it’s Trip! at the same time.
Songwriters’ Sunday is hosted by Gavin Mcginty and Martin Tino Allan from 8.30pm.
Show off your talents at Dave Webster’s open mic night on Wednesday at 8.30pm.
• Steve Hart, Kit Clark and Chris Marra, AKA The Willin’, will be playing classic covers at 172 At The Caird tomorrow from 9pm.
• Rory Gallagher tribute act Sinnerboy play Beat Generator Live! in Dundee tomorrow night.
Advance tickets are £10 from Groucho’s or Tickets Scotland and doors open at 8pm.
• Two Wheels Good are live tonight at Clark’s on Lindsay Street, from 9.30pm.
Tomorrow night it’s the turn of Miami Vince around the same time.
Both gigs are free entry.