The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
ROCKTALK GIG GUIDE
Southern rocker Dan Baird returns to the Green Hotel this weekend.
The former Georgia Satellites frontman is in Kinross on Sunday with his band Homemade Sin following a superb debut appearance at the venue last June.
Baird was forced to cancel tour dates after that due to leukaemia-related complications but thankfully he’s back to health and is touring the UK. Atlanta-based Georgia Satellites’ single Keep Your Hands To Yourself and their eponymous debut album both reached number two in the USA in 1987 before the ferocious Battleship Chains charted over here.
Baird’s solo debut Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired appeared on Def American in 1992. Two further albums and a stint in roots rock supergroup The Yahoos followed before 2005’s first Homemade Sin set Feels So Good.
The four-piece also includes ex-Jason & The Scorchers guitarist Warner Hodges and Satellites drummer Mauro Magellan. Tickets for Sunday’s 8pm gig are £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
Scottish indie favourites The Dykeenies are at Church tomorrow night.
The Cumbernauld fourpiece formed in 2005 and released two albums, 2007’s Nothing Means Everything and Canyon Of Echoes (2011), before splitting up in 2012.
Brothers Brian and Andrew Henderson, Steven Ramsay and John Kerr regrouped for shows last May and they’ve just dropped a comeback EP, I Wanted To Show Her All The Beautiful Things In The World.
Tickets for the Ward Road gig are £16.50 from www. gigsinscotland.com
Breaking bands are playing a marathon benefit in honour of Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison in Perth on Sunday.
The Green Room is hosting the charity gig, with proceeds going to mental health and suicide prevention causes Andy’s Man Club and Help Musicians.
Among those supporting the event – dubbed Tiny Changes after lyrics from the band’s song Heads Roll Off – are twice Scottish Album Of The Year Award-nominated Paws, Glasgow synth-goth outfit The Ninth Wave, Perthshire-based alt rockers Josef Lawrence and The Hypocrites and indie folkster Withered Hand.
Others involved include Concrete Boots, Dante, Tragical History Tour, John Wheels, Olivia Watson, Mike Lee, Blair Davies, CX3, Alyson Bell, Amy Lou and Dragon.
Admission and raffle proceeds and a cut of the bar takings from the Canal Street event are going to the charities. Art student KayaLana Fraser’s new short film showing local musicians talking about mental health issues is also being screened.
The music’s on from 2pm to 11pm.
It’s the annual MoFest in Angus this weekend, with English popsters The Hoosiers headlining at Montrose Town Hall tonight (www.ticketweb.co.uk).
Ex-Goodbye Mr MacKenzie trio The Filthy Tongues are showcasing songs from new album Back To Hell and revisiting past glories at a free hall show tomorrow, with Dundee outfit Joke In The Hole at Montrose’s Northern Vaults on Sunday. Both start at 2pm.
A guitarist who channels classic rock touchstones is in Perth next week.
All the way from America’s Midwest, slide exponent Tommy Bentz’s power trio plays the Fair City’s Green Room on Thursday. The hardgigging Wisconsin-based outfit have been honing their Allman Brothers-meets-Van Morrison Southern jams since 1999.
Known for his accomplished solos and standout slide playing, Tommy’s been likened to Cream-era Eric Clapton, with other influences including Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.
The band’s latest tour is to promote their Friend Or Faux album, with the Perth show starting at 9pm.
Heavy riffing Scottish quartet Anchor Lane head up a four-band gig at Church tonight.
The Glasgow outfit are influenced by the likes of Queen, Blackstone Cherry, Alter Bridge, Rival Sons and Foo Fighters and have made a mark on the metal scene with their gritty sound and energetic live shows.
Hard rockers Rum Runners, Millsyeck and Dundee-based Bravado provide support, with tickets £7 from tickets-scotland.com
Four of Scotland’s fastrising female-led bands are playing Perth tomorrow.
Spiky garage noiseniks Lucia head up the Green Room’s She Rocks! event – billed as “a celebration of the vibrancy, love and energy that women bring to the creative industries”.
They’ll be joined by hard rocking Erin Bennett and her five-piece band, post-punk electro-inspired 100 Fables and Edinburgh-based countryfied grunge trio Betty And The Bass.
Tickets are £3, with proceeds going to Women’s Aid.
Oasis tribute band Stop The Clocks are joined by Fair City outfit The Sandemans at Perth’s Green Room tonight from 8.30pm. Tickets are £5 from the venue or online.