ROCKTALK GIG GUIDE

Dundee’s favourite highoctane alt-rockers Fat Goth are back on the road, armed with a new album and ready to vent their new-found anger on audiences.

The album Enorme! is not short on meaty riffs, headbobbing rock and a tight rhythm section that has become Fat Goth’s signature sound.

However, the boys have turned their backs on the tongue-in-cheek themes conveyed in their last three albums, where they explored the feeling of being the outsiders, the awkward unfashionable outcasts who were expert at delivering huge, heavy music with sinister humour.

Frontman, vocalist and guitarist Fraser Stewart describes Enorme! as their “angriest” effort yet, as Fat Goth’s ire has turned to the political and social nightmare we all find ourselves in.

“We live in a world where injustice and prejudices are rife and appear to increase on a daily basis, ” Fraser explains.

“Thanks to social media, we all have a platform where we can spout our outrage and condemn the things we see as wrong but when everyone is doing the exact same and simply preaching to their respective choirs, there is no debate, no engagement and ultimately, no resolve.

“We fight among ourselves allowing hatred and ignorance to cloud our judgement while those responsible continue to fly high and way out of reach of scrutiny and accountability.

“Thematically this is what Enorme! attempts to illustrate.”

Hear it for yourselves at Conroy’s Basement tomorrow.

Support comes from Bed of Wasps and Indica, Doors are at 7.30pm and it’s £5 entry.

After a year’s hiatus, MAD Sounds is back at the Reading Rooms tonight with all the best indie and alternative tunes from 10pm.

Entry is £4 before midnight, £6 after.

Tomorrow it’s Book Club with residents Is Kill and Marc JD playing disco, house and techno back-to-back for a full five-hour set.

Gates open at 10pm and advance tickets are £8 from www.residentadvisor.net or it’s £8 on the door before 11.30pm, £10 after.

Number 57 has Two Tone and Ska Club tonight with Rudeboy Sounds from 8pm.

Tomorrow, Bedrock are in the teatime slot at 5.30pm followed at 9.30pm by dancefloor funk from The Funkin’ Idiots.

The Junkyard Dogs are in their Sunday residency from 7pm.

Cherry Bombz head to ForfarFest this weekend for gigs at The Legion tonight from 9pm and Old Masons tomorrow at 3pm.

Buck Rogers play indie rock covers at Royal Hotel tomorrow at 9.30pm.

McDaniels has Run for Cover tonight from 9.30pm then tomorrow it’s Tuxedo at 10pm.

Local duo George & The Jungle will be playing all your favourite acoustic covers tomorrow at Westport Bar from 10pm.

The Bank Bar has acoustic duo Sean McGouldrick and Stephen Hart AKA Willin’ tonight from 9.30pm.

Tomorrow it’s The Shrinks at the same time.

The annual Bandathon is on Sunday kicking off at noon, with 12 hours of music from Sinderins, The Shrinks, Trip!, Song for You, Barry and Nicky Lawson, The Wolves, Brian Farrell, Lefty and Friends, Andrew Baird, Huge Mouse and Headroom.

Tickets are £5 from the bar and all proceeds go to Tayside Mountain Rescue.

Dave Webster hosts open mic night on Wednesday from 8.30pm.

The Sixties will be rocking Rewind Bar from 10pm tomorrow with the sounds of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Small Faces and many others from the swinging decade.

Kieron Smart plays stripped back pop and busking anthems at Clark’s on Lindsay Street tonight.

Tomorrow, there’s smooth pop and lush rock from Miami Vince.

Both start at 9.30pm with free entry before midnight.

The Sunday Song Club is hosted this week by Sorella, three singing sisters with stripped back guitar, drums and percussion covering a variety of well-known songs. That starts at 7.30pm. On Thursday it’s My Darling Clementine paying homage to the classic country duets.

What began life as a side project for Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgliesh is now very much part of the Country and Americana landscape, courtesy of three critically acclaimed albums, more than 350 shows across Europe and North America and numerous awards. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £10 from the bar, Groucho’s, Assai Records and www.eventbrite.co.uk

Fat Goth will channel their anger at Conroy’s Basement.