ROCKTALK GIG GUIDE

Book Yer Ane Fest XI takes place this weekend over three days, at three Dundee venues.

Promoters Make That A Take Records have once more pulled out all the stops to provide dozens of bands for fans of hardcore and punk at the three-day, DIY punk festival at Conroy’s Basement, Deacon Brodie’s and Abertay Students Centre.

After a Pre-BYAF warm-up night in Glasgow’s Bloc last night, the action kicks off in earnest tonight where at least nine bands, led by The Smudjas and Stonethrower and also featuring Tragical History Tour, will be performing from 4pm at Conroy’s Basement, with the main show starting at 6.30pm at Abertay.

Tomorrow’s day two features a hardcore brunch with two daytime events featuring The Spook School, Murderburgers, Kaddish and more than 20 others who will be cranking out the noise from noon at Deacon Brodie’s and 2.30pm at Abertay, along with the late show at Conroy’s Basement from Midnight.

The hardcore brunch continues on Sunday with another two daytime shows starting at noon at Deacon Brodie’s and a 2.30pm shift at Abertay, featuring more than 20 bands including Fat Goth, Billy Liar, Flatfoot 56 and Terrafraid.

Weekend tickets are available for £30 or it’s £15 and £10 for day tickets from makethatatakerecords.bigcartel.com

And if anybody is still standing and fancies a wee trip to the capital tonight, there’s a post BYAF co-promoted by Massive Nights at Bannermans in Edinburgh, starting at 7.30pm and costing £5 on the door.

Bands playing are Good Friend, Stonethrower, Tim Loud and Goodbye Blue Monday.

Also at Deacon Brodie’s tomorrow is Brian Doc Wound from 9pm, which is free entry.

2manydjs return to the Reading Rooms tonight after a crazy, hazy set last year.

The Dewaele brothers need no introduction, having carved a massive place in the industry with their initial Radio Soulwax pt2 mix, which threaded together all the best and funkiest bits from music from every genre they like.

With their band Soulwax they did much the same, covering the songs they’d made previously and remixing music of others in a dance-floor-friendly manner.

From politically incorrect prog-rock to funky R&B, from trendy hiptrop to banging German techno, this formula has seen the Dewaeles become figureheads of the dance music scene for years.

Gates open at 10pm and you can get your tickets from skiddle.com and residentadvisor. net and support comes from All Good residents Van D and Ethan Bell.

There’s an extra-special Book Club tomorrow with Dekmantel and Houndstooth regular Call Super. Cal is a DJ and musician from London who has quietly carved out his own place in the landscape of electronic music with choice cuts pushing into techno.

Tickets are £10 from Groucho’s and residentadvisor.net and gates open at 10pm.

Sunday Mass returns this week with a takeover by Wax Collective, a St Andrewsbased group dedicated to electronic music. Gates open at 10.30pm.

It’s Uncle Phil’s Ho Ho Ho’down on Thursday with MC Salum and Van D laying out all the usual party jams – from hip hop and R&B to bass, disco, house and anything else.

Tickets are £4 from residentadvisor.net and gates open at 10.30pm.

Number 57 has its weekly acoustic session tonight at 9pm. Tomorrow’s tea time teaser features Bedrock from 5.30pm, followed at 9pm by The Sixties. The Junkyard Dogs are in their usual Sunday slot at 7pm.

Cherry Bombz are unplugged tonight at McDaniels from 9pm.

Tomorrow it’s indie rock classics from Buck Rogers at 9.30pm.

On Sunday afternoon Cherry Bombz are unplugged at the City Royal in Brechin from 4pm.

The Westport Bar has covers and originals from Dundonian group Dave and Paul tomorrow at 9.30pm.

The Bank Bar kicks off its weekend of free live music tonight with Nic Madill and Connor Liam Byrne, then tomorrow it’s The Shrinks. Both start around 9.30pm.

Songwriters Sunday is hosted by Gav McGinty and Martin Tino Allan from 8.30pm.

Dave Webster’s open mic is on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

There’s classic rock and riffed up pop from Last Orders tonight at Clark’s on Lindsay Street.

The Mess Arounds play Northern Soul and Motown hits tomorrow.

Both start at 9.30pm with free entry before midnight.

The Sunday Song Club has special guests Dropkick this week. That starts at 7pm.

U2 tribute band Rattled and Hummin’ play Beat Generator Live tonight.

Tickets are £8 from Groucho’s and tickets-scotland. com and doors open at 8pm.

Tomorrow it’s Maiden Scotland playing all the classic hits of Iron Maiden.

Doors open at 8pm and advance tickets are £10 from the same outlets.

Picture: Michael Lambert. Fat Goth will be playing at Book Yer Ane Fest in Dundee.