The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
ROCKTALK GIG GUIDE
Reece Hillis plays the Green Room in Perth tonight. The young soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter is soaked in the sounds of Sam Cooke, Al Green, Janis Joplin, The Doors and all the great heroes.
In 2014 Reece was a nominee for a British Blues Award, as young artist of the year. He’s supported by Empty Jhar and Lora MacLeod.
Tomorrow night at the Green Room songwriter and former Slim Chance member Drew McCulloch and his band bring some Ronnie Lane and Gallagher & Lyle classics, plus original songs.
Entry is free and the gigs start at around 9.30pm.
It’s Open Vinyl Night on Sunday from 8pm.
57 in Dundee has its weekly acoustic session tonight at 9pm.
Tomorrow it’s Chain Gang in the teatime slot from 5.30pm.
Junkyard Dogs are in their usual Sunday residency at 7pm.
There’s pop punk classics from Cherry Bombz tonight at Clark’s on Lindsay Street.
Tomorrow The Funkin’ Idiots play floor-filling funk and disco.
Both start at 9.30pm, with free entry before midnight.
There’s a special acoustic show from The Xcerts on Sunday to coincide with the release of their new album, Hold on to your Heart.
Limited tickets are available from the bar or eventbrite.co.uk for £10.
Doors open at 8pm.
Cherry Bombz also play an unplugged set tomorrow at Station Bar in Arbroath from 9pm, then on Sunday at The Neptune in Montrose at 3pm. McDaniels has acoustic covers tonight with The Lawson Brothers from 9pm. Tomorrow it’s The Wolves at 9.30pm.
It’s the first Reckless Kettle party of 2018 tonight at the Reading Rooms, with resident Fergus Tibbs on solo DJ duties.
Expect the usual mixture of techno, 80s, house, post-punk, jazz, salsa, afro beat and more. Gates open at 10.30pm and entry is £5 all night.
The Locarno boys are back tomorrow with their alternative slice of ’50s and ’60s music from rock & roll, soul and surf to pop, garage and rockabilly.
Entry is £5 before midnight (£4 for students), £7 after and gates open at 10pm.
Illustration students from DJCAD host fundraiser Club Kids on Thursday with Sycophantasy and MASKENFREIHEIT.
Entry is £5 and gates open at 10.30pm.
Tonight at The Bank Bar there’s classic rock with The Wolves from around 9.30pm.
Brothers Barry and Nicky Lawson play acoustic covers tomorrow at the same time.
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 a night of hard-rocking tuneage at Deacon Brodies in Dundee tonight from 8pm.
Houdini Said No are headlining, with support from Breeding Indium, Oh Rio, Queequegs Coffin, Neon MGM and Howlett are all there and it’s free entry.
Female fronted Dundee rockers Bravado are at Deacon Brodie’s tomorrow night from 9pm.
The Cutting Edge are at Forgan’s in Broughty Ferry tomorrow night.
The music starts at around 10pm.
Pop, rock, punk and heavy rock covers band The Suburbs are at The Pageant in Arbroath tomorrow night.
The music starts at around 9.30pm.
The Sixties are at Rewind in Seagate tomorrow night. Entry is free and the music starts around 8.45pm.