IL SOGNO DEL MARINAIO

IL SOGNO DEL MARINAIO

Featuring MIKE WATT

plus guests

HOT HEAD SHOW GINOLA SIMON BIRD

Il Sogno del Marinaio is the latest musical venture from ex-Minutemen bassist, Mike Watt. A highly respected figure in contemporary music and the embodiment of the D.I.Y punk spirit, Watt is regarded as being one of the most original and influential bassists of all time. His four-decade spanning career has seen him create some of the most critically acclaimed, genre-defying music of recent times while always managing to be both exciting and unique.

It was in 2005 that Watt was first introduced to guitarist Stefano Pilia, a renowned musician at the forefront of the Italian avant-garde music scene, while he was touring Italy. Pilia has created some of the most sonically experimental and intriguing music that has led him to work with artists as diverse as David Grubbs and Phill Niblock. The two remained friends and in 2009, together with drummer Andrea Belfi – a multitalented drummer who gained international interest from his 2006 project Between Neck & Stomach – the trio set out to make music that was both organic and original.

The band will be playing material from “la busta gialla”, which is set to be released in January 2013 via Clenched Wrench records. Mike says of the forming of the band: ‘I was invited to join them in playing six shows in Italy during the late fall of 2009. We needed material for these shows and I thought that if we were going to come together to do that then why not also record the stuff for an album? The resulting sound is the three of us coming from different places and joining together to make a sound singular to the dynamic between us’

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HOT HEAD SHOW

Hot Head Show are a London-based all-male trio who have been described as “the tightest nuttiest silliest-psychobilliest reggaecore robo-lobobenders of profanity deluxe-imum to tha maximum stylee”. They are Jordan Bennett, Vaughan Stokes and Beatamax.

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GINOLA

Ginola are a fierce three-piece post-punk band that blend the sonic aggression of Black Flag with the moody dramatics of Joy Division to thrilling effect. Literally assaulting the senses with every note, the band hope to one day catch the attention of the NME or maybe even the Guardian.

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SIMON BIRD

Simon Bird is a 22 year old independent, Dublin based producer (originally from England’s South West). Between November 2010 and October 2011 he independently released 5 EPs. His fifth and most successful EP ‘V’ was also re-released in early 2012 in a limited run of 12″ Vinyl.

Over the last year since the release of ‘V’ he has released his first full length album ‘Sport’ to critical acclaim, both in Ireland and abroad.

TICKETS

€6 (€5 door) available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings from WaV).

Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm