Month: April 2011

GRIMES

RESCHEDULED DATE Whelanslive.com presents GRIMES + CATSCARS Whelanslive.com are thrilled to present the Irish debut of Montreal’s GRIMES on Wednesday August 3rd upstairs @ Whelan’s.  GRIMES brilliantly imaginative & skewed take on electro-pop has seen her debut album, 2010’s Halfaxa garner euphoric praise from all corners and the praise has been no less effusive for her new Ep ‘Darkbloom’ with GRIMES being… Read more »

KATIE KIM / LAURA SHEERAN – CANCELLED

***THIS GIG HAS BEEN CANCELLED*** Flaming June presents KATIE KIM LAURA SHEERAN Two of the most interesting female artists in the country have come together to form an unholy alliance this month. Waterford’s Katie Kim and Galway’s Laura Sheeran launch their split 7inch vinyl on Flaming June records at Whelan’s on Sunday May 29. Over… Read more »

ME AND THE GENERAL & MORE

Rock Out Promotions presents ME AND THE GENERAL STONEY BROKES RADIO ROOM WAILING ROGUE We are very happy to announce Me & The Generals first headline act of the summer and it’s goin to be the best you’ll get. These rockers are sizzling all over the music scene at the moment and not to forget… Read more »

JAMIE NANCI & THE BLUE BOYS

JAMIE NANCI & THE BLUE BOYS Sunday Soiree on the Main Stage Sunday live lounging moves to the main stage with some hot stepping swing, blues, lounge and jazz..but not as you know it…

ASH – SOLD OUT

MCD presents ASH + guests Legendary Downpatrick outfit Ash have just announced a show at Whelan’s on Monday, June 6th Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The media originally pegged Ash’s music as britpop when the band first found mainstream success. Ash’s full-length debut “1977” was released… Read more »

OWENSIE

OWENSIE + NORABELLE & SEEPING INTO CINEMAS “Emerges as a startling new talent with this wonderfully assured debut”, 4/5

LORCAN JAMES AND HIS BAND

LORCAN JAMES AND HIS BAND + guests Lorcan James is an emerging artist originally from Co. Meath. A year after he picked up the guitar he performed his own songs in front of 2,000 people in Rome. From that moment the desire to make music his life, began. A fledgling band he formed in Dublin never… Read more »

MATT BERRY & MARK MORRISS

www.whelanslive.com presents MATT BERRY (The IT Crowd) & MARK MORRISS (The Bluetones) – SOLO – plus very special guest PUGWASH ———————- MATT BERRY “Witchazel is enchanting, awash with delicate, twinkling melodies, its soaring trumpets…pastel sweeps of guitar and oboe.. and crafty soul-funk inflections genuinely impressive..” The Guardian “..a meaningful and wondrous work..” Dusted Magazine

THE FLAWS

THE FLAWS + guests. The Flaws release the title track from their second album ‘Constant Adventure’ on June 10th. Constant Adventure was recorded at Tumbleweed Studios in Dundalk, was self produced and mixed and engineered by Jason Varley. The end result showcases how much The Flaws have grown as a band, track after track boasts… Read more »

THIS CLUB, CHEAP FREAKS & BLACK MARKET BABIES

Fundraiser in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust – in association with Topman THIS CLUB CHEAP FREAKS BLACK MARKET BABIES TICKETS: €10 incl booking fee available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078]