Month: July 2011

LOOK AT MISS OHIO

LOOK AT MISS OHIO – Celebrating the Music of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Brought to you by Pauline Scanlon, Noelie McDonnell, Noriana Kennedy, Nicola Joyce, Christof, Sean Regan, Trevor Hutchinson and Gerry Paul. This special handful of Irelands finest roots musicians will teem together to perform an evening of songs from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.

UKERISTIC CONGRESS

Whelanslive.com presents UKERISTIC CONGRESS in Whelan’s Front Bar – 7pm-9pm – FREE ENTRY

PAUL CREANE & THE CHANGING BAND + THE DARLING SINS

PAUL CREANE & THE CHANGING BAND + THE DARLING SINS + guests ”Tackling any project by yourself can be a lonely process but that is how it all began for Wexford’s Paul Creane when he embarked on recording his debut album, Tommy Black And The Twelve Days Of Lucy. Help soon appeared in the guise of a… Read more »

IRISH RED CROSS FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR EAST AFRICA FOOD CRISIS

Irish Red Cross fundraising event for East Africa food crisis OPEN MIC…. COMEDY AND LIVE MUSIC Featuring: DJ M SYKES plays a set of commercial house music. Live performances from Comedians Trevor Browne and Enda Whitney Confirm on facebook HERE

FUDAN

Wizbang Productions presents FUDAN + NAOISE ROO and more “IF WE ONLY HAD PAWS” ALBUM LAUNCH Fudan is a Chinese word, meaning “Heavenly light shines day after day”. That’s quite a title to try and live up to if you’re in the band.

DEAD SCHOOL

DEAD SCHOOL + JONES APOLLO What if Ian Curtis had been on speed instead of caning downers? In an alternate reality, Dead School may be writing an album in a similar orbit but different solar system to Unknown Pleasures.

PAVLOV’S DOGS

PAVLOV’S DOGS + DWELLING FOR JACKALS Pavlov’s dogs are a dirty, soulful rock and roll band. The band’s tone isgeared towards a rootsy authentic sound combining bright guitars withraunchy blues inflected vocals.

WHEN GOOD PETS GO BAD

WHEN GOOD PETS GO BAD + RADIO FRIENDLIES & THE NORTH SEA When Good Pets Go Bad are a Cork based four-piece, this raucous off-kilter power pop-machine deliver a visceral and chaotic live show taking influence from everything from Buzzcocks and Sonic Youth to 60’s pop such as the Shangri Las. When Good Pets Go… Read more »

DAPHNE IN THE ATTIC

DAPHNE IN THE ATTIC + THE ALTERED HOURS & THE NORTHERN DRONES Daphne in the Attic come crawling out of Cork’s rural undergrowth to blend ‘Voodoo Grunge’ and ‘ Swamp folk’. Formed after meeting the 87 year old folk singer ‘Daphne’, it was decided that the band would channel her mystic visions throughout their music…. Read more »

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

Whelanslive.com presents From the USA WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM + WOLVSERPENT During the Summer of 2002 at an Earth First rendezvous in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, guitarist Nathan Weaver was inspired to create a band that merged a Cascadian eco-spiritual awareness with the misanthropic Norwegian eruptions of the 90’s.