Month: February 2012

Whelanslive.com presents

WIZARDS OF FIRETOP MOUNTAIN

THE JIMMY CAKE

DISGUISE

Wizards of Firetop Mountain play a blend of ’70s classic rock mixed with crushing stoner rock outs and ’80s metal. 2011 has seen the band blazing a relentless trail of gigs through the country to great acclaim. They have had the honor of winning Best Irish Music Video in Drop-d Writers’ Awards 2011 for their video ‘Onwards Towards the Sun’, describing the band as “the finest in sheer rock ‘n’ roll this country has to offer”.

On stage the band do not hold back. A steady flow of heavy, pounding riffs march forth like rivers of lava errupting from the depts of their blacked souls. Their live show is pure energy and all they want to do is draw you in and party.

Their live shows have generated waves of euphoric praise from music blogs over the last year.

“There are no words to describe just how rockin’ Wizards of Firetop Mountain are. Having gigged around Dublin tirelessly, it shouldn’t be any surprise that their live performance has become so tight and vigorous” – Jonathan Keane, Drop-d

“...what their Facebook profile doesn’t quite spell out is the head-banging, fist-thumping brilliance of a WOFM show. Falling somewhere between ’70s hard rock and ’80s metal, Wizards blast out a sound so ostentatious, it’s almost hard to stomach. Almost.”

– Celina Murphy, Hotpress

“Kicking off at 3 minutes to midnight with their signature mix of loose, groovy riffing and traditional doomy presentation, the crowd laps it up like hungry bears on a floating whale carcass.”

– Born Again Nihilist

Wizards of Firetop Mountain will be releasing their debut album this year on Into the Void Records.

https://www.facebook.com/wizardsoffiretopmountain

THE JIMMY CAKE

At the forefront of Ireland’s instrumental-prog-post-space-rock scene for over a decade now, The Jimmy Cake started life in summer 2000, quickly garnering a reputation for their ferocious and semi-improvised live performances, before releasing their debut album, Brains (Pilatus, 2001) to almost universal critical acclaim. The following year The Jimmy Cake played Ireland’s largest music festival, Witnness, and followed that with the release of their second album Dublin Gone Everybody Dead (Pilatus 2002). More critical acclaim, album of the year awards and sold out shows followed. The Jimmy Cake continued to record, releasing the e.p. Superlady (Pilatus) in 2003, headlined The Roundstone Arts Festival, Spraoi Festival and filled the Rising tent at the ultimate Witnness festival. After a tour of Europe and more festival dates, the Jimmy Cake took a break to work on that difficult 4th record, releasing a split 12” on Earsugar and appearing on various Compilation albums. In 2008 Spectre and Crown (Pilatus) was released to yet more rave plaudits. The Jimmy Cake finished 2008 with a spectacular show in Dublin’s Vicar St. After some personnel shake ups the Jimmy Cake changed direction yet again, exploring their darker, prog-gier side and investing in a stack of synths, and the fruits of which will be their 5th album, released this summer, 2012. Clocking in at over seventy minutes and featuring just three tracks this will be a kraut meets prog, synth versus rhythm, Kramer versus Predator odyssey through an electric wall of teen zombie mist and will be released on delicious 180 gram double vinyl.

http://www.thejimmycake.com/

TICKETS

€7.00 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

THIS GIG HAS BEEN CANCELLED  – REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE

Aiken Promotions present….

FIXERS

The experimental surf dance quintet Fixers, hailing from Oxford,return live touring their jaw dropping debut album. A full realization of their unique blend of pop, psychedelia and world music influences.

Soaring live with five-part harmonies, sleigh bells and tight guitar lines interweaving vocals with echo drenched effects, Fixers create something live that is truly thoughtful and uplifting. They effortlessly blend the sixties psychedelic childlike innocence of Brian Wilson and Bruce Haack with the spaced out eighties avant-garde dance of Arthur Russell, Kate Bush and Tom Tom Club.

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TICKETS – CANCELLED

€11.75 (including booking fee) available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings) and www.ticketmaster.ie

AFTER THE GIG:

Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).

Whelanslive.com presents

LETHAL DIALECT

+ Guests

CHOONS FOR CHERNOBYL

– BATTLE OF THE BANDS (DIT)

In Aid of the Chernobyl’s Childrens Trust

THE FIBBS

THE AMBERTONES

SAL VITRO

DIRTY VALENTINES

THE NOTAS

Chernobyl Children’s Trust is a non-denominational, non-political, humanitarian organisation.

GLIMMERMEN

+ AUTUMN OWLS & FAMILY PLANNING

Glimmermen will launch their new EP Satellite People on March 2 in Whelan’s in Dublin with very special guests Autumn Owls and Family Planning before setting off on a nationwide tour.

THE WALLS

FULL BAND SHOW

‘STOP THE LIGHTS’

+ guests PAVLOV’S DOGS

Itʼs been six years since the release of their last album New Dawn Breaking. Six years of starts, re-starts, rewrites, scraps, scrapes, walk-outs, walk-ins, changes of direction, crèche runs, school runs, the death of the Celtic Tiger, the collapse of a country, a change of government and a new president.

KICKSTART THE SEASON

EP Launch

+  BOY VERSUS ROMEO &

ALICE CAN’T TURN LEFT

Kickstart The Season will be launching their Debut EP, It’s A Thing! It Happened! upstairs in Whelan’s with support from Boy Versus Romeo, Alice Can’t Turn Left and Radio Room.

mcd.ie presents……

LIZ LAWRENCE

+ NEEDABLES Liz Lawrence first picked up a guitar at the age of eight and first started playing in bands as a guitarist at the age of thirteen. She went on to discover her singing voice when performing and writing with a ska band.

Whelanslive.com presents

THR AMBIENCE AFFAIR

+ ELAINE MAI & BE HONEST

The Ambience Affair are renowned for front man Jamie Clarke’s impassioned vocal delivery and layered looped guitars, kept in check by the pounding rhythm section of drummer Marc Gallagher. Released to broad critical acclaim Burials is the group’s first full length album and their first release on Bluestack Records. Following their own headline tour for Burials in October/November 2011, The Ambience Affair were invited to join Lisa Hannigan on her sold-out tour of Ireland throughout December where they played to packed venues including Dublin’s Vicar Street, The Savoy in Cork and Mandela Hall in Belfast.  In December, the band also featured on Other Voices 10 which will be screened on RTE in early March ‘12.

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TICKETS:

€8 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

THE VELOURIAS

+ Guests

TRANS AUTO RADIO

The Velourias are:

Phil Keogh, Rob Pope, Nick Murtagh

Influenced by acts such as At The Drive-in, Fugazi, Manic Street Preachers and Nirvana, The Velourias are known for their raw,energetic live performances. Formed in 2009, Phil (guitar/vocals), Rob (bass/vocals) and Nick (drums) spent 2009 gigging around the UK, and writing songs. Self recorded and mixed by James Kenosha (Dinosour pile up, Pulled apart by horses) their self-titled debut album was released digitally in October 2011 and is currently available as a free download from bandcamp.

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TICKETS

€5 @ The Door

AFTER THE GIG

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

THE BOGEY BOYS

+ 2MORROWS PARTY

 Legendary Irish rock band The Bogey Boys have reformed and are playing selected dates around Ireland in March/April 2012.

 The Band was originally formed in Dublin in the Late Seventies.

Demented Promotions presents…..

MAN OVERBOARD

+ Guests

THE STORY SO FAR + STARTERS / BOARDWALK

Upstairs Venue

Man Overboard, since their inception, has always been a band influenced by and representatives of their scene. From playing shows in sweaty basements across America to clubs around the world, the band has always believed in a DIY ethic that has helped create the culture that now surrounds the band.

MOO!

Whelan’s front Bar from 6pm When the Great God of Rock n’ Roll was finished, he surveyed the panorama of long hair, guitars and drums he had created, and as he did so he noted he still had some scraps of raw material left over– a dollop of Western, a scoop of Rockabilly, a whole bottle of pure Rock n’ Roll essence itself and a few truckloads of Good Time.

STORYFOLD

+ JET SET RADIO &

LAURA ELIZABETH HUGHES

Storyfold will return to headline Whelan’s, Wexford Street on Friday, 23rd of March to celebrate the release of their brand new single ‘The Sweetest Silence’. It will see the band return to the venue following their sold out show last May.

DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THE IRISH SEA GATIBU HAVE HAD TO CANCEL.

REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE.

THE BAMBIR WILL NOW PLAY A FREE GIG INSTEAD.

GATIBU

+ ERIK NOON

Top Basque rock band Gatibu will be touring Ireland for the first time this Easter. Gatibu has taken the Basque Country by storm over the past 10 years becoming one of the most popular and most awarded in the country. Now they are looking forward to surprise and entertain Irish audiences with their lively rock and their front man’s very unique performances.

You can check Gatibu’s music on www.gatibu.net

TICKETS

Tickets: €10