Month: October 2012

SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION

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Whelanslive.com presents SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION + guests Award winning UK collective SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION new album ‘HELLO COLD GOODBYE SUN’ out now

GRANT HART (Hüsker Dü)

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Whelanslive.com presents GRANT HART (Hüsker Dü) + guests As one of the two primary songwriters of seminal 80′s group Hüsker Dü, Grant Hart helped shape the sound and voice of indie rock to come, influencing bands that followed including Nirvana and the Pixies.

COMMON TONGUES + ALPACA JAMBOREE

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Whelanslive.com presents COMMON TONGUES + ALPACA JAMBOREE “There’s no greater feeling than being licked by the Common Tongues” Jeremy Sallis, BBC Radio Cambridge “The best new band I’ve heard in Brighton this year” Tony Marks, New Music Show, Juice FM

GYPSY REBEL RABBLE

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Live from the Window at Whelan’s GYPSY REBEL RABBLE _Plays Whelan’s Bar_ Doors 7pm – Free Entry        

RED QUEEN CONTEST

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RED QUEEN CONTEST – “Eiderdown” Single Launch – +  EXTRADITION ORDER & I AM KAII Confirm on facebook HERE To mark the release of debut single ‘Eiderdown’, Red Queen Contest play the Whelans upstairs venue on Saturday 3rd November.

SOMADRONE

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SOMADRONE – Single Launch – special guests SPILLY WALKER SUNKEN FOAL SIMON BIRD 8:30pm – Late Followed by guest DJs Confirm on Facebook HERE Somadrone sound is a lush minimalism, a sonic trip, soundtracks for early light. Beginning in 1998, with a focus on electronic pop and experimental music, each album evolves with a change… Read more »

ORPHANCODE

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ORPHANCODE + guests OrphanCode, an alternative 3-piece fromDublin, have just completed their second album ‘I Am a Country,’ with long-time producer and engineer Ger McDonnell.

PUGWASH & KEN STRINGFELLOW

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Whelanslive.com presents Double Headline Concert with PUGWASH & KEN STRINGFELLOW (Big Star) ————- PUGWASH “..one of the most highly regarded psychedelic-pop songwriters around.” – Tony Clayton-Lea, Heineken Music “The Olympus Sound is the best Irish album of the year to date” – The Irish Times Thomas Walsh is a Choice Music Prize, Meteor and Ivor… Read more »

EDDI READER

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Whelanslive.com presents EDDI READER + guests Growing up in Glasgow and Irvine, Eddi busked and performed at the local folk clubs before literally joining the circus in the early 1980s.