Month: November 2013

THE NORTH SEA

plus guests

DEATH IN THE SICKROOM
GAR CLEARY

The North Sea are five lads from the capital’s north side. Comprising of Lee Carr on bass and Daragh Murphy on drums, Eoin Kenny takes centre stage, with guitarists Shane Monaghan and Gary Mackey completing the handsome quintet.

TUNES FOR THE TYPHOON

featuring performances from:

Dermot Lambert
The Indecent Cigar Emporium
The North Strand Kontra Band
Laura Elizabeth Hughes
Niamh Crowther

Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest humanitarian organisation, today announced it is hosting a concert in Dublin on Tuesday December 10^th in association with Whelan’s music venue in Wexford St, Dublin, as a fundraising boost for the aid agency’s emergency response in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhon Haiyan.

Entitled ‘Tunes for the Typhoon!’ acts confirmed so far include former Blink frontman Dermot Lambert, established Dublin bands The Indecent Cigar Emporium and The North Strand Kontra Band, plus two highly talented newcomers in Niamh Crowther and Laura Hughes, plus special guests. MC for the night will be the Deputy Editor of Hot Press music magazine, Stuart Clark.

Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines, was one of the strongest storms ever to hit land. Concern Worldwide has been working hard to ensure life-saving aid reaches the most vulnerable people. More info below.

TICKETS

€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet and credit card bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)

MCD.ie presents

AOIFE O’DONOVAN

plus guest

Tickets priced €12.50 inclusive of booking fee are on sale Thursday, November 28th from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and www.ticketmaster.ie and WAV Tickets

Here is Aoife O’Donovan’s story:

The thing about fossils is that they take a very long time in the making, and it’s not an entirely intentional process.

Aiken Promotions presents

GIRL BAND

[‘LAWMAN’ SINGLE LAUNCH]

plus guests

JETSETTER & SIMON BIRD

Girl Band are a four piece noise rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are made up of Dara Kiely, Alan Duggan, Daniel Fox and Adam Faulkner .

featuring –

LOU REED AFTERSHOW JAM SESSION

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featuring collaborations between the musical guests from the Main Venue Show

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.

Doors: 11:30pm

Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.

TICKETS

FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)

featuring –

FRANKO FRANKO

+guests

MILLION LITTLE GODS

Click attending on the Facebook event page for free guestlist HERE

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.

Doors: 11:30pm

Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.

TICKETS

FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)

featuring –

THE #1’s, WOMENS CHRISTMAS, JETSETTER

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.

Doors: 11:30pm

Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.

TICKETS

FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)

TRADIOHEAD

plus guests

MIRIAM DONOHUE

TICKETS

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

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).

MO HAT MO GHEANSAI & FRIENDS

plus guests

Brothers Oisín and Tadhg of Mo Hat Mo Gheansaí are coming together with friends for yet another end-of-year bash. In keeping with what is now an annual tradition, artists of repute from home and across the waters will come together again to make some magical music and a great night for all!

TICKETS

€12 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags upstairs from 11pm til late, Free Entry.

Music Network presents

ALASDAIR FRASER, NATALIE HAAS & MARÉAD NÍ MHAONIGH

Alasdair Fraser – Fiddle
Natalie Haas – Cello
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, Voice

‘The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing.’
Boston Herald

‘Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh’s beautiful airs had us begging for more. Every corner seemed to echo with her voice long after the music had stopped.’
Dublin Evening Press

The remote Hebridean isle of Iona is a unique place, sitting at the crossroads of Irish and Scottish culture and at the same time a sending place for monks and travellers sailing west to the New World. It’s the inspiration for Scots fiddler Alasdair Fraser, Californian cellist Natalie Haas and Donegal native Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh as they explore the connections between traditional Irish, Scottish and Old Time American music, following in the musical footsteps of tunes that have emigrated and found their way home once more.

The result: all the raw beauty and energy you’d expect from a community on the edge of the known world, as Haas returns the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music. It’s a dream collaboration for Fraser, long regarded as one of Scotland’s premier fiddlers and a proud ambassador for Gaelic culture and traditions. He and Haas have been creating a buzz at festivals and concert halls across Europe and America, and for this tour they are performing for the first time with the inestimable Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. One of the foremost singers in the Irish language and co-founder of trad legends Altan, Mairéad will revisit the themes of ‘Edge’ and ‘Threshold’ explored on her first solo album ‘Imeall’, together with Haas and Fraser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhBT0V5V5Fg

TICKETS

€18 (€13 on the night for students/oaps) available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078], prices may vary from other outlets. (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings). Prices may vary from other outlets.

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Silent Disco from 11pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free before 11:30pm, €5 after] plus Late Bar.

Whelanslive.com presents

REPUBLIC OF LOOSE

plus guests

Republic of Loose formed in Dublin in 2003. Their debut album “This is the Tomb of the Juice” was released on Big Cat Records in 2004 to critical acclaim in Ireland and the UK. Several tours of the U.K, US, and Europe followed including support slots with The Roots, The Neville Brothers, Dilated Peoples, Scissors Sisters, The Zutons and Alabama 3, with festival appearances at Glastonbury, T-In the Park, Reading/Leeds, Finsbury Fleadh, Furia France, Transmusikales, Nice Jazz and Oxegen Ireland. With a prestigious Meteor Ireland Music Award under their belts, the Loose went back to the studio in 2005 to begin work on the follow up to ‘This is the Tomb of the Juice’

In April 2006 Republic of Loose released their second album “Aaagh” on their own Loaded Dice Records. It debuted in the Irish album charts at No.2 receiving nominations for both Meteor and the prestigious Choice “Best Album” Awards. The album spawned four massive radio hits at home with lead single “Comeback Girl” receiving
huge airplay on U.S. radio stations Indie 103 and KCRW. This led to the lisencing of tracks from the album to ‘Real World’ producers Bunim-Murray on MTV in the US. The album spawned radio hits in France and as far afield as South-Africa, Indonesia and The Philippines. By the end of the year, the album had gone Platinum in Ireland.

Republic of Loose spent most of 2007 touring Europe and the US with sold out shows in France, Italy, Holland, New-York, Los Angeles and the U.K. A US tour with Snow Patrol preceded a series of headline gig’s in the US. In LA, the band were invited by Sex Pistol Steve Jones to perform on Jonseys Jukebox on indie.103 Later in 2007 Republic of Loose returned home to begin work on the follow up to Aaagh!.

While they were in the studio the band were approached by Sinead O’Connor to produce and perform on a track from her new album. The result was the mesmerizing Curtis Mayfield cover ‘We people(who are darker than blue). The band debuted the track with Sinead O’Connor at the 2008 Meteor Awards. As the new Loose album reached completion, Mick Pyro was invited to join Irelands leading musicians on a tribute to legendary Irish folk singer Ronnie Drew. The song brought together the finest talent Ireland has to offer on a moving tribute to the Dubliners singer.
The eagerly anticipated third album from Republic of Loose, ‘Vol IV Johnny Pyro and the Dance of Evil’ was released on May 2nd 2008. The album comes in at a ‘disc filling’ sixteen songs!, featuring guest vocals from US Hip-Hop legend Styles P and Sinead O’Connor. The album has already spawned two massive hits in ‘I Like Music’ and the bands biggest single to date ‘The Steady Song’

A national tour with sold out shows across Ireland followed. This included seven nights at Dublin’s prestigious Academy (1000 capacity). At the Dublin gig’s, the band were joined onstage by various special guests including Sinead O’Connor, Snow Patrol and Shane MacGowan.

2009 saw the Loose travelling back to the US for three sold out tours. They returned to Ireland to play at Oxegen 2009 and to open up for U2 at Croke Park on their 360 tour. In December 2009 Republic of Loose were nominated by Author Irvine Welsh in Q Magazines ‘Albums of the Century’.
The Loose have continued to license music to various films and TV shows including NBC and MTV in the US, Dr.Who confidential on the BBC and the new Gerard Depardieu film “Bouquet Final”.
Republic of Loose have been heating up the airwaves across Europe and America with national airplay from amongst others, Jo Whiley on Radio 1, Eddie Temple-Morris on Xfm, Dermot O’Leary on Radio 2, The Trophy Twins on Radio 1 and appearances on MTV2. Steve Jones has continued to champion the band in LA.

TICKETS – SOLD OUT

€22.50 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet and credit card bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)

3-event Bundle [BUY NOW]

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Aiken Promotions presents

DELORENTOS

plus guests

Gypsies on the Autobahn

Finishing off an incredible year Delorentos announce a special, intimate and triple header in Dublin on Saturday 21 December playing fan favourites, exclusive versions and maybe even some brand new material!

Starting with a full acoustic show in The Unitarian Church on Stephens Green in the afternoon, the band will move on to an intimate electric show in Whelan’s of Wexford Street and finish the night with a DJ set upstairs in the same venue.

 Tickets are strictly limited and will be priced as follows:

3-event Bundle (Unitarian Church / Whelan’s electric show): €25 [BUY NOW]

1-Show ticket (Whelan’s only): €17.50 [BUY NOW]

 Everyone purchasing a 3-event Bundle will receive a wristband giving them access to the after-party DJ set in Whelan’s.

For people buying the bundle ticket:

After a dizzyingly great year in 2012 – that saw the band release their 3^rd album, Little Sparks (Delo Records), to a hail of fantastic media reaction (and their 3^rd consecutive Top 10 Chart Position), the band knuckled down to a touring schedule that saw them playing the length and breadth of Europe winning new fans every step of the way and climaxing with a sold out Vicar Street show just before Christmas.

2013 started with a bang and included the following highlights:

• ·         Winning the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year
• ·         Whipping their way through a whistle-stop tour of North America (New York, Austin’s SXSW, Memphis, Toronto’s CMW) and Russia – from the sublime to the absolutely freezing!!
• ·         Shows in Austria and France plus a swathe of major Spanish Festivals
• ·         Playing at the President of Ireland’s Annual Garden Party
• ·         Being invited to support Bruce Springsteen on the last show of his World Tour in Kilkenny
• ·         Having a song featured on the new Richard Curtis blockbuster, “About Time”
• ·         Playing their second sold-out show in Dublin’s Vicar Street.
• ·         Recording their 4^th album, due for release in early 2014

Tickets for the Delorentos Christmas Triple Header go on sale at 9am on Friday 22 November at ticketmaster.ie www.whelanslive.com and usual outlets nationwide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LngcIloyClc

TICKETS

€17.50/€25 for 3 event bundle available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)

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

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).

Misery Beat presents

XMAS FUNDRAISING GIG IN AID OF ALONE

Jogging
Magic Pockets
Patrick Kelleher
Maria Somerville
Crowhammer

All proceeds from the night go to ALONE.

Confirm on Facebook HERE

8PM TIL LATE

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ALONE is an independent charity that works with the 1 in 10 older people who are at risk of homelessness, socially isolated, vulnerable or in crisis. We provide supportive housing, befriending, community response and campaigning services to over 300 older people on a weekly basis. Our ‘Campaigns for Change’ work to highlight failures in respect of the rights of older people we engage with. All of our services are non-denominational and confidential. ALONE receives no Government funding for our day to day activities. Our services are delivered 365 days a year and we operate with a ratio of 1 staff member to every 15 volunteers.

http://alone.ie/

If you can’t make it to the gig, you can still donate here: http://is.gd/E8WMhJ

TICKETS

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

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

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).

ROCK N’ ROLL HEART – A Night for the Philippines Relief Fund

A Night for the Philippines featuring the music of
Lou Reed/Velvet Underground
performed by
Craig Walker ( Power Of Dreams/ Mineral)
Dave Mc Guinness ( Lir)
Nick Seymour(Crowded House)
Blades Club
Galia Arad
Duncan Maitland
John Byrne
The 68’s
plus VERY SPECIAL GUESTS!

Tickets €10 on the door with all proceeds going to the Philippines relief fund.

TICKETS

€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

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

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).

SEANIE VAUGHAN

plus guest

SEANIE VAUGHAN AND VERY SPECIAL GUESTS (KENNETH COYNE, TOMMY O’ HORA AND RAPHAEL DZIUBINSKI) WITH SUPPORT WILL PLAY A SHOW UPSTAIRS AT THE ICONIC DUBLIN VENUE THIS FEBRUARY 13TH. SEANIE AND THE BAND WILL BE SHOWCASING MATERIAL FROM THE NEW ALBUM, DUE FOR RELEASE IN 2014, SO THIS IS A FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE NEW ALBUM PLAYED LIVE.TICKETS ARE €10 AVAILABLE FROM TICKETMASTER.IE AND ALL TICKETMASTER AGENTS NATIONWIDE. WWW.SEANIEVAUGHANMUSIC.COM

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The latest release is a single entitled “The Fall”, released in early June. Seanie and the band (Kenneth Coyne, Tommy O’Hora, Sebastian Kadhja) will be embarking on a tour to promote the single. see www.seanievaughanmusic.com

Seanie was delighted to reach no. 5 in the Irish indie charts upon the release of the album and he regards this as a personal triumph but he also sees it as a small step on what we know will be a long and fruitful career in music. There are several obvious influences that are incorporated into Seanie’s music including Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ocean Colour Scene and Damien Rice yet Seanie sees the great diversity of music as being the true beauty of it. ‘Altered Vision’ is an excellent debut album but the live set surpasses it with its energy and flow.
Tracks from the album have received acclaim when they have been played on BBC Radio 2, RTE Radio 1, 98fm, Nova and Galway Bay FM. Seanie has also had media write-ups from a variety of newspapers and magazines including The Star, The Mail on Sunday and Hotpress as well as various regional publications.

For more information and to get a flavour of the music visit www.seanievaughanmusic.com.

‘Like’ Seanie Vaughan Music on Facebook

‘Altered Vision’ is available in HMV and Golden Discs nationwide and also digitally on iTunes.

TICKETS

€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).

Whelanslive.com presents

KILA

plus guest

Up front. Break-neck. Up close. Intimate. Kíla are bringing their annual Christmas show to Whelans this December 18th. Kíla have travelled far and wide again this year and two of the highlights were the Rainforest Festival in Malaysia and Áras an Uachtaráin to play for Michael D himself! Recently the play they wrote music for won the Prix Europa for best radio drama. They are half way through their next album, which is due for release next March and are working a score for the follow-up animation of the makers of the Oscar nominated Secret of Kells. Hip shaking. Mood making. Funky, folky and smiley!

TICKETS

€20 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings from WaV).

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free before 11:30pm, €5 after] plus Late Bar.

Harmonic presents

BLEEDING HEART PIGEONS

[SINGLE LAUNCH]

plus guests

OTHER CREATURES

The Irish trio of Micháel Keating, Cathal Histon and Brendan McInerney under the guise of Bleeding Heart Pigeons are set to release their debut, self-titled EP on 16th December through Virgin. The band have made the EP’s opening track ‘Visiting Myself In Hospital’ available to stream from Soundcloud now. https://soundcloud.com/two-tap-digital/visiting-myself-in-hospital/s-Jfnil

Bleeding Heart Pigeons was incubated entirely away from other artists, the band having met in a music school in their local village. The three musicians – all still in their teens – are based outside Limerick, Ireland, and have had virtually no contact with the world of music. “We’ve barely met another band or artist,” Keating says. “We have a bizarre background.” The journey to Limerick takes some 45 minutes. To encounter artists of the sort they now listen to, the trio must make the four hour trip to Dublin. “We haven’t seen much live music,” Keating says.

Given their seclusion, it is perhaps unsurprising that Bleeding Heart Pigeons have forged an entirely singular sound. They are quietly operatic, theatrical in the Beckettian sense, making music that warps and dismembers the fundamental tropes of alternative rock. The trio veer between Greenwood-esque guitar attack and eerie piano lullaby, between trebly finger picking and droning electronics. They seem to hold together a vast palette of sounds, all of which they have accreted not through watching other bands but through an obsessive perusal of the internet; through a new form of magpie-esque record collecting.

Despite the band’s rural roots, the Bleeding Heart Pigeons EP sets its sights not on Ireland but on Colorado, USA. On 20 April 1999, two students armed themselves with semi-automatic weapons, entered Columbine High School, and conducted one of the worst massacres America has ever suffered. Bleeding Heart Pigeons’ EP is a response to the shootings; an attempt to interrogate the psychology of Eric Harris, one of the two killers.

This liberal approach to composition, and the EP’s refusal to provide clear answers on Columbine, are both reflected in Keating’s own perceptions of music.

“John Cage has this quote,” he says, “where he talks about music. He says it’s not a way to create order out of chaos, or to suggest that the world should be better. It’s just a way of opening yourself up to living your life properly – opening yourself up to the world around you. It’s about your relationship with the world around you.”

TICKETS

€7 on the door!

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).

Old Flat Top Presents

WILLIE NILE

plus guest

JEFFERSON GRIZZARD

MOVED FROM THE VILLAGE – ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID

Having launched his recording career at the height of the major-label era, and never comfortable with the baggage that comes along with being a major-label commodity, Nile has in recent years embraced the autonomy and freedom of his current indie status.

CAT DOWLING

plus guests

Remarkable-voiced Cat Dowling’s solo debut considerably exceeds expectations and previous endeavours, delivering an impressive collection of slow-burning melancholic indie rock. (Sunday Business Post) 4/5

Its her incredible vocals that resonate. When mercurial, she is reminiscent of the gutsy Karen O. When the pace slows, the respectful tone evokes Kristin Hersh. (Sunday Times Essential New Releases)

The strongest collection of her career. She has exceeded expectation with an LP throbbing with anger and ennui. (Metro Herald) 4/5

A supremely confident debut from an artist with alot to say and plenty of bewitching ways to say it. Excellent debut album.
(RTE TEN) 4/5

Stunning solo album. The sexiest voice in Irish music in back and The Believer is the best thing she’s ever done. (Hot Press) 4/5

Truly a talent we can now believe in (Mail on Sunday) 4/5

The Believer finds Dowling producing a sound that is both beautiful and melancholic.
Cat Dowling has produced an well-crafted thoughtful and daring introduction to her solo career.. The Journalist

A treasure trove of wonderfully crafted lyrics, intricate musicianship and heartwarming vocals. Possibly contenter for album of the year.
Music and Everything

TICKETS

€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings). Ticket prices maybe higher from other outlets.

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

FRED COOKE – FULL TIME JOKER

plus guests

DECLAN ROONEY

After performing his first show in Vicar St, Fred Cooke returns to Whelans with “Full Time Joker”. No stranger to interactive mayhem, Fred will deliver his unique blend of musical physical chaos in one of Dublin’s finest Venues.

His “Hidden Camera Sketch” for the Republic of Telly instantly went viral with a staggering 1.4 million views on Youtube.

In the last year he has performed at all the main Comedy Festivals sharing the stage with such acts like Eddie Izzard, Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran.

“Fred Cooke is ready to step into the premier league of Irish funnymen.” Hot Press.

TICKETS

€15 (€12 on door for students & unemployed) available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)

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

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).

TUPELO

plus guests

Tupelo are an award-winning alt-folk act hailing from Ireland. Featuring 4 members from different musical backgrounds and an all acoustic line-up, the band got together in 2008 and set about creating a sound which can only be described as unique, a result of the melting pot of influences brought to the table from the individual members. Over the years, Tupelo have collected an eclectic array of instruments including double bass, acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmonic, dobro and several banjos which they incorporate into their music. A hardworking band, Tupelo enjoy the road and have played an impressive number of gigs since the band’s formation, appearing at major festivals, playing support to some of music’s biggest acts and attracting plenty of fans along the way, which they thrive off. Their latest EP ‘Ballerina’s Call’ is now available on iTunes and they are set to release their new album ‘Push On’ in February.

TICKETS

€12 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags upstairs from 11pm til late, Free Entry.

GARRET BAKER AND THE RANDOM NOUNS

+guests 

Garret Baker & The Random Nouns (“Grim and glorious.” Hot Press) release their 1st studio album, “Endtimes Praise” featuring guest contributions from some of the most promising Irish up and coming acts including Twin Headed Wolf, Mongoose & Sive. The album is a mixture of lush strings and dark ballads and the night will compromise songs from the album and from its talented array of contributors.

TICKETS

€10 incl. bkg. fee available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings from WaV).

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Silent Disco from 10:30pm – 2 DJs, just pick the one you like best [Free before 11:30pm, €5 after] plus Late Bar.

Whelanslive presents a new, exciting & exceedingly busy night…

ZEBRA

Every Thursday At Midnight

this week featuring

GYPSIES ON THE AUTOBAHN

and…

NO BREAD

+ CLUB ZEBRA DJs [main room]
+ LIVE VISUALS [everywhere]
+ DRINKS PROMOTIONS [everywhere]

TICKETS

FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)

***email zebra@whelanslive.com for free entry***

featuring –

BIG STU

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.

Doors: 11:30pm

Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.

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TICKETS

FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)

FRED

[LAST EVER GIG]

plus guests

 Fred have announced a number of testimonials around the country in December of this year including Whelan’s, December 13^th De Barra’s Clonakilty and December 15^th  Róisín Dubh, Galway. The final ever Fred show will take place in the Pavilion, Cork on December 28^th and where for the first time in Fred history every member of the band past and present will share the same stage.

 With 5 Independent releases under their belts including four LP’s which span 15 years, including their 2008 highly acclaimed record ‘Go God Go’ which made waves at home and abroad spawning several poptastic radio hits including: Good One, The Lights, Skyscrapers & Running. Accolades including ITunes Canada ‘Top ten Indie albums’ and Canadian iTunes single of the week for Skyscraper, Hot-press readers poll ‘Top Ten album Irish albums‘ & a Meteor nominations. Both ‘Go God Go’ and their most recent album ‘Leaving my Empire’ have had songs placed across several TV shows and radio adverts campaigns both at home and abroad.

 Fred hold a reputation of one of the hardest working independent bands in Ireland over the past decade. Over their 15 year career including Fred have played hundreds of shows around the world including Halifax Jazz festival, Hillside festival, Pop Montreal, NXNE & CMW in Canada, CMJ appearances in NYC, Bergen festival, Norway and on Irish soil The Electric Picnic, Oxygen, The Mid-Summers festival & The Galway Arts festival to name but a few.

 Catch the Final Fred Tour this December

whelanslive.com or Phone Local 1890200078

Dec. 28^th Pavilion, Cork

www.pavilioncork.com

TICKETS

€12 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie Club /// ZEBRA /// [Live Bands and guest DJs] w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free entry before 10:30pm).

Whelanslive presents a new, exciting & exceedingly busy night…

ZEBRA

Every Thursday At Midnight

this week featuring

MORE THAN CONQUERORS and

RACE THE FLUX

+ more to be announced

+ CLUB ZEBRA DJs [main room]
+ LIVE VISUALS [everywhere]
+ DRINKS PROMOTIONS [everywhere]

The band’s name, taken from a bible quotation, evokes questions surrounding their personal and musical background. “We were brought up within the church, so questioning religion, overcoming the fear of challenging leaders, and provoking the growth of new ideas are reoccurring themes on this record,” explainsLead singer Kris Platt.

Exploring these aspects is a central theme for the band’s debut album ‘Everything I’ve Learnt’, the title is taken from the lyric “…everything I’ve learnt amounts to nothing”. Although sounding literal, the record’s name holds a more profound meaning regarding the band’s growth.

 Reminiscent of early British post-hardcore (Reuben, Idlewild, Biffy Clyro and Hundred Reasons) and the harmony-driven US rock of Brand New and Manchester Orchestra, ‘Everything I’ve Learnt’ still manages to find its own place amongst these behemoths.

“We wouldn’t be a band if it wasn’t for acts like SixStarHotel and Panama Kings,” drummer Jamie Neish points out. “Those bands meant a lot to us early on, they gave us the confidence to do our own thing. Growing up with big bands playing big stages made music seem untouchable, but after seeing local bands performing in tiny venues to crowds of die-hard followers, we felt like this was something we could actually accomplish.”

 During live performances, MTC provides an enthralling, uplifting and participatory experience for all, from the smallest of European club shows up to the bigger stages. They’ve already supported the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Feeder, Dinosaur Pile Up and Twin Atlantic

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Whelan’s Newest Music Night

TUESDAYS | 4 BANDS | €5

ISLAND BAND
LEMON
T.L.A.
THE QUAKERS

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Whelan’s Newest Music Night

TUESDAYS | 4 BANDS | €5

THE JUKEBOX MOVEMENT
THE CANT STAND STILLS
SIX OVER SIX

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WhelansLive is proud to present a celebration of new Irish music. Every Tuesday will see the upstairs venue play host to a series of the best of new music this country has to offer.

Whelan’s Newest Music Night

TUESDAYS | 4 BANDS | €5

EMERSON
CAPTURE
TRACKS
RESEVOIR

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Whelan’s Newest Music Night

TUESDAYS | 4 BANDS | €5

OUT OF TOWNERS
THE STATICS
MY MIND RACES
THE SOUR SEEDS

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THIS GIG HAS BEEN CANCELLED, REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE

Musiclee.ie presents

JOY KILLS SORROW

plus guests

With its bold new brand of acoustic music, Joy Kills Sorrow pushes right through the envelope and out the other side. The Boston-based stringband brings a decidedly modern sensibility to an old-world sound, channeling the prodigious talents of its individual members into elegant arrangements and well-crafted songs. While the group pays due homage to its Bluegrass roots—its name refers to one of the first radio stations to broadcast the music of Bill Monroe—the band truly excels in its rich and textured treatment of more contemporary material. Boasting a full arsenal of original songs, Joy Kills Sorrow plumbs the entire spectrum of its spare instrumentation, effortlessly merging influences as diverse as folk, rock, pop, and jazz. The songs that emerge are dark and often funny, ruminating on modern life and love with eloquence and wit. The result is a radical new strain of folk music, one that bravely breaks with tradition even as it salutes the past.

Formed under the banner “a modern American stringband,” Joy Kills Sorrow first emerged out of Boston’s thriving folk music scene in 2005, releasing their self-titled debut album in 2007. Two years and several band members later, Joy Kills Sorrow is poised to make its mark with a new lineup of some of the area’s finest young talent. Founding member Matthew Arcara, a subtle and expressive guitarist, was the 2006 winner of Winfield’s National Flatpicking Championship and has performed with such luminaries as Darol Anger and David Grier. Joy Kills Sorrow’s newest addition, mandolin virtuoso Jacob Joliff, is Berklee’s first full-scholarship mandolin student and a veteran performer, having toured professionally since age eleven and shared the stage with the likes of David Grisman and Mike Marshall. Wesley Corbett, a banjoist of uncommon facility and grace, has toured the country with Crooked Still, the Biscuit Burners, and the Bee Eaters, and was featured in the August 2008 issue of Banjo Newsletter. Emma Beaton, the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Awards’ Young Performer of the Year, adds an earthy, powerful presence to the band as its newly-minted vocalist.

Since its inception, Joy Kills Sorrow has performed at theaters, listening rooms, and festivals across the continent and has been featured on nationally syndicated radio programs. In 2007, the group won first prize in the Podunk Bluegrass Festival Band Contest; that same year, they were deemed the “‘poster children’ for the burgeoning Americana format” by Sing Out! magazine. The band has evolved considerably in the years since then, and their sophomore effort promises to deliver. Slated for release in 2010, the new album, entitled Darkness Sure Becomes This City, was produced by Eric Merrill and features a wealth of original material from members of Joy Kills Sorrow as well as some fine new songs from other composers. Darkness Sure Becomes This City is an accomplished piece of work, laced throughout with polished arrangements and pop-inflected melodies. With it, Joy Kills Sorrow gracefully combines the old and the new, and the outcome, however surprising, is sublime.

“True ensemble playing – the sublimation of egos to a sound that’s beyond individuals – as on this album, is exhilarating.  This is the second release by Boston-based Joy Kills Sorrow, the first with a significantly new line-up. They were mesmerizing in their eponymous first recording, but here JKS has found its voice – a band voice. Their name comes from the ’30s radio station where the Monroe Brothers performed (WJKS – Where Joy Kills Sorrow) – and that’s cool. They play guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass – and that’s cool, too. But the coolest thing of all is that they tell the truth. This is fresh stuff. Americana is rife with posers, but JKS is the real thing – talented musicians and singers giving it all they’ve got.”
– The Guardian

TICKETS – CANCELLED

€15 (€13 for members on www.musiclee.ie) available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags upstairs from 11pm til late, Free Entry.

 MCD.ie presents

THE DEEP DARK WOODS

plus special guests

Whelanslive presents a new, exciting & exceedingly busy night…

ZEBRA

Every Thursday At Midnight

this week featuring

ANIMAL BEATS +

YELLOWBRIDGE

+ more to be announced

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Animal Beats are a Limerick/Dublin-based rock band with indie infusions. Active musicians in the Irish music scene, Animal Beats have gained a reputation in the as a high-energy, high-entertainment and high-talent rock band showcasing original technique and musicality.

Animal Beats also featured in -the 2012 Hotpress Music show by popular demand as well as playing the Hotpress Jeigermister freezer sessions and the Phil Lynott expo 2012.

The band has supported many artists throughout Ireland such as Royseven, The Minutes, The Kanyu Tree, Heathers, Fred and The Sawdoctors.

The Bands debut EP , Cheap Carnival E.P , is due for release October 2013

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Yellowbridge is the guise of indie/folk singer/songwriter and pianist Ciara Donnelly.

Yellowbridge has written tracks and hooks for a variety of artists ranging from rock to rap, and most recently wrote the new jingle with former guitarist Ronan Reilly for 98FM.

Her track ‘Circus’ has already been nominated for the IMRO Christie Hennessy Songwriter of The Year Award and has been given airplay by 98fm and digital stations such as RTE 2XM.

Yellowbridge kicked off 2013 with an appearance at Whelans “Ones to Watch Festival”
And was most recently shortlisted for Hot Press’ ‘Big Break’ for 2013

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+ CLUB ZEBRA DJs [main room]
+ LIVE VISUALS [everywhere]
+ DRINKS PROMOTIONS [everywhere]

TICKETS

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OLD SKOOL

the evolution of hip-hop

MIDNIGHT – MAIN VENUE – FREE ENTRY

Live seven-piece hip-hop group, oldskool, play classic to modern rap & hip-hop by artists such as Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, Sugarhill Gang, Run DMC, N.W.A., Missy Elliot, Kanye West, Eve and Jay-Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiknxdwCFTM