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Month: October 2014

MARK OLSON (Jayhawks)

Whelanslive.com in assoc. with Sunshine 106.8 presents

MARK OLSON (Jayhawks)

plus guest KICKING BIRD – Upstairs – Tickets €18.50 from whelanslive.com locall 1890200078 **** Mojo Americana Album Of The Month **** Rolling Stone There are only few artists who left such a strong and lasting imprint on a musical genre

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RAPHAELS (EP LAUNCH)

RAPHAELS

‘Colours & Sounds’ EP Launch plus guest RAY SCULLY & MONGOOSE – Upstairs – Raphaels are holding their launch night for the EP on November 27th in Whelans, with support from the incredible ‘Ray Scully’ and ‘Mongoose’. Tickets €5 with a free CD on enrty.

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THE AFGHAN WHIGS

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ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID

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MCD.ie presents

THE AFGHAN WHIGS

plus guest – Main Venue –

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The Afghan Whigs have just announced a show at Whelan’s, Wexford Street on 2 February 2015. Tickets priced €23 inclusive of booking fee go on sale this Friday, October 31st at 9am from Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmatser.ie Do to the Beast is the first new album by The Afghan Whigs in over a decade and a half. Founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1988, the band has long stood out from its peers, with their savage, rapturous blend of hard rock, classic soul, and frontman Greg Dulli’s searing obsessions. The new album serves as both a homecoming – it marks their return to Sub Pop, for whom the Whigs were the first signing from outside the label’s Northwest base – and a glimpse into the future of one of the most acclaimed bands of the past thirty years. Do to the Beast proves an appropriately feral title for one of the most intense, cathartic records of Dulli’s entire career – one that adds fresh twists to The Afghan Whigs canon. On it, one finds the film noir storytelling of Black Love, the exuberance of 1965, the brutal introspection of Gentlemen, but rendered with a galvanized musical spirit and rhythmic heft that suggests transcendence and hope amidst the bloodletting. “A lot of records I’ve done stemmed from epochal experiences in my life – and this time I’ve used them all,” Dulli says. “These new songs are very visual to me. They come from the neighborhoods of my mind. It’s like Rashomon, with the story told from different points of memory.” That wasn’t actually the case, however. The Afghan Whigs were unexpectedly brought back into the ring by The Fader, which had arranged for them to play a surprise collaborative set with R&B superstar Usher at 2013’s SXSW conference. “That moment crystallized the possibility that we’d record together again,” Curley says. “Soon after, Greg began compiling the ideas he’d kept in his pocket that he felt were distinctly Whigs songs.” Reunited anew, The Afghan Whigs will tour worldwide in support of Do to the Beast – kicking off an extensive jaunt with a performance at Coachella 2014 in April. “It feels like a celebration, and the start of something new,” Curley says. “Something that’s exhilarating and scary at the same time.”

TICKETS – SEE TICKETMASTER

ON SALE FRI 31st OCT, 9AM: €23 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

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

AFTER THE GIG

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

ARBOREA

Whelanslive.com presents

ARBOREA

plus guests CLAIRE BONASS & GRAINNE MELLON – upstairs – AllMusic ‘Favorite Folk Albums of 2013’ Acoustic Guitar Magazine ‘Best Albums of 2013’ Rolling Stone Best ‘Under-the-Radar Albums’ of 2011 Mojo Magazine: “Buck and Shanti Curran’s fifth LP of spellbinding psych folk feels both stronger and frailer than 2011’s ‘Red Planet’

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SHARON VAN ETTEN

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Harmonic presents

SHARON VAN ETTEN

plus guest – Main Venue – Tickets priced €24 (incl booking) on sale Friday October 31st from www.ticketmaster.ie & outlets nationwide “Her self-produced fourth album executes another dramatic confidence leap… she sounds like a singer taking total command of her heart-stopping voice.”

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HVMMINGBYRD (Album Launch)

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HVMMINGBYRD

[ALBUM LAUNCH] plus guests Aisling Jarvis, Miriam Donohue Music, Joanna Marie and Tropical Florist – Upstairs – All-female Dublin band Hvmmingbyrd release debut album Hvmmingbyrd are very proud to announce the official launch date of thier debut album ‘Hvmmingbyrd’ in Whelan’s on Thursday, November 13th 2014!

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TRAMPOLINE SCENE

TRAMPOLINE SCENE

plus guest – Upstairs – Trampoline Scene AKA Senan Sheedy, Irish based solo artist is singer/guitarist and songwriter of alternative/acoustic music. Making his mark on the Irish music scene and further afield, his debut single “What You Might Be” garnered notable attention that led to receiving airplay and to playing live on numerous radio stations, including Radio Nova

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DAWN LANDES

Aiken Promotions present

DAWN LANDES

plus guest

– Upstairs –

Based in Brooklyn, but raised in Louisville, singer-songwriter Dawn Landes has been writing songs for most of her life, and already has more than a decade of experience as a professional producer and engineer.

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COLUMBIA MILLS

AwkwardSilence presents

COLUMBIA MILLS

plus guests – Upstairs – New single “Never Gonna Look at You The Same Again”, taken from the EP “Factory settings” will be released on Fri November 28th followed by a launch gig in Whelan’s on Nov 29th.

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ROCSTRONG

Whelanslive.com presents

ROCSTRONG

plus guests

– Main Venue –

Andre J.P Bangala AKA Rocstrong is a singer songwriter from Dublin, Ireland.

With music in his blood he writes and co-produces all his music!

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RYAN BINGHAM (SOLO ACOUSTIC)

SOLD OUT WHELANS Aiken Promotions presents

RYAN BINGHAM

(SOLO ACOUSTIC) plus guest – Main Venue – Tomorrowland, the title of Ryan Bingham’s new album, sounds futuristic, but the Oscarwinning singer/songwriter hints, “Maybe it’s not so much about looking ahead as it is about leaving things behind.”

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CHRIS SMITHER

Raglane presents

CHRIS SMITHER

plus guests – Main Venue – A profound songwriter, Chris Smither draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. Reviewers continue to praise his dazzling guitar work, gravelly voice and songwriting.

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MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ GEORGE “Spanky” McCURDY & FRIENDS

featuring –

GEORGE “Spanky” McCURDY

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:30pm Sign up for guest list HERE Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland. ——— Almost two years ago to the date George “Spanky” McCurdy and his Spanktabulous friends put on a spontaneous and unrehearsed show upstairs in Whelans Dublin. 

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MIRIAM DONOHUE

MIRIAM DONOHUE

plus guests

– Upstairs –

Miriam Donohue is a songwriter from Galway, now based in Dublin. Her beautiful mellow voice, and an ability to write quirky, catchy folk tunes make for an enchanting live performance.

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ULTAN CONLON & THE BLUEBIRDS

ULTAN CONLON & THE BLUEBIRDS

plus guests

– Upstairs –

‘The Golden Sands’ is the latest single from singer-songwriter Ultan Conlon which will be released on 31 October. Taken from Ultan’s second album Songs Of Love So Cruel, the acclaimed album co-produced and mixed in Sheffield by Colin Elliot (Richard Hawley).

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LEO&ANTO

LEO&ANTO

plus guest

– Main Venue –

It was May 1st, 1988, in Galway, the largest city on on the West coast of Ireland and fledgling local band from the small town of Tuam, twenty miles due North, The Saw Doctors, were playing at ‘The Late Late Breakfast Show’

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MONGOOSE

SOLD OUT WHELANS

MONGOOSE

plus guest CONOR LINNIE EMILY DONOGHUE – Upstairs – _____________ Mongoose are a Dublin-based band, consisting of four lovely ladies and their respective noise-makers! They play an original mix of folk, jazz, and vocal harmony – mostly their own songs, along with some creative covers. Their music is an acoustic melty-pot, with flavours of jazz and folk predominating – “jolk”, if you will, though it’s no laughing matter… They have been very well received around the scene in Dublin, along with festivals such as Knockanstockan, Ballydehob Jazz Fest, and the Harvest Moon Festival. Mongoose cannot be held responsible if you fall hopelessly in love with their music, and subsequently can’t live without them.

TICKETS

€7 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).

MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ FAUX KINGS

featuring –

FAUX KINGS

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:30pm Sign up for guest list HERE Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland. ——— DING DING DING!

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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SESSIONS (Album Launch)

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SESSIONS

ALBUM LAUNCH plus guests – Upstairs – The Sunday School Sessions is a new music collective from Dublin. It grew from conversations between several musicians from different bands, wanting to record some folk and country tunes in homage to the old records that had inspired them

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SUB MOTION (EP Launch)

SUB MOTION

Happy Little Bruises EP Launch plus guest – Upstairs – Sub Motion are a female-fronted rock band emerging from the Irish music scene. The band have just finished recording their second EP “Happy Little Bruises” in Sun Studio

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MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ M.SORD (U.S.A.) + NO MONSTER CLUB

featuring –

M.SORD (U.S.A.)

NO MONSTER CLUB

and pals

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.

Doors: 11:30pm

Sign up for guest list HERE

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

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M.SORD is a synth-pop wizard from Kalamazoo, Michigan. He has performed at 88 Boadrum, drummed for Death in Vegas, The Kills and 200 Years, and shared the stage with the likes of Don Caballero, Melt Banana, Tristreza, The Fucking Champs, Zombi and Hella. This is his first visit to Europe, where he will be accompanied by guitarist Andrew Franklin Mansberger.

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TICKETS

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

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MARIE CONNIFFE

MARIE CONNIFFE

plus guest

– Upstairs –

Marie Conniffe is a writer of deeply personal and revealing stories of love, life and beautiful truths. She began as a collector of songs by musicians, such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and, particularly, Joni Mitchell.

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NEW YORK BRASS BAND

NEW YORK BRASS BAND

plus guest RUDYTRIXX – upstairs – New Orleans inspired music from the mean streets of York, North Yorkshire, UK. “A must-see, stomping genre-splicing brass outfit” – The Guardian New York Brass Band are North Yorkshire’s only contemporary New Orleans inspired Brass Band.

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MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ CULT CALLED MAN

featuring –

CULT CALLED MAN

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.

Doors: 11:30pm

Sign up for guest list HERE

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

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Since breaking on to the scene in 2013, this 6 piece from Co Meath have developed a strong live following with their shows becoming more of an artistic event than a standard musical performance.
Experimenting within the pop genre, Cult Called Man’s debut EP ‘Shoot me (It’s just TV)’ shows off the extraordinary range of talent that this band has. With breathtaking vocals, rich guitars, warm piano and a rhythm section that will get even the tamest of the crowd tapping their feet, Cult Called Man are raising the bar for music in Ireland.

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TICKETS

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

SLEAFORD MODS

UMACK presents

SLEAFORD MODS

plus guest – Main Venue – The best U.K. band in years, Sleaford Mods, finally come to Ireland this December, with a Dublin gig on Friday dec 5. “Electronic munt minimalist punk-hop rants for the working class and under from Nottingham”.

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NEEDTOBREATHE | Rivers In the Wasteland World Tour

MCD.ie presents

NEEDTOBREATHE

Rivers In the Wasteland World Tour plus guest RYAN McMULLAN – Main Venue – WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR PREVIOUS SINGLE ‘THE HEART’ South Carolina-based rock-n-roll outfit NEEDTOBREATHE are pleased to reveal details of an Irish headline show at Whelan’s, Wexford Street on 20 May 2015. Tickets priced €16.50 inclusive of booking fee go on sale this Friday, 10 October at 9am from Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.ie Earlier this year, NEEDTOBREATHE released their new album, Rivers In TheWasteland. The album, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, was co produced by the band with the help of various producers including Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket), Kevin Augunas (The Lumineers), Ed Cash and Jerrod Bettis (Adele). The album followed their 2011 LP The Reckoning, a collection of timeless American rock and roll that caught the attention of many Including The New York Times who simply said “this gifted band makes anthemic Southern rock.” NEEDTOBREATHE, composed of brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart, Seth Bolt and Josh Lovelace, have been touring relentlessly over the past couple of years, captivating music fans at Festivals such as Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits, along with standout performances on Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres, Fallon, Kimmel, Leno and Conan. The band recently performed A spine-tingling rendition of ‘Washed By The Water’ at Nashville’s legendry Grand Ole Opry and their song ‘Feet Don’t Fail Me Now’ recently soundtracked Sky Sports’ summer and autumn advert series.

TICKETS

€16.50 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)

£0.50 per ticket sold will go to the Palmetto Medical Initiative.

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 Entry] plus Late Bar.

CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN

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MCD.ie presents

CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN

plus guest – Main Venue –

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Welsh rock newcomers Catfish and The Bottlemen have just announced details of a headline show at Whelan’s, Wexford Street on April 8th 2015.

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LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/ MID-TERM BREAK

Free Entry 2016

Whelanslive.com presents

MID-TERM BREAK

– PLAY THE FRONT BAR –

10pm – FREE ENTRY

Mid-Term Break are the latest, and potentially most promising addition to Ireland’s increasingly illustrious and competitive party band scene. Comprising of both male & female vocalists, a lead guitarist, bass guitarist, keyboard player and drummer, this full 6-piece Live band acts as an audio chameleon who’s vast repertoire includes any and all hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s as well as modern classics. Specialising in energetic funk-soul from the 80s and today, Mid-Term Break’s infectious groove is absolutely guaranteed to keep your forever dancing feet glued to the dance floor ’til sunrise.

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 via front door until 10:30pm | Drinks Promos  

LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/ THE GUILTY PARTY

Free Entry 2016 Whelanslive.com presents LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/

THE GUILTY PARTY

– PLAY THE FRONT BAR – 10pm – FREE ENTRY The Guilty Party are a Rock’n’Roll band playing an eclectic mix of rocked up funk and soul from the evergreen hits of The Beatles, Stones, Bowie and Roxy Music

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LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/ THE GUILTY PARTY

Free Entry 2016 Whelanslive.com presents LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/

THE GUILTY PARTY

– PLAY THE FRONT BAR – 10:30pm – FREE ENTRY before 10:30pm The Guilty Party are a Rock’n’Roll band playing an eclectic mix of rocked up funk and soul from the evergreen hits of The Beatles, Stones, Bowie and Roxy Music

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LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/ THE RUMBOOGIES

Whelanslive.com presents

LIVE FROM THE WINDOW w/

THE RUMBOOGIES

– PLAY THE FRONT BAR –

10pm – FREE ENTRY

ThE RuMBooGieS return to deliver a BLUES experience rarely seen on this side of the Atlantic, ThE RuMBooGieS dazzle with the stellar harmonica work of AJ Wails, and the dynamic blues guitar of Graham ‘Junior’ Hynes. Pounding out a musical force to be reckoned with is Vinnie O’Connor on Keyboards, and the rhythm-section of Barry O’Reilly on Drums and Brendan ‘The Rev’ Priestley on bass, take no prisoners! Lead Vocals and Blues-MC is Mister Tommy Grimes, a Dublin blues stalwart, and no stranger to the stage. ThE RuMBooGieS serve up a tasty gumbo of Chicago Blues, mixed with West-Coast influences and salted with a Dublin Bay flavour of their very own concoction. Come on down and grab yourself a plateful, or two!!  

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).

PLANET PARADE

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PLANET PARADE

plus guests – Upstairs – Planet Parade is the brainchild of Michael Hopkins & Andrew Lloyd. After releasing two EP’s back in 2009/2010 along with supporting the likes of Passion Pit, Wild Beasts & Ellie Goulding, the twosome made a conscious decision to go into hiding and focus on writing their debut album.

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