& HER BAND ‘SPAM TURNER’plus guest^ Upstairs ^
Aine Cahill is a 20 year old singer / songwriter from Cavan.
Her love of the torch singers and jazz chanteuses of the 40’s and 50’s lured her into the world of music.
plus guest^ Upstairs ^
THE DRAYS – Look Away Down Collins Avenue
It’s been a while you might say. It has. And it’s been some time since Ryan’s Clothes Of Pride turned up as the double A-side for The Stars Of Heaven Clothes Of Pride / All About You in 1984
Announce New Single – “ASSASSIN” – Released 25 September
Watch the Video Here:
Live Dates
Sunday 23 August – MART, Dublin
Friday 9 October – Cleer’s, Kilkenny
Friday 23 October – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
Dublin band Monster Monster release their single “Assassin” on 25 September
plus guests^ Upstairs ^http://www.thematthewsband.com/
The Matthews are set to release their stunning debut LA EP in the coming months.
The Sessions were produced by Warren Huart, who has also worked extensively with Aerosmith
plus guestCILLIAN FOSTER’S GDC^ Upstairs ^‘I was just blown away by them’ Larry Mullen, U2
‘At last a band from this side of the Atlantic that know what they’re doing’ Brian May, Queen
In support of their re-release of ‘Wildflowers’ and ‘Karma Calling’ through a new deal with Universal Music
Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.
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Rural Savage return to whelans midnight hour on august 28th as a part of their ‘It’s Not Your Wadi… Its Rural Savage’ Tour. This is the bands second abum which was released on Citóg Records late Februrary of this year.
singles include “Up In Donegal” and “Paradise”
Check out the full album here:
Joining us on the night are the fantastic Swimmers!
check out their band camp below!
By clicking attending on this event page you will be added to the guest list which provides free entry on the night. Admission outside guestlist is €10
TICKETS
FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat) – Sign up for guest list HERE
www.facebook.com/fjokra
Fjokra born in Dublin and now based in London and his eponymous band have gained a reputation for exhibiting a uniquely bizarre and energetic live show
Finland’s finest are back with something truly epic. Where K-X-P’s 2010 debut was an exercise in Kraut-tronica, K-X-P II finds the band unleashing their inner pop deviance.
_ Main Venue _
Just a little gig going on to mark the end of summer and the start of another serious year in college.
Upstairs at Whelan’s, 8th September, Music starting 8.15pm
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NIALL CASH
https://www.facebook.com/NiallCash
NIALL CASH is a brilliant singer-songwriter coming from Wexford. His heart felt lyrics and emotional songs aim to capture the attention of his audience. Backed up by Darra Doyle and Saoirse Kavanagh he will have an intimate and acoustic vibe to his set that will help emphasise his emotion through his songs. With a sound not too dissimilar to the likes of Ben Howard this is one that’s not to be missed.
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RUTH
https://www.facebook.com/ruth.cronin.52
RUTH is an upcoming artist hailing from Ireland. Having brought a classic sound with a modern twist to the Dublin music scene, she is very quickly coming to prominence within the music industry. Having already performed on prestigious stages including those in Whelan’s and the Button Factory, she is proving herself to be one of the most promising acts to emerge from Ireland in recent years.
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BAJA
Last but not least we have BAJA: A newly formed BIMM band with an emphasis on groove and guitar music. With a set full of a variety of styles it’s bound to have something for everyone. Influenced by John Mayer, Toto, Snarky Puppy, Guthrie Govan, Steely Dan and much more. Baja features: Ed Phelan, Dylan Murphy and Seany O’Brien noodling on guitar, Conor King slapping Bass, Aaron O’Grady(Cheese) banging pots and pans, and on vocals the sensual Nassim Missaoui and always wonderful Niamh Kavanagh.
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Serious night of music, crack and drink. The more the merrier “)
TICKETS
€5 / €4 BIMM Students on the door
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
plus guest^ Upstairs ^
Fresh from her debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Niamh is delighted to bring her new show ‘Disgraceful’ back home just for you.
SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR
plus guestRYAN O’REILLY_ Main Venue _Best New Solo Artist 2010 – Paste Magazine
‘puts all of her talents on the table: a powerhouse voice that skips from airy and beautiful to booming and whipping in an instant; a knack for upfront classic-rock melodies;
_ Main Venue _
Dermot Byrne Tours to Celebrate 20 Years of Traditional Irish Music since his 1995 Album
Dermot Byrne, one of Ireland’s finest traditional accordion players, will tour the country later this year to mark the twentieth anniversary of his solo album ‘Dermot Byrne’
plus guest^ Upstairs ^“FORWARD LOOKING, STYLISTICALLY ADVENTURESOME AND MUSICALLY WELL EXECUTED, IT CHALLENGES RECEIVED NOTIONS OF IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC PURITY…”NEW YORK ECHO
Following an extensive period of writing and recording in London, Codes return with ‘AALTARS’, their sophomore release to the Choice Music Prize Nominated debut ‘Trees Dream in Algebra’ .
plus guest_ Main Venue _
Soulful, powerful, yet immensely ornate: coming across a voice like Rachael Lavelle’s leaves one with an immediate impression. At just 22 years of age, this talented Dublin native displays a maturity in song writing that seems to belie her years.
Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour. Showcasing the best new talent in Ireland.
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Navelin are very excited to announce our first ever Irish performance! We play a pre-“Picnic” midnight show upstairs at Whelan’s, Thursday, September 3rd. Doors at 11pm and it’s just €5 entrance fee, BUT if you think you deserve to be on the guestlist, we need to hear your reasons why. Get guest list HERE
TICKETS
FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat) – Sign up for guest list HERE
Stories behind the Songs
plus guest^ Upstairs ^
Irish Singer-Songwriter Pete Kennedy is set to embark on a solo tour in Ireland and The UK for the first time with his Stories Behind The Songs tour as performed in cities across the United States including Johnson City, Atlanta, New York and Nashville
w/ Complimentary bottle of Desperados
^ Smoking Area ^
The last Friday of each month we’re hosting our summer sessions – Free Burgers* & a Complimentary bottle of Desperados*, what more could you want? Don’t forget to tell your friends. FREE ENTRY
plus guestTAYLORS LANE_ Main Venue _
Irish Pop-Country artist Megan O’Neill to release her debut EP “Coming Home”.
Following her feature on hit ABC Show Nashville, a recent slot at the O2 Arena London and a performance at JJ Abrams’ Oscar Wilde party
plus guest_Main Venue_
THE EX is a punk, industrial and experimental band from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They formed in 1979 at the height of the original punk explosion and have released over twenty full-length albums since, making them one of the longest-lived and most influential underground bands
“The Real One/Circus Song” Double A Side Single Launchplus guestHOT COPS^ Upstairs ^
RICHARD RICHARD
http://richardrichard.bandcamp.com/
Hailing from a dirty old shed just outside of Dundalk, RichardRichard are a four piece act fusing melodic chords, chant like vocals, choppy guitar riffs and up tempo beats
Sign up for guest list HERE
Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight.
Doors: 11:30pm
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29th of August sees the next Night Howl with The Dyatonics and Karpathia.
‘Artichoke’ at the Grand Social
Posted by Karpathia on Sunday, 5 April 2015
We are so excited for this one! As always, entry is free before 10.30pm and to get in FREE afterwards put “Guestlist Please” in the comments of the facebook event HERE!
See you on the dance floor!
TICKETS
Sign up for guest list HERE
FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)
PORTS are a four piece band from Northern Ireland known for performing ‘emotionally literate rock’. They consist of Steven McCool (Bass and Vocals), Mark O’Doherty (Drums), Ryan Griffiths (Guitar) and Conor Mason (Piano).
Australian soulstress and ARIA nominee Mama Kin returns to Ireland this September with her critically acclaimed album, ‘The Magician’s Daughter’ .
Part raconteur and all-out entertainer, Mama Kin has been nominated for ARIA and AIR awards in her native Australia.
http://jefffinlin.com
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the grandson of Irish railroad workers (who seemed to be in the habit of leaping from trains), Jeff Finlin is a fascinating, unique artist. His career has taken many twists and turns.
A weekly Sunday night event held in the upstairs venue of Whelans, concentrating on a mix of underground electronic music with some throwback classics and future favourites. Geared towards the like minded Sunday revellers who don’t want to finish their weekend so early whether you want to simply chill and talk nonsense in the heated smoking area or get your boogie on inside…
Curated each week by 3 resident DJ’s breevil, Basic Tone & James Kirwan to create that Sunday vibe and party atmosphere that is expected to top off the best of weekends.
A weekly Sunday night event held in the upstairs venue of Whelans, concentrating on a mix of underground electronic music with some throwback classics and future favourites. Geared towards the like minded Sunday revellers who don’t want to finish their weekend so early whether you want to simply chill and talk nonsense in the heated smoking area or get your boogie on inside…
Curated each week by 3 resident DJ’s breevil, Basic Tone & James Kirwan to create that Sunday vibe and party atmosphere that is expected to top off the best of weekends.
A weekly Sunday night event held in the upstairs venue of Whelans, concentrating on a mix of underground electronic music with some throwback classics and future favourites. Geared towards the like minded Sunday revellers who don’t want to finish their weekend so early whether you want to simply chill and talk nonsense in the heated smoking area or get your boogie on inside…
Curated each week by 3 resident DJ’s breevil, Basic Tone & James Kirwan to create that Sunday vibe and party atmosphere that is expected to top off the best of weekends.
^ The Parlour Bar ^
We are holding a charity fundraiser in aid of the amazing Bolt Hostel, a homeless family hostel currently under threat of closure from DCC.
TABLE QUIZ hosted in the ‘Parlour Bar’ upstairs in Whelan’s!
plus guest ^ Upstairs ^
Galway Trad rockers take over the stage at Whelan’s!
This will likely be their last gig in Dublin for a while before the lads head off to the UK for a month long tour in September
‘The Bold Kerryman’ Album Launch
w/ DAMIEN DEMPSEY
plus guest
Méabh Ní Bheaglaioch (Vocal & Button Accordion)
Matt Griffin (Guitar)
_Main Room_
A night celebrating the launch of the Bold Kerry Man, featuring one of Irelands finest singers, Séamus Begley with very special guests Time Edey & Surprise guests.
plus guest^ Upstairs ^
On Friday the 28th of August we invite you to come and join us Upstairs in Whelan’s to celebrate the release of our Debut Ep.
Support for the night will be announced in the next few weeks!
The Ep will be released on Spotify, Itunes and all the usual digital haunts but we have a limited pressing of 100 copies for the first 100 people to arrive to the gig.
Admission is €10 on the door but if you book tickets in advance from Wav tickets you will save a whopping €2!
We’re really excited for people to hear the Ep and can’t wait to see you all at the gig.
TICKETS
€8 adv / €10 door w/ Free EP (first 100)
Advanced tickets available online from WAV Tickets or Lo-Call 1890 200 078 (1-8pm M-F, 4-8pm Sat)
– 50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings. Final ticket price may be higher from other outlets.
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).
8pm til late
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We’re extending a warm invite to all our folkish friends to come join us on the 22nd of August for a good aul’ hooley in Whelan’s of Camden Street.
Tickets priced €22.90 (including booking) on sale Friday August 7th @9am from www.ticketmaster.ie & outlets nationwide
RETURN TO THE MOON TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 30
EL VY (pronounced like a plural of Elvis; rhymes with ‘hell pie’) is the musical collaboration between Matt Berninger, vocalist and lyricist of The National, and Brent Knopf, the Portland musician and producer best known for his work in Menomena and his more recent band, Ramona Falls. Their debut album Return To The Moon will be released on October 30th via 4AD.
The album is a project Berninger and Knopf have been thinking about for years. Their friendship spans nearly a decade, starting back when the National and Menomena played small half empty clubs along America’s west coast. Feeling an immediate musical kinship, the pair kept in touch, Brent sending Matt occasional rough sketches of music and Matt responding with melodies and lyrics. Finally, in the winter and spring of 2014-115, they actually got together to make an album.
Return to the Moon sounds exactly like you’d hope a collaboration between these artists would: Berninger’s darkly funny, lyrical storytelling and his immediately identifiable sense of melody offset by Knopf’s playful, architectural arrangements and inventive production. Knopf explains, “I never worried about sending Matt something unfinished. He’s able to imagine where it can go. He can grab the four bars that will become the core of the track and develop them into something amazing.”
The National and Ramona Falls are both currently preparing upcoming releases, so EL VY is not a replacement or a side project, but a glimpse into an alternate musical universe: a universe in which Berninger never left Cincinnati, and Midwestern punk Mecca the Jockey Club never closed.
A universe in which Mike Watt and the late D. Boon of the punk band Minutemen are every bit as iconic as Mick and Keith, and a teenager’s sense of rebellion is fed by the dark social politics ofmiddle America.
“This record is more autobiographical than anything else I’ve written,” says Berninger, “but the details aren’t true. It’s written in the voices of a few invented characters, composites of different people – myself, my wife, and other people I was thinking about.”
The album opener and title track ‘Return To The Moon’ is now available to hear online today
Return To The Moon will be released on CD, LP and digitally from October 30th.
Listeners who pre-order Return To The Moon on iTunes will receive the title track instantly, and every song on Side 1 (tracks 1-5) of the album before its October 30 release date.
TICKETS – MOVED TO VICAR STREET
ON SALE FRI 7th AUG, 9AM: €22.90 available online from WAV Tickets or Lo-Call 1890 200 078 (1-8pm M-F, 4-8pm Sat) PLUS a free copy of the album.– 50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings. Final ticket price may be higher from other outlets.Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
AFTER THE GIG
Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags [Disco/House/Funk] upstairs from 11pm til late (Free Entry).
plus guest_ Main Venue _
Tickets €20 (incl booking) on sale Wed 5th Aug from www.whelanslive.com, ticketmaster.ie & outlets nationwide
“This is comfortably the best effort from Matt Mondanile to date. A tribute to the power of not just belief but also the idea that patience can be your best weapon
(4AD Records)plus guest^ Upstairs ^
Tickets priced €13 (including booking) on sale Thursday August 6th @ 9am from www.ticketmaster.ie & outlets nationwide
U.S. Girls is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy, who releases her new album Half Free on 4AD September 25th.