Whelanslive presents a new, exciting & exceedingly busy night…
Every Thursday At Midnight
this week featuring
+ CLUB ZEBRA DJs [main room] + LIVE VISUALS [everywhere] + DRINKS PROMOTIONS [everywhere]
FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)
***email zebra@whelanslive.com for free entry***
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Dublin based four piece folk-rock band Tarantella Fall are looking forward to the launch of their first single “Home” from their forth coming second album.
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Through uploading her home recorded cover versions from her bedroom in Dublin, Laura Elizabeth Hughes has gathered huge online interest from music fans around the world.
Popical Island presents
‘The Community Games’ Launch feat.
8 ’til late
{If you plan on arriving after 10:30pm you’ll need to leave your name on the facebook event page so that you don’t have to pay into the Whelan’s club}
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The launch of ‘The Community Games’, an album containing new songs by Cave Ghosts, Ginnels, Grand Pocket Orchestra and No Monster Club. All four bands will be performing Upstairs in Whelan’s on the night.
The record will be released by Popical Island on 100 limited edition white label 12” LPs. Ten collectable covers will be available; each one featuring a different member of one of the bands.
THE FULL STORY
Grand Pocket Orchestra formed in Dublin in 2007, consisting of Paddy Hanna, Bronwyn Murphy-White, Mark Chester and Peter O’ Shea. With their unique ‘Fisher Price pop’ stylings, they attracted a whole load of plaudits, toured the world and wooed a lot of fans. One such fan was Bobby Aherne who went to so many of their shows that they decided they might as well just ask him to join. And so, on St. Patrick’s Day 2010, Grand Pocket Orchestra became a quintet. Bobby also made his own music, using the name No Monster Club. In a sort of musical exchange, Paddy and Mark offered to become his live rhythm section, enabling them to tour Europe as a power pop trio. Their 2012 album ‘Dublin’ was dubbed the sixth best Irish album of the year by influential music blog Nialler9. Meanwhile Mark was also recording his own solo material. Using the pseudonym ‘Ginnels’, he has thus far released three highly acclaimed records, the latest of which (double album ‘Crowns’) was selected as the fifth best album of last year by Totally Dublin. When he performs live, he is accompanied by Paddy and Bobby, as well as members of Squarehead and Tieranniesaur. In 2012, after the release of their sophomore album ‘Ronald and Sylma’, Grand Pocket Orchestra replaced Toronto-bound drummer Maggie Fagan with Castleknock sticksmith Enda Canavan. Away from the drum stool, however, Enda was on bass-playing duties with harmonic summer popsters Cave Ghosts, alongside Jen Connell, Aoife O’Carra and Connor Walls. The first three songs ever recorded by Cave Ghosts are included here, highly accomplished and oozing sunshine. As well as sharing a rehearsal room underneath Dublin city (where these twelve tracks were produced), all four bands share members. But despite their inextricable connection, the singular character of each project is remarkably evident on these songs; from the expansive garage pop of No Monster Club to Cave Ghosts’ reverb-laden beach lullabies, past the infectious plink-plonk indie rock of Grand Pocket Orchestra and on to Ginnels’ jangly noise jams. This is the first time that all four groups (and all ten members) have been united on the same album.
€5 on the door or €10 w/ LP (while stocks last)
Strictly over 18’s, I.D. may be required.
Old Flat Top presents
On Stage 9pm – No support
The Georgia Satellites were one of the most ferocious bands of the 80’s
and what set them apart from the other 10,000 groups who cranked their amps up to 11 was that their wild riffs and tanked cries came from a band that, from the start, understood it’s place in rock tradition and fought hard to solidify it with each recording.
The story starts in the early 80’s at Hedgen’s, a “country club for the spiritually impoverished and emotionally destitute” , as chief songwriter Baird would later identify it. Bassist Keith Christopher, Drummer Mauro Magellan and Guitarists Rick Richards and Dan Baird were playing on the Atlanta circuit in various bar bands such as the Hellhounds, the Brains and the Woodpeckers. These bands would gradually morph into the original Georgia Satellites.
#1 fan and road manager Kevin Jennings, sold an EP of early Satellites recordings to an independent UK record label, Making Waves and the EP, Keep The Faith, provoked an extraordinary reaction from the UK music press, which, in turn, woke up the previously indifferent stateside music industry. The stand-out track on the EP and most peoples introduction to the band was Keep Your Hands To Yourself which was swiftly culled from the bands eponymous debut major label release on Elektra and became a runaway grammy nominated hit, both LP and single only being kept off the respective #1 slot’s by Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet and Living On A Prayer. A second hit single, Battleship Chains, solidified the LP’s platinum success.
Where the Satellites really earned their reputation though, was with their live shows. All those years of three sets a night, paid dividends as their live performances laid waste to audiences across the States and in particular Europe, which took the band to it’s collective heart, a love affair that continues to this day.
Two more Elektra LP’s, Open All Night and the remarkable Salvation And Sin, plus a track, Hippy Hippy Shake, on the Tom Cruise movie soundtrack, Cocktail, followed, but by the early 90’s, all those years of incessant touring had taken their toll and the band split.
Dan Baird forged a successful solo career with Rick Rubin’s Def American, scoring major hits with the album Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired and single I Love You Period. A second LP, the critically acclaimed Buffalo Nickel, followed and Dan also developed a career as a highly sought after producer.
Post Satellites Mauro played on both of Dan’s Def American albums before taking time out to raise a family and concentrate on his other interests. Keith had also returned to the fold for the Def American recordings and like Mauro played on both ‘Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired’ and ‘Buffalo Nickel’. After recording ‘Buffalo Nickel’, Keith went on to join Kenny Wayne Sheppard’s band and play on a multitude of sessions, including Ayo’s 2006 double platinum debut Joyful.
In 2001 Dan returned to live performance, with the Sofa Kings, a band that featured hot shot guitarist Ken McMahan. The shows producing the live album, Redneck Savant. Dan also found time to record and tour as part of the alt “supergroup”, The Yayhoos who also featured Keith Christopher and long time Dan sparring partner Terry Anderson. The Yayhoos line up is completed by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel. The foursome have released two albums to date, Fear Not The Obvious in 2002, following it in 2007 with Put The Hammer Down.
2003 saw the release of a compilation of Dan and Georgia Satellites unreleased gems – Out Of Mothballs – and Mauro put out an album with his other band The Crashers – Love School. Dan, Keith, Mauro and Ken hit the road for the first of a sucession of tours which were documented on the 2005 double live set – Feels So Good.
In 2007 the band decided to take some time off to concentrate on writing and to recharge their batteries. During this period, Ken had his first child and decided to spend some time at home. His legacy and importance to the band are stamped all over the live cd and dvd set – Fresh Out Of Georgia – which will stand as a worthy testament to his time with the band.
His replacement is none other than Warner E. Hodges, also guitarist extrodinaire with Nashville legends, Jason And The Scorchers. Warner is probably the only guitarist capable of matching Dan’s intensity chord for chord and proved to be the missing piece in the Homemade Sin jigsaw. Long term friends, Dan had co-produced Warner’s 2007 debut solo album – Centerline.
February 2008, Dan, Warner, Mauro and Keith embarked upon the recording of Homemade Sin’s debut studio album. Recorded in Nashville the fourteen tracks on ‘Dan Baird & Homemade Sin’ represent the first new Dan Baird studio album since ‘Buffalo Nickel’.
The album was released in Europe in May 2008 to rave reviews and was playlisted by BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris, an American release scheduled for 2009. Live audiences got to hear the new songs for the first time when Homemade Sin, joined the Quireboys on a highly successful package tour of the U.K. and Scandinavia. The band were back in Scandinavia once again in October with one veteran (and by all accounts highly jaded) music journalist giving the band a SIX out of FIVE star review and proclaiming the show to be the best gig he’d seen in over twenty years!
Can you give me an amen?
€18.25 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.
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).
Harmonic presents
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Tickets on sale now priced €18.50 (including booking fee) from www.whelanslive.com www.tickets.ie & www.ticketmaster.ie
Nipping at the ragged heels of their eagerly devoured Sod in the Seed EP, WHY? at last unleash their fifth long-player, a meticulous work of morbid fascination and offbeat romanticism dubbed Mumps, etc.
MCD.ie presents
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The New Haven, Connecticut-based Hatebreed got together in 1993 for the purpose of creating a “back to basics” hardcore band with heavy metallic guitars, screaming vocals, and 30-second songs. Consisting of Jamey Jasta (vocals), Lou “Boulder” Richards (guitar), Chris Beattie (bass), Sean Martin (guitar), and Rigg Ross (drums), Hatebreed had the chance to play throughout the East Coast while sharing the stage with the likes of Entombed, the Deftones, Slayer, and Napalm Death. By 1997, Victory Records released the quintet’s debut full-length, entitled Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire. The group signed with Stillborn/Republic/Universal for 2002’s Perseverance and 2003’s Rise of Brutality. Supremacy arrived on Roadrunner Records in 2006, featuring new guitarist Frank Novinec (who’d previously spent time playing with Ringworm, Terror, and Integrity). Guitarist Wayne Lozinak joined the band in 2008. The band released For the Lions, a covers album, in May of 2009, followed by a new self-titled studio album in September. The group’s sixth studio outing, The Divinity of Purpose, dropped in 2013. Do not miss Hatebreed in Whelan’s on Tuesday 6th August. Tickets €23.00 includes booking fee go on sale this Friday at 9am from www.ticketmaster.ie and Ticketmaster outlets. Over 18’s – ID required.
On Sale Fri 15th Mar, 9am: €23 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.
Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
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By the time she was 16, she had started playing in local Pop/Rockbands and after trying out many different styles and bands, she finally returned to her Celtic roots and put her musical heart back into her beloved acoustic folk music.
Whelanslive.com presents
a double headliner feat.
and
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“Country-soul greatness… Poor Moon is a beautiful, accomplished record…” 4/5 Uncut
Hiss Golden Messenger is Durham, North Carolina-based songwriter M.C. Taylor and multi-instrumentalist Scott Hirsch. The pair previously recorded as the Court and Spark
Aiken Promotions presents
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Shovels & Rope is a Charleston, South Carolina-based duo consisting of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent. They perform as an energetic two-piece band, stirring up a righteous racket with two old guitars, a handful of harmonicas, the occasional keyboard
***THIS GIG HAS BEEN POSTPONED, NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON***
ORIGINAL TICKETS STILL VALID OR REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
MCD.ie presents
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Zebra Katz has just announced details of his debut headline Dublin show in Whelans on the 4th of June. Tickets 12 euro including booking fee on sale this Friday the 15th of March at 9am from Ticketmaster outlets and online from www.ticketmaster.ie and www.wavtickets.ie
U:Mack presents
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Tickets on sale on Mon 11th March, 9am, see Tickets.ie & wavtickets.ie
THIS GIG HAS BEEN CANCELLED – REFUNDS FROM POINT OF SALE
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Michael Kaeshammer has been called a triple-threat combo of piano virtuosity, vocal ability and charisma. This combination that has earned the Canadian musician international critical acclaim and a loyal and growing fan base. But he doesn’t simply wow you, he invites you in and talks to you. A highly trained technician and writer and an incendiary piano player who is a consummate host on stage.
Michael’s recent release of the DVD “KAESHAMMERLIVE!” has earned him his latest JUNO Award nomination (Canada’s Grammy Awards) for ‘Best DVD Of The Year’. The DVD captured Michael and his band performing his live show on the road.
After meeting New Orleans R&B legend Allen Toussaint at numerous festivals where both performers were featured over the years, Michael decided to take his band into the studio last December to record a tribute album to Allen Toussaint, one of his musical influences as a kid growing up in Germany. The CD entitled “TOUCH OF LOVE” will be released summer 2013.
€15 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.
Whelan’s Indie DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm
The POLIÇA gig on Saturday 23rd March is now SOLD OUT. High fives to everyone that got tickets, dunce hats to everyone that thought they’d get them on the night.
Whelanslive.com presents
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At the news of Bob Marley’s untimely death in 1981, musicians Bunna and Madaski formed a band and named it in honour of one of Marley’s best known, best loved songs- Africa Unite. Thirty years on, with 14 albums and hundreds of concerts under their belt, Africa Unite still tour Europe and their native Italy playing their own take on the music that holds an obsessional grip on all in its church Bunna and Madaski are no exception in this regard, since 1981 they’ve been devoted to the genre- dabbling occasionally in hip hop, funk and dubstep.
This eight piece line-up of vocals, two guitars, keys, sax, trumpet, bass and two percussionists has the full, rich range of the Caribbean sound at its heart. Their lyrics are often political, sometimes playful and sung both in English and their native Italian. Best known for their sunshine melodies, faultless groove and masterful production, Africa Unite have rightly earned a cult following on the European roots and reggae scene. They’ve recorded with the artists such as Kymani Marley, Alborosie, Princess Julianna, Sergent Garcia and are well respected by musicians and music lovers alike. But then this should come as no surprise as it’s fair to say that any act going strong for over 30 years is getting something right, and if reports of their live shows are anything to go by, that something is can be seen up close Monday 11th of April in the intimate settings of Whelan’s of Wexford Street.
€15 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.
Whelan’s DJ w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm (Free Entry)
Conor Byrne & Whelanslive.com present
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“Three decades equals a remarkable repertoire in Scullion’s world, most of it drawn from the creative genius of Condell, whose subtle lyricism and matchless melody lines bear scant kinship to anyone else on the planet”
Whelanslive presents the launch of a new, exciting & exceedingly busy night…
Every Thursday At Midnight
Launch night for ZEBRA kicking off at 9pm!!!
this week featuring
+GUEST DJS + LIVE VISUALS + DRINKS PROMOTIONS
FACEBOOK EVENT HERE
FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat)
***email zebra@whelanslive.com for free entry***
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After a sold out Academy 2 show last April, Third Smoke look set to launch new single Peacock on April 11th. Third Smoke’s Peacock tour includes 4 dates across England along with the final date in Whelan’s.
[EP LAUNCH]
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The finishing touches have been placed on the EP by three-time Grammy Award winning mastering engineer – Bob Katz and are ready to be unleashed on the world.
Goldenplec.com presents
featuring
A charity event raising funds for Down Syndrome Ireland – DONATE HERE – mycharity.ie/event/coasttocoast2
Goldenplec.com presents…. Coast to Coast: Tea and Toast. Our cross country charity promotional event pairs promoting Irish bands with raising money for Down Syndrome Ireland culminating with a finale gig in Whelan’s Dublin on March 30th 2013.
So what is Coast to Coast: Tea and Toast? Team Goldenplec crosses the country, Coast to Coast from Dublin to Galway on Good Friday 29th March meeting a band in every county we pass through for a cup of Barry’s Tea, a slice of Johnston Mooney and O’Brien toast and a one song gig recorded on Nokia Lumia 920 phones.
These videos are uploaded via our Meteor internet dongles to Goldenplec.com with click to donate links provided. We’ll be using scenic locations such as Bunratty Castle for video shoots.. Each donation of €5 or more will automatically be entered into a competition to win prizes including Nokia Lumia 920 phones, some gig tickets and some tea and bread hampers.
We return to Dublin leaving Galway on Saturday 30th March stopping at Ennis and Limerick before heading back to Dublin. (see route stop locations below) finishing with a finale showcase in Whelan’s featuring some of our favourite bands. Our transport for the event has been provided courtesy of Avis car rentals.
The National Concert Hall will be playing host to Dublin bands such as Leanne Harte, CPNHGN, Crow Black Chicken, Ham Sandwich and more for one song videos on Friday 29th March with one song video shoots taking place in Whelan’s and the surrounding area on Saturday 30th March prior to the finale show with the help of 45sound.
The finale show….
Out of action the last while because they have been busy in studio writing new material and recording for their next release, Raglans came back to live duty with a support slot for The Courteeners on Thursday night. This morning they join the lineup to help raise funds for Down Syndrome Ireland. They’ve got new songs and they can’t wait to get on stage and play them for you.
Shadowplay are the winners of the prestigious Hotpress Lift Off competition in 2012. Having secured a major international multi-album deal, the band have spent much of late 2012 writing new material and preparing for their much anticipated launch later this year. A rare sighting on the current gig circuit, we are delighted to have them join us for our finale gig. Andrew Dempsey, the bands lead singer, was clear on the bands reasons for being so keen to play. “Goldenplec have been such great supporters of us from the very early days of the band, just as they are to so many young Irish bands every day, we were happy to do whatever we could to be part of Coast to Coast”
This Galway girl have moved up to Dublin and we expect her to make some waves. She is currently finishing off writing her new EP which will be coming out in the next few months. We’ve been told there will be some new material for us to enjoy at our gig, so head on down for a sneak peak at the next batch of Elaine Mai material.
The soft spoken, gently and unassumingly working their way into your eardrums. Off recording their new album, currently putting the final touches on it in Dublin with Karl Odlum (Ham Sandwich, Fight Like Apes). The album is expected in the fall and they promise some big announcements and changes soon.
The new material is quite different to their previous stuff and you’ll be hearing the new material exclusively first at Coast to Coast: Tea and Toast on March 30th.
The Route and Dublin one song videos
€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] & Ticketfriend.com (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings from WaV).
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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).
Do Da Promotions presents
THE FULL PACKAGE
featuring:
plus special guests
€7 on the door
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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).
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TRANS WORLD STAR + YOUNG SAVAGE
Formed over 5 years ago The Grunts have steadily become one of Irelands most respected Indie/Rock bands. Taking their influences from early U2, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cure and The Pixies, the bands live performances have earned them great reviews and a loyal following.
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“Proving that the art of song writing isn’t dead, Niall Colfer’s debut is a joy to listen to from start to finish….Blind Eye is one of the best tracks that i’ve heard in moons”. Hot Press
“.. you’d need a heart of concrete to resist..” Sunday Business Post
MCD.ie presents<
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“HAIM are a group on a crest of a wave – in demand, adored and feeling capable of anything” – The Guardian
The brilliant HAIM have announced details of a headline show in Whelans on the 25th of May.
[EP LAUNCH]
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MORGAN MOONEY + a secret guest performer
”Charismatic, dynamic, soul gripping, Fusion Family grab you by the scruff, and pull your ass through a set that makes you laugh, cry, sweat, f*%k, love, hate and tickle your groovebox, brilliant!” – Brian Hogan (Kíla)
”Fusion Family are an impressive Irish band with a good handle on how to craft successful music – Jim Lockhart (The Horslips)
”Im lookin forward to this with the guys, hopefully the fusion family will be huge, and they’ll let me open for one of their big arena gigs, can u imagine the amount of women throwing themselves at my feet, but I’d say NO, f*%k you, where were you when I was a teenager, you fickle bastards…” – David McSavage (RTE’s The Savage Eye)
Fusion Family have just returned from their first venture to L.A. The band were invited to work with ex black grape member and super producer Danny Saber (The Rolling Stones / U2 / David Bowie / Willie Nelson / Public Enemy) One of the bands new tracks ‘HATE’ has been selected to appear on Danny Sabers new Record ‘Saber Bytes 2’ which is being released in the states in March 2013.Fusion Family are one of three unsigned acts featuring on the compilation and are the only other Irish artists on the record apart from Bono (u2) who has has an original solo song on the record.
Fusion Family’s bass player Stephen O Neil played alongside Andre 3000 in The Jimmy Hendrix film which was shot in Ireland earlier this Year.Danny Bramson music supervisor and producer of the Jimmy Hendrix Movie (Almost Famous / Austin Powers / Mission Impossible 3 / Vanilla sky) has described Fusion Family’s music as ‘Superior’ and as a Career band’). After seeing the band perform at the Jimmy Hendrix Movie rap party Danny Bramson Invited the guys to Stay with him and his family for the first week of their Stay in L.A.
While in L.A. the band recorded their new Album entitled ‘Dreams Like these’ they also shot two music videos one of which was shot on Venice beach and met with a number of top Industry heads over a hectic three weeks including the ex Killers manager Larry Little who was so impressed by the bands one of a kind music video Dr. Sadler he said ”your video is simply amazing!!! It looks like a million dollar video, how did you pull that off”? The Video That Larry was blown away by was financed by the band through gigs in Dublin over 8 months, it was the largest project the band have attempted to Date.The Second Part Of Fusion Family’s Dr. Sadler is going to be shot in may next year. The Guys are already planning for next years travel to L.A. summer 2013, after receiving an Offer of three weeks worth of Dates as well as the opportunity to be back in such an amazing part of the world.
€10 w/ EP
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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).
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We, Redwoods fresh off the back of our TV debut on The Late Late Show are headlining upstairs in Whelan’s this coming Friday the 8th of March. Check us out on The Late Late here:
Roadworks Tours presents
Tom Russell is a master storyteller and Mesabi, his newest release for Shout! Factory, corrals some of the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s most compelling tales to date.
eLive presents
[LISTENING PARTY]
N.B: These free tickets will go “onsale” at exactly 4pm on Monday 4th March.
featuring –
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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The iKonics launch their debut single.
Formed a little over a year ago by three friends The iKonics are a band that draw influences from all different styles of music
Lisa Richards presents
[HOW YOU DOIN’?]
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Native New Yorker Aidan Bishop began his comedy career in his hometown however since relocating to Dublin he has become one of the top comics working today.
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Full credit where and when it’s due to Dublin-based rock band, The Laundry Shop: they get knocked down but they get up again.
U:Mack presents
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Existential punk rock party legends No Means No return to Dublin for a gig in Whelans on Thursday may 23!
Roadworks Tours presents
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“Luft is a consummate performer. Unlike so many singer-songwriters, [her] music has an urgency that can’t be denied… as good as anything I’ve heard for a long time.” Americana UK
Roadworks Tours presents
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“Irresistible” – Rolling Stone “More hooks than Marilyn Monroe’s closet” – Chicago Sun-Times
Roadworks Tours presents
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Hurray For The Riff Raff began when Alynda Lee Segarra left her native Bronx, New York at the age of 17 and started hopping freight trains across the USA to satisfy a yearning to explore its mythical small towns and backwaters
Andy Burrows has had to postpone his Whelan’s show for February 28th. Please keep an eye on www.andyburrows.co.uk for a rescheduled date. Refunds are available from point of purchase.
Whelanslive.com presents
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THE SCHOOL are a pop band from Cardiff, signed to legendary Spanish label Elefant Records.
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DEATH GRIPS have just announced details of an exclusive headline performance at Whelan’s, Wexford Street on April 29th 2013.
Jack of Diamonds Sessions & Toast Office Records Present
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WYVERN LINGO MILK & HONEY CHAMPION JIM
Conor Linnie releases his eagerly anticipated debut album ‘Astray’. Linnie’s songwriting style blends together a driving rhythm with ornate melody lines to create a complex folk sound.
U:MACK presents
[Record Release Party]
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Cian Nugent & The Cosmos are throwing a big party to celebrate their forthcoming 7″ Single “Hire Purchase” on the legendary Matador Label, as part of their Singles Going Home Alone subscription series. The single marks a major progression for Nugent, with the young virtuoso guitarist adding sweeping psychedelic electric guitar licks to his trademark finger picking style. This incredible new single is only available though this subscription series, However, a limited amount will be available at the gig.
Support comes from the Family Elan, and also The Cryboys, a new band featuring a great mix of players from Dublin.
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CIAN NUGENT & THE COSMOS
Cian Nugent & The Cosmos are the full electric band that has developed from Cian Nugent’s solo guitar playing over the past year with David Lacey, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (who both played on Cian’s debut album Doubles), Conor Lumsden and Brendan Jenkinson. New material shows the added influence to Cian’s wandering guitar playing of the eternal flow of transnational desert blues, psychedelic thoughts on rock, feeling fine, jazz ambitions, and the campaign to leagalise jamming.
Cian’s debut studio album Doubles came out in June 2011 on US label VHF after an EP in 2007 and a live album, Childhood Christian Lies and Slaughter in 2008. And 7″ Grass Above My Head b/w My War Blues followed in May 2012.
“Cian Nugent’s album is a deep bass through some of the most visionary music of the 20th Century threaded together with maximum grace” – Jon Dale, Uncut 9/10 rating.
“Nugent’s already mastered dynamics tone and articulation. He introduces each new melody or change of emotional tenor at precisely the right moment to keep you on the edge with him, and his tunes are sturdy and lovely things […] Mighty good.” — Bill Meyer, The Wire
“Nugent smartly focuses on developing a pair of immersive environments that are continuously compelling for more than 20 minutes at a time. He nails it.” — Grayson Currin, Pitchfork, 7.7 rating.
https://soundcloud.com/cian-nugent ————–THE FAMILY ELAN
The Family Elan is currently performing as a trio, featuring Chris Hladowski on electrified bouzouki, elektrosaz & vocals, Harry Wheeler on electric bass and for this gig David Lacey playing drums.
Collaborators past and present include the singer Stephanie Hladowski, percussionist Patrick Farmer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Hanna Tuulikki, and double bass player Seth Bennett.
The scope of the Family Elan’s output is broad, ranging from self penned reflective meditations which rotate on a devotional harmonic axis, to irreverent interpretations of Bollywood hits, to Turkic folk forms filtered through a psychedelic rock praxis.
Perhaps the unifying strand in all this is a deep interest in traditional music forms and their reinvention through communal group playing, in the current instance very much rooted in the Bradford DIY “no rave” aesthetic.
www.thefamilyelan.com ————–CRYBOYS
Cryboys are a new band featuring Dylan Phillips (Dinah Brand, Pet Lamb), Cian Nugent, David Kitt and Glenn Keating (Jape, Redneck Manifesto) who play and sing anachronistic songs for sad uncles, public transport and the pissy drizzle
€8 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings from WaV).
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
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).
plus guests
Il Sogno del Marinaio is the latest musical venture from ex-Minutemen bassist, Mike Watt. A highly respected figure in contemporary music and the embodiment of the D.I.Y punk spirit
U:MACK presents
In Association With Whelanslive.com
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After literally years of trying, we’ve finally managed to book one of the best bands in the world.
Whelanslive.com presents
THIS GIG IS HAPPENING IN ‘THE BOYS SCHOOL’ AT THE SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE
Folk/blues mavericks Rufus Coates & The Blackened Trees are proud to announce the launch of their much-anticipated debut EP at Smock Alley Theatre in Temple Bar on Friday March 15th. Despite their relatively recent ascension to the vibrant family of eclectic folk artists currently making waves on the Dublin music scene the band have already played with a number of notable UK & Ireland acts including Katie Kim, The Filthy Six and Louis Barabbas. Armed with beautifully-crafted songs & punctuated by the haunting vocal harmonies from Rufus and his partner in rhyme Jess, 2012 saw them take the stage at a range of Irish festivals such as Electric Picnic, Whelans Ones To Watch, Knockanstockan and Jack Of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots while Communion Dublin have listed them as one of their favourite live acts. 2013 has already started with a bang for the band as Other Voices recently welcomed them to perform on their 2013 Dingle music trail and a UK tour is scheduled for the end of this coming summer. Smock Alley on March 15th is the perfect setting & time to catch this wonderfully arresting band as they begin what should be a stellar recording career.
€10 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)
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).
THIS GIG IS HAPPENING IN THE ‘BOYS SCHOOL’ AT THE SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE
Musiclee.ie & Silverwood Music Label Presents
SEVEN THINGS ALOOM – ALBUM LAUNCH
Launch of first Thom Moore CD in 19 years:
DIT FASHION SOCIETY presents
w/ MC WILLIAM MEARA
All proceeds go to Charity
Kinfolk presents
FREE ENTRY
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).
