Drea in Bourkes for 2 nights

The excellent local act "Drea" is playing two nights in Bourkes as part of a warm up for a showcase gig in London next October.
The Vesta Varro former front man will take to the stage at Bourkes tomorrow night 13th and also the following Thursday the 20th. Support acts on the night will come from Birdthistle(13th) and Brendan Markham(20th). Well worth checking these gigs out, Keep an eye on him here.
New Limerick dates added :
Cobblestone Joe's Limerick -26th Oct
Acoustic Performance The Curragower -28th Oct Limerick

2 New Dates for Limerick's Big Top

After a string of excellent gigs in September, The Milk Market will be transformed into the Big Top Music Venue once again. Its turning out to be one of the best venues around and is obviously attracting both acts and crowds.

November 25th will see the Coronas back to the venue after playing to a packed tent back in April.

The superb Bellx1 will fill the venue on the 2nd of December, The lads will be back in limerick after there sold out show in St.Johns Church back in November last year (Some videos here).

Looking forward to seeing this great band in such a brilliant setting. The brilliant Jape will be supporting bellx1 on the night. Tickets can be sourced here

Fred live at Dolans, Limerick 07/10/2011

The Cork/Limerick outfit were back to limerick after a great Belltable show back in May. The band have just released their fantastic new album "Leaving My Empire".
The band have gone a new route with the album musically. They still have that Pop fun sound but now its intertwined with an alternative sound much like "the national". This album is well worth checking out!


The support act tonight was another corkonian act by the name of "Slow Motion Heroes". A motley looking crew with members that didn't fit in and members that could have been plucked from Woodstock and members straight out of Kasabian. The lead singer did not posses a belt but my did he have a voice! He had one hell of a stage presence acting out most of the sounds with his hands, eyes and hips.The harmonies produced at times were amazingly good. They played a small but excellent set with many tunes coming from their brand new EP called "Not Pop". The new EP can be downloaded for free here.http://slowmotionheroes.bandcamp.com/album/not-pop. Looking forward to catching this guys live again.

Fred arrive on stage but with a change of personnel the keyboard player is now Julie Feeney. The last girl Carolyn Goodwin has now left the band for other musical endeavours and Julie is filling in for a bit. Julie is currently in the middle of sorting out a new album and has gone down the route of trying to self fund it. Check out a link here to help her out if you can. Julie isn't fully up to scratch with all the lyrics and nuisances of the songs but she is only at it a week and she played great considering the length of time. Non the less a superb show as always and they are a great live band, loved the stage adorned with red and white paper circular lights and sweeping white cloth. They played a great set of 14 tracks including the brand new single we are the city now, Cheers for a great gig and if you can go buy their album, it wont disappoint!
Set:
If Not Now When
The Life Behind
The Lights
As you See
Somewhere Else
Villains
We Are The City Now
Eleven
Skyscrapers
Fears & Remedies
Trial By Fire
Fear
Stereoscope
Encore:
Running

Fred in Town This Friday

The brilliant part local indielimerick favourite Fred are in town this Friday and they are bringing along the superb Julie Feeney as support too!
The lads are back to limerick after their excellent performance from the belltable back in May this year. Check out some videos from the gig Here.
If you haven't seen this act live before you have been missing out big time, The band just released a new album this year called "Leaving My Empire". I must say its rarely off the ipod this year, its a gem of an album!!
This is gig is not to be missed! The Slow Motions Heroes are also on the bill to support.

Albums Worth Listening to in October 2011

L-R
Lisa Hannigan - Passenger
Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire (Stream Here)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark
Noel Gallagher - High Flying Birds
Feist- Metals

As Always Suggestions Very Welcome!

Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters Need your Help!

The local band have been invited to play at the Indie Week Music Showcase Festival in Toronto, Canada. The band are putting on a night in Dolans this Saturday to fundraise for the trip. Admission is only €5 and its well worth the price. This show also coincides with the release of their new single 'Strip The City', which which is now available for free download from http://foxjawbountyhunters.bandcamp.com/
 

Sessions from the Hub #3 - Hermitage Green

The superb Sessions from the hub has another band in studio, This time from the excellent local act Hermitage Green. For more info on the Session from the hub, click here

Music Snippets #33 - Constant Supply

Hail From :

Letterkenny, County Donegal
Band Members :
James Gillen
Conal Sweeney
About:

The Duo have just released a single intitled "Daft Quotes" and is the sampler to their debut album due out early next  year. There last release was in 2010 called the ‘Alleviate EP’ , it saw them teaming up with Tommy McLaughlin (Villagers/Cathy Davey), who recorded it in his lovely Attica studio in Termon, Donegal. The pair are about to embark on a tour and one of their stops is Foleys bar in Limerick. Catch the lads on the 6th of October. In the mean time sample some of their stuff in the link below and check out the lovely video to "lingering" below.

Check them out here : http://www.breakingtunes.com/constantsupply

For more Music Snippets click HERE

IMRO Showcase Tour in Limerick This Friday

The 20th installment of the IMRO showcase tour calls into Dolans this Friday. The showcase tour is all about getting the best new acts on a live stage around the country. IMRO got a number of band submissions to be part of this years tour and have whittled in down to 11 dates and Limerick hosts one of these. It will be a great night of music and the line up has 4 local acts. Well worth €5!
The line up for the limerick gig is as follows:

Dead Red Light
Read about them HERE

Jefl & Hyde
Check out HERE

Moscow Metro
Gig Review HERE & HERE

Tenaka
Read about HERE & HERE

The Hip-Neck Blues Collective
Check out HERE

Jape , Live at Dolans, Limerick 24/09/2011 Review

Jape was the last on the bill for a four night in a row gig extravaganza put on by Dolans. This one was billed for Dolans rather than their other gig home "The Big Top". The Jape gig was moved from the warehouse to upstairs late in the day due to a Nirvana's Nervermind 20th anniversary gig put on by various local bands. The Nevermind album would be played in its entirety to a larger audience tonight. Jape later quipped that its the first time he has been moved to a smaller venue thanks to a covers band.

A small crowd had gathered upstairs to witness Richie Egan, The amount of gigs over the last few days obviously impacting on numbers but the Dubliner didn't seem to mind. The opening act was that of "Goodtime", Which later turned out to be two quarters of Japes backing band. They started out the evening with some funky tunes and led nicely onto the main act.

The intimate venue and small crowd would not be your typical Jape venue/show as the music is suited to hundreds of people dancing like crazies. Instead here we were sitting at tables with candlelight, prime for an acoustic singer songwriter night however this didn't phase the main man and he got straight down to business. He started off with a few new numbers which will feature in the highly anticipated follow up to "Ritual". The new album "Ocean of Frequency" is due out this Friday and I for one am looking forward to getting my hands on it. Speaking to Richie afterwards he says the new record is more mellow than ritual but is very happy with the outcome and is looking forward to its release. He is in a giddy mood tonight and its really fun to watch him improvise on songs he has been playing live a long time. At one point there is a problem with one of the bands mics and he makes up a crazy tune on the spot and has the audience singing back the lyrics. It was a great night and as always a Jape gig lives up to its name.

Go get the new album this Friday and keep an eye on his movements HERE

The Stunning, Live at the Big Top, Limerick 23/09/2011 Review

The Stunning was the last gig for the Big Top in limerick after 2 nights of great music under the canopy.

It was my first time to see the stunning live as I had only witnessed "The Walls" (lead signer and guitarists new band after the stunning spilt in '94) on one occasion before. The band had some major songs and two No.1 albums under their belt before I was even gig going age so I never had a huge affinity with the band unlike the throngs of people all in that age bracket taking up spots at the front of the stage tonight.

The support acts came in the guise of Hermitage Green and Eoin Coughlan. Hermitage Green arrived on stage to a poor attendance but it was a bit too early with people trying to get home from work and get ready on a Friday. If you are from Limerick you would have heard of Hermitage Green by now as they are a very hard working band playing pub gigs most nights of the week around the city. The band is made up of Munster rugby legend Barry Murphy, Brother Dan, Darragh Graham, Darragh Griffin & when not playing for Munster/Ireland or not injured Felix Jones. I have caught them live on a few occasions and they are a great live act. Mixing covers and originals into their set, These guys are extremely talented. They played a few originals tonight and they hope to bring out some stuff over the coming months. They will be one to watch out for I'm sure! Keep an eye on them HERE

Eoin Coughlan then arrived on stage as the crowd were just getting that bit bigger, The singer songwriter played a small set warming up the crowd before the main act.

The Stunning headed out on stage and rattled through a large set of nineteen songs. They played some walls numbers and covers including Johnny Cash's Jackson into the mix of Stunning classics. I had press passes for the night and got to watch the gig from high up on the balcony. Its a great spot for people watching and its was funny to see all the parent types reliving their youth, dancing like loons. I must say one of the highlights was watching the dancing antics of one of the workers from the Adare Farm Shop sons. The young lad was really giving it his all!! Also kudos to the girl sporting a woolen Bert hat from Bert and Ernie. 

The Stunning remarked on one of the tracks being originally recorded in Limerick thanks to Xeric Records, They were glad to be back in Limerick and paid homage to the great new venue.

They put on a great show and ended a great week of gigs with the classic Brewing up a Storm. Cheers to Dolans for a great week and I look forward to more gigs down in the Big Top.

Setlist:

Got to Get Away
Girl with the Curl
The Hurt Inside
Everything That Rises
Frank
Half Past Two
December Sky
Town For Sale
Rusty Old River
She's on my Mind
Tightrope
This Happy Girl
Summer in the City
Mr.Ginger
Heads
Romeo's on Fire
Encore:
Carrying the Fire
Jackson
Brewing up a Storm