Culch.ie Calling Cards - Gigs - October 4 - 10 2010

GIGS New Northern Ireland band General Fiasco are playing a series of all ages gigs (Over 14s show – No alcohol served) across the country this week. Kicking off at 6pm its Roisin Dubh in Galway on Tuesday 5th October then to Dolans in Limerick on Thursday 7th and finally in Dublin’s Academy 2 on Friday 8th. Something for the not that young artists section, Donovan is playing the Olympia on 4th October. From 1966 through 1969, Donovan scored a string of eleven Top 40 hits in a row, including Mellow Yellow and Sunshine Superman. Of interest to Beatles fans, the one of the few artists to collaborate on songs, contributing lyrics and vocals to the song Yellow Submarine. So that earworm is partially his fault. “The Nameless” is Cathy Davey’s third album and she is promoting it with an Irish wide tour. First signed by Parlophone’s Regal Recordings after … There’s more

Nostalgia Week: This Is The Post You’re Looking For!

Seeing as Nostalgia Week here on Culch is just about finished, I thought I’d pop by and make a little contribution. While I understand that ‘nostalgia’ for a lot of people here would be considered the 80′s and the early 90′s, for me it’s the 90′s and the early 00′s. I know, I’m only a young’un, but still. Ironically enough, this post is going to cover something which originated in the late seventies, continued into the early eighties, then popped back up again for the late nineties and noughties. Of course, I’m talking about….. Apologies for the cheesy reference in the title. Couldn’t help it! That’s right: STAR WARS. Everyone’s favourite saga (well….maybe half-saga). Don’t worry, I won’t be going into too much detail about the prequels. Even though they were released during my younger years, it was actually more the Originals which left an impression on me.

Villagers - Live at the Workman’s Club

We picked our Villagers gig winner today so thought it’d be nice to show ye some of the photos I took at the intimate gig on September 16th in The Workmans Club, Dublin. It was a fantastic set from Conor and was broadcast live on Paul McLoone’s show on TodayFM. You can view the full set of photos over on my Flickr account. The new venue will be an excellent addition to Dublin’s alternate scene and I’m looking forward to seeing more acts perform there in the future. The video below was shot on the night by Myles O’Reilly: