GIGS
Cork legends (sometimes for their music) Republic of Loose continue their four month live residency at the Academy, Dublin - one Friday each month from September through to December on Friday November 19th. These shows will be the band’s only Dublin gigs of 2010.
After returning from the States to open for U2 in Croke Park on their 360 tour in 2009, they spent the latter half of the year writing new material for their fourth album. In May 2010 Republic of Loose flew to Baltimore in the US to begin work on their forthcoming album. Recorded in Wrightway Studios with Steve Wright who had just finished working on the new UNKLE album, the fourth Republic of Loose album is scheduled for an early October release with the lead single pencilled in for September 17th. The album marks a new direction for the Loose with Mik Pyro describing the work as more up tempo and groove orientated. Currently they have a bunch of US Hip-Hop artists shouting out for them (and not just the Baltimore crews) so expect the republic to grow. Added as special guests are the Ryan Sheridan who is dominating Irish radio with his hit single “Jigsaw” and Belfast outfit Cashier No. 9.
Diana Vickers plays her first headline Dublin show at the Academy on Monday 15 November. This is an Over 14s show. No alcohol will be served.
By the age of 18, Diana Vickers had recorded her first album and enjoyed a four month spell in London’s West End in a sold out revival of Little Voice. She is one of the pack of 2008’s X Factor hopefuls. In March 2009 she landed a deal with RCA Records. ‘Me and You’ sounds closer to a vintage pop set than a standard X Factor release, crackles still on the needle. The lead single is Cathy Dennis and Eg White’s ‘Once.’
Local Natives have November tour includes a date at Whelan’s in Dublin on Monday 15 November. It was in December 2008 that the band decamped to Silver Lake, where they all live in the same house. But the Silver Lake digs isn’t the first house the band have shared. They lived together in Orange County too, in a place affectionately known as Gorilla Manor. “It was insanely messy and there were always friends over knocking around on guitars or our thrift store piano,” says Ryan, “it was an incredible experience and I’ll never forget that time.” The original Gorilla Manor, where the band wrote the majority of their record, had such an impact that the band has paid tribute to the house by naming their debut album in its honour. The self-funded ‘Gorilla Manor’ was recorded by Raymond Richards in West Los Angeles. Chosen because he was “super talented and super affordable,” Richards co-produced the record with Local Natives in his own Red Rockets Glare studio. ‘Gorilla Manor’ is out now through Infectious Music. Local Natives are: Matt Frazier (drums), Andy Hamm (bassist), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocals, guitar) and Kelcey Ayer (vocals, keyboards).
With their new album “Invented” on the shelves, Jimmy Eat World play two Irish dates in November on Wednesday 17 at Mandela Hall, Belfast and Thursday 18 at Tripod, Dublin. Tickets. Recorded in Tempe, Arizona with Mark Trombino, the producer on the band’s previous albums, “Bleed American”, “Static Prevails” and “Clarity” from three years ago.
Following the release of their new album, Latin, Toronto’s experimental rockers Holy F*ck are playing two Irish dates at The Speakeasy in Belfast on Thursday 18 November and Whelan’s, Dublin on Friday 19 November.If opposites really do attract, it makes perfect sense that Holy F*ck would chose a barn in rural Ontario to record a series of dynamic electro-noise pop that compose their latest full-length release, titled Latin. Where Holy F*ck in the past were a rotating cast of musicians, Latin showcases for the first time their consistent touring line up. Drummer Matt Schulz and bass player Matt McQuaid provide a complex rhythm foundation. This provides the ideal underpinning as Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh merge a twin effects/feedback tangle. The Canadian duo will be joined by very special guest Buck 65 for both Irish shows.
Ryan Bingham knows a thing or two about pain. He learned the emotional aspect early in life, when shuttling between small towns and family members in the hard scrabble ranching communities of West Texas and New Mexico — and became well-acquainted with the physical facets during his years on the Southwestern rodeo circuit. And its that background he uses as an American singer-songwriter. He plays a Dublin show at The Sugar Club on Saturday 20 November.
Carl Barât (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things) gives a live airing of his début solo album at Dublin’s Academy 2 on Monday 15 November.
Carl Barât released his eponymous début solo album this October via his own imprint Arcady Record. The first single ‘Run With The Boys’ came out the same day and he has written his first book ‘Threepenny Memoir’ published by Harper Collins on 30th September. He will also be setting out on a UK and European tour with a five piece band. Having released two albums with The Libertines and then a further two with Dirty Pretty Things, Carl was very keen to do his own record and do things his own way. Recorded in London and mixed in New York, the result is a departure from Carl’s previous releases, but maintains his ear for melody. The album allowed him to work with new people and try new musical ideas.
Bill Coleman has a new album out and channelled his inner Bosco for the artwork (Time lapse video of painting the covers and all the other bits explained). He’s supporting the album (and maybe the art) on Thursday 18 November in Boyles, Slane
Following on immediately from their Hard Working Working Class Heroes2010 gigs, is the FMC (First Music Contact) six-date tour with And So I Watch You From Afar, Fionn Regan and Jape all performing across two weekends in November. First Music Contact, with funding from The Arts Council’s Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme, will tour the acts around the country in an effort to enable Irish audiences to have access to Irish headline acts for a reasonable price.
The gigs are…
Thursday 18 November – The Spirit Store, Dundalk
And So I Watch You From Afar – Jape - Fionn Regan
Friday 19 November – The Dew Drop Inn, Kildare
Fionn Regan – And So I Watch You From Afar – Jape
Saturday 20 November – Whelans, Dublin
Jape - Fionn Regan - And So I Watch You From Afar
Dublin based pop songwriter Ivan St John has been quietly plying his trade over the last number of years. Ivan St John has simply been playing and writing and recording and playing and writing and recording. Having grown-up in St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir, Ivan has been cocooned in music since he was eight, inspired by the juxtaposition of listening to Paul Simon and Queen on the way to school and then singing Allegri’s Miserere in the evening. Fast forward twelve years and Ivan St John prepares to release his debut LP, Up To Snuff.
Very much of the bedroom producer generation, and in the bedroom is very much where his debut album was conceived. Nonetheless, to finish the job he took the plunge and headed to a ‘real’ studio. And where better than Steve Albini’s celebrated Chicago hangout Electrical Audio. “Making the album in Electrical Audio was going to be a vastly different experience. You definitely get a sense of it being the studio of a guy who understands exactly what he wants from it and the gear at our disposal was unbelievable.” Rob Bochnik, one of the Electrical Audio founders, manned the controls on Up to Snuff:”I’d say to Rob, “Do you reckon he’d have this or that?” He’d wander off and return a while later with what I asked for, plus a bunch of alternatives. It was unreal. The studio is connected to Steve’s house and we could pan out in his living room. He had a billiards table and the biggest VHS collection you’ve ever seen.”
Ivan St John Live:
Thursday 18 November 18 6pm - Tower Records, Dublin / 9pm - The Stables, Mullingar
Tuesday 23 November 9pm - The Old Oak, Cork
Thursday 25 November 9pm - Roisin Dubh, Galway
Friday 26 November 9pm - Dolans, Limerick
Saturday 4 December 4 8pm - The Workman’s Club, Dublin
And to give you an idea what to expect, here is a video of his
Limerick trio We Should Be Dead release a new single “Breathe In” on 22 October and have just released this video to accompany it. It’s taken from their current album Dreamstate.
The band will be playing around the country over the next month or so including a show at HWCH this Saturday at the Mercantile, 10.30pm.
Saturday 30 October - Bar Ritz, Castlebar
Thursday 4 November - Auntie Annie’s, Belfast
Friday 5 November - Spirit Store, Dundalk
Saturday 20 November - The Forum, Waterford
Sunday 26 December - Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick
Bernard O’Shea plays the City Limits Comedy Club, Cork on Saturday 20 November. He started out playing traditional irish music where he toured the world with several groups. While at college he studied Theatre and went on to star in several theatrical productions and also worked in The Abbey Theatre. He won the Harp Newcomer Comedy Award in 2000 and performed in the BBC Newcomer awards the same year. He was chosen to perform in The Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in 2005 and also The Killkenny Cats Laugh Festival 2005/2006. His television credits include RTE’s The Liffey Laugh, Naked Camera, Just for Laughs, The Cafe, The Byrne Ultimatium, Gerry Ryans Hitlist/End of Years and is currently the resident reporter on Republic of Telly. Other TV credits include Paramount “The World Stands Up” and The BBC’s Newcomer Awards. NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He was one half of TJ and TJ on Today FM’s “The Last Word” He is currently co-host of Breakfast with Bernard and Keith on i105107. He made his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year and recieved a 5 stars from the Scotsman.
TICKETING
The Levellers visit the Academy on Thursday 3 March 2011 as part of their Levelling The Land Live tour, their 20th Anniversary Tour. Levellers have been called a lot conflicting of things over their 23-year history. However, the closest thing to a consensus surrounding the seminal British folk-punk band is that their platinum-selling 1991 album Levelling The Land is an absolute classic. In one fell swoop it propelled a group of disenfranchised misfits from playing pubs in Brighton to headlining Glastonbury Festival, and in the process counter-culture became culture. Levellers provided the soundtrack for the post-80’s, pre-grunge musical wasteland.
N-Dubz play two Irish dates next April, Belfast’s Waterfront on 16 April 2010 and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on 17 April 2010 as part of the “Love Live Life” tour. ‘Love Live Life’ is the Camden-hailing urban pop group’s album following 2009′s platinum selling ‘Against All Odds’. After signing a US record deal with the Def Jam, N-Dubz fashioned the new album with help from an eclectic mix of music’s heaviest hitters, including Salaam Remi (Amy Winehouse, Fugees, Ms. Dynamite), The Runners (Justin Bieber, Rihanna), Jean-Baptiste (Black Eyed Peas), Freeschool (Kid CuDi), and writer Ina Wroldsen. Featured artists on the album include grime king Skepta, R&B singer Ny and N-Dubz’s own protégé, Fearless. At the recent MOBO Awards 2010, N-Dubz picked up the Best Song Award for their hit “Playing With Fire” feat. Mr. Hudson. Check out their performance at the Awards.
Texan singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes is on a Special Christmas Tour in Ireland & the UK to coincide with the release of the premier collection of her original Christmas songs, “Miracles On Christmas Day”. Kimmie’s multi-platinum selling songs have been recorded by such stellar acts as Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Amy Grant, CeCe Winans, Joe Ely, John Farnham, Waylon Jennings, Peter Frampton, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris. A creative and prolific artist, she has recorded and released a total of fourteen solo CDs, written and produced three musical plays and a catalogue of hundreds of songs, and published a book. The dates are:
Sunday 28 November, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Nr. Coleraine.
Thursday 2 December, Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Fingal, Co. Dublin.
Friday 3 December and Saturday 4 December, The Brontë Centre, Rathfriland, N. Ireland.
ALSO PLAYING
Clare
WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER
Bell X1 – Glor Theatre, Ennis
Cork
FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER
New Amusement – De Barras, Clonakilty
Dublin
FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER
Sacred Animals – The Workmans Club, Dublin (With We Are Losers and Squarehead)
Galway
THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER
Bell X1 – Town Hall, Galway
Kerry
SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER
Bell X1 – INEC Acoustic Room, Killarney
Limerick
FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER
Bell X1 – St Johns Church, Limerick
Meath
THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER
Bill Coleman – Boyles, Slane
Waterford
SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER
Bell X1 – Theatre Royal, Waterford
