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Come See Blind Yackety

  By Darren Byrne | August 19, 2009 - 11:35 am | Music, The Culch
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Lottie spoke about Blind Yackety before when she interviewed lead singer (and so much more) Kevin McNamara. Blind Yackety is one of the most original and unusual music acts I’ve heard in recent years. Random, comic, clever, fun and brilliant. Tomorrow night, 20th August, they are playing upstairs in Whelan’s with guests, the superb Deadly Nightshades. Tickets are a measly €8, so go check them out. And if you can’t make it tomorrow night, this Friday the band play their final gig in their current line up and I’ll be there to catch it. Come join us in Greystones Theatre from 8pm for a night of great music and the odd beverage. Again, tickets are €8, but if you arrive before 9pm they’ll let you in for less. Don’t forget to check out the MySpace pages of Blind Yackety and The Deadly Nightshades to sample their music.

Up & Coming: The Deadly Nighshades

  By Lottie | May 25, 2009 - 2:45 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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The Deadly Nighshades, a six piece punk-indie-alternative band from Bray, Co.Wicklow are the latest Irish delight to catch my fancy. Listening to their demo on the way home in rush hour traffic on Friday I found myself hitting reply so many times on “War” and “The Pilot’s Wife” I had made a forty minute journey having only listened to two songs. Both tracks are catchy and strong with great potential to be gracing the charts very soon. Gaining momentum and recognition through live gigging the band are pretty busy these days. They are supporting Casio Kids in the Academy tomorrow night and can be seen as support in Eamon Doran’s on 28th May 2009 and 5th June in Bewley’s Cafe (supported by The Cujo Family - very interesting blue grass rock band). They are also gigging in The Pint Bar on 13th June, Greystones Theatre on 3rd July and will … There’s more →