Cheery chap Chris Morrin this morning announced the news of his support to Laura Marling on her Irish mini-tour which kicks off tonight:
Cyprus Avenue, Cork - Monday 30th June
Whelans, Dublin - Tuesday 1st July
Auntie Annies, Belfast - Wed 2nd July
Check this vid for Robotnik’s upcoming Crawdaddy gig on 25 July:
It’s four days since Dry County and my neck still hurts. Now you’re talking.
Live photo experiences for me just don’t get better. To picture, Dry County are a greasy smear of colour, boom, heat. Cars In Walls and The Eclectic broke the soundbarrier with cool support but the night belonged to DC. The house was packed with an easy, baying crowd who roared “encore!” seconds after the lights went down. We were wired. We wanted Stop, Proceed and by God, we got it.
It was the final gig. though the Dry County banner hoists once more on the New Sounds Stage at Oxegen.
When you’re at Punchestown, check the Chem Bros’ magnificent visuals and decide for yourself if Zach de la Rocha is the shit before topping off with the final Dry County performance, ever.* You’ll be glad to say you were there.
I know I would. For me, this is fuckin’ IT. This is why I take photos, why I blog, why on early weekend mornings after constant work, I wound up back back at my desk again in rapture. This is IT.
Brilliant Irish Music.
Tonight’s gig at the Axis Centre has been thrown into a jeopardy of sorts in the wake of bad news:
I’ve some bad news about our gig tonight in the Axis. DannyRedKid fell off his bike last night and hurt himself pretty badly. He’s in hospital at the moment, and he’ll definitely be out of action for the next few weeks. So, tonight we’ll be playing acoustic at the Axis, and we’ll be playing at 8pm, not at 10 as planned. Please check this space for updates on our Pravda gig, at the moment its up in the air. We might play it acoustic, or we might just cancel it altogether. We’ll have an update later today.
Dan’s a really good mate and this news has me worried I’m off to get some credit to make sure he’s okay…fingers crossed!
Peoples, get yourselves to Filmbase today at 4pm for the screenings of two cult Irish music documentaries: Darklight Festival’s cultural weekender kicks off with Shellshock Rock , “John T Davis’ lyrical snapshot of Northern Ireland’s burgeoning punk scene in the late 1970s” and The Stars Are Underground, 1996’s short film on the indepent Irish music scene based on The Frames’ song of the same name. Davis will be on hand for a Q&A afterwards. As an ardent fan of Norn Iron’s great new scene, I’m so there. Tickets cost €5.
(Check out the schedule: there are some brilliant films such as Heavy Metal in Baghdad and Tron…!!) Road Records follow up with an undergound art exhibition and book launch in the store’s basement on Fade Street afterwards with tunes from David Beattie and Maximum Joy’s Mici Durnin. What a way to welcome the weekend…
Each Yearbook launch gets better and last night was no exception! Everything was getting into swing when I arrived with unusually tidy hair, t-shirt and jeans swapped for something more glam. HP laid on a great bar and such gorgeous nibbles sensible souls wished they hadn’t eaten beforehand!
I always find photos in the Sugar Club really tricky as the ceilings are dark and there’s little light to bounce but luckily for me, Gillian Verrechia and Aoife Caulfield were happy to help me start the night with a flash! Aoife used to work with Gill and I at HotPress but recently left to join her dream crew at Bodytonic. Gillian kicked off a new acoustic night at the Button Factory on Monday and is on the look-out for interested bands. More on that later…
First pap-snap of the night was The Coronas of breezy smiles and curly hair. We last met at the Tisch premieres a few weeks ago and as the lads return to Oxegen this year, we’ll soon meet again. If you look closely in this pic you’ll see camera-shy Jim and Sean Kinetiks edging away. Don’t worry, they didn’t get far…
I’m off to get some credit to make sure he’s okay…fingers crossed!
