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Competition : Win ASIWYFA/Tracer AMC Goodies!

May 8th, 2008 by nay

Here’s a little bit o’ fun and games! The nice people at Club AC30 Dublin -whose awesome Chequerboard, Airiel and Ulrich Schnauss show blew up the Button Factory on Friday night - have whipped together a sweet collection of good stuffage for two lucky souls. To celebrate the AC30 Dublin/BoomBoomRoom’s massive pairing of And So I Watch You From Afar and Tracer AMC, pinnacles of Belfast’s stellar post-rock scene, we’ve been bouncing around all sorts of high-faluting notions! One such display of extravagance concerns The Utter Freebie Madness of the AC30 camp who want to give away signed posters and albums from each band along with two pairs of passes for the May 16th gig.

Tracer AMC ASIWYFA AC30 Flyer

All you have to do is concoct your own mock post-rock tribute band and spoof album cover. To get you started, we’ve thrown a couple together ourselves! Most contrived band name or downright zany cover wins. Send yours to rockeroffher[at]gmail[dot]com…Entries close at 6pm on Wednesday night. Now, where did I leave my psuedonym?

AC30 post rock comp

AC30 post rock comp

IMRO Showcase : Crayonsmith

April 9th, 2008 by nay

Crayonsmith - Sugar Club - 04/04/08
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Crayonsmith

Crayonsmith

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And So I Wish It From Afar..

April 8th, 2008 by nay

THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL!!

Tracer AMC ASIWYFA AC30 Flyer

IMRO Showcase : Television Room

April 8th, 2008 by nay

Television Room - The Sugar Club - 04/05/04

Television Room

Television Room

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Free Frantic Butterflies!!

April 2nd, 2008 by nay

Butterfly Explosion are playing a free gig at the Bernard Shaw tonight as part of the Frantics Club AFTER the Arsenal vs Liverpool match, so you have no excuse! Doors and DJs from 8pm, band on-stage at 9:45.

Butterfly Explosion

If you can’t make tonight, check out the flutter-byes when they support Maps as part of BudRising next Saturday April 12th.

Here’s a vid from their recent ClubAC30 stint at Whelans last month:

Death Via Eclectic Satellite

March 31st, 2008 by nay

My favourite alternative Dublin band The Eclectic made a rare return to the stage last Friday at Death Via Satellite in Eamon Dorans, bringing with them an array of haircuts, instruments and excitingly, new tracks!
Finally receiving much-deserved recognition, the fivesome wowed their way through the headline set in no time, whizzing the minutes away to a starlit, stagestruck reservoir of memory. Thankfully I had my camera to record what was an excellent show, starting off with nombres neuvo and ending with more familiar tracks Lucky Landing, Scream and The Lobotomist…dig the sampling, which begins with a soundbyte from a man who underwent the intrusive brain surgery at the age of twelve and describes its feeling as “a screwdriver in the brain“…Decide for yourself:

The Eclectic : The Lobotomist

More vids from Friday’s gig at Blackmilk’s Youtube Channel!

Here be photogrammas:

The Eclectic

The Eclectic

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