IndieWeek Ireland. Tonight. The Village:

Vesta Varro
RedKid
The Aftermath
The Minutes
Travega

IndieWeek Ireland. Tomorrow. Dolans’ Warehouse.

Vesta Varro
Fred
Brendan Markham and band
Maslow
Walter Mitty and the Realists

Each act will be judged on performance, songwriting, professionalism, and crowd reaction/response. The act with the highest score from each night will be invited to showcase at INDIE WEEK TORONTO 2008.

Get in there and show your support for your favourite bands. Your cheers are needed!

They popped up for the IMRO showcase and a Frantics show at the GBS a few weeks ago and I dared to hope but now, it’s official: Betamax Format are back! Along with Green Lights, BF support the massive Amusement Parks on Fire Club AC30 Dublin gig at Whelans on 24 August.

Who knows where they’ve been and what they’ve seen in the interim….ready yourself for a fresh wave of love because a new release is in the pipeline. Defo.

Here’s the AC30 poster:

BATS ft. DISCOnnect4 @ Pogo

Humanzi - Upstairs @ Whelans

The Mighty Stef’s Whelans residency kicks off this Thursday and NSMA faves Disconnect4 make a welcome return to Dublin in support.
I’m appreciating Upstairs at Whelans more as each week passes. It’s become a home from home for many bands with a host of stunning gigs since the new section of the venue opened at the start of the year. Displaying a true appreciation for Irish talent, variety seems to be the keyword with other resident guests so far including Adrian Crowley, David Turpin and The Minutes.  The format of three week instalments means musicians can establish a good live reputation and leave the doors open for word to spread. For a performer as strongly rooted to the notion of live rock’n'roll as Stef, the residency presents a grand opportunity to embellish on the layered talent apparent in latest record, Death Threats EP.

I love a band who just wanna make you happy. Story of Hair did exactly that with their Ho! Ho! Ho! Stamp EP back at Christmas and now they plan to penetrate summer with the indelible stain of delicious new single Big Melt, available from downloadloadmusic.ie now. It’ll have you roaring your heart out on the bus.
Sweet, breezy pop on a layer of simple, catchy instrumentation and snazzy electronica is the result of Story of Hair’s boy/girl/boy/girl friendship melodies. Check out their MySpace and other songs on the player - and dayumn! They support So Cow in Anseo on Sunday night, the perfect gig alternative to Dry County at Punchestown!

Image (c) 9-pt

White noise - REVISED LINK -
Karl Burke (guitars, effects)
Gavin Duffy (trumpet)

Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin 2.

7pm