How very Debbie Harry…
Another act, another exclamation mark! And we need to inject some dirty electro back into this blog. Heidi Cannon & John Bourke are !Trash Yourself. They’ve teamed up Toxic Avenger to produce a track that has me quite excited. I haven’t been this excited since the Rage Against The Machine/Mr. Ozio days. The track in question is a cover of Blur’s Song 2 and it fucking rocks. That is all.
Be their friend. Not for those of an epileptic disposition.
-phil
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Yesterday I suggested checking out The Minutes when they play Whelans this Thursday. Well now you can for free! Thanks to the band we’ve got two pairs of tickets to giveaway and all you have to do is answer this piss easy question.
How many seconds in a minute?
I’ve always wanted to ask a really stupid competition question like that. Its the kind you get on Saturday morning kids TV. Email your name and answer to freshcompetitions@gmail.com. Tis that easy. Remember that this is an over 18’s event.
MP3 The Blonde Majority - We Got Fire
THE MINUTES
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BLONDE MAJORITY
WHELANS
OCT. 4TH
€5
-phil
pic: Betamax Format @ HWCH ‘07 - misslili
Before I head out for some house party action (flu tablets and jager…yes!) I want to claim how excited I am about tomorrow. As already mention earlier today current music industry darlings, Los Campesinos! play Whelans tomorrow night but I just discovered that Beatmax Format are lined up for the support. Most excellent news as I was pretty annoyed at having to miss them at the weekend (plus I’ll be able to get my mitts on a BF tee). Tickets still available at the door for a meager €13.
MP3 Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
MP3 Betamax Format - You Are Welcome In My House
And while I have you…another one of my “favorite bands that I missed at HWCH”, Butterfly Explosion have put up a new track for download on their myspace. It’ll only be up for about a week so go here to download new track ‘Vision’ along with two tracks from their ‘Turn The Sky’ EP.
-phil
pic: Super Extra Bonus Party @ HWCH ‘07
Well there ain’t many unfortunately as I could only make Friday. Saturaday was a family gathering of the grand scale and Sunday was spent in bed sick. Boo-urns. So here’s a rather small report.
First off the ‘all-in-one’ building setup works. I was a smidge late getting down to Pod so I missed Gavin Glass but I hear good things which is nice to know. After meeting the gang myself Bernie and Sinead headed to Tidal District in the Working Man’s Club. I was instantly blown away but this is defiantly a band worth checking further down the line.
Next up was festival favorites Super Extra Bonus Party. I really like the Party’s instrumental material and it was a great show filled with high-jinx. The Crawdaddy room was full with bodies been directed to the balcony area upon arrival. It’s a bit late but shout out to nialler9. Happy Birthday dude!
After a quick bevy (Budweiser, Budweiser, Budweiser or Guinness) we popped off to the Lennon Lounge for something a bit different. Los Langeros sang and danced into the crowd and were made for a Spiegeltent performance but their certainly not everyone’s cup of tea (ahem…Sarah!). Real fun band worth checking out.
In a continued attempt to hit every room at the festival (missed Tripod!) we headed to the Pod room to check out The Minutes upon Bernie’s recommendation. Their a really together band with some good tunes so do check them out. They play Whelans with the Blonde Majority on October 4th.
Finally I dashed over to the Odeon by my lonesome to check out Le Bein. I could natter on about the duo all night but the bottom line is they continue to get better and better. Roll on a hard copy release.
Props to all those involved with photo exhibition including our boy Dan and Miss Lili (photo at top of post). The work looked fantastic and Crawdaddy’s Lobby Bar should be used for more of the same in the future.
The drive home was filled with power ballads and garlic/cheese chips. Great night and I’m gutted I couldn’t make the rest of the weekend. No dice I guess.
HWCH 2008 anyone?
-phil
Scanners @ SXSW ‘07
Two great bands descend upon Crawdaddy on November 25th. Brooklyn’s Asobi Seksu headline with support from one of my favorite UK acts, Scanners. This is part of a major UK tour which also includes a November 26th performance at Belfast’s The Speakeasy.
Tickets are €14 and available from Ticketmaster.
p.s Don’t forget Los Campesinos! play Whelans tomorrow night. Tickets still available. It’s gonna be a great night!
-phil
So HWCH is almost upon us (exciting!). Below are the weekends schedules with the surprise inclusion of the Odeon as a venue. Tickets are still available (Night pass €15, weekend pass €30) and can be bought from the POD box office which is open 12pm - 11pm each day. Below is my list of Irish recommendations and you can view the individual schedules after the jump.
-phil
*deep breath*
Alphastates, Betamax Format, Butterfly Explosion, Channel One, Chicks, Dark Room Notes, Dry County, Evil Harrissons, Fifteen Minutes, Fight Like Apes, Gavin Glass , Grand Pocket Orchestra, Halves, Ham Sandwich, Hassle Merchants, Jenny Lindfors, Kill City Defectors, Le Bien, Los Langeros, Michael Knight, MIGALINX, Miss Paula Flynn, Noise Control, One Day International, Panda Kopanda, Queen Kong, rhob, Sub Rosa, Super Extra Bonus Party, The Laundry Shop, The Radio, The Terribles, Tidal District,Valerie Francis, White Noise Continue reading ‘HWCH Schedules’
Nostalgia at it’s most raw. And entertaining…
I like Johnny Greenwood
I dislike how today is only Thursday
_sarah_
Not really much to say about MIGALINX because, well I don’t really know much about them. Another group I came across while checking out this year’s lineup, all I can tell you is the following:
Can anybody add anything to that?
-phil
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