Keep It Fresh

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

Pony from The Chalets, playing the UCD Freshers Ball - 2005

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Hot Chip, play Garden Party - 2007

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Dave Geraghty // Crawdaddy, Dublin

Final Fantasy // Electric Picnic 2007

Ducky - Electric Picnic 2007 - more EP photos to follow!

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A word from one of my favorite design collectives:

“This weekends sees us bring together our biggest project to date. In a world first (please tell us if we’re wrong) we’ve managed to bring together some of the very best Irish and international creative talent to present their work at Ireland’s best festival Electric Picnic. In association with Topman we’ve programmed 30 hours of live presentations by leading artists, illustrators, directors, designers and musicians…”

Sounds like my cup of tea alright and I’ll be sure to check it out when I have some down time at the Picnic.
For more info on ‘Sweetness And Light’ event head to:
www.candycollective.com/sweetness_light // www.candycollective.com/epicnic_timetable // www.candycollective.com

-phil

Suzanne “Sue Denim” Powell of duo “Robots In Disguise” at this years Great Escape Festival, Brighton, 2007.

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