Gama Bomb: Nominated for Metal Hammer Award

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags , , , , , on March 25, 2010 by Tickets There


Irish thrash metallers, Gama Bomb have been nominated in the underground band category in the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.

You can vote the for the lads by visiting Metal Hammer’s Official Website (click the orange )

Gama Bomb’s latest album, Tales from the Grave can be downloaded for free from Earache.com/GAMABOMB

Annnddd, you can catch the band live when the play a small irish tour next month, dates below.

April 15th – An Cruiscin Lan, Cork
April 16th – The Pint, Dublin
April 17th – The Speakeasy, Belfast
April 18th – Kelly’s, Galway

July 18th – The Academy, Dublin (Supporting Sepultura)

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Humanzi – Kingdom of Ghosts (Available on CD Now!)

Posted in Music, News with tags , on March 25, 2010 by Tickets There

JUst to confirm, Humanzi’s second album, Kingdom of Ghosts is out now on CD from Road Records priced €12.99.

Without a doubt one of the best Irish albums we’ll see in 2010, Humanzi are back folks! Pick up your copy NOW!

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Tickets There: 50,000+ Hits and Counting

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, News with tags , , , , , on March 24, 2010 by Tickets There


Hey folks,

Just wanted to say a quick thank you for reading Tickets There. Today we passed the 50K views mark and we’re pretty thrilled to have grown so much in only a few months.

Keep reading and we’ll keeping writing our sexy ass pieces.

All the best,
TT

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Lluther – Song Previews On Hold & Dublin Show This Weekend!

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags , , , , , , , on March 24, 2010 by Tickets There

In a surprise and very suspicious move. Lluther have announced that previews from their second album, Rise of The Reptile King are on hold until further notice.

The group, who’ve already released four of the albums tracks made the announcement last week on their MySpace giving no explanation for the sudden change in plans. So far, four tracks have been released for download (In The Dollhouse, King of Nothing, Rise of The Reptile King & Femme Fatale)

Now, Tickets There is no expert (we are, but this is us connecting with you folks), but we suspect some record company have heard how kick ass the material is and decided to give the band a record deal. Of course this is pure speculation but that’s what we’re gathering from the following official statement,

“I cant tell you why…..& I cant even tell you why I cant tell you why :), but all will be revealed in time 😉

Things are afoot………….”

The band are set to play the full album for the first time live, at their forthcoming gig in Dublin’s, The Button Factory this Saturday (March 27th). Tickets are available from the door or www.tickets.ie (€13.50 – €2 discount if you present a flyer on the night)

As soon as we have news of the mysterious stoppage, we’ll tell ye. Visit Lluther’s Official Site to hear the tracks released so far.

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Electric Picnic 2010 Line-up Announced

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags , , , on March 24, 2010 by Tickets There

Not feeling well today so sorry I’m late but the not so astonishing Electric Picnic Lineup for this year has been announced. There is however one major treat in store for fans, Public Image Limited (PiL) will be playing their first Irish tour since reforming last year.

Roxy Music – The Frames – PIL – Massive Attack – LCD Soundsystem – Leftfield – The National – Modest Mouse – Mumford & Sons – Seasick Steve – Hot Chip – Gil Scott-Heron – Fever Ray – Jonsi (Sigur Ros) – Fat Freddy’s Drop – The Waterboys – Bad Lieutenant – Crystal Castles – Afro Celt Soundsystem – Booka Shade – – The Horrors – Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 – Steve Earle – Beach House – The Big Pink – Low Anthem – Mr. Scruff – Paul Brady – Monotonix – Liquid Liquid – Here We Go Magic – Field Music – Cymande – Dublin Gospel Choir – Messiah J & The Expert – Caribou – Adrian Crowley – Villagers – Redneck Manifesto – New Pornographers – Breakastra & Chali 2NA – Memory Tapes – Steve Mason and many, many more still to be announced.

Weekend camping tickets priced €240 are available now!

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Review: Ash – Live @ Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin (March 20th, 2010)

Posted in Gig Review, IRISH NOISE!, Music with tags , , , , , , , on March 22, 2010 by Tickets There

Always a dodgy things these free, invite only promo gigs. It’s either going to be a small room, located in a budding, hip – fashion friendly district of town with The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin jamming in the corner while people look elsewhere, laughing prolifically and sipping champagne. Or, they can be like tonight’s RU7up4It home coming for the winners of the Bring Them Back For The Craic campaign, with Downpatrick legends Ash and local Dublin soul, funk, pop consortium, Republic of Loose, leading festivities. A good night had by all.. to say the least!

Andres Lane Theatre isn’t a venue we have a whole pile of experience with but, being greeted by tall young models tonight is surely going to remain one of our fondest memories. Unfortunately the experience was memorizing enough to completely distract us from Republic of Looses’ efforts on stage, but from what we gathered, they did a pretty good job. They certainly had everyone else in top form anyways. (not very professional to write things like that lads, at least lie – Ed)

Tickets There has dedicated a lot of space to pop / rock legends Ash recently and tonight’s gig proves this hasn’t been in vain. The trio burst straight into Lose Control with the same adrenaline and youthful exuberance that made them so fun in the first place. They follow up with a cover of The Undertones, Teenage Kicks before kicking into a blistering version of TT’s personal favorite, A Life Less Ordinary. Not running out of steam early, the band deliver a hard hitting greatest hits set that see’s them visit almost every album in their catalogue (Nu-Clear Sounds being the exception).

Not to be upstaged by their past, the band play several tracks from their current A-Z singles which fit perfectly amongst the new material, so much so that the classic Girl From Mars falls pale in the face of the techno stomping Return of White Rabbit, which closes the show.

Amidst the chants for ‘One More Tune’, Tim returns to the stage, cheekily apologizing that unfortunately the band are prepared to play three more tracks and hopes we’ll be appeased. Single C of the A-Z series, Arcadia explodes through the PA, rejuvenating the now tired crowd before a cover of Thin Lizzy’s Whiskey In The Jar, with ROL’s Mick Pyro on vocals, brings the house down. Tim, grinning as always, announces how wonderful it is to “visit Dublin to cover a Metallica song”, before the band launch into a set closing, Burn Baby Burn and leave the stage as conquering heroes.

Lose Control
Teenage Kicks
A Life Less Ordinary
Shinning Light
Joy Kicks Darkness
Kung Fu
You Can’t Have It All (Not 100% sure this was played)
Angel Interceptor
Neon
Yeah
Jack Names The Planets
Space Shot
Walking Barefoot
Orpheus
Twilight of The Innocents
Girl From Mars
Return of White Rabbit

Arcadia
Whiskey In The Jar
Burn Baby Burn

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Whitesnake – Love Ain’t No Stranger

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music with tags , , on March 20, 2010 by Tickets There

Whitesnake!! Is there any band in the world lovelier than David Coverdale’s precious gift to man kind? If there is, let them answer this.

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Oliver Cole – Oh My Girl (Single Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, Single Review with tags , , , , , , , on March 19, 2010 by Tickets There


Legendary X-Turn front man, Oliver Cole is about to drop his Ex-Turn prefix with the release of his very own debut solo album, We Albatri next week. The LP was recorded in Germany and Dublin over the last couple of years and from what we’ve heard so far, it’s looking like a strong contender for Irish album of the year.

Today see’s the second single from the album, Oh My Girl getting its official release on 7Digital.com and it’s well worth a listen.

Unlike the start / stop choppiness and general strangeness of the album’s first single, What Will You Do?, Oh My Girl is a much more straight forward slice of acoustic styled pop. The chorus is catchy, there’s some lovely harmonies and the song flows so well you’d swear it was a river (weird comparison but, it’s your blog…freaks – Ed).

Click Here to go hear a preview / download and Click Here for full details of Ollie’s forthcoming album.

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Indie-Pendence Festival – First Acts Announced

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags , , , , , on March 19, 2010 by Tickets There

Mitchelstown will once again prove to the world they’re more than just a cheese town when it becomes the site of the fifth annual Indie-Pendence Music Festival. Mark it in your calendars folks because the first batch of acts has been announced and it’s looking good. See the first acts announced below,

Reverend & The Makers | The Coronas | Jape | Delorentos | Fred | Codes | The Chapters | Wiggle | O Emperor | Fish Go Deep | The Flaws | Yes Cadets | Abedesi Shank | The Riptide Movement | Panama Kings | Hoarsebox | Disconauts | The Loaded Kings | The Vital Spark | Dashka | Heritage Centre | The Funeral Suits | Sweet Jane | Ghostcat | The 202’s | Pocket Promise | The Hot Sprockets | The Parade | Deaf Radio | Death Disco | DC Tempest | Autumn Owls | Ana Gog | Ladydoll

More acts including two major headliners will be announced over the coming weeks.

Taking place over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, tickets are priced €79 (Camping) & €59 (w/o camping).

Visit the festivals Official Website for more information.

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Oliver Cole – We Albatri Album Cover and Tour

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags , , , , , on March 18, 2010 by Tickets There

The wait’s almost over folks, former Turn front man, Oliver (Ollie) Cole will be releasing his debut album in eight short days.

You may have noticed a fierce amount of publicity popping up around the net. He’s the featured artists on MySpace, he’s got a new video out for his first single, What Will You Do?, he’s releasing a second single, Oh My Girl this week, he’ll be showing up on telly’s all over the country when he appears on The Late Late Show next Friday (26th), he’s launching the album in Dublin’s, The Sugar Club on March 27th and then he’s off on tour.

Jesus these musicians don’t half work hard do they?

Above you can see the album cover, below you can see the Album Tracklist, all his current tour dates, the single covers for What Will You Do? (Available now in Road Records) and Oh My Girl (Out this week) and the video for WWYD?.

Tracklist: 

01. What Will Yo Do?
02. Oh My Girl
03. Too Many People
04. Close Your Eyes
05. We Albatri
06. Little Bad Dream
07. Drug Song
08. Spotlight
09. Need You Strong
10. Moth’s Wing

11. Life’s Great Advice (iTunes bonus track)
(thanks to http://www.turnwebsite.com/)

Tour:

27-Mar-10 The Sugar Club Dublin, Dublin
14-Apr-10 Set Theatre, Kilkenny Kilkenny, Kilkenny
15-Apr-10 Dolans Wharehouse Limerick, Limerick
16-Apr-10 The Sky And The Ground Wexford, Wexford
17-Apr-10 Roisin Dubh (main room, supporting Stornoway Galway, Galway
22-Apr-10 Cyprus Avenue Cork, Cork
23-Apr-10 Roisin Dubh Galway, Galway
23-Apr-10 Roisin Dubh Galway, Galway
24-Apr-10 Electric Avenue Waterford, Waterford

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Ash – Dionysian Urge (Single Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, Single Review with tags , , , , , , , on March 18, 2010 by Tickets There

Tickets There is very sorry for the delay getting this review up. We started listening on Sunday but became more fixated on the fact that the previous release, Song of Your Desire is actually way better than we originally thought. Ah well, time to move on.

Ash’s latest release, Dionysian Urge is a hark back to their basics sound. The kind of feel good pop rock that made us fall in love with them in the first place. There’s none of the A – Z trademark piano’s and grandness. Just good old fashioned riffs, beats, heavy guitars and a rattling bass.

Honestly, we’re struggling to write this week so we’ll just say it, we couldn’t love this song anymore. It’s just so hassle free, upbeat and has such lovely changes. The whole thing just works so well it’s not even funny.

Incredible effort from the lads and one that’s truly going to be a treat for all Ash fans, old and new. Head over to Ash-Official to hear it for yourself.

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Lluther – Femme Fatale (Single Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, Single Review with tags , , , , , , , on March 11, 2010 by Tickets There

Didn’t we say Lluther’s Femme Fatale would rock the bollocks of a mammoth? Yes we did and the good news is, it would!

A fortnight ago they gave us sexy, now we have balls to the wall, guitar driven hard rock. The fourth release from their sophomore album, Rise of the Reptile King see’s the band plug into the hard edged, gritty but sleek, cut throat eighties guitar driven rock n roll. Behind the wall of riffs and solo styled tangents, there’s belting, fist breaking drums and a hard ass bass that gives the song that little je ne sais que that every good rock song needs.

From start to finish, there isn’t a lax moment. The intensity never slips, the chorus doesn’t get old and overall, it’s a fine package of good old fashioned rock with a nice glossy makeover, perfectly in keeping with the other songs we’ve heard thus far from Rise of the Reptile King.

Visit Lluther’s Official Website and download Femme Fatale now (and get King Of Nothing to, great track) and check Tickets There on March 20th for our review of their next track, Enough.

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Saturday Night \,,/METAL\,,/: PART II

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music on March 6, 2010 by Tickets There

By Request

Would it be Tickets There without this?

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Saturday Night \,,/METAL\,,/

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music on March 6, 2010 by Tickets There

Yes!!!

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IRISH NOISE! Warpath (MySpace Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , , , , on March 6, 2010 by Tickets There


We’ve been to all sorts of gigs over the years but we’d never been to a real death metal concert. That all changed on Thursday when we caught Polish metallers Vader in Whelan’s. We have a few Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel and Celtic Frost albums in the collection but we’d never had any real interest in the genre. Death Metal always struck us as a comical genre to be enjoyed with a grin. In all fairness, the gig didn’t change our opinions but out of all the shows we’ve gone to without knowing the band in advance, this will stick out.

On stage, Vader are an incredible force. The band deliver their songs with the same dull downed perfectionism you hear on the albums. You see bands all the time that deliver tight performances but Vader perform like an elite military unit. Each one perfectly in sync with each other, the music and the crowd.  There’s no slips, no flaws and the sher assaulting quality of the music just overpowers you and takes control.

Hard not to get sucked in by that!

So, with our opinions on Death Metal changing, we thought we’d check out one of that nights Irish support acts, Warpath. Unfortunately, Tickets There arrived fashionably (accidentally) late and missed all but Vader. Still though, a McKenna’s Guinness is hard thing to ignore.

In short, Warpath are pretty good. We still don’t see the point in writing extensively about the drums, guitars are vocals when it comes to death metal (hence the Vader intro), but we’ll happily admit that they sound good at what they do. The vocals are deep, grinding and believable, the guitars are like machines and who ever has their finger on the double bass trigger does a mighty fine job. Gorefare is currently standing out the most and adding to the strain in our neck.

If you like Death Metal, check out Warpath’s MySpace. If you don’t, go see a gig and you might be turned around.

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MySpace Review – [r]evolution Of A Sun

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , on March 4, 2010 by Tickets There


Well, well, well. What have we here? Another very extreme, very heavy, very intrusively noisy band mixing hardcore punk and louder than lightening metal? We think we do J

As usual, we’ve never seen them live or heard their album.

Hailing from Cork (where most great Irish bands seem to come from these days), [r]evolution Of A Sun are pretty good if you’re in the mood for WAR! If Adrian Crowley defines joyless, lifeless music of early March 2010, then these guys are his opposites. The Evil Crowley’s, that’s a name for a band.

Sacrifice is a few minutes of pure aggression. The overall effect of the sonic assault coming out of every instrument is powerful and some of the changes are just colossal. Hell is a short, but pretty sweet Instrumental that doesn’t cut loose as much as it could but instead, offers a little relief from the chaos of its predecessor and the next track, Routine. Another scatting  attack on the sense.

Dissent again brings a full onslaught of aggression from the band. Any band with two hardcore singers screaming their nuts off is always gonna be noisy but sweet lord these guys are really noisy. Next and last (not including the demo) Titan is another chilled out instrumental. Little livelier and fuller than Hell but still maintains that mellow, calm before the WAR vibe.

If you’re gonna go hardcore but you just can’t let the sting of metal go, then check out [r]evolution Of A Sun’s MySpace and be happy mon!

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And the Choice 09 Winner is…..

Posted in Music, News on March 4, 2010 by Tickets There

(Deserves no Picture….doesn’t even deserve the post)

Ya know jokes? Ya know ‘being out of touch’? Well anyways, Adrian Crowley won the choice award.

In other, interesting, not tired old hack news (old folks, boring folks, Choice judge folks…..get taste), And So I Watch You From Afar’s new EP is brutally savage. Get it. If you find yourself buying (ugh) Adrian Crowley’s album, then you do not have a soul.

Seriously! You really don’t. That’s bad music. So bad, it’s not even music. It’s depression on a stick. Oh my God, we have it on right now and it’s just so sh**e. What fucking brutal (Laughing away to ourselves) taste the Choice judges must have. If this can win, anything can win so young guys and gals out there, go for it! If you can write, record and personify shitty music, you’ll probably win the Choice Award. Not great in itself, but 10G’s ain’t bad.

Now Tickets There remembers the gobsh**es that run the Irish music scene. The kind of Gobsh**es that vote (still laughing) for this kind of utter crap. Basically, the kind of ‘people’ that collectively wouldn’t know a good band if one was growing our of their arses.

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House of Dolls – Gimme Some Glory / Before She Wakes (Single Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, Single Review with tags , , , , on March 3, 2010 by Tickets There

What’s two or three months between pals? Noting, so on with the review.

Some time ago, House of Dolls released their first (we think) single, Gimme Some Glory. Around that time, a sexy little music blog called Tickets There found them. We loved them instantly and we may be late, but we’re finally prepared to praise them….again.

Gimme Some Glory is a sexy psychedelic rock song for any stoner, grunger, indie head or rock fan. It’s dirty, dingy n dark, yet it’s built on a solid base of strong riffs and dance rock beats. Each listen will bring you closer and uncover something new. Excellent!

Flip side, Before She Wakes, follows the same style but goes a little heavier and grittier. The chorus will knock you out. If you’re in the right mood, the chorus will just hit you out of the dark. Great alt rock, like The Stones Roses covering Ash.

Gimme Some Glory / Before She Wakes is out now (and has been for a while, ye lazy f**kers – Ed) on The First Born Is Dead Recordings

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Sounds of System Breakdown – Sounds of System Breakdown (Album Review)

Posted in Album Review, IRISH NOISE!, Music with tags , , , on March 3, 2010 by Tickets There

The day has finally arrived, Tickets There has gone out and bought some music from those MySpace bands we keep preaching to ye about. A refreshing trip to Tower Records on Sunday replenished our supplies and we can finally knock off the net for awhile, sit back and listen to a good old fashioned CD.

Originally we were convinced we’d be disappointed. Was pretty sure we were euphoric, found these guys and praised them to the heavens while pulsed. Couldn’t remember any of the tracks and hadn’t even reread the review to make sure we really were ecstatic about them at some point. After one spin we knew our toutin’ money was well invested.

Filled with techno Trojan dance beats, indie power riffs, post punk and the occasional moment of surprisingly un-cheesy melodies, the album is a triumph. As debuts go, Sound of System Breakdown have avoided falling into any of the common Irish debut traps. They don’t open with the best, they don’t lose their intensity and they sound damn good.

Songs like the Devil’s Son, 10 Pack of Johnny Blue, Electrolysis and Mood Enhancers and the obligatory instrumental, Jaysyehhaventacluedoyeh are hits in every sense while harder album tracks like The Band Played, the Stone Roses-esque – The Secret’s Out and Underneath The Floorboards will keep you listening long after the catchier ones wear off.

At €14, you can’t really beat it for Value. If you’re in tower, pick this up and if you don’t like it, we guarantee you don’t have to take our recommendations in the future.

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Choice Music Prize 2009

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags , , on March 3, 2010 by Tickets There


Tickets There want’s to wish best of luck to And So I Watch You From Afar tomorrow night when they go up against the likes of Bell X1, Adrian Crowley, Codes and Laura Izibor for the Choice Music Prize 2009.

Expect a review of the bands debut album (yes debut album, tower was sold out of the EP…we’re lazy) soon 🙂 (the review, remember? Guess we started rambling).

Check the full Choice Music Prize Shortlist by Clicking Here

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