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Tickets There: Gig / Festival Guide (June 2011)

Posted in Gig Listing, IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags ADEBISI SHANK, Alarmist, Alice Cooper, Ash, Avalanche Ammo, Crawdaddy, Def Leppard, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Dirty Epics, Dublin, festival, Forbidden Fruit Festival, General Fiasco, gigs in Galway, gigs in mayo, Heathers, Imelda May, Ladydoll, Lisa Hannigan, Monroe’s Tavern, O Emperor, Oddsocks Revival, Róisín Dubh, Retarded Cop, Sea Sessions, Temple House Festival, The Danger is, The grand social, The Kanyu Tree, The Minutes, The O2, The Shoos, The Walls, The workmans, Thin Lizzy, We Are Losers, West Fest, Whelans on May 31, 2011 by Tickets There

Welcome back to the Tickets There gig guide. It’s been a long time since we did one of these but hopefully it’s ‘back for good’. Keep in mind, this guide will be updated throughout the month of June, so check back from time to time 🙂

Dublin Gig Guide

Friday 3^rd: Alarmist We Are Losers & Avalanche Ammo (Whelan’s)
Friday 3^rd: Retarded Cop (The Workman’s)
Monday 6^th: ASH & Guests (Whelan’s)
Wednesday 8^th: Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy(The O2)
Wednesday 8^th: Lisa Hannigan (Whelan’s)
Saturday 11^th: Adebisi Shank, Heathers & O Emperor (Whelan’s)
Saturday 11^th: Oddsocks Revival (The Grand Social)
Thursday, 16^th: The JÄgermeister Freezer Sessions (General Fiasco, The Shoos, The Kanyu Tree, The Danger Is)
Friday 17^th: Le Galaxie: plus guests. Album launch party (The Workman’s)
Wednesday 22^nd: Ladydoll & guests (Whelan’s)
Thursday 23^rd: Dirty Epics (Crawdaddy)
Thursday 30^th: The Walls (Grand Social)

The West!

Thur 2nd: The Minutes (Róisín Dubh)
Thur 2nd: Bipolar Empire (Monroe’s Tavern)
Fri 3rd: North Atlantic Oscillation (Róisín Dubh)
Fri 3rd Imelda May (TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar)
Sun 5th Thin Lizzy (TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar)
Sat 4th: Adebisi Shank, Heathers, O Emperor (Róisín Dubh)
Thu 16th: Dinosaur Pile-Up, Zombie Computer, Toby Kaar (Róisín Dubh)
Fri 17th: Lite, Terra Melos (Róisín Dubh)
Wed 22nd: Lowlands (Róisín Dubh)
Thur 23rd: Windings (Róisín Dubh)
Fri 24th: Artful Renegade (Róisín Dubh)
Sun 26th Grada (Monroe’s Tavern)
Mon 27th: Janelle Monae (Róisín Dubh)
Thur 30th Pugwash (Monroe’s Tavern)

Festival Guide

Saturday 4th – 5th: West Fest (Co. Mayo):
FATURING – Imelda May, The Coronas, Republic of Loose, Sharon Shannon, Bagatelle, Ryan Sheridan plus more.

Saturday 4^th – 5^th: Forbidden Fruit Festival (Kilmainham, Dublin):
FEATURING – The Flaming Lips, Ham Sandwich, Aphex Twin, Jape, Dan La Sac, The Subs, Battles, Squarehead, The Cast of Cheers & any more

Friday 10th – 12th: Temple House Festival (Co. Sligo):
FEATURING – ASH, Stereo MCs, Something Happens, Aslan, Declan O’Rourke, Lisa Hannigan, Kerbdog, Sweet Jane, The Riptide Movement and many more.

Sunday 19th: Danny Byrnes Music Festival (Co. Westmeath):
FEATURING – The Aftermath, Sweet Jane, The Vibes, Icon on Fire, Dave Peyton, Peter Doran, Arrow In The Sky, We Go Go and Ricotta.

Friday, 24^th – 26^th: Sea Sessions: (Co. Dongeal):
FEATURING – The Villagers, Bell X1, Ziggy Marley, The Walls, Riptide Movement, The Go Team, The Danger Is, The Minutes and many more.

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MySpace Review – O Emperor

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags Def Leppard, Don’t Mind Me, Guns N Roses, Heisenberg, Irish underground bands, MySpace, O Emperor, Po, Review, Sedalia, The Fat Lady, To The Sea on January 24, 2011 by Tickets There

That’s right, another one of Ireland’s hotly tipped underground acts we’ve never seen or heard before. What do we actually do with our time you ask? Well, we drink a fair bit (although not that much, only 3 times this month including new years eve), watch a lot of TV, work on our paint city and listen to a lot of Megadeth, Def Leppard, Guns N’ Roses and read. Not much time left in that hectic, crazy schedule to be going out and just, *tusks / grunt-laugh/shakes head and frowns* listen to music for the hell of it! Anyways, we’re here now and that’s the important thing and we have some good news! We’re liking O Emperor a lot more than we thought we would. Now for ya!

Never seen them, haven’t heard their album.

Don’t Mind Me reminds us of a song you’d hear in one of those eighties New York films with driving or a small bar. Starts nicely and improves with age. For a gentle, serene mood this is your baby. Po is a liverier wee number. Faster, louder but still nice and relaxed (a word that will be repeated in this review). Sedalia is again ‘relaxed’ (real journalists / bloggers manage to use a little thing called vocabulary guys. Just a hint – Ed), nice on the ears and a very pleasant experience. Recommended so far.

The Fat Lady starts the second half of tunes in an even more sombre, quiet and uneventful (not necessarily a negative use of the word uneventful, just not a whole pile of complexity or action in this case) than the previous three. Very deep reaching piece of music that some have no doubt been captivated and transformed by. Tickets There is in quite a chirpy mood today so no depression here. Still quite enjoyable though and it’ll definitely be on our ‘depressed as hell – need reconciliation and / or companionship from non-in the room human’ list. Heisenberg follows much the same suit except it’s a little too over the top on the dull factor. Quite short which we always see a bonus point to songs we don’t like but just too sad. We need a little piece along the lines of Po now.

To The Sea is last and it’s got life! It’s no Springsteen now, leppin’ about the place or anything but it’s got blood in it’s veins and delivered enough of what we were looking for to finish things on a good note. O Emperor, recommended. If you’re having a nice relaxing Monday, then give them a go,. If you’re stressed out, give them a go. If you’re massively under the weather and ‘bad thoughts’ are spiralling out of control in your warped head, then have a listen to Whitesnake. When you’re all happy and better, then give O Emperor a go. O Emperor MySpace

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Choice Music Prize 2011 Shortlist Announced

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags #choice2011, ADEBISI SHANK, Cast of Cheers, Cathy Davey, Choice 2011, Choice Music Prize, Choice Music Prize 2011, Fight Like Apes, Halves, Imelda May, James V McMorrow, O Emperor, Two Door Cinema Club on January 12, 2011 by Tickets There

The Choice Music Prize shortlist for 2011 has been released. Encompassing some of the finest records released by Irish bands…wait, you don’t want to see me attempt a nice big intro? Fine then, list below.

· Adebisi Shank – This is the Second Album By A Band Called Adebisi Shank
· Cast of Cheers – Chariot
· Cathy Davey – The Nameless
· Fight Like Apes – The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner
· Halves – It Goes It Goes
· Imelda May – Mayhem
· James V McMorrow – Early In The Morning
· O Emperor – Hither Tither
· Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
· Villagers – Becoming A Jackal

The prize winner will be announced on march 3^rd at Vicar Street. Last years award was won by Adrian Crowley for his album, Season of the Sparks

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The Jägermeister Freezer Sessions Are Back!

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, News with tags Cork, Dark Room Notes, Dolans Warehouse, Dublin The Workman's Club, Freezer Sessions, Galway Rosin Dubh, Ham Sandwich, Jägermeister, Kid Karate, Ladydoll, Last Days of Death Country, Limerick, Maud In Cahoots, O Emperor, Reardons, The Flaws, The Mighty Stef, The Riptide Movement, The Walls, Windings on November 16, 2010 by Tickets There

Jägermeister have announced November dates for their Freezer Sessions series of gigs. Taking place in Limerick, Galway, Dublin and Cork, the shows are committed to bringing you some of the most exciting up and coming names Irish music has to offer.

Bands already confirmed include O Emperor, Windings, Last Days of Death Country, Dark Room Notes, Ladydoll, The Riptide Movement, The Mighty Stef, Ham Sandwich, Kid Karate, Maud In Cahoots and New Amusement with more to be announced soon. For a full list of dates, check below.

Cork: Reardons (November 25^th 2010)