New Amusement Album Launch 16.5.08

Frankiestylee

Official launch gig for the mini-album "Any Port in a Storm"

Upstairs @ Whelans

Friday 16th of May

Support from...

Supernova Scotia

The Funeral Suits

Doors at 8

€8 in.

Frankiestylee

Tis this Friday

mattfender

Whats the upstairs part like?

Frankiestylee

Quite nice... more similar to the main bar in its look. Has a kind of L shape to it, so the bar is around the corner and doesn't interupt the music. Sound has always been good when I've been there. A nice medium sized venue, holds about 200 at most.

deaddonkey

i'm working friday night otherwise i'd be there, i enjoyed your set (i'm the picture guy from sugarclub)

mattfender

Frankiestylee wrote: »

Quite nice... more similar to the main bar in its look. Has a kind of L shape to it, so the bar is around the corner and doesn't interupt the music. Sound has always been good when I've been there. A nice medium sized venue, holds about 200 at most.

oh so its big enough then? I thought it was just an acoustic thing or somethin! Will have to check it out then! Might book me ep launch there instead of the main part if its cheaper hehe!

Lovin New Amusements stuff really cool guitar in the single out now!

Redegg

Looking forward to this. Yet to pick the mini album up yet. Mays gig list has raped my pocket.

New venue - I'm not too sure yet about this. I was just a little deflated when I saw what the sound system was the one time I was there.. my Hi-fi speakers are the same size. And the sound was woeful for one act I saw (Kill Krinkle Club). I can understand acoustic artists playing up here but bands with mad synth and sampler set ups? We will see!! Sure it's all one big learning curve.

I am very annoyed I missed F**k buttons and Magik markers up there! It is tiny.

Funeral Suits - good steal.

Frankiestylee

Ah yeah, it is big enough as a venue. Pretty much the size of the downstairs bar, but there's a big chunk out of the middle for the smoking area, hence the L shape. I quite like it.

The monitors are quite small in size and look like studio monitors, but just cause they're not wedges doesn't mean they don't pack a punch. We supported Nelson there before and the sound onstage was great for us and the sound out front was quite fantastic for Nelson. It's a really nice option as a venue, I know it sounds like I'm working for the place, but I've ran my fair share of gigs in Dublin over the years and it's really filling a gap in the market, mostly because it's about Crawdaddy-ish size without destroying your wallet...plus the buzz after the gigs is generally quite good as it just merges back into the main Whelans vibe after awhile

John

I'll hopefully be there. You better have a cake or something for me.

Redegg wrote: »

I am very annoyed I missed F**k buttons and Magik markers up there! It is tiny.

Magik Markers were good but not great, Elisa was sick so I don't think she really got into it.

mattfender

Frankiestylee wrote: »

Ah yeah, it is big enough as a venue. Pretty much the size of the downstairs bar, but there's a big chunk out of the middle for the smoking area, hence the L shape. I quite like it.

The monitors are quite small in size and look like studio monitors, but just cause they're not wedges doesn't mean they don't pack a punch. We supported Nelson there before and the sound onstage was great for us and the sound out front was quite fantastic for Nelson. It's a really nice option as a venue, I know it sounds like I'm working for the place, but I've ran my fair share of gigs in Dublin over the years and it's really filling a gap in the market, mostly because it's about Crawdaddy-ish size without destroying your wallet...plus the buzz after the gigs is generally quite good as it just merges back into the main Whelans vibe after awhile

^^Would it suit alternative bands like? Do they mic the whole lot nd stuff like they do downstairs? Got a price...not too bad!

Frankiestylee

What's considered an alternative band?

They do all the standard stuff, mic amps, DI bass, mic drums etc, there are monitors all over the place (really effective ones I can now say) and yeah, it's quality. I think the only limitation with the place is the amount of DIs available. When we played with Nelson they had some issue but I think they wanted 9 or 10 of them. Supernova Scottia (who are fantastic) played with us last night, doing that electro type thang, and they had no problem with their synths&laptops etc.

mattfender

By Alternative i mean rock i'd say hehe! Like two electrics with vox nd fender amps and bass and drums is my band.. Your typical band i guess! Once the moniters are ok thats cool!

Ah i might book it there so he just said that it'd only be suitabe for at most one support act cos of space.

Actually do ya fancy playin a charity Gig in the Village this Sept?

Gettin most of the good Dublin bands to play to attract a good crowd.
So far its the Kinetiks and Codes booked still waitin on a few and waiting on a headliner. need to book it all now since i'm away the whole summer!
If you wanna check out the charity its for a bit more go to www.pieta.ie
The gig's gonna be part of "Suicide Awareness Week"
Gig last year in Whelans went down a storm!