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Lesser Known Irish Bands...

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    #92
    discobeaker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭discobeaker


    You could try Road Records http://www.roadrecs.com/
    or Tower on Wicklow st have an Irish independent section. If not then i guess you could contact the band and see if they will send you one.


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    #93
    HouseHippo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭HouseHippo


    Checked already but thanks...I know the singer I'm just too shy to ask lol


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    #94
    bookerboy
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭bookerboy


    "The looks" best iv'e seen in a while


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    #95
    Anto123
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Anto123


    I quite like Large Mound - http://www.myspace.com/largemound - though they don't seem to gig anymore...
    You're Only Massive are alot of fun - http://www.myspace.com/youreonlymassive .
    Heathers - http://www.myspace.com/heatherswhatsyourdamage
    +1 for Super Extra Bonus Party - fantastic live.

    Of course, all these bands are better live than out of crappy speakers via Myspace, but what can you do?!


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    #96
    xOxSinéadxOx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭xOxSinéadxOx


    what's with all the heathers hype. I think they're crap


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    #97
    Anto123
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    what's with all the heathers hype. I think they're crap

    Horses for courses I guess. I like them.

    They remind me a bit of earlier Tegan and Sara (again not everyone's cup of tea i suppose), and they make a nice change from the lads with guitar, bass and drums / solo singer songwriter dynamic that you see so often.


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    #98
    Ian C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Ian C


    Quite fond of Heathers myself, but I guess I can see why they mightn't be everyone's cup. Not familiar with Tegan And Sara though!


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    #99
    Frankiestylee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭Frankiestylee


    I quite like Heathers. I can't really explain their success at the moment, but I do quite like some of their songs. I've yet to see them live though.


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    #100
    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    Anto123 wrote: »
    They remind me a bit of earlier Tegan and Sara

    the sound exactly like a wanna-be tegan and sara.


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    #101
    Burke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Burke


    bookerboy wrote: »
    "The looks" best iv'e seen in a while

    Agreed!


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    #102
    ball
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭ball


    http://www.myspace.com/counttornadoandtheezwalkers
    Total legends


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    #103
    Bren Jacob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭Bren Jacob


    Im usually not a fan of the whole acoustic singer/songrwiter thingy myself.
    Infact I generaly positively detest it but I have to say Heathers were fantastic at the imro showcase and drew the whole crowd into their performance.
    How anyone doesnt think their track Remember When is as catchy as a dose of crabs in a brothel is beyond me.
    xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »
    what's with all the heathers hype. I think they're crap


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    #104
    snowyeoghan
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭snowyeoghan








    www.myspace.com/jobotband
    http://www.breakingtunes.com/profile/831


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    #105
    Gillington
    Registered Users Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Gillington


    Loving some of the recommendations here just the thread I needed,had got bored in searching for new music,well not bored but was tending more toward American band thats for some reason looked and sounded like f***ing Fall Out Boy.Cheers lads!

    Anyways http://www.myspace.com/clockworknoise

    Pretty good,different sound with the violin and all hope you like!


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    #106
    iain-not-ian
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭iain-not-ian


    There was a great band from Dundalk a few years ago called the exhibition, they seem to have vanished which is a shame. The myspace is still up tho..


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    #107
    Shoota
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭Shoota


    I'd go for Codes as probably the most likely band to succeed in the next few years, and I think Villagers are also exceptional, their gig in Whelans was the best I've been to this year!

    Can I include some bands from up north?! Well here goes, The Good Fight are brilliant and any fans of Lisa Hannigan should check out Kitty and the Canopeners :)


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    #108
    jefreywithonef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭jefreywithonef


    Shoota wrote: »
    I'd go for Codes as probably the most likely band to succeed in the next few years, and I think Villagers are also exceptional, their gig in Whelans was the best I've been to this year!

    Can I include some bands from up north?! Well here goes, The Good Fight are brilliant and any fans of Lisa Hannigan should check out Kitty and the Canopeners :)

    Really like Kitty & The Can Openers while I Am Not Left Handed are also well worth checking out.


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    #109
    Sauron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Sauron


    Gran Casino are an excellent Dublin band - http://www.myspace.com/grancasino1

    Last time I checked they weren't signed but that could very well have changed. They're huge; there's thirteen of them and consequently, the live show is quite spectacular; brass section playing in the middle of the crowd and such.

    They sound bright, chaotic; a bit like a quirkier Arcade Fire; well worth a listen.

    Bit of a plug, but:

    Jerome's Law are definitely worth checking out at http://www.myspace.com/jeromeslaw or http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Jeromes-Law/90340740170?ref=ts.

    They're just starting to get going in Dublin again after a bit of a break and have lots of material (the selections on Facebook and Myspace aren't even that representative of the whole repetoire).

    I say "a bit" of a plug because I wasn't around when most of it (as a matter of fact, any of the stuff online) was written, but suffice to say I was very impressed when I first heard it all.


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    #110
    Twee.
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    +1 for Gran Casino. Saw them about a year ago now, but they were excellent. Really enjoyed them.


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    #111
    HouseHippo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭HouseHippo


    Twee. wrote: »
    +1 for Gran Casino. Saw them about a year ago now, but they were excellent. Really enjoyed them.
    I'm sorry I hate them, Dunno what it is i just think they are ****e. Good musicians but i don't like their music, terrible attitiude too.


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    #112
    Steve01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 482 ✭✭Steve01


    Don't know if they've been mentioned already - 8 pages is a lot to trawl through - but God is an Astronaut and Hooray for Humans are both really good.


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    #113
    X-Calibre
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭X-Calibre


    Steve01 wrote: »
    Don't know if they've been mentioned already - 8 pages is a lot to trawl through - but God is an Astronaut and Hooray for Humans are both really good.

    God is an Astronaut are awesome


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    #114
    Richard Cranium
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Richard Cranium


    I saw them at Oxegen, they really, really are.

    The 202s are my favourite lesser known Irish band atm. I heard Paul McLoone play them on Today FM, but nowhere else. Shame really.

    Btw this is an excellent thread. Bravo to OP


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    #115
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    I'm totally in love with The Dirty 9s at the moment and Autamata although I dunno if you could class him as unknown


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    #116
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    As a child of the 80's, I'd proffer "Those Nervous Animals", Paul Cleary, Stano and "I Forget" (we did).


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    #117
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    X-Calibre wrote: »
    God is an Astronaut are awesome
    Yeah, great live too


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    #118
    Shoota
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭Shoota


    Here be some links to some of those bands mentioned previously :pac:

    http://www.myspace.com/thegoodfightni
    http://www.myspace.com/thedirty9s
    http://www.myspace.com/autamata
    http://www.myspace.com/codesofficial
    http://www.myspace.com/kittyandthecanopeners

    Enjoy!

    Good thread to be sure....:cool:


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    #119
    silverwater
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭silverwater


    Evil Harrisons. They're releasing an album themselves.
    Saw them live at the Spirit Store where they played the tracks and I'm excited.

    http://www.myspace.com/evilharrisons


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    #120
    rcaz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Harrows are really good. Their early stuff sounds sorta typical of a young "indie" guitar band, but their new stuff is so good - it's kinda exciting to see a band who are just beginning to come to their top form.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ynwDS5OHU


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    #121
    HoldStady
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭HoldStady


    Two bands I know

    http://www.myspace.com/downhillirish

    http://www.myspace.com/readerswives


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