Who would you like to see play in Maynooth?

leopoldbloom

Hi Everyone,

We're talking about getting the ents acts for next year and I realised I'm much to old to be sharing my opinions on who should be playing in Maynooth.

So.......


Who would you like to see playing in Maynooth. (Keep it vaguely realistic? Please?)

Much Love,
AE

barleybooley

The Saw Docs are always good for a laugh I think and maybe try and get the Republic of Loose again? They're so good!

Jimmy Iovine

Messiah J and The Expert were the best act I've seen in the two years I was here. They were on the week after Freshers last year. I went to it with a lad that's into industrial music and even he said they were class. Pity hardly anyone turned up to it.

I think the Delorentos were on after them. They had their fan boys there but they paled in comparison to Messiah J. A lot of people should know a few of their songs anyway without realising it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0M4qJJKoO0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ4vBk9YDis

Some great tracks altogether

Nearly forgot their best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_hXYcUKS8

ash xxx

Mumford & Sons would be amazing Arcade Fire, Justice, The Coronas

Hmm, probably all out of reach but they would all be great.

captainstacy

I second The Saw Doctors suggestion.
Saw them at Oxegen their new songs are amazing.
Check out their new single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAUf0u2sBL4

leopoldbloom

Emmm... Justice might be a shade out of reach!

Good ideas, we've got a few nice surprises already booked for freshers week. Thanks boardsies.

AE

irish_goat

I'd love to see some more comedians this year.

iLoveTwilight

Yeah i agree with irish goat , Neil Delamere was brilliant last year ... i looove Dara O'Briain though :P

The Blizzards would be fun , or Aslan , bands like that

InterStu55555

Some decent electronic acts or DJ's would be great to see, there's a serious lack of it in Maynooth tbh. Plus a lot of acts like Hot Chip, Foals etc also tour doing just DJ sets.

CFC1905_NK

Eliza Doolittle if possible:)

xOxSinéadxOx

InterStu55555 wrote: »

Some decent electronic acts or DJ's would be great to see, there's a serious lack of it in Maynooth tbh. Plus a lot of acts like Hot Chip, Foals etc also tour doing just DJ sets.

THIS.

Thwip!

more blizzards, lot less coronas

duke special

neil delamere, ed byrne

wallis bird

kiernan mcmullan

oh...and the B Sharps

BarryDoodles

Calvin Harris, Justice, Cgae the elephant.. and eh Bill Hicks

On a more serious note, Bitches with wolves, Crystal Castles, MORE COMEDY!, The rubber bandits, and last but not least JEDWARD!!

cian1500ww

DJ Sets

Seren_

Some good Irish acts plz More within the lines of Fight Like Apes/Villagers/RSAG than The Blizzards

Also moar electronica

xOxSinéadxOx

jpcarlow wrote: »

more blizzards, lot less coronas

less blizzards and less coronas please :pac:

jdooley28

Scary Eire, Rubber Bandits and whoever said Duke Special great call!

wonton

apres match?

Seren_

wonton wrote: »

apres match?

How class would that be? I'm having withdrawal symptoms due to lack of world cup.

Also, Two Door Cinema Club would be savage.

Ms. Koi

Some good suggestions!!

DJs would be great! Also, Frightened Rabbit, DJ Steff Fagan, Hoarsebox!

Hoarsebox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxuqxr8RzOg

rcaz

What level of entertainment can NUIM realistically expect to host?

Does realistic = Irish acts? If so, Enemies and Adebisi Shank? Rubber Bandits would go down really well.

sudzy

Hypnotice Brass Ensemble!!

They always put on an amazing show, think they're based in Ireland alot of the time.

Ostrom

No more indie shi-ite PLEASE!!! I haven't gone to an SU event.....ever!! And I'm here over six years - nothing but identikit bland indie drivel!!!! There are plenty of decent blues (SRV style) bands doing the rounds - wasn't there a regular rock night in O' Neills for a while?? Something....anything!!!!

rcaz

efla wrote: »

decent blues (SRV style)

Does not compute


*serious cap on*
Nobody's ever gonna agree on it though. I'm not a fan of generic indie bands that are all over the place, but a lot of people are, particularly the student demographic. I wouldn't go to see the blues bands that you'd like to have playing, just like you wouldn't go to see the indie bands. I probably wouldn't go to see the DJs that lots of people seem to want. But the indie bands and DJs would please the majority.

I'm sure if Enemies and Adebisi Shank (my suggestions) were on, a lot of other people wouldn't go either, but I figured the fact that they're Irish and actually independent would be an incentive to have them play.

Thwip!

efla wrote: »

No more indie shi-ite PLEASE!!! I haven't gone to an SU event.....ever!! And I'm here over six years - nothing but identikit bland indie drivel!!!! There are plenty of decent blues (SRV style) bands doing the rounds - wasn't there a regular rock night in O' Neills for a while?? Something....anything!!!!

plus 10000000000000000000000000

Liber8or

The people want Crystal fúckin' Swing!

irish_goat

Liber8or wrote: »

The people want Crystal fúckin' Swing!

They would probably sell out and all.

skelloggs

Mick from Adebisi Shank is in the college so it should not be hard for him to give a few bands.All these bands are under the Richter Collective label or concerts are being promoted by them.

Adebisi Shank
the Cast of Cheers
Redneck Manifesto
And so i watch you from afar
BATS

Aslo Heathers are attending maynooth.

TaraLo

Hurts please!! :_)
These guys would be awesome>>>>>>>>>... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn8tBgI1BVQ

ChristopherUno

The Frames too big yeah? Consider Messiah J and the Expert seconded. More electronia (ahem, pardon me, MOAR 3L3C7R0N1CA) would be great, as someone said Crystal Castles-esque stuff. If we're keeping it Irish maybe the Japanese Popstars (again, too big?).

Jack L. Puts on one of the best shows I've ever seen. Also Freddie White is good. Support the economy, buy Irish!

Alt_Grrr

Why doesn't the Union have a blues night?
It would be great for mental health week....

A few themed nights in the union would be great,
in fact I haven't been to anything in the union since the casino night many many moons ago....

rcaz

skelloggs wrote: »

Mick from Adebisi Shank is in the college so it should not be hard for him to give a few bands.All these bands are under the Richter Collective label or concerts are being promoted by them.

Adebisi Shank
the Cast of Cheers
Redneck Manifesto
And so i watch you from afar
BATS

Aslo Heathers are attending maynooth.

Aw no way! That's savage to know :cool: Enemies are with Richter Collective too

BarryDoodles

Just back from that Carlsberg Comedy Festival and it was decided by each of my friends that Dead Cat Bounce, Sarah and Steve and maybe Rubberbandits have to be asked to play Maynooth otherwise you may have a coup d'état on your hands

Ataxia

And So I Watch You From Afar are probably gettable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOi91-Ge6c

Also, God is an Astronaut are from down the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqUW4IidID4

meg91

Heathers

ANd seeing as one of the sisters goes to Maynooth it shouldn't be too hard to get them to play

sudzy

One Man Party!
http://www.myspace.com/onemanpartyisadj

He's the drummer from soulwax/2Many Djs... Would be cheap enough i'd say, he djs around ireland a good bit. Would be a whopper gig!

Kazuma

Ataxia wrote: »

And So I Watch You From Afar are probably gettable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOi91-Ge6c

Also, God is an Astronaut are from down the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqUW4IidID4

Wow, long long time ago that God is an Astronaut spam added me on MySpace, kind of ignored it, good to see it's taken off now though

useded

The Frames
Heathers
Adebisi Shank
Villagers

Last year was the worst year for gigs. Seriously, no more novelty bull**** please!

Ostrom

useded wrote: »

The Frames
Heathers
Adebisi Shank
Villagers

Last year was the worst year for gigs. Seriously, no more novelty bull**** please!

Can we expect a 'wacky' Jedward-themed ragweek?

Sorry for the cynicism, but my expectations are low (based on historical evidence)

catho_monster

This has been perculating in my head since the topic was raised and I have concluded that it must be hard to do ents. In terms of balancing getting an act, assuming that the student population will like it, getting an act you can afford, thats willing to do it, trying to get one that will pull a crowd and then trying to get the students to part with their money and make it into an 'event'.

Its all about marketing as I see it.

The biggest problem the last couple of years has been that the coronas/saw doctors style acts that are easy to get and you can afford and have name recognition, any self respecting person is sick of and the others will just turn up as an excuse to get drunk.

Regardless of what you do, the latter group are going to turn up. Fact.

I think what needs to be done, on a bigger scale than what the individual socs are doing, is to build an NUIM community, something that sets Maynooth apart from the rest of the colleges because it is Maynooth, not just for the sake of it.

Just from this thread it is obvious that Maynoothians are involved in some of the biggest up and coming acts out of Ireland - from those in the Richter Collective to Heathers to name just the ones that stick in my head. Ents should make supporting those bands top of priority. And I'm not saying just to stick them on a ball/rag week for the sake of it. I mean sell it, market it, promote it as one of our own. People will be much more likely to turn up and support fellow Maynoothians for the sake of that support, out of curiosity, and because they might know them, or be friends of friends. Do you know what I mean?

Secondly, and just a step away from that, is taking advantage of the area that we're in, and by that I mean, Kildare/Meath/Dublin. I remember YEARS ago (I've been lurking in the tall grass for too many years now) just after Juniper split and Damien Rice and BellX1 went their seperate ways, seeing Rice play, and Paul Noonan came in and did an acoustic set in the SU - before any of the hype. While they were still 'the locals' who we thought might all make it. The area around Maynooth (and of course into Dublin) is situated in is crazy fertile for musicians and I think you could sell a 'next big thing' style format. Again, you can't expect people to come and listen to bands that they've not heard of (as the past years have proven) just for the sake of it. I think however if the ents had sufficient 'good quality radar' that an assumption could be developed that although you haven't heard of them you know they're going to be good because the last x gigs we've put on in that format have been good. And those bands make it big, and then you, as NUIM SU have developed a relationship with them and they come back and headline bigger gigs that you might not necessarily have convinced them to do before.

Don't get me wrong when I mention Rice and BellX1. Of course indie rock isn't going to be to everyone's taste. Getting something to everyones taste is impossible, and its something that needs to be considered strongly. This tread is a testament to that. Two possible solutions are to section off parts of the night so that, consistently style a goes first, leads to style b second, ends with style c. Or that style a is in the bar, style b in the main hall etc.

More importantly. No more tack. As I said above, you are going to get the people who just want to get drunk no matter who you put on. And that tack is really playing to those lowest common denominators an no-one else, and you're just pissing the rest of us off. Develop an SU ents programme worthy of our respect. All of our respect.

That was more of a rant that I'd intended

irish_goat

catho_monster wrote: »

More importantly. No more tack. As I said above, you are going to get the people who just want to get drunk no matter who you put on. And that tack is really playing to those lowest common denominators an no-one else, and you're just pissing the rest of us off. Develop an SU ents programme worthy of our respect. All of our respect.

Whether you like it or not the people who "just want to get drunk" are students as well and just as entitled to go to the SU as you are. More importantly, as long as "tack" bands get people through the door and money in the SU till we should carry on booking them.

In terms of supporting upcoming bands, it's nice to think that marketing them as "one of our own" will generate support but it really doesn't. Attendance at the battle of the bands and any smaller gigs I've been to in the SU last year wasn't amazing quite simply because the majority of students would rather not pay money to see a band they've never heard of.

catho_monster

I wasn't thinking of marketing the bands as "one of our own" but rather marketing the SU as supporting our own. There's an important difference there.

I was in no way suggesting that a battle of the bands is supportive of local or upcoming acts. Those things are a pathetic excuse made by people who want to come across like they're "supportive".

Your reaction is actually exactly what I was trying to get at. No-one goes to hear a band they've never heard of. The question is why, not shure give up it doesnt work.
And if tack gets the crowds in and thats what pays the bills and its working, then why have a thread like this at all. I'm suggesting this because I think that there's a general discontent with what the ents have been putting on in the past couple of years, an opinion was asked, I gave.

irish_goat

catho_monster wrote: »

I wasn't thinking of marketing the bands as "one of our own" but rather marketing the SU as supporting our own. There's an important difference there.

I was in no way suggesting that a battle of the bands is supportive of local or upcoming acts. Those things are a pathetic excuse made by people who want to come across like they're "supportive".

Your reaction is actually exactly what I was trying to get at. No-one goes to hear a band they've never heard of. The question is why, not shure give up it doesnt work.
And if tack gets the crowds in and thats what pays the bills and its working, then why have a thread like this at all. I'm suggesting this because I think that there's a general discontent with what the ents have been putting on in the past couple of years, an opinion was asked, I gave.

I'm not trying to be overly negative here or argumentative but in my experience local bands don't pull great crowds, especially in small towns. The reasons no one goes to see a band they've never heard of is cause they don't know if the bands are any good, don't know any of the songs and because it'll end up being expensive if they don't enjoy themselves.

Tack gets the crowd in on the few nights they put "tack" on but you can't have those kind of bands on every week. Once a semester is almost enough.

The thread's here cause Aengus genuinely wants input into what bands we want to see and because it's better to be asking us than for the ENTs team to assume they know what students want.

catho_monster wrote: »

I think what needs to be done, on a bigger scale than what the individual socs are doing, is to build an NUIM community,

On a similar note to this I think there should be more done to encourage clubs and socs to use the SU as a night out venue. Most clubs and socs have a night out together every month or so and this should really be taken advantage of by the SU. All it takes is a few discounted drinks/entry tickets. Queen's SU have a monthly quiz for clubs and socs with the winner getting a cash prize for their club, guaranteed way of getting a decent crowd in once a month as every club and soc want more money.

leopoldbloom

irish_goat wrote: »

Queen's SU have a monthly quiz for clubs and socs with the winner getting a cash prize for their club, guaranteed way of getting a decent crowd in once a month as every club and soc want more money.

Good idea. Taken on board.

K4t

Slightly Off-Topic:

But the SU was never really a venue or considered a place to go on night's out like say Mantra/Roost/O'Neill's/Brady's. Which is a shame because it's a great spot and would be so handy for those on campus especially. Why not offer €3 euro drinks all the time seeing as it is a university bar. Also, pick a night and advertise like mad for it. Get a few hundred people into the SU that night of the week, have a decent dj play some tunes and turn it into a venue which people talk about in the same breath as the other pubs in town etc. It's sad when you walk into the SU of a Monday night (supposedly it's busiest night) and are the only people there while everyone else heads into town as usual or into clubs in dublin spending a fortune. Just an opinion.

useded

irish_goat wrote: »

I'm not trying to be overly negative here or argumentative but in my experience local bands don't pull great crowds, especially in small towns. The reasons no one goes to see a band they've never heard of is cause they don't know if the bands are any good, don't know any of the songs and because it'll end up being expensive if they don't enjoy themselves.

Tack gets the crowd in on the few nights they put "tack" on but you can't have those kind of bands on every week. Once a semester is almost enough.

The thread's here cause Aengus genuinely wants input into what bands we want to see and because it's better to be asking us than for the ENTs team to assume they know what students want.



On a similar note to this I think there should be more done to encourage clubs and socs to use the SU as a night out venue. Most clubs and socs have a night out together every month or so and this should really be taken advantage of by the SU. All it takes is a few discounted drinks/entry tickets. Queen's SU have a monthly quiz for clubs and socs with the winner getting a cash prize for their club, guaranteed way of getting a decent crowd in once a month as every club and soc want more money.

Speaking from experience, trying to book the SU Venue is a nightmare unless you're one of the two or three huge societies. I had to cancel two or three big events just because the SU double booked the venue so the mature students could have a "walk-in meeting" or some other tardy tomfoolery.

gigawatt

aslan and the knights of leon!

Rudigure

Another vote for the Saw Doctors. Are The Pogues out of reach?

useded

gigawatt wrote: »

aslan and the knights of leon!

Jesus. Both have The Roost at one stage or another, why spoil the SU's opportunity to actually get acts that are in somewhat decent when you can probably see them there at The Roost at some stage.

I say push a real Irish gig to be honest, its the only way yo're going to get in people that normally wouldn't listen to whoevers playing. Then the choice is endless, could get the likes of Heathers, Cast of Cheers who are both relatively new, as well as getting people like Paul Brady or Damien Rice to headline or something. Obviously it takes an awful lot more planning but I think it'd would be a good idea, sure look at the amount of demand there was was Damien Rice's gig during Trinity Freshers Week last year!

funky penguin

useded wrote: »

Jesus. Both have The Roost at one stage or another, why spoil the SU's opportunity to actually get acts that are in somewhat decent when you can probably see them there at The Roost at some stage.

Aengus asked what acts people wanted to see, gigawatt answered, so leave it be please.

Conor_C

Howya folks. Would love to see Rubberbandits play Maynooth, seen them once before and the gig was unreal! Also, don't know if he plays college gigs or the like, but Damien Dempsey would be great to see. Has a cult following in most places so garaunteed numbers if he did.

+1 for Redneck Manifesto and Cast of Cheers. Some Irish hiphop may be interesting too, seems to be some decent talent around.

Would there be any chance of getting Kíla? them lads have a ridiculous live show.