Who would you like to see play Maynooth? (2011 / 2012 Edition)

BuroniKiisu

Hi there boardsies.

So, in a similar vein to this thread, who (bands, comedians, etc) would you like to see perform on campus during the 2011 / 2012 academic year?

Please keep your suggestions within reason (that means please no Radioheads or U2s or Michael Jacksons, etc).

Also, if you yourself are in a band / know a Maynooth student who is in a band, if you could PM me the band's contact details that'd be great. I'm looking to give student bands opportunities this year.

Seren_

BuroniKiisu wrote: »

Please keep your suggestions within reason (that means please no Radioheads or U2s or Michael Jacksons, etc).

I for one think these are extremely realistic! Especially Michael Jackson; he's not up to much these days :pac:

But really, Adebisi Shank, ASIWYFA, God is an Astronaut, RSAG, Damien Dempsey... Irish acts are always good (decent ones that is, not The Coronas >_>).

If I had to go for just one act to get it would be Adebisi Shank I would bring small gifts to your office each day if it were to happen*.

That may deter you from it, although

*may not actually occur

karaokeman

Above Control:)

Liber8or

Delete/Destroy/Annihilate/Erase/Remove/Nuke 'The Gathering' please. That is all.

Jimmy Iovine

Once again I'll mention Messiah J and the Expert.

I'm finished now in Maynooth but I think my brother is going next year, so if you got them I'd definitely pay a visit.

Duddy

Lisa Hannigan, zomg Lisa Hannigan!

Xqzciara

robert munnelly

banquo

Xqzciara wrote: »

robert munnelly

THIS IS GETTING SERIOUSLY OLD GUYS.

Duddy

Change your material then. GAW!

BuroniKiisu

Xqzciara wrote: »

robert munnelly

Will be performing lunch-time concerts in Chill each Friday.

It's on the internet now. It must be true.

lordgoat

Solar bears, Land Lovers, Jape, Jape, BATS, ENEMIES, Adebisi, No monster club, MJEX, Daithi, team up with Umack/Foggy Notions and bring some decent acts out.

It's never been easier to get good bands for reasonable prices.

Compton

JLS and Justin Bieber, that is all.

Norrdeth

You could get awake young soldiers, overhead, the albatross or the blue choir for some kind of support acts.
Cool bands, great people.

http://www.myspace.com/awakeyoungsoldiers
http://www.myspace.com/overheadthealbatross
http://www.myspace.com/thebluechoir

DB21

Can we get Big Generator in again? They were f*cking awesome.

Also, moar Rob!

Alt_Grrr

Liber8or wrote: »

Delete/Destroy/Annihilate/Erase/Remove/Nuke 'The Gathering' please. That is all.

Or at least hipster test the line up first.

If your not aware how to preform such a test, here's how.

Step 1. Capture some wild hipsters, (Think back to Pokémon Red and Blue if your not sure how to find and capture them)
Step 2. Show them the line up for the gathering.
Step 3. Any of the acts they like, DON'T book them.

Its simple logic, anything hipsters like and would pay money to see, would not be enjoyed by the rest of the student population. And Hipsters won't go to it, even it was an act they wanted to see (its too mainstream).

But on a less serious note, I think ether scrap the gathering, or change the format of it. Maybe kick off at 5 and have less acts, but better acts. Maybe try catering to a wider audience (I hadn't heard of most of the acts in this and last years gathering, hence my insistence on empirical evaluation of the acts and their appeal), maybe have comedy on in the venue for a bit before bands kick off.

And maybe not get the same acts as DCU...

Cool_CM

DB21 wrote: »

Can we get Big Generator in again? They were f*cking awesome.

They played in Zürich on Paddy's Day, it was like being back in Maynooth again but it was expensive and full of Swiss people...

Alt_Grrr

Cool_CM wrote: »

They played in Zürich on Paddy's Day, it was like being back in Maynooth again but it was expensive and full of Swiss people...

Sounds like Dublin on Paddys Day....

rand1182

dude! ROSS NOBLE!!!! or get David O Doherty again!

doesntwatchtv

Get Supergrass. They're not doing much these days. Last I heard they were supporting the Arctic Monkeys.

What you need to do is listen to Phantom now and book the bands who are doing well before they get big after Oxegen and Electric Picnic.

useded

OFWGKTA





On a more realistic note.. No point in looking at hasbeens from the UK (The Magic Numbers and The View were NEVER going to draw a big crowd, were they?)Keep it Irish. There a ton of bands that would draw a good crowd, play great music and are dying to gig. The Dublin scene especially has great bands like most of the acts on The Richter Collective label.

Seren_

No more Saw Doctors please.

Absolute Zero

Cool_CM wrote: »

They played in Zürich on Paddy's Day, it was like being back in Maynooth again but it was expensive and full of Swiss people...

Yeah they are good im going to see them here in Kilkenny tonight actually for like the 20th time.

Ms. Koi

Jamie Lawson, jody has a hitlist would probably go down very well too. Paul mosley, bill coleman, get dod back too!

tootyflutty

Can haz Duke Special again?

lordgoat

doesntwatchtv wrote: »

Get Supergrass. They're not doing much these days. Last I heard they were supporting the Arctic Monkeys.

What you need to do is listen to Phantom now and book the bands who are doing well before they get big after Oxegen and Electric Picnic.

This is exactly what not to do, very few shows on phantom play new music.

much better to check out the umpteen very good irish bloggers out there.

-harmlessnoise and nialler9 being just 2 of a very good number out there.

Spiderpig92

Saw Doctors are legendary!

chillian17

lordgoat wrote: »

Solar bears, Land Lovers, Jape, Jape, BATS, ENEMIES, Adebisi, No monster club, MJEX, Daithi, team up with Umack/Foggy Notions and bring some decent acts out.

It's never been easier to get good bands for reasonable prices.

Yay.

chillian17

useded wrote: »

OFWGKTA





On a more realistic note.. No point in looking at hasbeens from the UK (The Magic Numbers and The View were NEVER going to draw a big crowd, were they?)Keep it Irish. There a ton of bands that would draw a good crowd, play great music and are dying to gig. The Dublin scene especially has great bands like most of the acts on The Richter Collective label.

Yay, again.

Jimmy Iovine

Hahaha not a chance of OFWGKTA coming over. I am, however, hoping that I will be proven wrong on this......please

Adrianno28

Michael Jackson?:D

ghostdancer

Alt_Grrr wrote: »

Or at least hipster test the line up first.

If your not aware how to preform such a test, here's how.

Step 1. Capture some wild hipsters, (Think back to Pokémon Red and Blue if your not sure how to find and capture them)
Step 2. Show them the line up for the gathering.
Step 3. Any of the acts they like, DON'T book them.

Its simple logic, anything hipsters like and would pay money to see, would not be enjoyed by the rest of the student population. And Hipsters won't go to it, even it was an act they wanted to see (its too mainstream).

But on a less serious note, I think ether scrap the gathering, or change the format of it. Maybe kick off at 5 and have less acts, but better acts. Maybe try catering to a wider audience (I hadn't heard of most of the acts in this and last years gathering, hence my insistence on empirical evaluation of the acts and their appeal), maybe have comedy on in the venue for a bit before bands kick off.

And maybe not get the same acts as DCU...

i'm not really sure what you think a hipster is, but few, if any acts that have ever played the gathering would be bands that "hipsters" would like, or go to see.

just because you haven't heard of loads of them, doesn't mean they're some underground acts only liked by "hipsters". that's just your own musical ignorance.

useded

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Hahaha not a chance of OFWGKTA coming over. I am, however, hoping that I will be proven wrong on this......please

Yeah, I guess you didn't get the sarcasm in my post. They are playing the Academy in August though, kinda relevant

Alt_Grrr

ghostdancer wrote: »

i'm not really sure what you think a hipster is,

Here is a diagram to help you understand.
Here I'm aware its more then a fashion thing.

ghostdancer wrote: »

that's just your own musical ignorance.

I guess its just the ignorance of the student population en masse so,

"Why would i spend €25 to go see to a bunch of bands I've never heard of... and the saw doctors?" was echoing about the campus before the gathering.

So its not my "ignorance" you have to deal with, its every-bodies. I listen to lots of bands and artists. I regularly go to concerts, both small and large, yet the selection of bands for the gathering has never appealed to me, even after the obligatory hours googling and hitting youtube to check them out. I'm hard pressed to think of anyone I know who went to it.

The selection of bands needs to be rethought, even with the huge selection of bands/acts for the last 2 years, it hardy seemed to appeal to many students. Getting a line up which will appease everyone is impossible, I know.

So my suggestion is ether to change up the gathering a little bit, like work it into a beach party or something. Change it into something entirely different, like a comedy festival, or scrap it and do nothing at the end of may. But so far, it hasn't been a success.

And after having a discussion with BuroniKiisu about this, I still stand by my hipster argument.

JellyBeans92

I think the Gathering should be kept, but lower the ticket price to like €20 instead of €25 and get rid of some of the acts..
Either shorten the Gathering overall time wise or try do something about the not-being-able-to-leave part
Keep the likes of Ryan Shedian, The Coronas, Rubberbandits.. these's were ALL very popular. Get rid of the random acts most people hadn't heard of.

As for band ideas: Scuba Dice, Time Is A Thief, The Shoes, Fox.E and the Good Hands.. look around, there's plenty of really good bands out there just itching to do gigs!

lordgoat

Hipsters have been replaced by the more annoying subcategory.

"Man don't hipsters suck, let's post about them on the internet"


Damnnit seems like one squirmed in here already.


Fwiw the gathering has to make money and attracts bands that will sell it out, these need to appeal to the majority of students and will of course please some and disappoint other. Bear in mind that some people will simply go as most of their friends are going and it's reasonably cheap - nothing wrong with that at all.

The bands playing the gathering this year were a miles from hipsterville, they missed the mark of where they should be and were scheduled all wrong in my opinion. Also alot of the problem with the gathering begins way before the selection of act imo.

I've posted my thoughts on the gathering before.

For me i'd split it across 2 stages and have a much smaller number of acts, playing longer sets. You'd also be allowed come and go as you pleased.

westdub15

not going to go on another rant about the gathering, would prefer a maynooth ball modeled on the trinity ball but i know the logistics of that would be difficult. anyway some the acts i think are reasonable: bipolar empire, bellx1, some trad sessions and more comedians too plz! think the bar should put some promo's on tuesday night as they wouldn't be competing with anywhere in the town for business.

Alt_Grrr

westdub15 wrote: »

the bar should put some promo's on tuesday night as they wouldn't be competing with anywhere in the town for business.

The SU bar is a hard sell to most students i think, its never going to be able to compete as a bar with Bradys, The Roost or Manta.

Even with promos on a Tuesday night, it wouldn't get much business. (Tuesday night is a fairly quite night in most places) Promos wouldn't make you want to go to a bar that's really out of your way.

Now if you had something on a Tuesday night which would draw in a crowd regardless (a band or comedian) and drinks promos, then you stand a better chance of getting a good crowd of people in, as well as getting drinks in their hands.

ceez

Miracle Bell and Frantic Jack? would be fab, would definitely go see them. Sure they are both local too :P

DB21

JellyBeans92 wrote: »

I think the Gathering should be kept, but lower the ticket price to like €20 instead of €25 and get rid of some of the acts..
Either shorten the Gathering overall time wise or try do something about the not-being-able-to-leave part
Keep the likes of Ryan Shedian, The Coronas, Rubberbandits.. these's were ALL very popular. Get rid of the random acts most people hadn't heard of.

As for band ideas: Scuba Dice, Time Is A Thief, The Shoes, Fox.E and the Good Hands.. look around, there's plenty of really good bands out there just itching to do gigs!

No. I will get my shotgun if I see those goons on campus.

Norrdeth

Yo, making this sticky for a while to promote discussion and ideas.

irish_goat

Are 2 Door Cinema Club an option or might they be too expensive now that they're all famous and what not?

MarkTheBaby

The Minutes, ASIWYFA, The Hot Sprockets and Flux Pavillion (for the hipsters)

dr.quirky

+1 for Damien Dempsey

man's a true showman. drew a savage crowd at small festival here august bank holiday weekend.
Im a big supporter of more comedy aswel, was at small festival, on a farm(just to give idea of size) one shed was a comedy shed and live local bands on in another thought it was a great set up. would love to see jarlath reagan, dermot morgan and/or david o doherty .

+1 for frantic jack , great irish band who appeal to nearly all imo.

Seven Days, fantastic Irish band

Dirty Epics, great band, not my particular cup of tea but put on a great show

ooh ooh Bernard O Shea and Pj gallagher

Baile an Locha

Ham Sandwich and Shouting at Planes? Saw both of them last week and they were really really good.
Fight Like Apes? Seemed to be a big crowd at it last year.

sionnachrua

tootyflutty wrote: »

Can haz Duke Special again?

I remember when Duke played at the Gathering before, I think he hated it.

Absolute Zero

MarkTheBaby wrote: »

The Minutes, ASIWYFA, The Hot Sprockets and Flux Pavillion (for the hipsters)

Flux pavillion would be unreal, I would hardly doubt we will see dubstep in maynooth any time soon though. All they play in clubs is ****ty top of the pops dance music, or 30 second itunes samples in bradys.

Duddy

+1 on Ham Sammich and Fight Like Apes:)

Lisa Hannigan is also on tour this year...:)

lordgoat

Anyone on Popical Island or Richter.

I'd like to think whoever is booking gigs is at least going to HWCH and talking to bands about playing here. You could get a very good second line up and add it to a 'more expensive/popular' act and get two crowds in for one night without there being that much of a mismatch.

Norrdeth

Lisa Hannigan would be great, although I'd probably only go to see her cause she's super hot =P

ElvisChrist6

Fionn Regan and Lisa Hannigan would be amazing! Villagers are probably too big now!:P Also, some great upcoming Dublin bands, if much smaller acts are on the cards, such as garage/surf/synth band The Pulpit, Radiomen, the thrash band Fallen Saint and hardcore punk act Crows! They'd all be amazing for some small slots! Comedy-wise, Andrew Maxwell, David O'Doherty... Jerry Sadowitz...

Edit: Oh, yeah, Hot Sprockets too!

Duddy

Right so we're decided Broni, Lisa Hannigan plz:P


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