Gigs for 2024

thebronze14

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122795194#Comment_122795194

Saw her supporting Villagers last night in Sligo. Very impressed with her. Some voice. An act that is hard to categorize which is always good. Villagers were excellent too, despite Conor struggling with the manflu. Very impressed with the sound and the setup in general for a gig in Sligo ATU

rainagain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122792657#Comment_122792657

From Instagram...

delbertgrady

Once there was this band who,

Didn't play in Ireland for nearly thirty years,

And when they finally came back,

They sold tickets all over the country.

There's one way to explain it,

The songs are singalong fare.

Mmm mmm mmm mmm,

Mmm mmm mmm mmm...

Dreamweapon

Amyl & The Sniffers were alright in the National Stadium tonight. No better or worse than expected. Those boys certainly lucked out finding Amy. Without her they're nothing really. Third time seeing them and tbh it will be my last. At least for their own gigs anyway, i'd still catch them at a festival. The support Upchuck were good enough but suffered from terribly muddy sound. Think i preferred the few slower songs they played as they had a touch of psych to them. I'd probably take a punt on them if they played their own show here.

dasdog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122805469#Comment_122805469

The crappy guitar solos and general sloppiness is endearing. They were housemates who had great alternative musical taste but agree, she is the ball of energy that is on a different level to the others. Forth time seeing them.

T.V Eye

Thought 3arena was ambitious for Interpol. Some amount of advertising for a gig in a few days.

Fanirish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122809062#Comment_122809062

especially as they were only here last summer touring by and large same show

Granite Head

Liz Lawrence very good in The Grand Social last night. Not a huge crowd, @ 150.

Stillill42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122811629#Comment_122811629

She was brilliant at Green Man. Didn't really know her but she was in the big tent, drew a big crowd and was absolutely deadly. Couldn't make last night.

Granite Head

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122812545#Comment_122812545

Did she wear the chainmail coif?

 

Stillill42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122812820#Comment_122812820

She did indeed.

Gloomtastic!

Fat Dog’s mosh pit was the best crowd control I’ve seen so far. He didn’t say a word and everyone just knelt down totally still then went ballistic. Can’t show the video. Will post it elsewhere.

Electric Nitwit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122814213#Comment_122814213

I will die before admitting that Enter Shikari don't have the best mosh pit, but god damn that was close!

Absolutely incredible gig, one of my favourite ever

Dreamweapon

Fat Dog was a good night's entertainment it has to be said. They certainly make a lot more sense live than on record, their studio output leaving me fairly underwhelmed tbh. Most definitely a festival band and you'd wonder why none of ours booked them this summer. It's fun, it's a good time. Is there any longevity in it? God knows, but that's not important for the time being. If they'd been about in the 90s they'd have been a crusty band playing numerous stages around the Green Fields in Glastonbury. I'll pick up a ticket tomorrow for the Opium gig but it's the wrong venue for them as the pit will take up virtually all the space in front of the balcony.

Mount Palomar was a pleasant surprise. I'd take him over the likes of Bicep, Overmono, Barry Can't Swim and any number of dull electronica that gets foisted upon us every summer. His breakbeat stuff was much better than the four-to-the-floor material though. I'd be very happy to see both acts in a field next summer.

Nice early finish too😁

Pudsy33

Much prefer the 4 on the floor stuff over the breakbeat for Mount Palomar but other than that I agree 100%. Hopefully Fat Dog pop up at ATN

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TheDocMan

Porridge Radio at a pretty full Whelans tonight. Played pretty much every track off their new album which is dam fine material and added about 4/5 songs from back catalogue. Impressed and enjoyed every bit of it but lacked rawness of their last show in 2021 and felt a bit short

Looks like a ticket for Fat Dog is a necessary purchase in the am.

Beasty

5, 4, 3, 2, 1….

82 year olds in Rhyl on Wednesday - Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness - they were the Manfreds

Beasty

Last night in Cardiff, promoting their new Album, UB45…

Alas a bit too much red wine for some who found themserelves thrown out due to their drunken behaviour

Penfailed

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Only getting around to posting about this now. Therapy? were as reliable as ever pumping out one banging tune after another. They played the whole Troublegum album but not in order, and fired another few earlier tunes in too for good measure. It took about three songs for the crowd to start bouncing, but when they did, they really did! Excellent gig.

Complete change of pace for Sunday night. PSB had the crowd in the palm of their hands. I first saw them back in 2013 when there was only two of them onstage. At one point on Sunday, there were eight! Absolutely amazing. The stage backdrop, the performance, the atmosphere. Unreal. The crowd were completely silent at one stage when there was just one muted trumpet being played. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122815508#Comment_122815508

That reads like it was you, Beasty !😁

Heckler

Public Service Broadcasting in Cork last week was fantastic. They are amazing players in their own right but with the visuals, vocal samples and the live female vocalist it was outstanding. The drummer is a beast. All of them syncing to those projections in time was amazing to see. 10/10.

T.V Eye

Giant Sand is now Howe, the support act playing bass and his kid on backing vocals.

A worried start but ended up being a really fun gig.

Bello is a gem of a spot and the sound is always spot on.

Beasty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122817933#Comment_122817933

If it had been a few of you might be taking enforced holidays from Boards…..

Anyway, currently downloading a few pics from this evening's adventure in Wales

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122819108#Comment_122819108

I am never drunk, or chatting , a model fan ! 😉

It wasn't me 🙈

Goldengirl

In case anyone didn't catch this earlier a lovely episode of Record On about the Specials on Sky Arts

Been on before and will no doubt be on again .

Stillill42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122819000#Comment_122819000

Agreed on the really fun gig bit but the sound? What was the story with the snare drum buzzing the whole way through?? Surely that's an easy fix? Anyway, lovely if chaotic night. The lads played like they'd met 10 minutes before the gig but in a totally charming way. Great stuff, a ton of genres going on, lovely watching Howe's daughter watching him, lovely intimate gig, albeit a bit weird, closed altogether until 15 minutes before the support supposed to start. Anyway, had a great night.

Beasty

yes it was a squeeze in Swansea…

TheDocMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122818975#Comment_122818975

+1 to that. Heavy on the new album but all the better for it. Vocal added extra dimention- couldnt get Bett Gibbons outa my head when I heard her- delicate but enthralling. Great night and super to see it sold out.

Gloomtastic!

Folk Drone. Who ever thought there would be such a genre but they were at a new venue for me, Lost Lane.

You know when a folk band start the first bar of their song and then repeat that same bar for a very long time. You could hear each of the 6 instruments perfectly. Fair dues to the engineer.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hNFTBVeUNGvY93uKHt0lZ?si=38Lqli8YSGSmBzZHp9ThgA

The harpist support was unique, never seen anyone play a harp like that before.

Penfailed

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122818975#Comment_122818975

I've heard that they didn't have the brass section in Cork? They were brilliant in Belfast and added a lot to the spectacle.