Goldenplec

A Weekly Pick of bands

Well here we are, band of the week some 2 months later, It would seem that festival season and holidays have a bad effect on us and as a small team these items got neglected as covering Oxegen and similar festival events took precedence and of course getting out of the country left this item [...]

After a bit of a wait, Band Of The Week is back! blame the delay on combination of Exams and Sunny weather, and while we may fail our exams, our Frisbee skills have improved dramatically. Back to business and our band of the week, the brilliant Heathers.

Downhill are a young punk band from Tallaght. Beginning around the summer 06, Downhill stayed in the underground Dublin scene for quite a bit. They released an EP in 2008 entitled “As Seen on TV” which was the first time I saw them in the Voodoo Lounge. The first thing that hits you seeing them [...]

Anybody who knows me are probably sick of me blabbing on about this band. God Is An Astronaut are a 3 piece band from Glen of the Downs who are currently taking Europe by storm. Just one look at their myspace will tell you how busy this band with an incredible 38 gigs around Europe [...]

Chewing on Tinfoil are a 5 piece Ska/Punk band from Tallaght/Raheny. They formed in April 2002 (though it was 2003 before they found a drummer that worked right for the band)  and are influenced heavily by bands like Less Than Jake, Rancid, Operation Ivy, They Might be Giant, Choking Victim and many more ska punk [...]

Probably the best known unknown band in Dublin, The Upgrades have been playing gigs for what seems like an age. It’ll come as a surprise to some, therefore, that their first album will be released this May. The 5-piece ska-punk band recorded ‘Take a Risk’ with Neal Calderwood in Manor Park Studios. Couple that with [...]

This weeks Goldenplec Band Of The Week are Goldenplec favourites Blue Syndrome. Hailing from Swords, this 4 piece band are about to release their first album. After coming second in the Blastbeat competition in 2007,  Blast Records decided to give them a record deal as well. Almost a full 2 years later and the release [...]

It’s time for a new feature  in Goldenplec Towers. Resident music nerd and weekly gig attender CraigMcD is going to look at some of Irelands finest up and coming bands.
This weeks band hail from Tallaght and are called ‘The Cades’. They have only been a band for 2 years and yet have already played Hard [...]