Another collection of news stories we just had to tell you about featuring some free downloads and some tour announcements.
Definitely worth a perusal.
Banquet turns 1 year old
Banquet celebrate their 1st birthday this Saturday and have confirmed one of our favourite live acts Le Galaxie to play for them.
Of course all the usual fun and Banquet DJs will be present to ring in the turning of one year of great music. That’s Saturday 28th April in The Button Factory. Gwan, go celebrate with them.
King Twit announce tour follow EP release
King Twit have just announced the release of the debut EP ‘Bicycle’ and will be gigging around Ireland in support of their new material. The tour dates cover Dublin, Cavan, Monaghan, cork, West Meath and Wexford with more to be added soon.
Full dates below
Tour dates
Wed 2nd – The Song Room at the Globe, Georges St, Dublin 2 – confirmed 9pm FREE Entry
Thu 3rd – McKennas The Brewery, Monaghan Town – confirmed 10pm FREE Entry
Fri 4th – The Widows, Belturbet, Co. Cavan – confirmed 10pm FREE Entry
Tues 8th – The Candlelight Sessions @ Sky and the Ground, Wexford Town – confirmed 9pm FREE Entry
Thu 10th – Original Thursdays at Danny Byrnes, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath – confirmed 10pm FREE Entry
Sun 13th – Midnight at the Crane Lane Theatre, Cork City – confirmed Midnight FREE Entry
Our Krypton Son to play The Stags Head Raw
This Sunday will see hotly tipped act from up north, Our Krypton Son heading down south to play at The Stags Head Raw. There is support on the night from Fear Of Folk and The Quicksand Band.
its on Sunday April 29th and admission is just €8 or €6 for students. Doors at 8pm.
Dead Label to support Machine Head
Kildare metal merchants Dead Label have announced that this coming May 28th they will be supporting Machine Head for their two Irish date.
As you may know, Machine Head will drop in on May 28th to Belfast’s Ulster Hall and then May 30th will see them in Dublin to play The Olympia Theatre. Dead Label will open both nights. Their debut album ‘Sense Of Slaughter’ is available in HMV now.
If you fancy catching them around the country, below is some more dates they are playing in the build up to the support slots.
WARM UP GIGS
3rd of May: The Blind Pig Limerick
4th of May: The Purple Room, Drogheda,Louth
18th of May: An Cruiscin lan, Cork
Paul Kelly returns to play Whelans
It’s a return to Ireland for Paul Kelly after coming to play his A to Z show in The Sugar Club last year which spanned four nights. This saw over 100 songs over 4 nights with no one night the same.
He returns for just the one gig this time, in Whelans on Saturday 18th August. Tickets for the show are €23 inclusive of booking fee and are on sale Monday 30th April at 9am. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.ie, Tickets.ie and Whelanslive.com.
This gig will be limited unreserved seating.
Dead School announce Irish tour dates
Following the release of their new single ‘Incisions’, their third single to date, Dead School are to head out on tour from this weekend before recording their debut album later this year.
On the route they have Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Cork, Tullamore, Clonmel before hitting festival season where they will play Indiependence, Ballinamore Free Fringe Festival and Junction Festival amongst others.
Up Coming Shows
Dolans Warehoue – Limerick – Sat 28th April (with The Frank & Walters)
Sweenys (Dimestore Recordings) – Dublin – Thurs 3rd May
The Slate (Roof top unplugged) – Cork – Mon 7th May
Shortts – Waterford – Sun 20th May
The Borderline – London – Mon 28th May (with The Minutes)
The Bowery – Cork – Fri 1st June (with The Minutes)
The Thatch – Tullamore – Sun 3rd June (with The Minutes)
The Hillgrove – Dingle – Sat 16th June (with The Frank & Walters)
DeBarra’s – Clonakility – Fri 29th June
The Goodship – London – Thurs 5th July
The Varsity – Wolverhampton – Sat 7th July
Junction Festival – Clonmel – Thurs 12th July
Summer Festival Series – Leopardstown – Thurs 26th July (with The Minutes)
Indiependence Festival – Mitchelstown – Sun 5th Aug
Ballinamore Free Fringe Festival – Leitrim – Sat 25th Aug
So-So Sailors announce FREE track download
So-So Sailors have been onto us and want to share this new track which they have made available for FREE download from their soundcloud.
The track is called ‘Des Moines’ and is taken from their EP ‘Young Hearts’ which is due out on No Dancing Records in June. You can listen and or download the track below.