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Cork! Galway! Saul is coming to your town tonight and tomorrow night. Don’t miss. A review of last night’s show will be up on State in a bit.
Photos by Dolan.
This week is a non-stop gig gauntlet. Tonight, I will see Duchess Says in the Sugar Club and Yeasayer in Whelans, tomorrow night, The National in the Olympia and Thursday, the big U:Mack show – Battles, The Rednecks and Chromehoof before I fly to Barcelona for the weekend.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
You’re going to The National? Have you had a Road to Damascus style conversion or is it a freebies situation? 🙂
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You’re going to The National? Have you had a Road to Damascus style conversion or is it a freebies situation? :)[/quote]
Merely curiosity Sinéad! ….. and freebies.
What’s the story with the “friendly” automated Web Sheriff message on your blog? Like a tax collector coming into your house to see how you’ve been.
I know, the Web Sheriff thing is a funny one, and it was so specific about the gig and PIAS (who I deal with a lot). They’re a bona fide organisation as far as I can see.
Great few nights ahead alright- nearly same as you with Yeasayer, The National and Battles. Looking forward to them all but after 3 the last few nights as well I am looking forward to a quiet weekend…well except for Halves…and just maybe Animal Collective on Monday!
hey, might see you at Yeasayer. looking forward to that!
nobody going to Ladytron, no? I get the impression I’m their only fan around here 😉
[quote post=”1201″]nobody going to Ladytron, no? I get the impression I’m their only fan around here [/quote]
No, their new album is pants.
did anyone go the the Hold Steady last night? They played a few new songs….they sounded pretty good, even if they were very similar in style to the old stuff.
Re Saul gig, did anyone cop the guy at the bar snoring very loudly during Saul’s final spoken workd piece? It was surreal, he was seemed intent on distracting everyone, and succeded with quite a few people.
Missed DL vs SC, Yeasayer, Hold Steady, Saul Williams, and will not get to The National or Battles. In a Nialler9 Ladytron vs Large Mound mash-up: My Whole Life Is Pants 🙁
Gah, my misery got in the way : Dolan’s shots are excellent!
Went to The National last night. A little bit of a disappointment, seemed very flat and only really got the energy going in a stop-start manner. Beringer kept walking off stage momentarily during slightly long pauses between songs. They’ll probably be better tonight and tomorrow.
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead for me on Thursday night. I’m not quite ready to occlude the memory of Battles at Primavera at 2am last year just yet 😉
The photos are just fantastc. Good Luck! I hope you find more music to share with us.