Live Photos: LCD Soundystem Live In Tripod November 21st 2010

Last Sunday saw LCD Soundsystem take to the stage for a third time over the weekend to ensure it was one of the gigs of the year in Tripod, Dublin. Being a Sunday and a busy gig weekend about town, I almost expected a subdued crowd in Tripod, but wonderfully that was not the case as James Murphy and his band of merry men and woman, slammed out two fantastic hours of non stop party filled tunes. Personal favourites Losing My Edge and Someone Great were outstanding, while Yeah almost had the roof lift off the building. All My Friends finished the nights proceedings and the tingling down my spine told me that we were witnessing something quite special.

Here are some photos I took on the night and if you happened to miss it, do yourself a favour and go see them if they ever come back.

James Murphy

Pat Mahony


Nancy Whang

James Murphy

Dave Scott Stone

You can view more LCD photos HERE.

Live Photos: Paramore Live @ The O2 November 6th 2010

On Saturday November 6th, Paramore played in Dublin's O2 arena to a heroes welcome. I was lucky enough to have a photo pass on the night ans below are some of the shots I took of Hayley Williams and Co. with Williams sporting a shiny new pink hair do to kick off their European tour.

Hayley Williams

Jeremy Davis & Hayley Williams

Josh Farro

Taylor York

Hayley Williams

You can view the full Paramore set HERE and a big thanks to Warner Music Ireland for the photo pass.

Live Photos: Hard Working Class Heroes 2010

Last weekend The Hard Working Class Heroes Festival took place over three days, in 6 venues at night and 16 venues during the day. 

With a champion lineup in place to keep you gloriously running around from venue to venue, it made me very proud to be part of something that showcased some of the incredible talent that's coming out of Ireland right now. Whether you attended as a punter, volunteer, journalist, panelist, photographer etc it doesn't matter, as anyone I spoke to seemed to bask in the enthusiasm of it all. There were timetable clashes galore, but it's a festival after all and I tried to meet a nice balance of new music (I finally managed to see Enemies - a definite highlight) and familiar (The wonderful Halves, energetic Le Galaxie and loud and brilliant Le Faro) and it paid off nicely.

Also at this years festival I was picked to showcase one of my photo's at the HWCH Photography exhibition which runs in The Workmans Club, Dublin until October 30th, so pop on down if you get a chance as there is some fantastic shots on display from 14 other photographers too. 

In between venue hopping and watching bands I managed to take a few shots over the weekend. Some of which you can see below and the full set you can view here.

Congrats to all involved for pulling off such a fantastic weekend!

The Holy Innocents

The Dirty 9s

The Evening Watch

Enemies

Halves

Le Galaxie

The Cast Of Cheers

Live Photo's: Twin Atlantic live @ The O2 (Supporting Blink 182)

Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic played a blistering set in The O2 Dublin in support of headliner's Blink 182. They played to a packed and eager Blink audience for about 45 minutes and it's safe to say they won them over by the time they finished with fan favourite, A Guidance From Colour. I was there to enjoy and take photo's and here are some below.

You can view the full set HERE.

Sam Mctrusty from Twin Atlantic



Ross McNae from Twin Atlantic


Craig Ernest Kneale from Twin Atlantic


Barry McKenna from Twin Atlantic


Sam Mctrusty from Twin Atlantic

Live Photo's: The Urges, The Doo Wrongs & The Vagabonds live @ The Retro Revival Club

It was a busy week on the photo front and Saturday last I snapped three excellent bands at The Retro Revival Club in Sweeney's on Dame Street, Dublin.

The Doo Wrongs & The Vagabonds played support to The Urges, whose organic psychedelic garage rock distinguishes them as a must see band and the best part about it all is they are local. Steve Van Zandt signed The Urges to his Wicked Cool label two years ago and re-released their debut Psych Ward, an album of sharp rock n roll and cool garage rock. The Urges are off on tour elsewhere these days but be sure to check them out when they hit a town near you.

In the meantime you can see some shots I took of them live and the full set HERE.

The Doo Wrongs


The Vagabonds


The Urges


The Urges

Live Photo's: Halves & The Ambience Affair live @ Airfield House, Dundrum.

A small intimate show with 70 people attended this stunning low light show from Halves. They were supported by excellent local quirky folk duo The Ambience Affair. The main means of lighting throughout the show was from image projection and candles hence the a lot of silhouettes and low light shots!

For a look at the full set go HERE.

Halves


Halves


Halves


The Ambience Affair

Photo's: Graham Day & The Gaolers live @ The Retro Revival Club

For those of you in attendance at the Graham Day & The Gaolers gig in Sweeney's (formerly Le Cirk) you will certainly agree that it was a fantastic performance. Graham Day is somewhat of a legend when it comes to the garage rock scene and received a hero's welcome when he took to the stage on Saturday night. He even managed to play three Prisoners songs much to the delight of the animate crowd. Here are some snap shots I took on the night with more of the excellent support bands The Revellions & The Bloody Shanks to follow...

Thee Vicars are coming to town...

They are a vivacious quartet from the UK who play tremendous raw rock n' roll, garage and 60's influenced R & B, ladies and gents it is your duty to check out Thee Vicars.

These boys have two albums under their belt (Back On The Street & Psychotic Beat) and a handful of E.P's/singles, which is great going for a band only 3 years together.

Fans of The Sonics, Thee Mighty Caesars The Horrors and The Black Lips will love Thee Vicars and after seeing them live in the legendary 100 Club back in January, I am delighted that next Saturday, April 17th you also can catch them live for one night only @ The Retro Revival Club in Le Cirk on Dame Street. Support on the night comes from Cheap Freaks and local garage favourites The Mighty Atomics.
Door tax is €5.

Photo's: You Me At Six live @ The Olympia, March 28th 2010

You Me At Six played a blistering sold out show in Dublin's Olympia Theatre on Sunday night.
Despite suffering from laryngitis, front man Josh Franceschi and the rest of the band brought it full throttle to an ecstatic crowd. Their setlist was made up of some old favourites from Take Off Your Colours but mostly consisted of tracks from their new album Hold Me Down with Safer To Hate Her, Liquid Confidence and the bodacious Underdog receiving ear splitting reactions.
Here are some photo's of the show.

Josh Franceschi

Matt Barnes

Max Helyer

Josh Franceschi

You can view more HERE

Video: Hudson Mohawke - Joy Fantastic feat. Olivier Daysoul

To promote his up and coming Pegasus Rising tour of the US and UK, Hudson Mohawke has just released the video to the wonderfully animate Joy Fantastic, taken from his superb debut album Butter released last year on Warp Records.
A colourful track featuring the vocal talents of Olivier Daysoul with an equally vibrant video, directed by Konx-Om-Pax.




The UK dates are as follows but sadly no Irish date announced so far.

UK Dates - April with Olivier Daysoul
Thursday, 22 - Inertia, World HQ, Newcastle, UK
Friday, 23 - Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds, UK
Tuesday, 27 - FAC251, The Factory, Manchester, UK
Thursday, 29 - Monkey Knife, The Thekla / Bristol, UK
Friday, 30 - Dummy 1st Birthday, The Macbeth, London, UK
Saturday 1 - The Plug/ Sheffield, UK
Sunday, 2 - Detonate indoor festival/ Nottingham, UK

Video- Wild Beasts We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues

The mythical new single from Wild Beasts released at the end of March times well with their UK and Ireland tour. We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues is another ethereal offering from the bands Two Dancers album and as shown below it's accompanying video duplicates this affection.

Wild Beasts Irish dates are as follows:

The Roisin Dubh, Galway-March 25th
Cyprus Avenue, Cork-March 26th
The Academy, Dublin-March 27th
Support on these dates comes from Villagers and Lone Wolf.

Local Natives - Airplanes Video.

I love the Local Natives album Gorilla Manor and they have just made a delectable video to Airplanes, a wonderful song with stunning harmonies that represents Local Natives finely.
They are due to play in Academy 2 in Dublin on March 10th and tickets are a steal at €13.50.
Take a peek at their video and enjoy what they are about.

Photo's: The Len Price 3, The Pacifics & Moutpiece

Saturday night was a great start to 2010 for the Retro Revival Club as their first gig of the year in Le Cirk went down a storm. It wasn't all about the headline act The Len Price 3 who drew the biggest crowd of the night, as both The Pacifics and Moutpiece both played dynamic and spirited sets, warming the growing crowd up very nicely indeed. You can check out some of the action below.

The Len Price 3


The Len Price 3


Moutpiece


The Pacifics


For more pics go HERE

Retro Revival Club Presents The Len Price 3

Dublin collective The Retro Revival Club are back after a wee Christmas break with some great gigs for the new year and with a new venue for you to snoop out too.

The first gig takes place in Le Cirk on Dame Street on February 6th with garage combo The Len Price 3 headlining proceedings. The Wicked Cool signings are renowned for their organic yet fierce performances with fast paced garage rock tunes and have shared stages with the likes of the Libertines and Buff Medways.


Support on the night comes from Moutpiece & The Pacifics with PJ (Dirty Water Club), Recession Club DJs and Laura Lovejoy all spinning tunes over the night.

Door tax is a recession friendly €4 and you would be a fool to miss it.