Manchester quartet The Whip bring their electro,disco rock madness to Think Tank (formerly The Hub) tonight.
They released their debut album earlier this year X Marks Destination on Southern Fried Records which was produced by the very popular Jim Abbiss, whom has also done the honours for the likes of Ladytron, Arctic Monkey's and Editors.
It's a stomper of a debut and tonight it shall be worth the loose change of €12 into see them (and a nosey around the new looking Think Tank if you haven't already been).

Okay it took me a while to compile my top 20 albums but I eventually got there.

Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Why? - Alopecia
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Metronomy - Night Out
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Messiah J And The Expert - From The Word Go
Barry Lynn - Balancing Lakes
Mystery Jets - Twenty One
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Jamie Lidell - Jim
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Does It Offend You Yeah? - Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Midnight Juggernauts - Dystpoia

Picks of 2008 by Cookie

Cookie's 2008 favourites are;

Why? - Alopecia

Subtle - Existing Arm

Portishead - Third

Notwist - The Devil, You And Me

Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords

Gang Gang Dance - St Dymphna

Boduf Songs - How Shadows Chase The Balance

Lambchop - OH (Ohio)

Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light

Pick's of 2008 by Paddy

My Albums of 2008 are in no particular order but go something like this;

Opeth - Watershed

Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Dolores

Bloodbath - Fathomless Mastery

Beck - Modern Guilt

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier

Venetian Snares - Detrimentlist

Lustmord - Other

Who Are We?

After writing and snapping a load of bands for other people I decided that I would start this blog with some like minded individuals so we could bring to you our opinions on the new and not so new on the music scene here in Ireland and indeed wherever else it takes us. 

We are not trying to be better than anyone else just honest and forthright about what we believe in as music fans.

It will get serious, it will get humorous and sometimes frightening but if you are enjoying it then that's all that matters really, yeah? So come with us now on a journey... oops wrong script!