Super Extra Bonus Party , The Chapters , Kormac Live (11-piece band) and Tucan have been lined up for the Sol Sunshine Revolution gig which takes place on the 16th of September at Pygmalion Powerscourt Centre, South William Street, Dublin. The event is FREE of charge and can be applied for www.sunshinerevolution.ie . Related Extensive Line-Up for Guinness 250 Anniversary Phantom's First Friday celebrates 1st birthday Sea Sessions - [...]
Every so often there's a night where there are a possible five quality gigs taking place around my area and it becomes a real dilemma to pick the right gig! All of the below gigs take place on Friday August 7th Brian Canavan & Bill Coleman - Bewleys Cafe Theatre The PAY WHAT YOU LIKE gigs continue with a headline show in Bewleys on Friday 7th August. Free in - pay on the way out. Support will be from Bill Coleman The [...]
This weekend is an immense weekend for Irish music in terms of the future. As we all know we can only have good independent music festivals if they have the ability to make money. Here's hoping all four festivals this weekend breaks even and continues into the future! Le Cheile - Oldcastle, Meath July 31st - Aug 2nd. There's a free gig on the Sunday featuring Funeral Suits and Neosupervital amongst many others that I'm looking forward to. I also got tickets to Heritage Centre and Ian Whitty for [...]
Guinness announced an incredible line-up of artists for Dublin's Arthur's Day 250th anniversary celebrations on September 24, 2009, including Tom Jones, Sugababes, David Gray, The Kooks, Razorlight, David Holmes, Mystery Jets and Noah And The Whale, who (along with The Chapters) played a special acoustic gig in Oliver St John Gogarty's in Dublin's Temple Bar to annouce the line-up. In total, over 60 artists will be performing in Dublin and around the world, including New York,Lagos, Yaoundé and Asia. The celebrations begin in Dublin at 17:59 local time, with a global toast to Arthur Guinness to [...]
The desk blew in the first few minutes, the band went 10 minutes over time, but regardless of all that, it was a marvelous outing from the Chapters at Oxegen on Sunday at the Hot Press New Bands Stage. Setlist: Looking for love Juice Automobiles Ukiyo Ukrainian Gymnast Perfect Stranger Moving Videotapes Black Room Trying to get Ahead
One half of Hailfairy is home, clean and dry after a manic few days at Oxegen. The other half is still lost in Serbia at Exit festival and has promised to post an Exit roundup home his return to Ireland. With so many highlights over the Sat and Sun at Oxegen it's hard to know where to start so here goes the chronological breakdown. For a better idea of the atmosphere, you have to read Jim Carroll's Round up on Irishtimes.com. Also have [...]
Phantom's First Fridays celebrates its 1st birthday in The Academy on July 3. Alternative rock radio station Phantom 105.2 presents First Fridays , a monthly club showcasing promising live acts in Ireland and to mark its one year anniversary on July 3rd, the Phantom crowd promises the best new music and cake to celebrate. Line up on the night includes The Chapters , Noise Control and Doris , followed by a late club with Phantom DJs. Doors open at 8pm and early arrival [...]
Maybe when I do another best 100 albums list, or else a Best 200 Irish albums list for my 2000th post, there will be a Chapters record in there. They're one of Dublin's finest new bands and are due to play Whelan's (a major venue for anyone who's in an Irish band) next Thursday, the 18th of June. Their album Perfect Stranger was released last week, and like this gig, is highly recommended! Doors: 7.30PM Killer Chloe: 8.15PM The Chapters: 9.15PM Tickets are €13.50, and a small few remain. It's bound to be fantastic. [...]
When I first started listening to the Swedish quartet that is Anekdoten, my first thought, I am really going to hate this. And I have to say, I wasn't completely wrong. I really did hate their music, initially. Upon playing the first track of the band's new album, Chapters, I was not impressed. [...]
It was only shot a week ago, but already the one take video for the new Chapters single 'Videotapes' is out in the world. The single is released on 3u Records on May 1st, with a launch gig at Dublin's Academy 2 the night before. The album Perfect Stranger follows on June 5th. Related The Chapters Preview Debut Album Future Kings of Spain play Special Olympics Fundraiser Gig
The Chapters play their first Dublin show in 8 months as they showcase their debut album 'Perfect Stranger' in the intimate setting of Academy 2 on April 30th. Tickets for the Acedemy 2 are strictly limited and available from Ticketmaster priced at 12.50 Euro including booking fee. Check out www.theacademydublin.com for further details! Tickets also available from the usual outlets. Having supported the likes of Neil Young, Cathy Davey, Chuck Berry & The Coronas to name but a few, The Chapters have been tipped for a while as the hottest up [...]
Dublin's The Chapters are set to give fans the chance to hear a sneak preview of their debut album when they take to the stage of The Academy on Thursday, April 30. After a nightmare 2008, the five-piece finally have their debut album, Perfect Stranger , ready for release on June 5. Tickets, priced at €12.50 including booking fee, are now on sale. Related Maccabees to Play Dublin
This afternoon will see the strange pairing of Neil Gaimen & Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Dolls) appearing in Chapters book shop. Gaiman will be signing, and Palmer will be performing a ukulele set (!) in the Parnell Street store at 5 O'Clock. Should be interesting... Here's Astronaut from Palmer's amazing 'Who Killed Amanda Palmer? ' album: Big up to the Happiness Machine for the tip.
I'm not the biggest fan of Chapters' [Myspace] style of low-note rock; the style went out in 2001 when Nickelback and Three Days Grace overdid it and essentially killed rock radio. However, public...
The 2008 version of An Under Cover Weekend at the Bluebird is double the fun of last year's inaugural edition: The event is now spread out over four nights (in other words, two weekends). And although the premise of the extravaganza is still the same — your favorite local musicians paying tribute to bands of yesteryear by doing all-covers sets — each night will focus on the music of a specific decade. Here's a comparison of the swinging '60s participants; judge for yourself how well they'll do. The show starts at 8 p.m. Friday, September 5, and Saturday, [...]
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Wife , the debut EP from moody synth-post-punks Chapters . He had this to say: The presence of misogyny in rock & roll isn't exactly headline news. From the crass objectification of 2 Live Crew to the dark sadism of the Afghan Whigs, women have been demonized as much as they have been celebrated in rock lyrics. Even still, the brash women-hating on Chapters' debut EP, Wife , is off-putting. In the course of these five tracks, the band manages to refer to [...]
The response to last week's Big Bloc 1 posting of selected mp3s from SXSW 2006 was vast, although largely invisible but to the practiced eye. Here's a list I put together of three dozen songs I like from SXSW 2005 . Again, if you find yourself wanting more, click on the two SXSW's above. As I did for Big Bloc 1, I am retaining original spelling, deleting "mp3" so as to make it easier to browse the list, and [...]
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