No Monster Club is Bobby Aherne, who used to go by the name Dublin Duck Dispensary. He was a fascinating artist then, mining the garage rock territories and DIY guitar rock scenes better than anyone it seemed and now, he's even closer to editing himself down to only the ragged meat and potatoes. Find your [...]
This is something I wrote for my brother when I lived in Drimnagh a few years ago. I currently live in a part of Dublin called Drimnagh. Drimnagh is Ireland's answer to the twighlight zone. It's a dilapidated maze of pebbledashed semi-d's from the 50's and 60's populated by three large swathes of Dublin society, taxi-drivers, retired herion dealers (also known as taxi-drivers), and, most of all, the elderly - wait, scratch that. The elderly, you see, can be divided into a further three categories. First there are [...]
Mar 9, 2010, 5:13pm
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All the way from Ireland, Bobby was one of the first dudes to hit us up about being part of the fmly back in the day with his infectiously whistlable Dublin Duck Dispensary project, and it comes with a great smile to spread word that DDD is now No Monster Club ! With tunes as fun as these names, we're way excited to pass on that No Monster Club is dropping a 20track double EP Tropical Decibels Volumes One and Two on Cass/Flick Recordings in a few weeks. Why the change in name? [...]
Sometimes I'll gladly risk wasting half an hour on a band I've never heard of if the name catches me. Such is the case with how I got into the music of Bobby Aherne, a.k.a some Irish guy who makes music as Dublin Duck Dispensary . I can't tell you what that means, but I assure you that the tunes don't suffer from the same gap in translation. At it's core, DDD is in the business of outsider tape-folk similar to acts like Pumice, but no two releases sound terribly alike. Earlier this year, Bobby released the [...]
Oct 8, 2009, 12:45am Fmly
"I'll try to be around and about. But if I'm not, then you know that I'm behind your eyelids, and I'll meet you there." -Terrence McKenna heath ledger's final performance. recovered by johnny depp, colin farrell and jude law. Dublin Duck Dispensary - Hot Air Balloon
We here around THE CULTURE OF ME were once obsessed with all things relating to Sassy and Dirt magazines. And while those titles are long gone, the sentiment of how they covered the culture industries has indeed left its mark on writers and culture vultures everywhere. It is because of that influence that we are proud to present our features post, "Getting Sassy with...", wherein we bring you that much closer to your favorite bands by way of a simple Q&A session that's both painless and informative. [...]
Summers here kids, and Rack & Ruin is proud to present their latest "Various Artists" collection. "Never mind the brollies" contains many of your Rack & Ruin favourites, but also some wonderful bands who have also offered their tracks to this years summer collection. The album is as wide a mix as you would imagine from the label. After the fuzzy scuzzed up lo-fi singalong opener from These Are Words, it isn't long before you hit the hi-fi electronic mastery from artists like T Bear, and TASRU. Mixing lo-fi with hi-fi is no mean [...]
The ease of writing about a more established, and popular artist is the fact that you can rehash what other more talented writers have to say. What makes this even more easier is if the said item has already been widely reviewed! Yykes Basket has been available on mini-CD for quite some time now, and already it has been receiving the praise which Bobby must be becoming accustomed to. Whereas I could go into detail about why this release is indeed special, why this artist is indeed special, and why you should have already [...]
(photo by Gerard Duffy) For one day only this Saturday (tomorrow!), Ireland's only tragically brilliant noise pop archetype, Dublin Duck Dispensary , will offer his latest EP, the 8-song, barely-twenty minute Yykes Basket , for a free download to anyone who logs on to Rack & Ruin Records . The 3" CD version of the effort--DDD's seventh release--sold out quite quickly in its original pressing, so a free digital download sounds just plain great to us. Yykes Basket is as beguiling as it is rewarding, with a mix of everything [...]
Stage times CRAYONSMITH 9:55-10:45 GAMAK 8:50-9:40 DUBLIN DUCK DISPENSARY 8:15-8:35
LA-based experimental outfit Health are to play Whelan's on April 17. Their eponymous debut was released last year to massive critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound and they are Dan Deacon's "favourite band at the moment". They've also done some remix work for touring mates Crystal Castles, alongside Deacon and White Williams, developing a reputation as ones to watch in 2009. Support comes from The Dublin Duck Dispensary and Wounds . Tickets are €13 from City Discs, WAV, Tickets.ie, Ticketmaster.ie, Road Records, Soundcellar. [...]
I can see the headlines now 'DDD in proper song sellout', well not really but 'I Smell The Blood' has enough sweet coefficients to at least merit an errant glance from Larry Gogan's ear lobe. Of course, Bobby being Bobby, the tasty forward momentum of the early manoeuvres is quickly swept under a carpet of blind alleys, creative cul-de-sac's and general lo-fism by the finish. Wouldn't have it any
Bobby Aherne (AKA Dublin Duck Dispensary) sent us an e-mail saying "I supported Wavves last night, if that got your attention, you're easy." Lucky enough, it did catch my attention, and I am very glad. DDD makes fantastic home-made music that will keep you on your toes. Every song on his latest release ( Yykes Basket ) has a completely different feel to it. From a fuzzed out Irish jig ("The What") to synth happy pop jam ("Be Happy") Mr. Aherne has found a nice corner in my lo-fi noise heart. My favorite song on the new release has to [...]
dublin duck dispensary rabbit in a hat 2007 prestidigitation 2008 DNA 2009 (française version) Elle dit :" si tu t'absentes pour un temps assez long, tu devrais laisser aux robots de quoi se nourrir durant... [...]
i've been puzzling a lot this week. not in the bumper crossword weekly sense. more in terms of relentless mulling and brooding and examining the moist foldy flaps of my brain. a few things: i can't quite decide if george monbiot is a coruscating genius or a deluded buffoon, ska seeming like half a word [...]
Welcome to the new alley kids. Tin can alley. Irish fuzzed-to-death-pop Dublin Duck Dispensary create the noisiest, most fun racket you're likely to hear this year from a band/artist that doesn't have a name that rhymes with "paves" . Coincidentally, Bobby from DDD gave us a shout with his new EP, Yykes Basket (pronounced "eeks"), with a simple message, "I supported Wavves last night". Quick to pigeonhole music, one might say it's lo-fi and GBV-production-inspired, but we're 1000% content to just say it's fucking brilliant. Everything is as long as it needs to be, nothing [...]
The last couple of weeks have seen, it has to be said, something of a January drought when it comes to interesting gigs, as we gear up the anticipation of oncoming new-year releases. Support act Dublin Duck Dispensary do little to funnel away that feeling of gloom with a disappointing, if thankfully short, opening set that's not really the rallying cry for new music we were hoping for. Bobby Aherne crashes through a few dozen songs in rapid-fire – two-minute episodes of scuzz-pop debris – with a plucky swagger, and a tin-can microphone effect that does little to [...]
... and a few others. hello again my pretties. yup i return, quicker than kerry katatonic to the liquor store. with much less cursing this time. and the bloated rhetorical of how much cheese can a man eat before he dies, or becomes the aforementioned dairy product? well? so some things never change. something in the eu gets someone else [...]
Lo-fi doesn't get much better than this and with Bobby Aherne treating us to his hi-fi popcorn at an alarmingly prolific rate there's no time to waste. He's already released 28 tracks this year in 3 batches through the Dutch label Rack & Ruin Records. And as is R&R's want all their records are free to download. Dublin Duck Dispensary is Bobby's moniker and in many cases the music he makes is
UPDATE: Lolomix 11 link is currently expired. Check back tomorrow and it should be up and running. It's good to talk! Lolo's 11th mix is all about communicating. The Lolomix series is always madly varied but this groovy collection about communication is about as mixed-up as it gets and the only place you will ever see Cliff Richard cozying up in such close proximity to Fuck Buttons. I just hope they don't molest him. Download Lolomix 11: Lolo's Communication [...]
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