It's been a while now since Tony Wright left And So I Watch You From Afar. His new project, VerseChorusVerse, has endeared many listeners though, with whimsical tales spun around an acoustic guitar. It's as far removed from his previous guise as possible. VerseChorusVerse, along with as yet unannounced support, [Read more]
![Live Review: Meteor Camden Crawl, Dublin 2013 - Sunday [Part 2]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4935665_lg.jpg)
Read Part 1 of Sunday's review here: http://2uibestow.blogspot.ie/2 013/05/live-review-meteor-camd en-crawl-dublin_6.html Read Saturday's Review here: http://2uibestow.blogspot.ie/2 013/05/live-review-meteor-camd en-crawl-dublin.html The second half of our night found us settling into Whelans for the remainder of the night and I found myself listening to the acoustic angst of VerseChorusVerse for the first time. Tony's vocals are perfectly fine and his songs follow the logic of his moniker but it didn't blow me away with excitement. I enjoyed his version of a cover of the old song 'Sixteen Tons' written by Merle Travis in the [...]
![Live Review: Meteor Camden Crawl, Dublin 2013 - Sunday [Part 1]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4934938_lg.jpg)
Part 1 of Sunday's Meteor Camden Crawl, Dublin 2013 After a mellow night on Saturday hanging around The Unitarian Church we got into the full spirit of the Meteor Camden Crawl on Sunday visiting numerous venues and seeing as many bands as we could kicking off with the incredible sounds of Overhead, The Albatross in the Workman's Club. For me one of the best things about the Crawl was that in one weekend I got to see well promoted and [...]

Happening over the May Bank Holiday Weekend The Camden Crawl has this impressive line-up: The breakdown of acts are as follows with tunes from the ten must see acts on the line-up: Saturday: ALTERED HOURS, THE ARROWS OF LOVE BANTUM CASANOVA WAVE, THE CIAN NUGENT & THE COSMOS DAITHI [...]
Formerly a guitarist in And So I Watch You From Afar, Tony Wright left last year to pursue an acoustic path under the guide of Verse Chorus Verse. He writes: "When I was left with little choice from my last band but to go out on my own, I began [Read more]
Last weekend saw the Camden Crawl festival land in Dublin for the first time, with two nights of music spread across the city. State was on hand to report on the event and here's our pick of the acts from home and abroad. And So I Watch You From Afar - Button Factory, Friday Few bands seem to get better and better every time you see them live, but ASIWYFA are made of special stuff. New guitarist Niall Kennedy has filled the very big shoes of Tony Wright with aplomb, splicing [...]
Tower Records on Wicklow St in Dublin has a tradition of hosting free instores live events every month and they have announced the line-up for this month, see the listings below: Thursday 10 th May - Eazy Tiger @6pm Friday 11 th May - VerseChorusVerse @1pm Thursday 17 th May - Terror Pop @1pm Thursday 24 th May - C O’Neill & Co @6pm Friday 25 th May - Elavator @6pm Thursday 31 [...]
The Oh Yeah music centre in Belfast celebrates its fifth anniversary on May 5th with a special day full of live performances. During the afternoon, Katie Richardson and Colly Strings will play an acoustic set and Fighting With Wire will be doing a live session in the studio. There will also be film screenings, a tour of the building, rehearsal rooms, the recording studio and a "Demo Drop" where young bands can have the chance to get reviewed by industry experts. As for the evening, the line-up for live acts features [...]
Irish rock-metal legends Therapy? are the first headliner for Glasgowbury Festival 2012, which takes place at Eagle's Rock Valley in Draperstown July 21st. The festival, which claims to be the place for homegrown talents and unsigned bands, also announced a string of local acts: Silhouette , Amidships , Pretty Child Backfire , Farriers , VerseChorusVerse , Space Dimension Controller , Ryan Vail and Our Krypton Son . 'Early eagle' tickets are available on HMV priced £30 and £40 with camping until the end [...]
After last year's long weekend of fun, the Ones To Watch festival is back again next week in Whelan's and The Village from 11th to the 14th of January for four full days. Showcasing the best in new Irish music, Tickets are €5 per day or €10 for a full festival ticke with a free Pint Of Heineken upon entry. More acts are to be announced but here's what we have so far: VerseChorusVerse , Elaine Mai , Hello Moon, Crayonsmith , Wizards Of Firetop Mountain , Lamp [...]
It was a week ago tonight that Tony Wright made his final appearance with And So I Watch You From Afar, crowdsurfing with his guitar at Belfast's Ulster Hall during the Northern Irish Music Awards. This week will see his debut Dublin headliner as VerseChorusVerse , playing Upstairs At Whelan's tomorrow night (Thursday 10th). He's also just released his debut EP, which sees him follow a very different path than what you might expect.... VerseChorusVerse - VCV EP by vcvtony
I think it's safe to say that the One Fine Day EP is quite a departure from Tony Wright's work with former band And So I Watch You From Afar. I hadn't heard anything by Versechorusverse until Tony tweeted over the weekend that the EP was available. It's all acoustic [Read more]

VerseChorusVerse @ Unitarian Church by Kieran Frost [...]
Former Mk Ultra member, John Vanderslice plays an intimate gig in the setting of the Dublin Unitarian Church Friday night. You can read a previous interview with John here . Support comes from Tony Wright in his first official gig as a solo artist under the name VerseChorusVerse after leaving And So I Watch You From Afar last week. Tickets available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078], Tickets.ie & Ticketmaster An Aftershow party featuring John Vanderslice + support + DJs takes place Upstairs in Whelan’s @ 11.00pm. Exclusive to JV [...]
There has been a major upheaval in the And So I Watch You From Afar camp with the announcement that Tony Wright has left the band. A statement from the Northerners reads: "It been an honor and a privilege to share the road, studio, stage and world with Tony for the last five years. He's been part of the ASIWYFA family from the start, and he always will be. We're excited, proud and in full support of Tony as he embarks on his new adventure. In the words of Richard Bach, "don't [...]
Fantastic acoustic performance by ASIWYFA's Tony Wright.
![[In Memoriam] Kurt Cobain (d. 5 April 1994)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3340743_lg.jpg)
Photo by Alice Wheeler Every year I state that I won't talk about April 5th, 1994 until I'm good and ready. It's been 17 years, and I'm still not quite at that point. In retrospect, I'd imagine most of you would have probably done the same things I did that day if you were in my particular situation living in Seattle. Gene Stout was there and I'm sure he (like I) remembers how the next several days were a virtual blur. But okay, [...]

Kurt Cobain is a man who was never able to retain the privacy he desired. So beloved was he and the music he created that he was photographed, reported on, interviewed, taped live. It would seem that just about everything there is to say about him must already have been said. But the one topic that still divides Nirvana fans almost 20 years ago this week is how Cobain died. Officially, it was suicide, of course, but conspiracy theorists like to argue whether it was murder, whether Courtney Love had anything to do with it, whether anyone saw, and so [...]
Next month will once again see State host an event as part of Love Live Music Day , the national celebration of performance. Following last year's gig featuring Super Extra Bonus Party, The Cast Of Cheers, Take The Money & Run and special guests May Kay from Fight Like Apes and Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio, this April will see another superb line-up brought to The Mercantile on Dublin's Dame Street. Heading the bill will be the R.S.A.G. Soundsystem , the offshoot of Rarely Seen Above Ground's Jeremy Hickey featuring the drummer [...]
While the excellent new And So I Watch You From Afar single premiers on Nialler9 today, State is delighted to bring you music from the band's Tony Wright and his new VerseChorusVerse project. Tony himself says of it: "Verse Origin: bef. 900; ME vers(e), fers line of poetry, section of a psalm, OE fers < L versus a row, line (of poetry), lit., a turning, equiv. to vert(ere) to turn (ptp. versus) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s; akin to -ward Chorus [...]