Local grungers Chemical Addiction were on 2FM just before 8pm this evening. A short interview with sticksman Ciaran ‘Ciwi’ McCarthy on ‘TY Radio’, followed by a National airplay debut of upcoming E.P title track ‘Brian Jones‘.
‘The Brian Jones E.P’ was due to be launched at the end of this month but the lads have just announced news on the Chemical Addiction MySpace Blog that their debut offering will be slightly delayed.
To make up for the delay they’ve released a new track ‘Friends are Enemies‘. It’s not the final mix, but the song is another sneak-preview of things to come. Chunky riffed, damn catchy, melodic and harmony filled things to come…check it out!
In case you missed it on Wednesday / Thursday, Sound System Podcast #53 is out and about, it’s been sitting in the MP3 player on the homepage the last few days but I’ve only gotten around to pushing it to the news now.
There’s music on this week’s podcast from Steffen Coonan, The Urges, The Pulpit and West Of Eden.
Having released their new single ‘Waking Up In America’ last Friday and also having started a string of tour dates around the country for May, we’re delighted to be hosting The Guggenheim Grotto once again as they take the promotional tour of their forthcoming album ‘Happy The Man’ to Kilkenny.
Tonight’s performance in Kilkenny is a special acoustic show. The band return at the end of June for a “full” band performance following the release of ‘Happy The Man’ on June 21st.
Special Guest support will be Jack O’Leary along with Aisling O’Neil of The Dinosaur Palace.
You can also catch the ‘Grotto in action in the following…
13/5/08 - The Sky & The Ground, Wexford w / Rob O’Connor
It’s been a while since the above video was shot for TV. In that time, The Guggenheim Grotto have travelled tirelessly around the US, written and recorded a second album and released a brand new single in the form of ‘Waking Up In America’.
Tonight, they play an intimate acoustic performance in Cleere’s Theatre, Kilkenny. Tickets are 10 euro, available on the door and doors open from 9:30pm.
Here they are with ‘Told You So’, your daily video for Friday.
The 21st night of the One Take Sessions takes place in Cleere’s Theatre in Kilkenny tonight from 9:30pm (first act on the stage for 9:30pm). This is the fourth of our 2008 series of the One Take Sessions and features ReClaim, Ginosko, Shane Barry and Nick Day.
Admission, as always, is free, so why not come down and catch more great acts from the growing talent pool of independent Irish bands and musicians.
More details and information on how to book are available on OneTakeSessions.com.
Interesting one this and hat tip to Darren Byrne for the video selection… here’s Samuel L Jackson singing Black Snake Moan Blues, the title track from the movie of the same name. Something different to start off your Thursday!
The One Take Sessions with KilkennyMusic.com returns for the fourth outing of 2008 this coming Thursday, May 8th, in Cleere’s Theatre. As always there will be four acts on the night and the show will be recorded for release to both the artists involved and online with KilkennyMusic.com.
Ginosko, Shane Barry, ReClaim and Wexford singer-songwriter Nick Day complete the lineup for the first of two ‘Sessions nights taking place in May.
Ginosko, stemming from the Greek translation meaning ‘to know by experience’ is the alias of Christopher Ryman and band. Christopher has shared the stage in recent times with Damien Rice, Ann Scott, Declan O’Rourke, Stefan Hanvey and more of Ireland’s established and emerging acts. A performance at the Ruby Sessions in Dublin was heralded as “a rollercoaster of evoking melody and heartfelt poems that took the silenced crowd to another place”.
Having witnessed the death of the song, Waterford’s Shane Barry consoled himself with rediscovering the song-craft of the Small Faces, Motown and the Beatles solo albums. Spending his ’lost years’ in and out of various bands playing in and out of various venues he decided to go solo in October 2007. Arming himself with laptop; guitar; piano and ukulele, Shane has been working into the early hours creating the lo-fi beats and samples that have accompanied him on his latest live efforts. Blasting out his sarcastic pop-fueled songs with equal grit and polish, he comes across as the bastard child of Bacharach and Costello.
Recent supports have included David Kitt, Juno Falls and Nick Harper. Halfway through an album with his previous band, Shane is finishing it himself and will be releasing it through his own label and touring with full band in mid 2008, including
his stop this week at the One Take Sessions.
Power trio ‘ReClaim‘, from Dublin know the meaning of indie rock. Combining provocative lyrics and arresting stage presence, ReClaim have arrived to provide you with an “exuberant slice of indie guitar-driven pop” (Jackie Hayden, Hotpress). ReClaim write songs about the human condition in the 21st century, both personal and societal. They draw their inspiration from their experiences in the working class communities they come from, and observations on the wider world and it’s history. ReClaim as a live band are not to be missed - one of the hardest working bands around they are renowned for their tightness and impressively demanding. The band have previously appeared at the One Take Sessions, making their ‘Sessions debut last Summer in Kilkenny before the release of current single ‘Seeing Clearly’ which is available on DownloadMusic.ie.
Wexford-based singer songwriter Nick Day completes the lineup for this week.
The first act takes to the stage at 9:30pm and as seating is limited, organizers urge those coming to arrive early. Admission, as always, is free so what better way to kick off your weekend?
The ReClaim lads are back in Kilkenny again tomorrow night for the One Take Sessions with ourselves in Cleere’s Theatre on Parliament Street. If you want to catch them in action, they’ll be doing a 25 minute set of (if their performance last year is anything to go by) absolutely cracking tunes.
Here they are videod last year for Balcony TV performing an acoustic version of ‘Seeing Clearly’.
