BATS release their debut full-length 'Red In Tooth & Claw' on Richter Collective on August 31st. Album launch is in Andrew's Lane on the 29th August with Adebisi Shank & Jogging.

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Thursday 5 February 2009
Whelan's
8:00PM
€10
Tickets on sale in WAV Tickets now

This Town Needs Guns
This Town Needs Guns are an math-indie-rock band originating from Oxford, United Kingdom. They were formed in 2006.Over the years the band’s musical style has progressed and changed, although the focal point of their style has been the impressive guitar work of Tim Collis interspersed with solid, and at points highly complex, drumming and sparse, melodic bass. Early releases however, featured more distorted chord progressions, as well as a strong focus on the interlinking melodies of both Collis and Smith’s guitars. More recently however, the band’s music has become more technical; making more use of asymetrical time signatures and complex accenting between guitar and drums, plus an abandonment of distortion and guitar effects, giving way to more complex melodies.

This Town Needs Guns - 26 Is Dancier Than 4


Adebisi Shank
This is a description of a band called Adebisi Shank.

Adebisi Shank - 'You Me'


And So I Watch You From Afar
This self made instrumental juggernaut have been razing Belfast to the ground with their remarkable live performance which have been described by the press as stunning and unmissable and for which they achieved gig of the month from NME. After selling out of their much anticipated debut EP in just 6 weeks the mammoth mind melting machine that is And So I Watch You From Afar have been tipped by all the Irish and Northern Irish press, had high praise from Kerrang! and become a firm favourite on BBC Radio 1 receiving nationwide airplay on the Huw Stephens show and having recorded a live session for Radio 1.

And So I Watch You From Afar - I Capture Castles

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This weekends hangover mixtape comes from The Jimmy Cake enjoy its an amazing mix with a wooping 21 tracks and clocking in just under 2 hours bound to cure even the most severe hangover



Tracklisting

01 Ivor Cutler: A Doughnut In My Hand
02 Congos: Fisherman
03 Leadbelly: Rock Island Line
04 Luke Kelly: The Button Pusher
05 Guy Clarke: LA Highway
06 Fairport Convention: Meet On The Ledge
07 PP Arnold: Angel Of The Morning
08 Gerry Rafferty: The Ark
09 Paul Brady & Andy Irvine: Arthur McBride
10 Emmylou Harris: Little Bird
11 Shudder To Think W/Mimi Parker: Just Really Wanna See You
12 Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill
13 Faust: Wireless
14 Mason Williams: Classical Gas
15 Labradford: Track 3 from E Luxo So
16 Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Perpetuum Mobile
17 Michael Nyman: The Garden Is Becoming A Robe Room
18 Pan-American: Code
19 Bola: Pae Paoe
20 Ben Frost: Theory Of Machines
21 Basil Kirchin: E+Me

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The Jimmy Cake are playing a full 15 Piece Band Performance in Vicar Street on Friday November 21st Tickets are €20 and are on sale now. Support on the night comes from Chequerboard and Adebisi Shank , such an amazing line up you would be crazy to miss it.

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The Richter Collective Presents :

Adebisi Shank

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Shield Your Eyes (UK)

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Enemies

@ The Lower Deck , Portobello
Thursday November 13th
Doors 8pm
8 euro before 9pm / 10 euro after 9pm

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Do i even have to sell this to people, Adebisi Shank with Kidd Blunt and Realistic Train for a tenner and you get the album This is the album of a band called Adebisi Shank its gonna be ear sex as well as face melting good.

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So its been a little over a year and a bit since Adebisi Shank released "this is the E.P of a band called Adebisi Shank", since then they toured the E.P extensively through out Ireland, Mick and Lar released an E.P with Terrordactyl , Vin released Rocky IV Reckyrd in his guise as The Vinny Club, ventured into UK and mainland Europe with label mates Marvins Revolt, done a tour of Japan with Lite (who themselves are on tour in Ireland in October) and gained a very enthusiastic American fan.

Adebisi Shank - You Me
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The album was produced by J. Robbins (Government Issue, Scream, Jawbox, Burning Airlines and Channels) in Magpie Cage studios in Baltimore, Maryland, the LP was mastered by TJ Lipple (Guitarist with Aloha) at Inner Ear studios in Washington DC.
First off i just want to say the album is addictive , clocking in at just over 23 minutes its goes by in what seems like half that time and with you hitting repeat to hear it again. the album doesn't have the visceral punch that the E.P. had, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing the album is a more cerebral beast then the E.P. with many of the tracks seemly flowing from one to the other, production wise every note is crisp and sharp and i cant find fault with it at all. Musically it's as terrifying as the E.P. Coming from all directions with unrelenting amazingness from all in the band. Again Adebisi Shank have made another record that defies a decent description and classification , its is a must have and they are a must see band.

Adebisi Shank - Snakehips
Click here to buy album

Adebisi Shank upcoming gigs
12 Sep 2008 20:00 Cleere’s Theatre - Album Release Gig Kilkenny
15 Sep 2008 18:00 Hideaway House W/ Heathers & Find A Way Dublin
20 Sep 2008 20:00 McDonalds Pub - Album Release Gig W/Enemies Wexford
26 Sep 2008 20:00 Boom Boom Room - Album Release Gig W/Kidd Blunt Dublin
4 Oct 2008 20:00 Metro Club @ Fletchers Waterford
12 Oct 2008 20:00 Bakers Place W/Lite Limerick
13 Oct 2008 20:00 Lavery’s Bunker W/Lite Belfast

Adebisi Shank myspace page

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To celebrate the 6th Birthday of the Ballroom they are making a weekend of it
Friday 25th of July - Thomas Truax with Hoover & Sledgehammers, Mirakil Whip and The Bastard Rain - The Lower Deck. €10 on door
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Saturday 26th of July - Electric Eel Shock , Adebisi Shank and Oak - The Andrew's Lane Theatre. €15, tickets from WAV and Tickets.ie in advanace
Their also selling weekend tickets for €20 on the door on Friday 25th at the Lower Deck
more info on both gigs in the read more


Thomas Truax

New York City's Thomas Truax (pronounced troo-aks) is a left field troubadour and inventor/player of strange self-made instruments like his now legendary 'Hornicator' and a motorized mechanical drum machine called 'Sister Spinster'. He employs these and other contraptions as well as traditional instruments in exceptionally crafted, witty and often touching songs. Splendid magazine recently called him "one of the five or ten best singer/songwriters in the world that you've never heard of...an exceptional talent, unique and resistant to comparison, yet fairly accessible even to casual listeners."

He's got three acclaimed full length albums under his belt: 'Audio Addiction', 'Full Moon Over Wowtown', and 'Why Dogs Howl at the Moon', and numerous singles and compilation tracks. He has toured nearly
constantly for the past five years, most recently doing support tours with the Dresden Dolls and Duke Special. He's played Glastonbury and Edinburgh Fringe festivals and appeared on MTV. His own radio serial, The Wowtown News, plays on Resonance FM in London.

"In Truax's hands music is merely a vessel for his scattershot imagination, earning him a place in a lineage that includes Captain Beefheart and Viv Stanshall and, latterly, a less-frenetic Liars. Equal parts music-hall, avant-garde and garage rock, 'Full Moon Over Wowtown' is far more accessible than these references imply, thanks chiefly to Truax's lycanthropic bark... and his obvious love of primal rock 'n' roll. Had the bands that exploded out of CBGB's in '76 been inspired by LSD rather than cheap speed one suspects that the results would have been disturbingly like this, and that today's bands
hell-bent on recycling those days would be more interesting as well as
a hell of a lot better." -Alan Downes, LOGO Magazine (UK)

http://www.thomastruax.com/
www.myspace.com/thomastruax
Hoovers & Sledgehammers
Mirakil Whip
http://www.myspace.com/thebastardrain

Thomas Truax - "Why Dogs Howl At The Moon"


Electric Eel Shock
Electric Eel Shock are a glorious celebration of Classic Rock, Punk and Metal. A true power trio from the time before rock became fractured into a diverse multitude of sub-genres and we were all still one big happy Rock & Roll family.

"EES are nothing short of awesome" - Brent Hinds (Mastodon)

EES left their native Japan in 1999 to see what they could make of America and they have been on a near constant world tour ever since. EES paid their way by selling merchandise and their self recorded album "SLAYERS BAY BLUES" at their gigs. Headlining a stage at the prestigious Roskilde Festival in Denmark was a key early event for the band. By 2004 EES had toured 27 countries around the world and they decided it was about time to release an album: "GO EUROPE!" became the first commercially available EES release and the band performed at 30 European Summer Festivals.


Follow up album "BEAT ME" was recorded in Holland early 2005 with legendary producer Attie Bauw (Judas Priest, Scorpions, Bootsy Collins etc). BEAT ME achieved much critical acclaim from press and fans alike and EES continued to conquer the international musical scene step by step throughout 2005 and 2006 adding Australia and parts of Asia to their widening travels.

In 2007 Electric Eel Shock again worked with Attie Bauw on a new album: "TRANSWORLD ULTRA ROCK" is seems to sum up the past, present and future of the band in one album. The feeling seems to span the entire EES back catalogue, including the raw inventiveness of Slayers Bay Blues, the catchy songs of the GO albums and the hard tight rock of Beat Me. This album has it all. The overall atmosphere is more positive than ever before. It’s a feeling that reflects the Shock’s ongoing progression, from playing every dive bar and toilet around the world to selling out larger more prestigious venues.

And as if you needed more convincing to go it will be Adebisi Shank first Dublin gig in ages and will be a chance to catch a sneak preview of their new album

www.myspace.com/beatme
www.electriceelshock.com/
www.myspace.com/adebisishank
www.myspace.com/weareoak

Electric Eel Shock dublin mar 07


Adebisi Shank: 'Voodoo Economics'

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This weeks hangover mix comes from Arthur de La Grandiere of the French trio papier tigre.
the mix is a little different then others as it slaps you in the face (urging you to snap out of your hangover) and soothing you back before slapping you again , download and see what i mean.

tracklisting
1. It's like fucking a napkin full of toenails -American Heritage
2. A dog's life - Nina Nastasia
3. Drinking at the dam - Smog
4. Aotkpta - The Locust
5. Big city secret - Joseph Arthur
6. Bellamy Straat Straat - Britta Persson
7. Horse - Adebisi Shank
8. Peacebone - Animal Collective
9. Cigarette girl from the future - Beauty Pill
10. Race Out - Battles
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Some really amazing tunes on this , dont let the heavier songs put you off,


Go to papier tigre myspace page where they have two new songs up for your listening pleasure and you can also buy their cds there through pay pal. I totally recommend their last cd.

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Papier Tigre, that feckin fenomenal bunch of fresh funky fellows from France, are on tour in Ireland right now

They play tonight with Adebisi Shank in the Roisin Dubh in Galway

19th - The Whisky, Cork (with Adebisi Shank)

21st - McHughs, Belfast

22nd - Riddlers, Limerick (with Adebisi Shank)

23rd - Ballroom of Romance, Lower Deck, Dublin (with Enemies, LaFaro,

Papier Tigre Live
by zahibaker

myspace
magnifique !!!

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Last night Bats unleashed one hell of a performance on the Lower Deck in Portabello.

I am now a fan.

Apparently an EP is the be recorded in the very near future, which is rather exciting.

In the meantime, here's a video of them kicking ass in at the Adebisi Shank EP launch a little while ago.

There're a few great mp3s on their myspace, particularly 'Husband & Wife'. Enjoy.

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