February 9th, 2007
Girls with guitars (Wetdog) and boys with synths (Ratatat)
Seeing as I’ve been writing about female guitarists all morning and have just met the three lovely ladies from UK band Wet Dog, it seems good and proper to point you in the direction of their Irish debut tonight at Maximum Joy. The trio describe their music as “stripped-down clatter plus tunes and catchy vocal harmonies” and have been likened to personal faves of mine, The Slits and The Raincoats. If melodic punk with a hint of garage is your bag, you’ve no excuse not to peel yourself off the couch and head out.
Proceedings kick off at 10pm (until late) with support from the Let’s Bolt DJs and Jenny & the Deadites. Admission is a measly €8 and Kennedy’s is on the corner of Westland Row, near the back of Trinity College.
Even if you’re going to see Ratatat in Whelan’s, you’ll still have plenty of time to catch Wetdog later at Kennedy’s.
Over the next couple of months Mici and Darren of Maximum Joy have lined up some Grade A gigs including:
February 23rd: Jessie Evans (The Vanishing / Autonervous, US/Berlin) & Toby Dammit (The Residents / Swans / Iggy Pop, US/Berlin), SiSi (110th Street, Galway) and Rarely Seen Above Ground (Blue Ghost, Kilkenny)
March 9th: The Came From the Stars, I Saw Them (UK) and Tim Sweeney (Beats in Space / DFA, USA)
March 23rd: Choice Music Prize nominee Si Schroeder (Trust me I’m a Thief, Dublin) and Salvatore (Norway)
Links:
Wet Dog on myspace
Maximum Joy
February 9th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
nevenmind synths and guitars - the future is melodicas!
If any Sigla readers are in the SW of Ireland this weekend they could do no worse than check out Morning Bride, cracking band just about to release a fantastic album to all sorts of critical acclaim: Well worth a trip if you are in those necks of the woods.
( http://www.myspace.com/morningbride ) or ( http://www.morningbride.co.uk )
playing with the also wonderful No Land Folk, a firm friend of p45: ( http://www.myspace.com/nolandfolk )
Dates:
Feb 09 2007 8:00P Bakers Bar Upstairs Limerick
Feb 10 2007 8:00P Mrs ‘O Brien’s Kitchen Lahinch, Clare
Feb 11 2007 8:00P Tiki Sunday Social Cork City, Cork
February 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Ro, you cheeky high-jacking pup.
I forgive you, because I love melodicas. They’re no match for xylophones, but still.
Will check out those MB tunes…ta.
February 9th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
i actually tried to pick up a melodica last year in Texas but none were to be had. Must try Waltons. I play a mean melodica should anyone wish to form a band centred around a melodica player with a penchant for Lee Hazlewood, Bix Beiderbecke and The Clash.
February 10th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I had to miss ratatat last night and i was wondering if it was as brilliant as i’m assuming it was?
February 10th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Captain, I was elsewhere last night but two musician friends went along and both said they were “brilliant”. The band announced that they’re back in April. I know they’re supporting CSS, so they might do a small gig of their own too. Here’s hoping.