She’s a Beauty
She’s a Beauty from Maynooth in Ireland have been around since 2009 when Cathal Farrelly (Lead Vocals/ Rhythm Guitar), Robert Hogan (Lead Guitar / Backing vocals), Tomo Garnett (Drums & Percussion) and Jamie Caprani (Bass) decided it was their time to create some of their own music. An interesting concept, the band play a mix of styles, each very distinct, [...]
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane are a four piece indie band from Dublin in Ireland - Danda (guitar / vocals), Lydia Des Dolles (vocals), Ruairi Paxton (bass) and Donagh O’Brien (drums) – who play a dreamy variation of shoegaze. Sometimes writing about music requires a mood, rather than the mood being generated by the music and today I was feeling [...]
The Whatmans
The Whatmans from Navan in Ireland have been around for about four years. John Brennan (Vocals) , Padar Mulvey (Guitar), Franny McGinn (Bass), Aidan Carolan (Drums) and Elizabeth Oakes (Keyboards) mix shoegaze and Rock, creating material about their perspective of life around the world. They are making an impact across the UK, Ireland and North [...]
Bone
Bone, a duo from Kilkenny in Ireland comprise Mike Ryan and Geri Doyle Ryan. Both experienced musicians in their own right. Bone has been a project for the past 12 years. Harking to sounds from CBGBs, blending with muted acid from England in the ’90′s, with a splash of ’60s Festival. Bone carve out a [...]
Storybooks for Small Dogs
Storybooks for Small Dogs from Navan in Ireland are made up of Carmo (Alan Carmody, vocal and guitar), Breen (Brian Shiels, bass) and Richi (Richard Cullen, drums and backing vocals) have been around for a couple of years, projecting life around them, with influences from re-weaved new wave, a la Green Day and White Stripes. [...]
Le Galaxie
Le Galaxie from Dublin, Ireland are a four piece band comprising, Michael Pope (guitar, vocoder and synths), Anthony Hyland (guitar), Alastair Higgins (drums) and David McGloughlin (bass). Having formed in 2008, they have played extensively in Ireland, together with a busy year last year in Europe, they are currently working on their second EP. The [...]
Robotnik
Robotnik, from Ireland, make for a first for the inde bands blog, as Chris Morrin will be known to readers of the blog, as playing guitar with Reader’s Wives, making him the first musician to feature in two completely different guises and Robotnik, with the melding of electronic beats and melody together with strong performance [...]
Reader’s Wives at Peter Parker’s Rock & Roll Club
Sometimes you look around a venue and know before the band get on stage it is going to be a great evening and that was precisely the atmosphere at the Reader’s Wives show on Thursday night at the Peter Parker’s Rock & Roll club in London. How could it possibly go wrong when on arrival [...]
Reader’s Wives – Tour Dates November 2009
Reader’s Wives set off on a short tour for November, beginning in London and ending in Dublin. Thursday November 12th - Peter Parker’s Rock & Roll Club, Tin Pan Alley, London WC2H 8LP – (band on stage at 7pm) Friday November 13th - The Fly, London, WC1A 1EP (band on stage at 8.15pm) Saturday November [...]
Reader’s Wives
Reader’s Wives from Dublin – Ireland was the brainchild of Niall James Holohan in 2006, Niall had been playing acoustic sets for a couple of years developing a following because of his strong songwriting, he decided he wanted to do more than this and made up a 12 tune release he passed to friends to [...]
