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last night’s gig…

Posted on 14 June, 2011 | Leave a comment

a recording of the show was made and will appear presently.
for now, here’s the setlist with links to the original versions of songs:

Song Cycle – live Upstairs at Whelan’s – 13 June, 2011

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dancing in the dark

Posted on 6 May, 2010 | Leave a comment

Last night was back at Sin É for the regular Wednesday Dublin Beat Club. Atmosphere was fairly relaxed so I took the opportunity to try out a couple of things: did this medley/combo/segue thing with an old track of mine ‘tiburón’ and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m on Fire’, tried out brand new song ‘first light’ and I also played ‘pinafore’ (the cheesy poppy last track on inaccurate charm) for the first time ever. Fun fun!

sin é, dublin, ireland. 5 may 2010.

good shoes[people person]
tiburón[projects] / [Bruce Springsteen cover]
first light[new song]
pinafore [inaccurate charm]

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Le Cirk!

Posted on 13 April, 2010 | Leave a comment

Had a fun, enjoyable and interesting time tonight at Le Cirk at the Spilt Gin Theatre Company‘s fundraiser for Andy Warhol’s Nothing Special.

Headlining the evening was Alligator Chorus, who played their first and possibly last gig with their new full, four-person lineup [three of the four were three of the four members of At Speed...]. They were great. Really hope to see some new iteration of the band soon.

As for me, first up, I played a short, improvised set. It was the first time I’d played an electric guitar on stage in quite a while. It felt… odd. I really seem to have this whole acoustic thing going on now. My 16-year-old self would be horrified! But yeah, I played:

good shoes[from people person]
day 5 [from secret battle]
never knew your last name[from projects]
charm offensive[from inaccurate charm]
outlook uncertain[from people person]

After that, Ger Lynch and I played our first ever set with our new guitar+keyboards Handsome-Furs-without-the-marriage set up. It was exciting – and a little nerve-wracking. Our soundcheck was quite messy due to the amount of gear and gadgetry we brought along, but the performance itself went pretty well. I was happy with it. Ger was, too. And I think the audience was not at all unhappy – so, win win win!

We played:

new threat [from people person]
Overboard [from Pictures of Montevideo]
casual trap [from inaccurate charm]
the tease [from for none]
Back Room [from Pictures of Montevideo]
Tonic [from Pictures of Montevideo]

After tonight, I think it’s certain we’ll be giving it a go again. Hopefully sometime soon. Will let you all know as soon as I do…

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i think you think i think you don’t like me

Posted on 8 April, 2010 | Leave a comment

Played a short, but fun (for me at least!) set at Sin É last night. Did four songs [setlist below].   [UPDATE: recording of this set available here]

Colm Prunty also played, finishing his set with a great cover of Jeff Buckley’s cover of ‘(A) Satisfied Mind’.

There were some other really good performances too, but I think everyone’s favourite was when Jason and Tom from Beatnik Turtle came out and played a fast and furious (actually, it wasn’t furious at all… more like fast and friendly) set of songs about beer, drugs, work (“Boo!”), sandwiches, beer again (“Well, it’s about a girl, described using beer metaphors…”), before encoring with ‘I Think You Think I Think You Don’t Like Me’. Absolutely fantastic! Looking forward to see them play more and more in the coming months.

On Tuesday next week (13 April), Ger Lynch and I will be playing at Le Cirk in Dublin, supporting Alligator Chorus (of which Ger so happens to be a member). Event details on Facebook. Hope to see yis there!

Last night:

Sin É, Dublin, Ireland. 7 April 2010.

hair clip surprise [projects]
tried, tested [i am doing this to hurt you]
all done [i am doing this to hurt you]
hard to please[people person]

 

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that’s it

Posted on 11 March, 2010 | Leave a comment

massive massive thanks to everyone who came to the show last night – you guys were great!
thanks also to jane of the dublin beatclub for putting it all together.
more gigs to come in the coming weeks.
watch this space…

setlist:

sin é, dublin, ireland. 10 march 2010.

casual trap [inaccurate charm]
don’t have to mean it[where did it all go so wrong?]
teardown [i am doing this to hurt you]
home [inaccurate charm]
piece of it[where did it all go so wrong?](w/ ger lynch)
hard to please[people person](w/ ger lynch)
dig fast [secret battle]

 

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