Month: March 2014

Doors – 8pm Admission – E10

After a busy year in 2013 playing venues nationwide as well as festivals including Electric Picnic, Body and Soul and Glastonbury, Johnny Rayge will release his latest single “Not Without You” in The Grand Social on March 15th – The Ides of March.

“Not Without You” is the first single off Johnny’s forthcoming album “Vigil”. After years pursuing rock-and-roll grooves with his former band ITO, Johnny decided to take a more meditative approach in recording this album. The result is a collection of contemplative songs as complex as they are catchy. Johnny says “it’s just about being honest with myself, living everyday like it’s the last and loving every moment of it. It sounds cheesy but it’s not about arriving, it’s all about getting there; the relationships you build, the songs you sing; there’s a lot of love and loss, and we all go through it. This is just my way of dealing with it. I hope that this album, which is just honest, and these songs, will connect with some people and say to them what they say to me”

On March 15th, Johnny will preview the entire album live backed by an array of Dublin’s finest musicians including Jebediah Funkfield, Anthony Gibney, Chris O’Sullivan, Abel Benito, Linda Drury, Noemie Chivas Baron and Sascha Herndl. Support on the night will be provided by The Sacre-Blues Band and The Marionettes.

For more see https://www.facebook.com/jrayge

The Ride or Die Gang release their new EP titled ‘What About Love’ on March 11th 2014. The EP features four new recordings displaying the bands usual flair for blending catchy vocal melodies with mainstream ‘classic style’ rock music.

After receiving wide praise for their recent single ‘Integral’ the band will also be releasing the title track of the EP – ‘What About Love’ – as their follow up single. A radio friendly rock tune in the vein of Free or Bad Company with a lyric that flags the issue of domestic abuse. “It’s a bit of a nudge to remind us of a relentless issue we should all be paying more attention to” says guitarist Teeyeff. “With 1 in 3 women in an international context being subjected to abuse, chances are it’s happening not too far from your own door.”
A video for the new single has been completed and is now in the final stages of post-production. “We opted to get some actors on board for this video” says Rory O’Connor the bands singer. “We wanted to make the point in a more powerful way than a simple band performance could. The actors definitely add some real weight to the story.” The video will be available on release date via YouTube and Vimeo.
To promote and support the EP the band are currently rehearsing a new set for a series of gigs planned for late March and April. Details of venues and dates will be published to the band website once they become confirmed.

The EP and Single will be available through the band website & also on iTunes, Amazon MP3, CD Baby and major online music retailers.

www.therideordiegang.com

Enda Reilly is launching his latest album New Songs In Irish. It will be available from Bandcamp (physical CD and Digital) from the 10th March via www.endreilly.com. The official album launch gig will take place in Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, Grafton St, Dublin 2 on the 14th March. Doors 8:30pm – Tickets €8 at the door.

For the last 6 years Enda has been rediscovering his Irish, writing songs and collaborating with others along the way. Original, melodic and powerful New Songs In Irish is a collection of the best of these songs, giving traditional acoustic sounds a modern twist. It features collaborations with Gabriel Rosenstock, Aoife Scott, Pearse McGloughlin and Aisling Kavanagh.

Enda has recently supported Rónán Ó Snodaigh in Whelan’s, performed with poets from the IMRAM festival including Gabriel Rosenstock and performed in India in poetic play called A Ghuthanna Binne Síoraí.  He has played at many festivals in Ireland, including Spirit of Folk, Electric Picnic, Life, Knockanstockan, Longitude, the Tai As festival in Lithuania and The Hyderabad Literary Fesival in India. He has supported John Spillane, Kíla and had collaborations with Colm Ó Snodaigh on the Arise and Go album made with Stephen James Smith.

“I’ve been writing songs in Irish for the last few years and getting some airplay on RTE Raidio Na Gaeltachta (mainly Rónán Beo@3) with them. I decided it was time I put together a collection of the Irish songs I’ve written in Amhráin Nua i nGaeilge. Being interested in co-writes through many IMRO songwriters weekends and workshops over the years, I wanted to get a few co-writes in Irish onto the album, and I think they are among the strongest on it. I’m delighted to have a song with the legendary Gabriel Rosenstock who wrote the words to Éireoidh Grian and to have Ag Ól Ag Ól Ag An Garbhóg, a collaboration with fellow Urchin Collective member Pearse McGloughlin on the album. The third co-write Do Mhuirnín Ó was written with Aisling Kavanagh and performed as a duet with Aoife Scott. The album was recorded mainly in my apartment. I produced and mixed it myself, and it was mastered in MSB Mastering.  I’m going to sell this album at gigs and through my website (via Bandcamp) initially. I hope it helps more people engage with Irish. It’s been a great songwriting journey to the other side of my brain!”

You can catch Enda at:

03/03/2014 RTE Radio 1 – Arena Show – Interview and live performance

08/03/2014 Comóratas Pan Ceilteach – Pan Celtic Song Competition Carlow

10/03/2014 The Acoustic Room, Rua Red, Tallaght 8pm – gig

13/03/2014 Abbey Theatre – Panel and Performance before the play Sive 6pm

14/03/2014 Album Launch Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, 8.30pm.

16/02/2014 Guaranteed Irish 4Fm Interview and live performance

17/03/2014 Green Screen Sessions launch on Youtube

– video for Cur An Long ag Seol with Rónán Ó Snodaigh

19/03/2014 Citóg – Cellar Bar Galway

For more see www.endareilly.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EndaReillyMusic

Twitter: @EndaReilly

Following on from 2011’s hit album Rocket Science, Storyfold are back, having spent the last year in the realms of studio-ville perfecting a new sound. The Dublin based band kick off what promises to be a massive 2014 with the release of their brand new EP ‘The Underpass’, with its plethora of pop sensibilities helped no doubt by a pristine production by Ger McDonnell (U2, The Cure, Kasabian). It is engineered by Phil Magee (Kodaline) and marks a progressive mature sound that’s guaranteed to get crowds dancing.

Storyfold formed in late ’09 and released their debut album ‘Rocket Science’ in 2011 – garnering a National radio hit with ‘Delphine Wakes’. After just 8 months of existence the album cracked the Top 10 in the Irish charts! It was described as ‘impressively timeless and effervescent’  (Hotpress) whilst BBC Radio1 said:

“Do you know how I would describe that? I would say that’s Ben Folds Five meets Manic Street Preachers. They’ve definitely got that crossover sound that’s edgy enough to be cool but commercial enough to be radio-friendly. I could see them go the Joy Formidable route…”

Supporting their new release, the band will play a multitude of live dates that will see them play the length and breadth of the country. Storyfold are no newbies when it comes to the live circuit having already played to over 40,000 people in Croke Park and having supported Feeder on tour. On April 25^th their first release of the year will be EP ‘The Underpass’.

You can catch Storyfold live at:

Monroes, Galway, March 14^th

Whelans Midnight Show, Dublin, March 22^nd

Number 1, Mullingar, April 4^th

Sweeney Mongrel, Dublin on April 10^th

For more see: http://storyfold.net/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/storyfold

TWITTER @storyfold