Band biographies will be the death of me; I just plain don't like them. I've yet to read one that doesn't make me want to puke bile and vomit all over the street. And yet I sympathise. Trying to fit two and a half years and five personalities onto a single piece of white is as difficult as playing a strategic game of chess on some high-grade hallucinogenic. Either way that goddamn horse is freaking me out.
So where to start? Well, I'm not really gonna tell you how we met cause who cares and it's more mysterious this way. We started making indie pop music cause we loved the idea of the Beatles starting with She Loves You and Primal Scream starting with Sonic Flower Groove. They left themselves loadsa room to progress their music and lead the audience down the garden path. While we still love that idea we thought we'd be signed by now and as we've got tired of waiting our music is starting to go into second phase already...Build me a Swan honey
And thats where we're at. Second phase. We've got a bit more hair on our knackers and a few more tricks up our sleeves. I do confess this new sound we're trying for has me excited. I find myself thinking about it even when I walk the streets. This is a bit of a tangent but music is pretty weird, isn't it? Like imagine being the first person ever to sing loud. I'd say it got pretty awkward in that room. People making their excuses. Or laughing till they cried cause it made such perfect sense. And the even weirder thing is, it doesn't matter who the first person was. It would have happened anyway.
Pick a place to end Rosco, you're rambling bad. Let's see. Well, music is a great way to spend your life if you're able. Get paid to do what you want to do. Travel the world. I'd put it right up there with professional sportsperson, or travel writer or ski instructor. That's why there's more bands in this city than grains of sand on the beach. All trying to dodge the draft. It's a beautiful profession all right. Packed with a load of people risking it all on the pot of gold.
"Build Me A Swan Video" Created and Directed by Jean Paul Morselli
We're launching our new EP "Dazzling Mess" @ the academy 2 this Friday 27th November Doors 7pm €8 in, Support from Vodkopter and Urban Folk Project :-) Hope to see you there!!
Post-punk power trio Autoban bring their
fusion of guitar-hookery, punchy rhythms and stiletto-sharp lyrics to
the Academy II on December 5 for their inaugural 'Mad Hatter's Ball'.
Bowler, Beret or Beer Hat; Fedora, Fez,
Tribly or Top Hat, the possibilities are endless. So get your Thinking
Cap on and dig out your finest for a hat-tastic night of dirty dancing.
Hats are compulsory, dissidents will be shamed and ladies can
accessorize, obviously.
Support on the night comes from a motley crew of Dublin's finest party djs. Check myspace.com/autoban for details.
Hey lads hope alls well with ye's. we got taster whats to come from Author Of History as it's finally nearing completion we're inviteing to have a listen and let us know what you think.
Michael Brunnock will be performing with his Irish Band "Little Palace" November 5th 8pm Whelans, Dublin November 7th 9pm Headfort Arms, Kells, Co. Meath November 12th 8pm The Backroom, Navan, Co. Meath Little Palace will be releasing their New Single "Beekeeper" from their latest album Invitation Time. We all hope to see you there. Keep Music Alive go hear a show.
Hi Chakras, missed your performance at Phantom First Friday unfortunately, although I don't think it was through any fault of my own. We got there at 22.05, literally minutes after the free entry closed and legged it up the stairs only to hear The Flaws, which immediately threw me. But I just thought that Phantom had fiddled with the running order. The Flaws went threw what I thought was a great set with "16" the highlight for me anyway. The sound in The Academy was unbelievable by the way. Then the night was just over and we were all herded down to the Green Room, where the sound system seemed to be completely fucked, had one drink and left. Then to add to the misery, we discovered that Dorans is gone, total disaster, had a quick scoop in its replacement, don't even bother. At the other Phantom First Friday's, the first band is usually on at ten and goes on until really late so I dunno!!
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