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Subplots – Baby Steps – Whelans Gig

The band play Whelans on the 6th Feb. It’s a Saturday people so there’s little excuse not to attend.

Watch out for the cat…

Subplots – Call To Arms

From their delightfully smashing debut album ‘Nightcycles’.

It has been…

…quite some time since I’ve updated anything on this blog but that shall change soon…

Halves – Playing with each other in the dark

Last week I accompanied Halves on their mini-tour of the west with Subplots. Much fun was had, apart from the rolling backwards down a hill with a car full of gear fiasco, and a tiny bit of video footage was shot. Lights were for the most part kept to a minimum as is now standard at a halves gig, but here are some stills from the footage I shot at the Pavilion in Cork, which may find it’s way into a project somewhere in the future. The lads are ending the tour in Whelans tonight (Sat 22nd) so do pop along if you’re free…

Sounds and visuals from the past and in the future…

From the past:

A few weeks ago, Halves released their second EP ‘Haunt me when i’m drowsy’. I pestered them for the day and spied on them at night. Here is the result. Expect some out of focusness, some blurriness, a lot of instruments, some guest appearances, a near banana kiss, some cello waving and a lot of smiles:

For the HD Version, go directly here.

In the future:

A little trip is planned, taking in a lot of gigs. I’m liking it as my summer holiday so far. It goes a little something like this:
July 3rd – Halves and Milosh – Innsbruck, Austria
July 4th – Transmission festival (Kufstein Austria) feat: Spiritualized, Stateless, Halves and more…
July 5th – Transmission festival feat: Mogwai, Parachutes, Iambic2 and more…
July 6th – Transmission festival feat: Cornelius, Efterklang, Why? and more…
July 7th – Gig free!!
July 8th – Sigur Ros, Amiina, Yeasayer, The Kissaway Trail – Vienna, Austria
july 9th – Homeward bound…

Bye bye bank account…

The Notwist, Halfset in The Button Factory.

‘The Notwist’ played here on Saturday to tour their new album, ‘the devil, you + me’. A great gig, complete with wii controllers galore…

I saw them last year, but preferred this performance quite a bit, not least because I managed to bring my camera to it this time. Songs were great (what was the name of their second song anyone?? – NIN-ish…)

Can’t wait to here the new album.

Support on the night came from Halfset but I only managed to get one or two shots of them before feeling incredibly self conscious in front of the rows of people seated on their arses in front of the stage.

Also, check out the new Sigur Ros album which is streaming from www.sigurros.com There’s a load of videos as well. Nice.

Project Pedal

I just stumbled across this today. Project pedal is a vlog following a handful of people making a documentary and their ‘main cast’, two cyclists as they pedal their way across America, west coast to east coast.

Beautifully shot, with a great narrative and choice of music, this is well worth some of your viewing time. You can (and should definitely) catch it here:

www.projectpedal.com

Randomly enough, the first episode features a remix by Si Schroeder.

‘I saw my future in that horse’ – Part Two

Ok, so as a follow up to part one of ‘I saw my future in that horse’, I bring you ‘part deux’…

As many of you know by now, Subplots release their debut single ‘Alarm’ on April 11th. A packed out upstairs Whelans was treated to a special pre-launch gig and an early purchase of the limited pressing. I highly recommend buying it as soon as possible so you can not only own a physical copy of ‘Alarm’ but also of the beautifully addictive 2nd song “In rows of black and white” (which is brilliant enough to shed it’s “B-Side” status) before the single sells out.

Thanks to my two little camera friends, and my skill in not spilling any alcohol on them the whole night, here is a video of ‘Alarm’ for your viewing and listening pleasure (well, as pleasurable as a video can be after going through the quality quashing process of youtube).

And here are a few photies. Spot the ex-drummer and win a copy of the CD for only €3!!!

Do pop along to the bands myspace at myspace.com/subplots so you can hear Alarm and a couple of other tunes including the mighty ‘Poltis’. ***Get the single before it gets you***

(photies of efterklang going up tomorrow hopefully).

‘I saw my future in that horse’ – Part One

Hello,

It’s been a busy weekend. Little sleep. Lots of live music. A fair amount of shutter clicking. First up are some shots of Kill Krinkle Club from the Subplots Single launch on Friday. Sound was woeful but the band were great. Go to one of their future gigs and buy their stuff from itunes.

www.myspace.com/killkrinkleclub