Thinking of getting one. I must be mental. But my kids are gonna go ape.
Anyway. Dog pics & advice here please.
Here's Michael D with his new pup and generally winning at being a president:
Boy Bitten By A Lizard by Skelocrats is out now on Popical Island Records. Online only release for now, for obvious reasons.
Listen/purchase on Bandcamp (our preference):
Spotify:
calling all pricks, Popical Saturday is on this weekend, December 19th. Come along! A tenner gets you a pass for the day from 3 till midnight. Loads of great bands....plus some good tunes to be spun by Bobby throughout the day, with new releases by Land Lovers, Lie Ins, Walpurgis Family, Ginnels...
Lie Ins is myself and Ruan, formerly out of Groom, and now Mark from Ginnels who's just joined on bass. We've some gigs coming up in the next few weeks with some new tunes so 'twould be deadly to see y'all along.
This Friday Sep 18 at Whelan's midnight show we're playing with handsome devils...
What do you think of it?
I've been working for myself for a year now, from home.
Pros: not having to go to meetings, no commute time, working away on one thing without being disturbed/diverted, and the main thing: seeing the family a lot more
Cons: whole days where I don't go outside; lack of...
I'm sorry to announce that Groom are to break up! We're going to play a penultimate gig at the kid-friendly Popical Island 5th Birthday all-dayer, which is on this coming Saturday and features loads of deadly bands (see link below).
So, for folks with kids, if you plan to go to that we're on...
Donegal pricks, we're playing the Revelry in Letterkenny this Friday Aug 29, should be fun! this is a monthly gig in the Voodoo Vintage Rooms and at €5 admission is cheap as chips.
Here's a facebook event set up for it:
Then on September 13 we're playing Retro Revival in Sweeney's with The...
Groom launch Bread and Jam!
GROOM
GINNELS
SWITZERLAND (first gig!)
Whelan's
Wexford Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/778745095510292
Saturday 9th August // 8:00pm
GROOM: launching 'Bread and Jam', a rock n' roll record about Ireland.
http://thumped.com/audio/groom-colours.html...
Hey, so we've a couple of Groom gigs coming up this week. We've a new album coming out in the summer so these are the first we've had in a few months, what with babies and popical business and whatnot.
Thurs May 22, Grand Social
We're playing a fundraiser for my kids' school, Griffith Barracks...
This post:
made me think...
I can understand this to an extent. Someone being late can be very rude and I'd even go so far as to say it can be exercised as a way controlling you - as in, keeping you waiting to sort of keep you in your place.
But I dunno, I also I think punctuality for its...
POPICAL ISLAND presents
Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures
Freschard
& more TBA
Whelans Upstairs - Saturday March 15th
€10 // 8pm
BUY TICKETS HERE: http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/stanley-brinks-the-wave-pictures/
Check out the insanely catchy new single Orange Juice here...
Help me Thumped.
Just wondering if anyone in Dublin would interested in letting out their house/apartment for one night over Paddy's weekend in March to a band on tour. Or even has a room available. PM me please.
Or if anyone has leads on budget accommodation, that'd also be great.
..featuring music from
Groom
Land Lovers
I guess the parenting forum is the best place to put this. Parents want their kids to read, yeah?
The gig is going to be a joint gig and book launch. Little Island Publishers are launching a book, called The Powers, written by Kevin Stevens (he's...
Groom
The Run Ons
Skelocrats
Anseo
Friday, June 7th, 8.30 PM
Admission: 5 euros
Groom
Groom is a pop band from Dublin whose members are Mike, Wil, Jeroen and Ruan. They have released three albums to date: ‘All This Happened, More Or Less’ (2006, Fairview House), ‘At The Natural History...
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