AU and Hired Hands upstairs in Whelan's tomorrow (1 Viewer)

[sugar_referee]

Hey motherfuckers, we're supporting AU upstairs in Whelan's tomorrow. Great band, they're well worth the tenner in and I expect to see every last one of you in there. Doors at 8pm

www.myspace.com/peaofthesea

www.myspace.com/hiredhandsdublin

 

[the departed]

wont be making this one but everyone else better go.

two very sexy bands.

 

[scalder]

Any stage times for this please?
Thanks!

 

[Foggy]

Hired Hands 8.45pm
Au 9.45pm

 

[cletus_buckley]

One, if not the best album I heard last year.

 

[ronan]

Looking forward to this
Have only heard the AU stuff off their myspace but might pick up that album tonight

 

[ernesto]

ossom

 

[Jill Hives]

Is it just me or are the songs on myspace not available to anyone else either?

 

[Squiggle]

Really enjoyable gig. Some interesting stuff from Hired Hands and AU were brilliant, just wish I had fought my way to the front so I had a better view. From what little I could see they seemed to be having a lot of fun.

 

[sugar_referee]

AU were savage - that drummer gradually started whipping out all sorts of chopz , by the end he was a maelstrom

 

[Squiggle]

AU were savage - that drummer gradually started whipping out all sorts of chopz , by the end he was a maelstrom

For the last song it was an assisted maelstrom, with 4 or 5 others on stage banging various percussion instruments.

 

[sugar_referee]

fuck, i need to learn how to fight my way to the front. Anyway, he was a beast, didn't expect that at all when he got his lime-green vest out.

 

[Squiggle]

fuck, i need to learn how to fight my way to the front. Anyway, he was a beast, didn't expect that at all when he got his lime-green vest out.

I wasn't at the front either, but I could see over and around some of the people in front of me. It was amazing though, and they say men can't multi-task, those guys were doing plenty of it.

 

[Jill Hives]

Really enjoyable gig. Some interesting stuff from Hired Hands and AU were brilliant, just wish I had fought my way to the front so I had a better view. From what little I could see they seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Ditto. It would have made the gig much more enjoyable to actually see how some of those sounds were made. I should have stood on a chair like the blonde dude. Being short sucks.

 

[sugar_referee]

He had this big command station alright, he used samples a lot, and he had a lap steel going through a ton of effects, and a big workstation synth. plus some little niblets like a melodica and glock and so forth. Wonder what the shows like with the 4/5 piece they tour in the US with

 

[warcam]

A good gig but not a great gig Bill.

I'm a fan of their recorded material, and I enjoyed the show, but I felt it didn't really do justice to the songs they have.

The sound was poor - levels all over the shop - vocals almost completely lost and certain parts of the percussion were getting lost too. There was an almighty hum of feedback at the bottom end which to me did not sound like it was supposed to be there.

There were places where just the two of them fell a little flat (despite the great drumming). An extra body on stage and better sound and it could have been so much better.

Maybe if I was unfamiliar with the recordings I might be less critical, but they set the bar pretty high.

They play a bigger venue in Cork next, where the sound system will be better too - I would certainly recommend people go along.

 

[cletus_buckley]

Well I though it sounded great from the front of the stage, bar the new song were vocals did get lost in the mix.
For me it was the best show so far this year and if it was friday I would make my way down to cork and get sucked into their whirlpool all over again.
Oh they're back in September too, sweet.

 

[ernesto]

thought this was a pretty good show.
could only see their two faces and a bit of flailing arms but enjoyed it nonetheless.
well done Sugar_ref & co on a lovely support slot.