Girl Band On Tour

The hard-working Dublin noise rock unit play six dates around Ireland in between jaunts to Europe

Fresh off the release of their latest single ‘De Bom Bom’ and some European dates, Girl Band start another round of touring next Thursday September 18th at the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival followed by gigs in Tullamore (19th), Limerick (26th) and Dublin (27th), then a dash to the continent before shows in Galway (October 9th) and Dundalk (10th).

On stage Girl Band are a wall of noise. Disparate and desperate in equal measure. Their music is all sinew and wires, burgeoning excitement – in their heads as much for the dance floors as it is for punk dives. They’ve had worldwide acclaim for their latest singles including 7″ “Lawman” and the 25 second long Record Store Day sell out “The Cha Cha Cha”, not to mention their earlier releases including their longest player to date, the six track EP, France 98.

Those tour dates again:
Thursday September 18th – Clonakilty – De Barra’s
Friday September 18th – Tullamore – Joe Lee’s
Friday September 26th – Limerick – Kasbah Social Club
Saturday September 27th – Dublin – Button Factory (w/ Cian Nugent & The Cosmos)
Thursday October 9th – Galway – Róisín Dubh
Friday October 10th – Dundalk – Spirit Store

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magicbastarder

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noise rock? is that not an oxymoron?

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washingcattle

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noise rock? is that not an oxymoron?

How ? It's noisy rock ? Like folk rock is folky rock.

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magicbastarder

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would you believe i had a mild brain fart and said oxymoron when i meant to use that phrase which implies 'noise' is a meaningless qualification to 'rock' as rock is meant to be noisy, and my brain fart is continuing as i still can't think of the phrase.

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nooleen

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a...an..um....tautology

/googles/

yes

not to be confused with tootology

Urban Dictionary: tootology

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David Kronenbourg

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Brainfart is the stupidest word ever

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Does Thumped like Girl Band?

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ann post

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Does Thumped like Girl Band?

I don't know if we have consensus but I like them a lot. I think they've gotten a run in 'bands i dont get' thread. Magnificent live band.

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prefuse

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They will probably be sued for false advertising if they tour in America.

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Feisty

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I don't know if we have consensus but I like them a lot. I think they've gotten a run in 'bands i dont get' thread. Magnificent live band.

That's all I needed

They're playing here at the weekend

Nice one

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moose

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Highly recommend seeing them live.

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Unicron

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Good rhythm section.

I'm a little baffled by their level of popularity here. Not because they're bad but because what they do is often so nasty sounding. I just wouldn't expect some of the people I know that like them to like them.

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ernesto

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Good rhythm section.

I'm a little baffled by their level of popularity here. Not because they're bad but because what they do is often so nasty sounding. I just wouldn't expect some of the people I know that like them to like them.

That’s to do with how popular they are, and in turn please easily led people who otherwise have zero interest in similar music.

Reminds me of mates of mine who’d go see Metallica but refuse to listen to the likes of The Melvins.

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moose

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They have a production skill that keeps the noise from getting too harsh, plus a really powerful clean vocal. I think they've really mastered that crossover of experimental/noisey and accessible.

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Lili Marlene

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I'll go out on a limb and say I don't really get the hype. I wish them well but I don't hear anything i haven't heard before - post-punk rhythms, singer sounds a bit Mark E. Smith, put a bit of noise guitar on top... weren't we all laughing when the NME promoted this kind of thing in 2007?

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sleepy

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Does Thumped like Girl Band?

Does it matter?

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Feisty

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Does it matter?

Ultimately nothing matters except being a force for good to the ones that love you

But the Thumped hive mind (hive prick? prick mind?) usually has good takes on local acts

As evidenced in the above replies, the system works, Sleepy

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_Katie_

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Very much looking forward to seeing them live!

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Feisty

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[needle scratch]

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Maybe a Grandpa band with earlier set times is more my speed

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sleepy

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Ultimately nothing matters except being a force for good to the ones that love you

But the Thumped hive mind (hive prick? prick mind?) usually has good takes on local acts

As evidenced in the above replies, the system works, Sleepy

Ah fair enough.

For what it's worth I think they're excellent. Holding Hands with Jamie is a brilliant album and the new one sounds great on first couple of listens. I'm going to see them in November myself. Haven't seen them in years. Really looking forward to it.

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