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I picked this up last week and I can't get enough of it.

Bit of thrash, bit of Bad Religion/Black Flag - it absolutely boots along.

https://zigzags.bandcamp.com/album/deadbeat-at-dawn

Thoroughly mighty stuff.

Touring Europe this month - no Irish date.

The sound certainly was very clear - so much so that I wondered if they were running through Fractals or something for a minute. But there was just absolutely no punch to it. Seemed to be a lot of issues with Davies' monitors and there was some noise through Carlson's amp early that he seemed miffed about.

The jacks situation is annoying - I don't understand why they didn't move them to somewhere at the back as you make your way up the stairs into the venue.

The stage could be a foot or so higher as well. I'm tall enough so I could see no problem but there were some people on the main floor that had no view at all.

Don't get me wrong - it's great that Earth came back to Cork, Michelle/Tinnitus Promotions is doing superb work getting heavy bands to play in this oft-forgotten town and it's fantastic to see The Pav doing something other than shit dance music gigs. I had been looking forward to it for months and it just wasn't a great show - in my opinion.

And... I can be a cranky cunt so take what I said with a slight need for calibration.

Congrats to Partonos - winner of the MW Fantasy League '24/25.

A couple of real battlers in the top 5 again; Rugged Island, Devil's XI, Cookie and Piccalilli Shinpads. It was very tight for a while but Partonos eventually finished 70 points clear.

I'll re-up the league for next year as soon as it's available.

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Search Results - "Go Mutant" - https://searchresultsdub.bandcamp.com/album/go-mutant

Post-punk from Dublin. Clatters along - well worth a listen. Assumed that this was their first record... assumed incorrectly.


Cola - "The Gloss" https://bandcola.bandcamp.com/album/the-gloss and "Deep In View" https://bandcola.bandcamp.com/album/deep-in-view

Really excellent Post-punk/Alt from Canada - if you're a fan of Stuck or Meat Wave then this will be for you.

Touring Ireland/Northern Ireland this week.

WEDNESDAY 28 MAY   Belfast - Black Box
THURSDAY 29 MAY    Derry - Sandino's
FRIDAY 30 MAY      Galway - Roisin Dubh
SATURDAY 31 MAY    Limerick - Dolan's Kasbah
SUNDAY 1 JUNE & MONDAY 2 JUNE - Cork City, Coughlan's
TUESDAY 3 JUNE      Waterford - Luca Records
WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE   Dublin - Whelan's

The Cork gig was one of the most underwhelming shows that I have been to in a long time - so much so that I gave up and went home halfway through their Motley Crue "cover".

Definitely nowhere near the best that I have seen Earth.

The venue's decision to leave the house lights on throughout the show was downright bizarre.

It could have been much louder - no heft at all.

I was on the main floor, close enough to the stage - and every cunt around me was just chatting away mindlessly.

All in all - a shit night or - more accurately, 90 minutes, out.

Rollins Band (Mother Superior era) did a wicked version "Are You Ready?" live.

It's on the "The Only Way To Know For Sure" live album.

There's a studio version with Scott Gorham too on the bonus tracks of the Rollins Band "Nice" record.

Dublin/Ireland left off the tour again in 2025...

From social media - Earth (and support) are only accepting CASH at the merch stand for their Irish dates.




No mention of prices. Bring folding money.

From Michelle @ Tinnitus Promotions:

"Doors are now 8pm Maud the moth approx 830 pm Earth should be on stage by 930pm"

Christ - glad I read this. That's a fair change. 

Nice one.

No interest in this myself but if anyone, not from Dublin, is considering going to this - try to find and book a hotel now.

The Bloomsday Festival is the same week - not that you'll have that much crossover in terms of fandom but I had a pain in the hole trying to find a hotel for work during Bloomsday and anywhere decent/reasonable was booked out with Americans wanting to wear straw boater hats and eat cheese in Davy Byrnes.

Doors at 6.30 and StoutandAle was mentioning a club night at 11pm when we were chatting on text yesterday.

Doors are listed at 1830hrs on the ticket and The Pav's website.

I misread the club bit though- that's on in the bar downstairs, not in the venue!

https://thepav.ie/


I would assume that the support will be on at 1915/1930hrs with Earth on at 2030hrs? Looking at their set-list; Earth will do about 80 - 90 mins.
 

One of my favourite music industry sliding-door factoids is that EMI/Capitol had enough cash to push one of their lower-tier UK New Wave bands in the USA.

They decided that the budget would be spent on promoting Gang Of Four - videos, TV spots, tour, etc.

However Andy Gill would not play ball with the executive - culminating in Gill openly insulting the EMI/Capitol suit...

... who then used all the money to push his second choice - Duran Duran.

This isn't far away at all now, kinda crept up on me. Great to have them come to Cork again.

The Dublin show is sold out.   

Do they play the recent stuff live, or the drone stuff? The last album of theirs I liked came out in 2008.

Setlist looks to be;

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Even Hell Has Its Heroes

Datura's Crimson Veils

(Unknown - On setlist as "Anytime")

Land of Some Other Order

Scalphunter's Blues

Lens Of Unrectified Night

Old Black

Misunderstood (Mötley Crüe cover)

California And Other Impossible Dreams

An Inquest Concerning Teeth

The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

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I wish that I had a cooler answer for this given that my old man was a massive fan of Springsteen, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. I no doubt heard all of those (particularly "The River"/"Born To Run" and "IV") a lot. He had a huge record collection.

My old man bought me the CBS records Clash compilation and a friend's older brother gave me taped copies of "Appetite For Destruction", "Generation Terrorists" and "Kill 'Em All".

But no... I think that it's probably "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor. The title track more than the whole album. I would listen to that one cut incessantly although, to be fair,  "American Heartbeat" is a great song too. I pestered my oul fella at every opportunity to put it on until he eventually got fed up and showed me how to use the turntable...

... and put the fear of god in me as to what would happen if I broke the record player.   

HERO IN ERROR
WORN OUT
Codespeaker
Nealo

Is that the running order? Codespeaker are on second? 

I'm not looking for stage times or anything - I'm mainly going for Codespeaker/Worn Out and I have to split early because I have committed to something else at a ridiculous hour the next morning.