Shock and Flaw

Monaghan’s finest are packing out venues on their autumn tour but you can still catch then in the Greystones Theatre, Wicklow (October 10); Dolan’s, Limerick (11); Whelan’s, Dublin (23); and Electric Avenue, Waterford (24).

The current set features some ace new material which the lads have been working on over the last couple of months in between wowing the crowds at Glastonbury, Castlepalooza and Electric Picnic.
‘Idolise’, taken from their Choice-nominated debut album Achieving Vagueness has been gracing the airwaves and was recently chosen by RTÉ as the music for their Euro 2008 closing credits. A trip to Italy is on the cards for late 2008...
Adebisi Shank have just released excellent debut long-player This Is The Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank. The confection was recorded in June with legendary independent producer/musician, J. Robbins (Jawbox, Channels, Faraquet, Clutch).
The band are off to the UK and France soon to support the official European release. Earlier this year they toured Japan to support their EP release on Japanese label, Parabolica and plan to return early next year in support of their debut album...
Rarely Seen Above Ground (aka Jeremy Hickey) has just released double album Organic Sampler. Jeremy is a multi-instrumentalist who records, performs and produces all his own material.
The live experience is a unique mix of vocals, drums/percussion and backing tracks with a virtual band projected on a screen behind him! Sonic territory covered is similar to Joy Division, Talking Heads and Fela Kuti…
News from the Hooray For Humans camp next… they play the CMJ Festival in New York on October 23 with Heathers and Giveamanakick. The Corkonians have been recording their second album on and off for the last two months at Data Studios in Tralee with Ross O’Donovan, who also produced their debut. The highly-anticipated opus will be out next February or March…
David Geraghty fans in the south-east will be delighted that he’s just announced a date at this year’s Wexford Arts Festival in the Wexford Arts Centre on October 17. 
Following on from the success of his debut solo album, Kill Your Darlings, Dave will release a new record in Spring 2009. He’s currently finishing the recording in between touring the US with his Bell X 1 band-mates...
Galway songwriter Noelie McDonnell is still basking in the warm reception for his charming summer longplayer Beyond Hard Places. He’s hitting the road for a batch of live dates in support of the first radio single to be taken from the album ‘Feet First’. Check hotpress.com for details…
Highly rated singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow has announced a headline date Upstairs in Whelan’s on October 19. In addition to a soon-to-be-released EP, the Dubliner has a track on the forthcoming Faction 2 compilation album, and is preparing to record his debut album in London...
Pig packed out The Bleu Note on Capel Street recently. After a quiet summer due to band illness the Dublin combo are back on track. You can get your mitts on a copy of their wonderful debut long-player Do You Like Smack Rock? from www.pig.ie. A nationwide prison tour is on the cards for November!