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Groom, Thinguma*jigSaw, The Terribles, BBR, Thurs June 21

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12-06-2007 9:57am

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snakybus

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For those of you interested in an evening of indie-pop, folk and fun, come to the Boom Boom Room on Thursday the 21st of June.

In no particular order:

Groom
Thinguma*jigsaw
The Terribles

The Boom Boom Room
Upstairs in Conways on Parnell Street, Dublin
Doors 8.30
Admission €7

About Groom
GROOM began life in 2004 in Dublin, arising out of the ashes of alt-folk band Settler. Starting off as an electro-folk two piece centred around the songwriting of Michael Stevens, they played some intimate gigs in Ireland’s capital, and shared a stage with Deanna Varagona (LAMBCHOP). Having released a short experimental album, Stitch, GROOM soon expanded into a four piece and began to explore synth-folk-rock territory. They played this particular brand of indie folk-pop around Ireland in late 2005, made some appearances on various compilations, and even released a Christmas single. 2006 saw the release of GROOM’s first album proper, All This Happened, More Or Less on Fairview House Recordings. The record was well-received all round and got GROOM some deserved supports with JAWBONE (Loose Records) and Jeff Tweedy (WILCO).

With various musicians making an appearance from time to time at gigs and on records, the core GROOM line-up is a now a five piece of Michael Stevens (guitar, vocals, synths), Jeroen Saegeman (guitar, melodica), Wil McDermott (bass, synths), Brian O’Higgins (drums), and Ruan Van Vliet (drums, percussion, synth, autoharp).

About Thinguma*jigSaw
This irresistible, revolutionary folk-duo will tickle your brain and nourish your heart;
Two elusive, exeptional, pivotal personalities - cunningly spinning a web of flamboyant brouhahas within the idiom of their own device: charming, clever, generous, sinister splatterfolk.

Splatterfolk combines elements of traditional Irish/British/American folk with contemporary art music, and spices it up with lyrical and musical components usually associated with horrorfilms, experimental theatre and modernistic poetry. There is also an abundance of filmatic and popcultural references. It's the new revolution within the folk music - scene of today, and you will find no finer exponents of this subversive art than Thinguma*jigSaw.

About The Terribles
The Road Records review says it quite succinctly:
"the debut four track ep from this irish based five piece outfit, and its a rather beautiful collection of very very mellow electronic pop sounds, something similar to a cross between postal service and lali puna with its clever use of electronic sounds mingling with live guitars, tape loops, cello and brass, a very refreshing sound,"---

http://www.myspace.com/groomtheband
http://www.myspace.com/poltergeistrec
http://www.myspace.com/thingumajigsaw

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