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  • 29-01-2015 4:10pm
    #1
    Robotito
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭


    The Workmans Club, Weds 13th May. The new album is gonna be up there among the best of the year IMO


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    StickyMcGinty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭StickyMcGinty


    Turning out to be an expensive 2015... will be hitting this

    Continental Shelf is one of my favorite tunes from last year



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    ronano
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭ronano


    I've never attended a gig in worksman before, any idea what time they'd come onstage


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    Everythin coming up Milhouse
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Everythin coming up Milhouse


    ronano wrote: »
    I've never attended a gig in worksman before, any idea what time they'd come onstage

    Doors open at 8 and it has to be over by 10:30 for when the nightclub starts if that's any help to you. I haven't anything about a support act but I assume there'll be one.


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    Zarkandar
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Zarkandar


    Any news on what (if any) the support will be? Can't find anything online about it


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    Everythin coming up Milhouse
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Everythin coming up Milhouse


    Zarkandar wrote: »
    Any news on what (if any) the support will be? Can't find anything online about it

    They don't have anyone down as support on their Facebook page so there might not be any.

    Girl Band (an Irish band) are supporting them in the US in June so I'd say if it was going to be anyone it would be them but they don't have it down on their tour dates.


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    Zarkandar
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Zarkandar


    Everythin coming up Milhouse wrote: »
    They don't have anyone down as support on their Facebook page so there might not be any.

    Girl Band (an Irish band) are supporting them in the US in June so I'd say if it was going to be anyone it would be them but they don't have it down on their tour dates.

    Cheers flood pants


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    Zarkandar
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Zarkandar


    Just seen that Women's Christmas is support band: http://womenschristmas.bandcamp.com/, odd name for a band but nice counter-balance to Viet Cong.


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    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,598 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Also playing Electric Picnic.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    Saruwatari
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Saruwatari


    Women's Christmas supporting a band half of whom used to play in a group called Women - who are being supported in the US by Girl Band.

    Huh.


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    Zarkandar
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Zarkandar


    Saruwatari wrote: »
    Women's Christmas supporting a band half of whom used to play in a group called Women - who are being supported in the US by Girl Band.

    Huh.

    And are there any female members in any of the 3 bands?


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    IamNotNumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭IamNotNumber


    Any reviews of the gig?


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    pmalone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭pmalone


    IamNotNumber wrote: »
    Any reviews of the gig?

    Mostly Stunning.

    Opened with "Throw it Away" from Cassette EP. Great start. For the next 45 minutes played (mostly) blistering versions of tracks off the album including "Continental Shelf", "March of Progress", etc. Finished the set with an extended version (must have been best part of 15 minutes long) of "Death", which was without doubt the highlight of the night, bloody stunning. Warned us that an encore was a bad idea, but they played one anyway. I think it was "Unconscious Melody" which didn't quite reach the heights we had already reached over the previous 45 minutes.
    At their best when they breakdown to bare bones instrumental jamming sections, which are full of energy and executed brilliantly by all four musicians. A couple of the tunes didn't quite work for me, but most of this set was absolutely stunning.

    IMHO


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    cruhoortwunk
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    Really enjoyed seeing them in such a small venue. First 40mins or so was great but they lost me towards the end of Death.
    The songs sound a lot more raw, edgy, punk played live. Good craic from the singer too.


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    cruhoortwunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭cruhoortwunk


    pmalone wrote: »
    Mostly Stunning.

    Opened with "Throw it Away" from Cassette EP. Great start. For the next 45 minutes played (mostly) blistering versions of tracks off the album including "Continental Shelf", "March of Progress", etc. Finished the set with an extended version (must have been best part of 15 minutes long) of "Death", which was without doubt the highlight of the night, bloody stunning. Warned us that an encore was a bad idea, but they played one anyway. I think it was "Unconscious Melody" which didn't quite reach the heights we had already reached over the previous 45 minutes.
    At their best when they breakdown to bare bones instrumental jamming sections, which are full of energy and executed brilliantly by all four musicians. A couple of the tunes didn't quite work for me, but most of this set was absolutely stunning.

    IMHO

    The last one was Unconscious Melody all right. Played Silhouettes and Bunker Buster too.


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    Saruwatari
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Saruwatari


    Absolutely amazing. Short, but savage. Death was an eargasm. Should've left it there but trust the Irish to egg people on.


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