Category: Venues – Vicar Street

Choice Music Prize 2012

September 19, 2013September 19, 2013 · Leave a comment ·

Heathers starting the night in style

Bouncy pixie, miss Wallis Bird (this was the least blurry photo I managed to get)

Adrian Crowley

Windings

Julie Feeney

The 2012 Choice Music Prize was back to its proper home in Vicar Street and the nominees meant that those of us in attendance really got to see some of the best live acts around at the moment. While some were acts that I had seen before (some even at previous Choice Music Prizes!), some were ones I’ve been wanting to see for ages – Damien Dempsey – or more recently – Windings.

Gavin James, winner of Irish Song of the Year

Damien Dempsey

Mumblin Deaf Ro

Delorentos

The Cast of Cheers

Delorentos went on to be well-deserved winners, and their emotional acceptance speech summed up just what this prize means to the acts themselves.

Collecting their gong

Bell X1

September 3, 2013September 10, 2013 · Leave a comment ·

#11 – April brought gig number 11 and the first album launch of the year for me. I never know what to expect of album launches. I am a gig-goer who remembers lyrics (often at the cost of names, birthdays, anniversaries and shopping lists) and sings along, so album launches are a little weird for me. By their nature, I don’t get to be as familiar with the material as I would normally try to be.

The Bell X1 Bloodless Coup album launch was a treat (apart from a brief moment where they shushed the crowd from singing along, which was a little too self-indulgent for my liking). Paul Noonan always strikes me as a reluctant front man so the banter is usually kept to a minimum, but the chat from the die-hard fans in the audience more than makes up for this.

*Originally posted on http://www.gigaholic.tumblr.com on 10/06/12*

Choice Music Prize 2010

September 2, 2013September 9, 2013 · Leave a comment ·

Cathy Davey at Choice Music Prize 2010

Halves at Choice Music Prize 2010

Fight Like Apes at Choice Music Prize 2010

James Vincent McMorrow at Choice Music Prize 2010

#6 – 2011 also brought my second time going to the Choice Music Prize show in Vicar St. Although my camera phone did possibly its worst job at any gig I’d attended, the show itself was a treat. My tastes in music were pushed somewhat further than I expected by Adebisi Shank but as a line-up it really did show what a diverse array of musical talent is floating around Ireland at the moment. An acoustic set from the eventual winners Two Door Cinema Club also felt more than a little bit special.