Check out some of Laura Nolan‘s snaps from the second night of the Dublin Camden Crawl, featuring Ghostpoet and the Rubberbandits.
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Check out some of Laura Nolan‘s snaps from the first night of the Dublin Camden Crawl, featuring Jape, And So I Watch You From Afar and We Are Scientists.
Photos by Luke Byrne.
You have certain friends that when you agree to a night out with them, you are signing yourself into having a great time. You do serious damage to yourself all in the name of a good time. YACHT are that friend and in the Workman’s Club one fine Thursday, a few hundred people signed on to having a hootenanny of a night.
They came on late, ten past the eleven to be exact, so all notions of getting the last bus home went out the window as soon as the first notes of ‘Paradise Engineering’ began. By the second song, frontman Jona Bechtolt was submerged in the crowd, lapping up the frenzy that was created. The onstage synergy between Jona and his ten-foot-tall leading lady, Claire L. Evans, is electric. Like the biscuit and fondant of an Oreo, they work perfectly individually but, combined, they are deliciously complete.
With the realisation that cash would be spent on taxis home and the fact that when YACHT were last meant to visit Dublin two years ago, ash from a pesky Icelandic volcano got in the way, both the crowd and the band wanted to earn this night and, by dad, we did. ‘Psychic City’, ‘Dystopia’ and ‘Love In The Dark’ got the biggest reactions in what the band christened the “Temporary Autonomous Zone” (T.A.Z), where anything could happen and it felt as if we could orbit off into YACHT’s magical world at any moment.
Support came from Catscars, whose live show has really improved in the last twelve months, and the always bleedin’ deadly Tieranniesaur. The ‘saur pulled a blinder of a set and you should cut out the basics from your life – bread, butter and Bavaria – just so you can afford a ticket for their next gig.
Live, YACHT are mad. Their reality is what I want to have for breakfast. I had just over an hour of experiencing their twisted reality and it is exhausting and exhilarating at once. They taught us a valuable lesson in merriment. In fact, all colleges and schools should employ them to teach the foundations of fun. They bent over backwards, literally, to put on a show for us and if the beads of sweat on our collective foreheads weren’t grateful enough, let me say now – thank you YACHT for being so spectacular and giving us a gig unlike any other.
Louise Bruton
Contributor
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We sent Alan Moore of Audio/Aperture to the Button Factory on Saturday to catch Russian Circles destroying the gaff with some serious tunes. Check out the snaps below.
We sent ace photographer and Cock and Bull office bully Luke Byrne to Whelan’s on Wednesday to take some snaps at Dry The River with support from Moscow Metro, who we shot a session with earlier in the day. Check ‘em out!
Photos by Laura Nolan.
THEESatisfaction brought the heat to the Twisted Pepper on a drizzly Wednesday night. The neo-soul/rap duo had the audience mesmerised from the off. They were supported by the excellent Temper-Mental Miss Elayneous. Often, it can seem like the words ‘Dublin’ and ‘rap’ should be mutually exclusive but Miss Elayneous is the exception. She has the lyrical dexterity to match her powerful delivery. Single ‘Dominoes’ and ‘Contra-Diction’ is the highlight of a varied and energetic set. Barry Krishna provided the beats.
THEESatisfaction arrived on stage just after ten o’clock. The Twisted Pepper was not packed to capacity but there was a considerable crowd for a group whose debut album was only released last week in Europe. Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White are not so much performing as testifying. They are proud to be black women but while that pride is a theme that dominates their music, it would be a mistake to imagine that it overwhelms their act. THEESatisfaction have a wry humour to them and expansive musical vision as well as a potent political message. Then again, what would you expect from a group with an EP entitled ‘Sandra Bollock’s Black Baby.’
‘Do You Have the Time’ is a prime example of why THEESatisfaction are an excellent live act. The song sways around a sci-fi style beat while they layer rap and soulful melody on top of it. The duo has little time for arrogant rappers trading on bigotry with the rallying cry of “turn off your swag and check your bag”, punctuating ‘Queens.’ THEESatisfaction tear through their set at break-neck pace rarely pausing between songs. Songs like ‘Enchantruss’ and ‘Bisexual,’ get warm responses from the attendees.
The gig lasts less than an hour but even without an encore the crowd left satisfied. They fit around twenty songs into their 45-50 minute set which is no small feat. It is typical of THEESatisfaction’s sense of repulsion regarding the over-arching egos of some of their hip-hop contemporaries. The night ends with a glorious rendition of ‘Cabin Fever.’ Irons and Harris-White smile to themselves with contentment. They know they’ve got it in spades. If THEESatisfaction keep churning out soulful delight at this rate then bigger stages will beckon in the not too distant future.
Gillian Middleton
Contributor
