December 2011
1 post
popical island: Fundus! A Very Popical Review of... →
popicalisland:
That’s that. 2011. What was the point? Another step closer to the grave. You know the skull on Popical Island? That’ll be all of us soon. At least we have the Popical Island Christmas Party to help us forget. But today we want to remember.
There’s been a lot of talk during ‘11 about funding…
November 2011
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October 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
1 post
May 2011
3 posts
popical island: Popicalia #9 →
popicalisland:
Settle down. Now let’s be serious for a moment. Popicalia #9 is imminent. I’m talking Friday, 6th May imminent. So close you can start ironing your best cardigan and slacks while you read about the bands on your enormous wide-screen megavision that you installed specifically to pass the…
April 2011
3 posts
Shows coming up
I’ve got a few gigs coming up in the next while if anyone wants to come out and see me making a fool of myself. April 10th @ The Matchbox Theatre (Café Des Irlandais) with Eleventyfour
April 23rd @ Bewley’s Café Theatre with Walpurgis Family (solo) and Captain A April 20-somethingth or 30th @ TBA Tuam, Co. Galway
May 13th @ Tower Records 6pmish Instore Also if anyone wants a...
March 2011
3 posts
popical island: Popicalia #8 →
popicalisland:
April Fools’ Day sees Popicalia #8 take place in the usual spot, Shebeen Chic on George’s St.
It’s no ordinary Popicalia, though: it doubles as the launch night for Yeh Deadlies’ unspeakably brilliant new album The First Book of Lessons. You might think that we exist in a permanent state…
No Sleep 'Til Drogheda
I’m playing at the Bagful of Songs yokey in Sarsfield’s in Drogheda this Friday at about 10pm.
February 2011
5 posts
Some Photos From The Launch Night At Shebeen Chic... →
You can now order the CD or download at bandcamp!
Head on over to http://bigmonsterlove.bandcamp.com to order a copy of the CD, first few orders also get one of those swanky badges below. The CD is €8 inc. P&P and includes an instant download of the album, alternatively you can purchase the download for €5.
January 2011
5 posts
Game Over Is Now Streaming.
popical island: Big Monster Love - Game Over →
popicalisland:
Game Over, the debut album from Big Monster Love will be released through Popical Island and Abomination Records on *FRIDAY THE 4th FEBRUARY 2011*. The record - which features the Beatlesque melancholy of Arctic Circles, the Liffeyside Motown of Bad Poetry, and the punk-pop whimsy of Free Gaff…
Announcing "Game Over"!
23 Days and counting until the release of Big Monster Love’s début album “Game Over”. Are you as excited as I am?
This is of course significant. Why?
Well….
Each parent contributes 23 chromosomes to start a new human life.
Julius Caesar was thought to have been stabbed 23 times.
Basketball legend Michael Jordan famously wore the number 23 on his shirt.
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November 2010
1 post
A Christmas Song: Nollaig Na mBan (Come and Gone)
Here’s Nollaig Na mBan (Come And Gone), a Yuletide slice of melancholic pop I recorded last night Chez Gazz LeRock.
June 2010
3 posts
Live Review (with Yeh Deadlies, Shebeen Chic, June... →
May 2010
1 post
Future Proofing
Ahoy there tumblr. This is somehow better than other websites. Hurray.