Julie Feeney at The Pavilion

Donal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:57:15 +0000

The delectable Julie Feeney played in the Pavilion in Cork a couple of weeks ago. Having heard her song Impossibly Beautiful a few times including on the Late Late Show the week before where Julie sported a house on her head! The night was a mixture of the surreal and delightful intertwined with a horrible feeling that Julie’s massive heels would have her tumbling from the stage as she climbed over the barriers. For one of the more memorable songs called Myth Julie went amongst the audience whispering into peoples’ ears which made for a dramatic effect as she wandered from person to person. Throughout, the band members played a selection of instruments and were all highly-talented making the night all the more enjoyable. If you get a chance to see her play live, do it!

See a few more photos in the full set on Flickr.

Grand Pocket Orchestra at The Pavilion

Donal — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:55:06 +0000

Grand Pocket Orchestra played a couple of weeks ago in The Pavilion in Cork as part of the weekly Bootleg series. I was looking forward to seeing this band and I must say I was surprised at how young this band is. Don’t get me wrong, their music is not aged or old-man-ish but some of the tunes are so well structured and catchy that I would have expected a band that had been around the block a few times. Odd Socks is the first track I heard from them well over a year ago which was the main reason for seeing them. They have another few stand-out tracks such as Get Go and Using the Body. However on the night they played a number of tracks which are not so well thought out or crisp. I reckon they need to decide is it the pure happy pop route they want to go down or something a bit heavier.

This is one of the first times I’ve tidied up photos with a bit of cloning; the top two photos had plenty of mic stands and wires all over the place. While it does take a bit of time I think it’s worth it. Check out a couple of more photos in the full set on Flickr.

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