Super Furry Animals finished up what was a great Indiependence festival this year in Mitchelstown.  After waiting for what seemed like an age, in the rain, the Furries came out on stage.  In spite of the “WOAH!” sign, these was little enthusiasm shown by the lads as they came slowly bounding onto stage.  I really enjoyed their set when they finally got going although I have to admit flaking off early after a day in the rain.  Wimp, I know!

Here’s looking forward to a dry festival next year!  I hope the same venue is used again as it really made the festival.

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Dark Room Notes were the next band up at Indiependence after Wallis Bird.  I saw DRN play a while back in Cyprus Avenue and have since heard them on the radio where they’re getting some coverage.

A few more photos after the jump…

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Wallis Bird was the second act we caught at Indiependence last Sunday.  It’s been a while since I saw her in Cyprus Avenue where she plays regularly enough but I was very impressed with her engaging and energetic live act on a bigger stage.  I’ll definitely get along to her next gig in Cork which is in Cyprus Avenue on October 18th.

I have a couple of more photos from the gig in the full set on Flickr.

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Mick Flannery played his annual Christmas gig in the Opera House to a packed house back in Decemeber.  Mick has come on in leaps and bounds this year with the release of White Lies and regular airplay on the national airwaves.  Good to see he still has the same old self-effacing stage presence where he now just happily plays his magnificent music; the only time he breaks from this is to take the mickey out of the occasional heckler or re-inforce his understated interaction with the crowd with a few words every now and again, the eager crowd hanging on his every word.

See more photos…

There are a few more photos in the full set.

Also, check out some great shots of Mick in action by Kevin Murphy here and here and also one from Sean McCormack.

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Sean Kelleher played support to Aaron Dillon in The Roundy recently.  I don’t know much about him and I can’t find a website for him but he’s another one to keep an eye out for.  Sometimes a support act isn’t up to much but he kept the crowd interested with his well-crafted songs.

I’m off to see David Kitt in the Savoy now.

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Aaron Dillon played at The Roundy on Sunday November 4th last. You may not have heard of him yet but I think you will do in the future; his inimitable style is sure to get him noticed. Keep an eye out for his debut album which is coming out in early 2008. Although Sunday night is never the best time to go to a gig, it was one of the more enjoyable gigs I’ve been to in recent times: a nice relaxed evening with great music and atmosphere.

The poster for the event used one of my pictures from the Opera House when he supported Mick Flannery.

Check out the CorkGigs blog for some nice vids from the Opera House gig.

There are a few more photos over on Flickr in the full set.

Update: Aaron Dillon is playing a few gigs over the next month, you can catch him in The Blackbird in Ballycotton on December 1st and he supports Mick Flannery again in the Everyman Palace on the 16th December.

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Director headlined at the Mitchelstown Music Festival this summer on the Sunday night.  I had seen them play in Cyprus Avenue a while back and I was impressed with their sound on the big stage.  The sizeable crowd seemed to enjoy the show too but again there seemed to be something missing from the performance.  The last time I saw them I commented on the lack of crowd interaction and this was still the case.  The band have obviously cultivated this style but lead singer Michael Moloney comes across as somewhat aloof at times.

Director are playing a lot of dates around the country at the moment and will be back in Cork on the 6th and 7th of December in Cyprus Avenue.

Quite a few more pictures in the full set on Flickr.  I went a bit mad taking photos for their show!

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A bit late with this seeing as the re-development of Thomond Park in Limerick is well underway judging by this picture gallery on the Munster Rugby site.   Tough game this weekend against Clermont; my secret Munster insider (hi DJ – do you like your car sticker?) is hoping for rain which would be to Munster’s advantage.

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The seemingly ubiquitous Delorentos played at the Mitchelstown Music Festival this summer.  Their brand of radio-friendly happy guitar pop is similar to another excellent Irish band, The Blizzards.  I only saw them once before when they supported Bell X1 in the Savoy quite a while back so it was good to see them have such a prominent position at this festival.  They were on the Podge and Rodge show recently and did a fine rendition of the classic hit “No Limit” by 2 Unlimited.

Some more photos in the full set on Flickr.

Delorentos don’t appear to be back in Cork over the coming months but you might catch them in your neck of the woods:

NOVEMBER:

20 Water Rats, London
21 Hub, Exeter
22 Freebutt, Brighton
23 Little Civic, Wolverhampton, Midlands
24 Unit 22, Southampton, South
26 Barfly, Cardiff, Wales
27 Barfly, Glasgow, Scotland
28 Jabex Clegg, Manchester
29 Clubroom, Derby

DECEMBER:

6   Electric Avenue, Waterford
7   Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
14 Ambassador Theatre, Dublin

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Another shot from the fire display at the Mitchelstown Music Festival during the summer.  The girl on the left couldn’t blow out the fire herself so she got a helping hand.

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