Punk/Hardcore in Seomra Spraoi

Gigs have started happening in Seomra Spraoi, Dublin's Autonomous Social Centre, proceeds go towards the rent on the building. First one was Crowd Control, Ended and Droppin' Bombs. Putrefaction were supposed to play but unfortunately had to pull out. Good crowd and a great night.

Droppin' Bombs.


Ended.


Crowd Control.


More here.


From the Seomra Spraoi webpage:

"Seomra Spraoi is an autonomous social centre in Dublin city centre. It is run by a non-hierarchical, anti capitalist collective on a not-for-profit basis. It hosts workshops, gigs, political meetings, language lessons, film screenings, a vegan cafe and lots more. The centre seeks to be a hub of positive resistance in a city and society where public spaces have been eaten away by consumerism, property speculation and the culture of the car."

Next one is on the 12th of September, details below:

Excuses 7inch Launch, The Tap.

Excuses, Moutpiece and Sort It Out played but I only have pictures of Moutpiece and Excuses. You can get the 7inch from Stitchy Press and Distroy.

Excuses.



Excuses myspace.

Moutpiece.




Moutpiece myspace.

More pics of the gig here.

Iron Lung and Gruel, London.

Went to see Iron Lung and Gruel a while back while visiting my mate Cormy in London. Both bands were amazing go check them out if you don't know them already. I also have Gruel double lps for sale, if anyone wants one get in touch.

Iron Lung.

Click on the image for a decent sized version.

Iron Lung myspace.

Gruel.


Gruel myspace.
More pics of the gig here.

We also went to the Natural History Museum and saw this lad along with too many people and lots of shitty interactive posters.

The Devil On 45

I have a nice two page spread in the latest issue of the great zine "Devil on 45". It's a collage of mostly gig pictures across the centre two pages, my first centrefold!!

From the zine myspace:

"'The Devil On 45' is an independently published zine focussing on the weirder side of music, from censorship, the music culture and folklore. From the controversial to the downright outsider, and everything in between. This is a zine for those who truly live for music!"

http://www.myspace.com/thedevilon45

Also the cover art by Boz is amazing (and huge):

Weed, Grand Canal, Dublin

This is a series of some fresh water weed growing in the Grand Canal, one of the more pleasant things growing in there. Spent a good while getting the right balance between the intense green of the weed and the surface ripples, definitely makes the pictures for me.

Earthless Vinyl

I'm pretty proud of this. Gruel album with my photo inside is out now too, will post a picture when I get my copy.

Earthless myspace

Gruel myspace

Black Sister//Rockfest IV

Just a few pictures of Black Sister to get this thing back on track. Black Sister are a Hungarian/Scottish trash band with a bit of crossover thrown in for good measure.

Check 'em out at Black Sister myspace







This was also our fourth gig put on under the Rockfest moniker. Here's the poster done by Karen.



Rockfest myspace