REVIEW - CELTIBEERIAN "Tirikantam" (2011)

CELTIBEERIAN "Tirikantam" (2011)
Release date: December 2011
Running time: 29:31, 10 tracks

Celtibeerian is a five piece band hailing from Ciudad Real, Spain: Julián (guitars), David (pipes, flutes and backing vocals), Patricia (violin), Gus (Bass and Lead vocals) and Vity (drums).  “Tirikantam”, their debut album, is a tight CD with a lot of interesting songs.  After having watched the CD cover, you will be aware that I’m talking about a folk metal band. If you like bands such as Eluveitie or Korpiklaani, keep on reading. And, if you have never paid attention to those bands, you should keep on reading too. I am not a metal fan, so you should believe me when I say that “Tirikantam” is a very enjoyable album.

These guys have forgotten about other well-known bands playing Celtic metal and are offering their own blend of Pagan Folk, medieval music and traditional music from the French Brittany and Galicia.

My favourite tracks are the instrumental “Tirikantam” (a song led by the flute featuring some “aturuxos”, a special shout from Galicia), “Sacred Wine” (an excellent medieval song featuring flute and violin), “The Great Feast” (catchy song) and “Riding Home” (a fast paced song featuring great flute arrangements). 

But there are plenty of good songs. Do you like metal? Then pick up “The Path”. Do you like ballads? Then check “Warrior’s Song”. Are you looking for great folk music from Brittany? “An Dro” is your track. BTW, I recall the excellent French folk rock band Faubourg de Boignard  when I listen to the pipes on this tune. Finally, did you enjoy the Galician traditional tracks on the Bastards on Parade debut album? Go ahead and listen a different approach, metal-muiñeiras.

Just in case you are not sure about the quality of the album, you should know that the tracks were recorded and mixed at DZG during last Summer and mastered at Finnvox by Mika Jussila in September 2011.



Tracklist:

01 - Tirikantam
02 - The Path
03 - Praise to the Vineyards
04 - Sacred Wine
05 - The Great Feast
06 - An Dro
07 - Warrior's Sorrow
08 - Full Moon
09 - Riding Home
10 - Gallaecia

To buy the CD, contact the band:

contact@celtibeerian.com

http://www.celtibeerian.com
http://www.myspace.com/celtibeerian
http://www.facebook.com/Celtibeerian
https://twitter.com/#!/@Celtibeerian


Review by Kinksmarkham

VIDEO - PADDY AND THE RATS "Pilgrim on the Road"

The new video released by Paddy and The Rats:

Director/cinematographer: Balázs Lóth
Cameraman: László Blahó, Tamás Kőváry
Production manager: Márta Barna
Edited by: Viktor Kovács and Balázs Lóth
www.balazsloth.com

Paddy and the Rats "Pilgrim on the Road"

LEXINGTON FIELD - NEWS FEBRUARY 2012

MARCH MADNESS HAS ARRIVED!

It is here! The biggest month in the history of Lexington Field! We can't wait to celebrate with all our fans, family and friends as we release an album, play some HUGE shows, and kickoff the next phase of our band! Here is a breakdown of the next four weeks:

WEEK ONE - HOTEL KOALAFORNIA

It all starts here, when our good friends from Melbourne, Australia, The Ramshackle Army, make a pit stop in California on there way to tour with Dropkick Murphys! Also, our buddies, Hoist the Colors, will be joining us, as well as LA Celtic rockers, Green Ashes, and our mates, The Fooks, who bring the Irish Punk to the pubs of San Diego year round!

SHOW #1 - Friday, March 2 - The Slidebar (Fullerton, CA)

SHOW #2 - Saturday, March 3 - Gallagher's (Ocean Beach, CA)

These will be two very special, "international" shows, so make sure to take advantage of this opportunity to party with The Ramshackle Army, and let's show them what the Celtic Punk scene is all about in California!

WEEK TWO - HE COMMANDS A SHIP WITH NO NAME

Not only will we be playing a couple shows (Friday, March 9 we return to Clancy's in Long Beach with Dublin Public & a Lexington Field Lite performance at Hard Rock Cafe on Saturday, March 10), we will return to our acting roots to film our next music video with our talented friends Trevor and Miles, who were the creative force behind our "Tracy Boys Fight the World" video! The plot is set, the storyboards are being created, and we will start filming the music video to "Sir Captain Jones" off our upcoming EP Poor Troubled Life on Saturday, March 10. The final product should be out in early April so stay tuned...it's gonna be a good one!

WEEK THREE - ST. PATRICK'S DAY & POOR TROUBLED LIFE ARE HERE!!!

This has to be the biggest week ever for Lexington Field. It starts Tuesday, March 13, with the official release of our new EP Poor Troubled Life on New Folk Records! We have been anxiously waiting to show the world our new album, and we are super excited to be working with New Folk Records to make that happen. On top of that, our debut full length, Old Dirt Road will also be released nationally on New Folk Records that same day. Then on Wednesday, March 14, we head up to Hermosa Beach to play with Irish Rock heavyweights, Young Dubliners, at the very cool Saint Rocke. Last year we had the pleasure to play with the Young Dubs five times, so we can't wait to share the stage with them again. It will also be our first show where our new EP will be available, and a nice midweek tune up to St. Patrick's Day! On Friday morning, March 16, we will be back in San Diego to join Sprung Monkey and Tony Cummins at Hooley's in La Mesa for Keggs N' Eggs presented by Rock 105.3! We go on at 8:30 AM and make sure to tune in before that to hear us on the radio! Okay, that would normally be a pretty jam packed week, but then the biggest day of the year is on Saturday, March 17...ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!! Dust off your shillelaghs, because this is gonna be an insane day. First, we will be playing a matinee show downtown at Henry's Pub. This is the third year in a row we have played the afternoon there, and we are never disappointed to start the drinking early at Henry's Pub. After the show, we pack up and walk one block to the largest St. Patrick's Day party in all of San Diego...shamROCK!!! Our friends the Young Dubliners, will be headlining the night at 10 PM and guess what...we go on right before them from 8:30 to 9:30 PM!!! Also playing shamROCK this year will be The Fooks, The Fenians, and The Downs Family. It will be our biggest show yet, and we want you all to come celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Lexington Field downtown!

WEEK FOUR - CD RELEASE PARTY TIME YOU SELFISH BASTARDS

We cap off this amazing run with our CD Release Show to celebrate our new album Poor Troubled Life!!! The party is gonna be held Saturday, March 24 at The Ruby Room. We invited Hoist the Colors to come down and play our CD Release Show because it just wouldn't be the same without them. Also on the bill will be a couple San Diego local bands Black Market III and Dick Justice & The Happy Smoke. The whole process of making this album and getting it to all of our fans was quite an undertaking that started way back in the summer of 2011, and we want to thank all of you by putting on the best show ever! This is just the beginning to what looks like an unbelievable 2012. March Madness is here! 1-2-3...FIGHT!

UPCOMING SHOWS

2012 KOALAFORNIA CONVICTS TOUR
SHOW #1
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
THE SLIDEBAR
HOIST THE COLORS, THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY, LEXINGTON FIELD, GREEN ASHES
122 E Commonwealth Ave
Fullerton, CA 92832

SHOW #2
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
GALLAGHER'S
THE FOOKS, LEXINGTON FIELD, THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY, HOIST THE COLORS
5046 Newport Ave.
Ocean Beach, CA 92107


FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
CLANCY'S
LEXINGTON FIELD & DUBLIN PUBLIC
803 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803
9 PM, FREE, 21+

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012
HARD ROCK CAFE
801 4th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
9 PM, FREE
LEXINGTON FIELD LITE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
SAINT ROCKE
YOUNG DUBLINERS & LEXINGTON FIELD
142 Pacific Coast Highway
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
9 PM, 21+, $15

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012
ROCK 105.3 PRESENTS KEGGS N' EGGS
LEXINGTON FIELD, TONY CUMMINS, SPRUNG MONKEY
5500 Grossmont Center Dr
La Mesa, CA 91942
All-Ages, FREE, Tune in from 6 AM to 10 AM
We go on at 8:30 AM


ST. PATRICK'S DAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012
SHOW #1
HENRY'S PUB
618 5th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
2-5 PM, FREE, 21+

SHOW #2
SHAMROCK 2012
6th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
8 PM, $35, 21+
Playing right before Young Dubliners


SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012
POOR TROUBLED LIFE CD RELEASE SHOW
THE RUBY ROOM
LEXINGTON FIELD, HOIST THE COLORS, BLACK MARKET III
1271 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
9 PM, $5, 21+

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012
ROSIE O'GRADY'S
3402 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
9 PM, FREE, 21+

FREE DOWNLOAD - CAPTAIN BASTARD AND THE SCALLYWAGS "The Racing Legend"

All the tracks on the debut EP by Captain Bastard and The Scallywags, "The Racing Legend",can be downloaded from Soundcloud.

Please note that the band has a better drummer now and they intend to re-record a couple of these songs together with new material.


Members:

Ben - Accordion
Bill - Bass
Jimmy Jimlad - Drums
Jordan - Mandolin/Backing Vocals
Kayla - Pennywhistle
Keech - Lead Vocals
Lucas - Electric Guitar/Random Shouts
Tom - Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals


http://www.facebook.com/captainbastardandthescallywags
http://www.myspace.com/CaptainBandtheScallywags


DOWNLOAD:

http://soundcloud.com/capn-b-and-the-scallywags

VIDEOS - CELTIBEERIAN

The Spanish Celtic metal band Celtibeerian released their debut album "Tirikantam" last December 2011.

The album will be reviewed in a few days.

In the meanwhile, enjoy their videos.

Celtibeerian "The Path" Live Sala Excalibur, Madrid January 7th, 2012

Celtibeerian live in Madrid Tirikantam Winter Tour





Celtibeerian "Sacred Wine" Live Sala Excalibur, Madrid January 7th, 2012

Music based on the anonymous 13-14th century French song "Tourdion"

Celtibeerian live in Madrid Tirikantam Winter Tour

Celtibeerian "Gallaecia"

Promotional videoclip of Celtibeerian. All images were recorded during the "Tirikantam" recording sessions (June-July 2011) at Dezege Studios.

SAMPLER - AUSTRALIAN BANDS

Six bands from Australia. Three have been featured on previous samplers and their albums have been reviewed here (Handsome Young Strangers, Jack Flash and Between the Wars) and the others are featured for the first time.

All of the tracks are available for free download, most of them on Reverbnation and/or on Triple J Unearthed. The BtW song can be download from bandcamp.

 

TRACKLIST:

01 - HANDSOME YOUNG STRANGERS - Thunderbolt (from "Here's the Thunder Lads!") 4:19
02 - HANDSOME YOUNG STRANGERS - Wooloomooloo Lair (from "Here's the Thunder Lads!") 3:01
03 - JACK FLASH - Queensberry Rules (from "Jack Flash") 4:10
04 - THE GOOD SHIP - A Harbour Fair (from "Avast! Wretched Sea") 2:28
05 - THE GOOD SHIP - These Are a Few of my Favourite Flings (from "Avast! Wretched Sea") 3:51
06 - THE GOOD SHIP - Bury Me (from "Avast! Wretched Sea") 4:29
07 - SIBIN - Dowd's (from "Things You Can't Polish") 2:31
08 - SIBIN - Belfast Mill  (from "Things You Can't Polish") 3:56
09 - JOHNNY JUMP UP - Johnny Jump Up 4:54
10 - BETWEEN THE WARS - The Aces Are coming (from "The Aces Are Coming" single) 2:59

BONUS TRACK

11 - HANDSOME YOUNG STRANGERS - Thunderbolt (Live at Armidale Uni) 4:28



1) HANDSOME YOUNG STRANGERS (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

http://www.reverbnation.com/handsomeyoungstrangers
http://www.myspace.com/thehandsomeyoungstrangers
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Handsome-Young-Strangers/106393595011

Members:

Freddo - vocals, lagerphone, harp, guitar
Drizzabone D - vocals, mandola, guitar
Marky Na-Na- vocals, guitar, baritone, batsteel, dulcimer, ukelele, mandobird, 35 dollar accordion
Adam Kenny Rumjack - mandolin, banjo
Jim Mongrel- bass, vocals
Mark "Looch" Lewis - drums

Discography:

"Shane Warne" (3 tracks, EP, 2007)
"Melbourne Town" (Single, 2009)
"Here Come the Thunder Lads!" (17 tracks, 2011)

2) JACK FLASH (Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia)

http://www.jackflash.com.au
http://www.facebook.com/Jack-Flash/54397746525
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=11320
http://twitter.com/jackflashband

Members:

Jack Hickey - Electric guitar
Tom Michel - Mandolin/vocals
Liam Walsh - Drums
Shai Clement - Acoustic guitar
Blaise Clement - Bass
Louie - Violin

Discography:

"Take Notice" (6 track EP, 2007)
"July Tour" (3 track EP, 2009)
"Demands Were Met" (3 track EP, 2009)
"Rebel's Revenge" (3 track EP, 2011)
"Jack Flash" (10 tracks, 2011)


3) THE GOOD SHIP (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
   
http://goodshipband.com
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=36011
http://www.reverbnation.com/thegoodshipmusic
http://www.facebook.com/thegoodship
http://www.myspace.com/thegoodshipisaverybadship

Members:

Daz Gray – singing, guitar & mandolin
John Meyer – singing, guitar & percussion
Geoff Wilson – mandola, mandolin, percussion & shouting
Brett Harris – banjo, guitar, percussion & singing
Janey Mac – bass guitar, double bass & singing
Kat Cooke – trumpet, percussion & singing
James Lees – drumkit & percussion
Kat Ogilvie – accordion, percussion & singing

"Avast! Wretched Sea" (12 tracks, 2010)

4) SIBIN (Mildura, Victoria, Australia)

http://www.sibin.com.au
http://www.reverbnation.com/sibin
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sibin/110048945697706?sk=info

Members:

Mark Jenkins - lead vocals & guitar
Charles Hendy - tin whistle & flute
Corey Barbary - banjo & electric guitar
Luke McCarthy - drums
Tim Williams - bass

Discography:

"Things You Can't Polish" (11 tracks)

5) JOHNNY JUMP UP (Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia)

http://www.reverbnation.com/johnnyjumpup
http://www.myspace.com/jjuband
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnny-Jump-Up/375995621093

Members:

Duncan Mitchell - vocals, guitar, mandolin
Mark Harland - vocals, guitar, bass
Amanda Dallas - vocals, violin
Tom Kidd - drums

6) BETWEEN THE WARS (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

http://www.betweenthewars.net
http://www.reverbnation.com/betweenthewars#!
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=35777
http://www.myspace.com/between.the.wars
http://www.facebook.com/betweenthewars
http://betweenthewars.bandcamp.com

Members:

Jaymz Stevens - vocals, guitar
Jason Hatcher - vocals, ukulele
Aaron Allen - mandolin, guitar, vocals
Paul Trevorrow - bass, vocals
Sam Humphrey - violin, vocals
Jess Carlton - violin, trumpet
Damien Evans - Drums


Discography:

"Carried Away" (11 tracks, 2010)
"The Rats" (9 tracks, 2011)
"The Aces Are Coming/I Forget What I'm Doing Here" (2 track single, 2011)
   
DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3f4k4v9co1m4c6j

REVIEW - THE TARTAN HEARTS "Flag's at Half Mast" (2008)

THE TARTAN HEARTS "Flag's at Half Mast"
Release date: 2008
Running time: 35:40, 12 tracks

Sometimes I find a top-notch band and I get a special feeling. For instance, the first time I saw The Real McKenzies live during their “Loch’d & Loaded” tour. I try to experience the same feeling once again, but I have to keep on waiting. I think that I felt something similar the first time I listened to the Tartan Hearts songs.

The Tartan Hearts, raucous? Sure. Rowdy? Yeah. Rough at the edges? Of course, so what? That’s exactly what I love: an honest band that plays music with passion. If the world is gonna end tomorrow, I would like to see The Tartan Hearts on stage before that happens.

The band hailing from Calgary (Canada) released a kick ass debut album back in 2008. Unfortunately, they kept a low profile and the band broke-up a year later. I wouldn’t say that The Tartan Hearts were an underrated band. A band is underrated when the fans know their music, but they are unable to notice that it’s worth hearing. On the contrary, I would say that The Tartan Hearts were the best kept secret in the Celtic punk world.

“Flag’s at Half Mast” is a twelve track CD in which eleven tracks are self-penned songs and only one is a traditional tune (the opening track “Masons Apron”). Even if Aaron Taylor (bagpipes and tin whistle) had played live with the previous incarnation of the band, No Coast Hardcore, both bands are different. The Scottish traditional music has a bigger weight on The Tartan Hearts sound, a  blend of bagpipes, street punk and oi!

IMHO, there is no clunker on this album. Great  anthems and sing-alongs like “Broken Bottle, Broken Strings”,  “Petty Crime and Five Buck Wine”, “United Voice”, “Fire the Pipes”,  “Piper’s Salute” and “Ken” that will make you jump and shout.  Vocalist Peter MacLeod’s wife is called Amy Leigh, but she is not the girl on the song “Amy Leigh. Anyway, another great track.  “Land Ho” is an excellent shanty, I could row a boat while listening to that song.  And the last track “Sailor’s Grave” with a guest playing banjo (John Clark) is the best choice to close the album.

I remember that a friend told me some years ago that The Real McKenzies were “a second tier band”. I realized that normally I prefer that kind of bands. Therefore, in my own world,  the term “second tier band” is not an offence, but a compliment. I feel that if Mike McColgan   was forced to choose today between Dropkick Murphys and the Tartan Hearts, he would prefer the Canadian band. So, if you like “second tier” bagpipe punk bands like The Real McKenzies, The Tradesmen or Pipes and Pints, you should contact Peter McLeod to buy your copy.

The Tartan Hearts: “A piper’s salute to a new generation”




Tracklist:

01 - Masons Apron
02 - Broken Bottles, Broken Strings
03 - Amy Leigh
04 - Petty Crimes and Five Buck Wine
05 - Land Ho
06 - United Voice
07 - Fire the Pipes
08 - Piper's Salute
09 - The Town that Died
10 - Ken
11 - Dover Boys
12 - Sailors Grave
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tartan-Hearts/22285428705?sk=info
http://www.myspace.com/tartanhearts
http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/artists/thetartanhearts
http://twitter.com/#!/TheTartanHearts

To buy the album, contact the band:

thetartanhearts@yahoo.ca

Remember that you can download free the following sample featuring 4 Tartan Hearts tracks

http://celticfolkpunk.blogspot.com/2009/12/vol-xxiii-canada.html

Review by Kinksmarkham

CIRCLE J NEW EP "DIGGERS" HAS BEEN RELEASED

The Dutch band Circle J has just released a new EP, "Diggers". A couple of tracks can be downloaded for free from their site. Go ahead, download them, listen to them and finally buy the EP! If you are not sure, then wait for our review.

"Diggers
EP, released: February 2012

Cost: 5 euro/8 USD ex postal fees

You can buy the EP by sending an e-mail to:

circlejmerch@hotmail.com

Various online shops will sell "Diggers" as well, and you'll be able to download the mp3's. But then you will miss out on the amazing artwork, made by the incredible Leffe Goldstein!

Tracklisting

1.   The Legend of Robert Morgan
2.   Diggers
3.   Like the Weather
4.   La Ronde des Milloraines
5.   Sunday Mornings"

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.circlej.nl

(Click on "Diggers" and "La Ronde des Milloraines")

FREE DOWNLOAD - LES TRICARDS "Ma Révolution" (2012)

The Alsatian band Les Tricards is back. 

Their second EP, "Ma Révolution" is also available for free download.

Excellent Celtic Oi! from France. Remember that their previous tracks were included in one of the samplers last October 2011.

http://www.myspace.com/lestricards
http://trou2balle.records.free.fr

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?meqwbxk6h6fr6r5

REVIEW - DRINK HUNTERS "With My Crew" Discos Rayados DR.014 (2011)

DRINK HUNTERS “With My Crew” Discos Rayados DR.014
Release date: December 2011
Running time: 34:40, 13 tracks

The long awaited debut album by the Catalonian band Drink Hunters is here: “With My Crew”. The band is running fast and nobody can stop them: a top-notch 4 track demo released in 2009, one song on the Tribute to the Mahones album in 2011, a 13 track album at the end of 2011 and a track on the upcoming compilation Paddyrock Vol. IV.

“The Real McKenzies sans bagpipes” (a term coined by Chris Toler) are offering a great album: all of the tracks have been written by the band. If you were waiting for some standards or the odd Californian punk cover, you were wrong. The influences keep on being Bad Religion and NOFX, but Drink Hunters’ own material is so strong that they don’t need to cover other bands.

Lyrics deal with booze, critics to the consumer society, the police, crime …. Sometimes they are a little bit hedonistic, but there is also a lot of fun. For instance “She was 56”, a song about a young man falling in love with a MILF.

Apart from that number, the highest moments on the CD are the well known 4 songs from their demo (“It’s in Your Hands”, “Drinking Song”, “In My Head” and “Warrior Souls” and brilliant new numbers like “Fucking Cops”, “All Night Drunk” and “Molly Never Sleeps Alone”.

Fiddle and accordion arrangements are excellent. I feel that the quality of the band is very, very high and they deserve to be produced by a top international producer. If they are able to work with a foreign producer and to improve their lyrics, their worldwide fan base will increase at a high rate.

Given that no other band in the world is playing such intense Californian punk with a Celtic twist, I won’t be surprised if the band gets a deal with a label from the other side of the ocean and the album is licensed there.

In the meanwhile, e-mail the band and grab your copy of “With My Crew”

Tracklist:

01) Welcome to Happiness

02) It’s in Your Hands

03) I don’t Need You

04) Fucking Cops

05) All Night Drunk

06) With My Crew

07) Drinking Song

08) Scum

09) In Your Paradise

10) She Was 56

11) In My Head

12) Warrior Souls

13) Molly Never Sleeps Alone

http://www.facebook.com/pages/DRINK-HUNTERS/187023271351270?sk=info

http://www.myspace.com/drinkhunters

https://twitter.com/#!/drink_hunters

To buy the CD, contact the band:

drinkhunters@hotmail.com

Review by Kinksmarkham

FREE DOWNLOAD - ROVERS AHEAD "Subversive Sessions"

Rovers Ahead hail from Denmark and are fronted by an Irishman, Nathan Corcoran. They were featured on our sampler from September 2009, Scandinavian Countries:

Members:

Nathan Corcoran - Vocals
Lasse Lund Elmer - Guitars & Vocals
Benjamin Duus Hansen - Mandolin, Banjo & Vocals
Niels Koch - Violin
Daniel Hermann - Drums
Snorre - Bass

Discography:

"Candy Farm Sessions" (demos, 3 tracks, 2009)

"Subversive Sessions" (demos, 3 tracks, 2010)
   
http://www.roversahead.com
http://www.facebook.com/roversahead?sk=info
http://www.myspace.com/roversahead

DOWNLOAD:

http://roversahead.bandcamp.com/album/subversive-sessions-2

VIDEO - THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY "Rue the Day"

The first single from The Ramshackle Army's independent debut EP "Life Lessons & Drunken Sessions" available through iTunes and all quality independent music stores.

Directed, produced and edited by Andrew Knights 

(andrewknightsproductions.com)

The Ramshackle Army "Rue the Day"

FLOGGING MOLLY - NEWS FEBRUARY 2012

"Greetings Flogging Molly faithful!

NORTH AMERICA:

The 2012 Green 17 Tour presented by Sailor Jerry is just 2 days away!

Many of the shows have sold out or are on their way to selling out. We have an amazing list of bands touring with us on select dates, including Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Devils Makes Three, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Suedehead, and the Brothers of Brazil. Be sure to come early to check them out!

 

We'll also be posting on our tour blog regularly so you can stay up to date with all of the Green 17 antics.

Feb 17 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore *

Feb 18 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *

Feb 19 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues *

Feb 21 - Boston, MA- House of Blues *

Feb 22 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom  *

Feb 24 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore *

Feb 25 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues *

Feb 26 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore * 

Feb 28 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel *

Feb 29 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues *

Mar 2 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues ^

Mar 3 - Houston, TX - House of Blues ^ 

Mar 4 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues ^

Mar 6 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues  #

Mar 7 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues  #

Mar 9 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove   #

Mar 10 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre  #

Mar 11 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater  #

Mar 13 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre  #

Mar 14 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre  $

Mar 16 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas & Mack Center %

Mar 17 - Tempe, AZ - Tempe Beach Park +

* with Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and The Devils Makes Three

^ with The Devil Makes Three and Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss

# with Suedehead and Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss

$ with Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss and Brothers of Brazil

% with Suedehead, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, and Brothers of Brazil

+ with Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Suedehead, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Brothers of Brazil and more

Flogging Molly will also be joining the likes of Jack White,Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Red Hot Chili Peppers at The Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, AL on May 18th-20th. Then, in June, the band will be posting up in Manchester, TN at the Bonnaroo Festival with a slew of amazing artists including Radiohead, The Avett Brothers and many more.

JAPAN:

Flogging Molly is headed back to Japan for 3 shows in April.

April 16 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro

April 17 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro

April 18 - Tokyo, Japan - O-East

Get tickets and info here.

RECORD STORE DAY:

2012 marks the 10th Anniversary of the release of Flogging Molly’s celebrated sophomore album DRUNKEN LULLABIES. To commemorate the anniversary of the band’s first Gold album, Flogging Molly will release a limited edition red 7 Inch single for Record Store Day, April 21st.

Side A will contain the original, never before released, Steve Albini mix of Drunken Lullabies’ raucous title track. The song was pulled from the original recording of the album, produced by the renowned Albini, but never released.  Side B will contain a special, previously unreleased on vinyl acoustic version of the track “A Prayer For Me In Silence." The original version of the song appears on the group’s critically acclaimed 2011 album SPEED OF DARKNESS. This special Drunken Lullabies 7" will be available at participating local independent record stores beginning April 21st. Here's a list of stores participating in Record Store Day. 

CHIMES OF FREEDOM:

Flogging Molly recorded a version of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a Changin" for the new album, Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years Of Amnesty International.  Chimes of Freedom is in stores and available online now. All profits from the sale of the album benefit Amnesty International.

Stay up to date with all of the latest Flogging Molly news by downloading our official Flogging Molly App for iPhone or Android, liking us on Facebook, or following us on Twitter @_floggingmolly.

More updates coming soon. See you on the road. Cheers!

FLOGGING MOLLY"

Mr. IRISH BASTARD - NEWS FEBRUARY 2012

"Hey Ho Boys and Girls,

Its that time of the year again! Right on, its almost St. Patricks

Day! And you need a new shirt for the occasion. Check out our brand

new big day celebration 6 colour shirt. Now thats something to spill

your drink on! Mop it up while its hot!

http://www.mibshop.de/epages/62702297.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=%2FShops%2F62702297%2FProducts%2F200004%2FSubProducts%2F200004-0001

And – you guessed it – we are on the road again:

17.2. Wilhelmshaven – Kling Klang

18.2. Bochum - Matrix

25.2. Sarstedt - Klecks

09.3. Kiel - Pumpe

10.3. Magdeburg - Projekt 7

16.3. Kassel - K19

17.3. München - Backstage

24.3. Bremen - Römer (NEW VENUE!)

30.3. Lübeck - Treibsand

21.4. Unterwaldhausen - Querbeat Festival

27.4. Rüsselsheim - Das Rind

05.5. Borna - Rock am Kuhteich

12.5. Münster - Rock your gig@Sputnikhalle

23.6. Hilden - Rock your gig Festival

29.6. Vorselaar (BE) - Na Fir Bolg Festival

21.7. Oberhausen - Devilside Festival

28.7. Elend - Rocken am Brocken

See you there!

Cheers,

Mr. Irish Bastard"

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Irish-Bastard/40524367120?sk=wall

Please visit www.mririshbastard.com

ROIO - OYSTERBAND AND JUNE TABOR - MINNEAPOLIS 1991

An excellent soundboard recording from the "Freedom & Rain" tour. The original studio versions are available at the following CDs: "Rise", "Freedom & Rain" and "Little Rock to Leipzig" (Side A was studio, side B live).

June Tabor and the Oysterband met again last year and released a new album together, "Ragged Kingdom".

Track no. 9 from CD1 is a cover of Billy Bragg's "Valentine's Day is Over" 

Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?it6n96o6epbd3xb

 

 

VIDEO - HAGGIS AND BONG "The Celtic Force"

The South African band Haggis and Bong has just released their brand new video:

Haggis and Bong "The Celtic Force"

FARLER'S FURY EURO TOUR 2012

Gust production presents :

FARLER'S FURY - Euro Tour 2012
Celtic Punk Rock from Sherbrooke, Quebec

(Some dates are free so let us know if you're interested)

Friday, April 13 : Bordeaux, FR (L'Antidote) w/We'll Find Later
Saturday, April 14 : Clermont-Ferrand, FR (Les Pieds Nikelés) w/We'll Find Later
Sunday, April 15 : Turin, IT (United Club)
Monday, April 16 : TBA (Switzerland, Germany, Austria) w/Jet8
Tuesday, April 17 : TBA (Austria) w/Jet8
Wenesday, April 18 : TBA (Hungary) w/Jet8
Thursday, April 19 : Cluj-Napoca, RO (Flying Circus Pub) w/Jet8
Friday, April 20 : Kosice, SK (Collosseum) w/Jet8
Saturday, April 21 : Budapest, HU (Club 202) w/Jet8
Sunday, April 22 : Prague, CZ (Cross Club) w/Jet8
http://www.facebook.com/events/265129580200990/
Tuesday, April 24 : TBA (Germany)
Wenesday, April 25 : Castrop-Rauxel, DE (Bahia de chochinos)
Thursday, April 26 : Arnhem, NL (The Stage) w/Circle J
http://www.facebook.com/events/329358320410757/
Friday, April 27 : Utrecht, NL (ACU) w/Circle J
http://www.facebook.com/events/215362075211071/
Saturday, April 28 : Amiens, FR (Le Lucullus) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
Sunday, April 29 : Rennes, FR (Ty Anna) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
Monday, April 30 : TBA (France) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
Tuesday, May 1 : Tours, FR (Hurricane's Pub) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
http://www.facebook.com/events/161149780660576/
Wenesday, May 2 : Lyon, FR (Tostaki) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
Thursday, May 3 : TBA (France) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
Friday, May 4 : TBA (France) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux
Saturday, May 5 : TBA (France) w/Les K-Nards Boiteux


Booking & Infos : gustproduction@gmail.com