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Guilty Optics

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

*EDIT* Bridges of Madison County have stepped in to replace Percolator, who had to pull out. Whelan’s-bound tonight, Hands Up Who Wants To Die are playing a gig in the downstairs venue, a big room for that massive sound. Extra good news: they’ve been working on their second album, and so your €6 spondos on

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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

News :: Guilty Optics

Woke up to a bit of unfortunate news this morning: an email from Al Finnerty of Guilty Optics informing me that Ruadhan O’Meara has left the band. This comes as a bit of a surprise considering how...

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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Flyer :: Hounds / Guilty Optics / Ginola

This is gonna be a great gig, first bellower of the year, the kind where the music’s deep and heavy, the voices loud and brash, the soundwaves tumble overhead like thunder as feet pound the floor and...

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Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Gig :: C!ties / Guilty Optics / BATS

Gonna be HEFTO. GUILTY OPTICS – WHITE TEETH by OOAL C!TIES-KRAKATOA by OOAL Recently, the Stripey Jumper known as Eoghan O’Sullivan who blogs at The Point Of Everything had some interviews with Guilty Optics and C!ties ahead...

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Friday, October 29th, 2010

News :: Guilty Optics / C!ties

Here’s a digital preview of the second split 7″ of 2010 from Limerick label Out On A Limb and it hasn’t failed to disappoint! Pairing the hefty noise of Guilty Optics with the harebrained vigour of C!ties,...

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

News :: C!ties

After most of the summer keeping quiet, C!ties are getting back into the swing of things with loads of new happenings. While most experimental bands are like round pegs for square holes, there’s no shape that would...

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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Flyer :: Elk, Guilty Optics, Blasterbra

Really looking forward to this – though originally Hooray For Humans were headlining this bill now fellow Corkers Elk are stepping up to bring their incendiary velvet to Dublin for a rare live show – with Galway’s...

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Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Flyer :: Shield Your Eyes

Shield Your Eyes and Pneu are English bands, heading Ire way for heavy excellence next week. I mention the gig because it’s a home production, Dublin promoter Murmur Presents has thrown more than a few bangers for...

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Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Art :: Blasterbra

I love this image. It’s the cover of Blasterbra‘s Soon EP. I want to live in the Garden of Skulls. Guitarist/singer Anna did the artwork, in fact the band pretty much made the whole thing themselves, wrote/recorded/produced/mixed...

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