Christmas came early this year for me. Never did I think that Me First and the Gimme Gimmes would be playing Dublin, and never did I ever think I'd get to shoot one of their shows! Well, that all changed last week when they played the Academy in Dublin on a cold, damp, Monday night! I've been a fan since 1997, when one of the lads I worked with, brought in a copy of Have a Ball . It was love at first listen! I did manage to catch them live back in 2019 when they played the O2 Forum in Kentish Town , London, and it was every bit as good as I'd hoped, but it paled in comparison to Monday night in Dublin. So, how did it come about? Well, back in 2013, I interviewed the band for a now defunct Irish website called Chunk.ie . Over the years, I've stayed on their PR roster, so I took a chance and emailed my contact there. Lo and behold, a few emails later and all was sorted, I was down to photograph the show. How was it? Brilliant, amazing, fantastic,...
A few years ago, I think it was Electric Picnic 2014, I saw a band called Ka tet play. They were one of the highlights of the festival for me. So much so, I contacted them and interviewed them for chunk.ie. As happens frequently, and in the Irish music industry, all too frequently, Ka tet broke up and were no more.
Over the weekend though, I was contacted on Instagram by a former member of Ka tet, Tomás. He told me that he has a new band called Bury Me With My Money and wondered if I'd like to check them out.
Well that's a stupid question, of course I would! So I did, and you know what? It's good stuff. It might not be to everyones taste, but I like it a lot. So, being the nice guy that I am, I'll share it here for you to hear.
Oh and there is a new release coming on August 18th, so as soon as I get my hands on that, I'll post a link and let you know what I think.
But for now, check these videos out:
Over the weekend though, I was contacted on Instagram by a former member of Ka tet, Tomás. He told me that he has a new band called Bury Me With My Money and wondered if I'd like to check them out.
Well that's a stupid question, of course I would! So I did, and you know what? It's good stuff. It might not be to everyones taste, but I like it a lot. So, being the nice guy that I am, I'll share it here for you to hear.
Oh and there is a new release coming on August 18th, so as soon as I get my hands on that, I'll post a link and let you know what I think.
But for now, check these videos out: