In the aftermath of Devious Theatre’s highly successful fourth production ‘Smitten‘, I’ve been slowly but surely getting through a huge backlog of work, meaning lots of new additions to the Kilkenny Music Galleries.
First up, I’ve added my shots from the 25th One Take Sessions featuring performances from Harry Rambles, Michael Whelan, Walk Person and the […]

The Hype Entertainment Battle of the Bands 2008 has finally begun, with the first heat kicking off on Sunday in the Zoo Club.
KilkennyMusic.com is officially sponsoring the competition again this year, with full on-line coverage, Daw behind the desk and myself and Ken behind the judging table with organiser Andrew McGuinness.
Like last year, Oss237.com is […]

Yesterday saw hundreds of people cram into the Zoo club for the final of this years Battle of the Bands. Unfortunately the crowd attracted the attention of over a dozen local scumbags aswell. As people tried to enter the Zoo for the final they were spat on!? This group of ignorant little losers were big […]

And so the summer comes to a close and what a summer it has been! Okay the weather was pretty much consistently shite but that didn’t stop us from having a great time. I’m back to college next week, entering my final year and it’s looking like the workload will be pretty heavy, so I’m […]

I got an email off Ken this morning to check out a comment on Sound System Podcast 21. The comment was left under the username Briain and was a bitter little rant in relation to myself, Daw, Ken and Boo judging this years Battle of the Bands. Every year, some people end up unhappy after […]

Sunday saw the 4th and final heat in the Kilkenny Battle of the Bands 2007, with four more acts (Pitch Black, The Prix, Nerve, KickStart) taking to the stage to compete for €3,500 worth of prizes.Over the last four weeks of the competition 13 bands have performed, with only 4 places available in the final.
The […]

The Arts Festival started over the weekend, and the town is full of tourists, artists and exhibitions. Not that I’ve had a chance to go check out anything just yet, this weekend was another hectic one for all the KilkennyMusic staff. I did see some street performers yesterday (pictured above), you can’t see it but […]

Sunday was the 2nd Heat in this years Kilkenny Battle of the Bands, with three more bands (Desecration, Mantra, Atrax Mantis) taking to the stage to battle it out and things are really starting to heat up. It’s not going to be easy for myself, Ken, Daw and Boo to judge this year when there’s […]

On Monday I posted a blog following the first heat of the Kilkenny Battle of the Bands 2007, with myself, Ken, Daw and Boo as the judges this year. The intention was to provide some feedback and give some tips to both the bands who had performed in the heat (Decadation, Teratoria, Wee Duggy) and […]