Czech Inn – the Knots

3/22/2013 – Day two of gigs – Friday night- and it’s the joy of 4 more Bands this weekend. This time it was at a venue I’d never visited before, but they have local music on Friday nights under a program called “Freak Out Dublin” . Gigs are in the downstairs pub area, which has a small but well set up stage. The basement is long and narrow – with some cool lighting around the bar and some fabulous white couched areas to chat.

The last band of the night was called Knots. This is a 4 piece rock band – made up of guys from here in Dublin.
Botham Valentino – Vox, Guitar; Rob O’Dwyer – Drums; Conor Lawlor – Guitar; Ciaran Hurd – Bass. I’m not really able to compare them to anything else, as they have their own brand of Irish sound. I would suggest giving them a listen by checking out the album on their website.

You can find out more on their facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/knotsmusic or on their personal website at http://knotsmusic.com/.

As always, more photos can be found on my flickr site – with a collection of pictures from the evening, here.

See all the bands from the night here:

T’anks General:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/07/czech-inn-tanks-general/
Shiloh Palace:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/03/23/czech-inn-shiloh-palace/
The confusion:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/03/23/czech-inn-the-confusion/
The Knots: http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/07/czech-inn-the-knots/

Czech Inn – The Confusion

The third band up was The Confusion. Again, a fairly young band, but they have lots of promise. They too are made up of 5 members -Lewis Kenny (Vocals), David Bellew (Lead Guitar), Michael Treacy (Rhythm Guitar), Mark Lynch (Drums), Dean Glennon (Bass). They have a sound kind of like something out of the 1960’s but are quite enjoyable. The lead singer has a good voice, and the group grooves well together – which is why they’ve made it to at least the semi-finals of a local band competition.

You can checkout their facebook site here – http://www.facebook.com/TheConfusion?fref=ts – note that they do have a link to reverb nation with some sample tracks.

As always, more photos can be found on my flickr site – with a collection of pictures from the evening, here.

See all the bands from the night here:

Czech Inn – Shiloh Palace

Second band up was Shiloh Palace. They’re fairly young – and in this case, the drummer wasn’t playing the traditional drum set in the corner. He was sitting on a wooden box beating out the rhythm with his hands and using his feet as well. This was interesting to listen to and to watch, and I quite enjoyed their musical style.