Please recommend some Irish bands

**RogerMilla** · 06/07/2006, 8:14 AM

Hello All
Currently living abroad so out of touch with the Irish Music scene.
Any good bands i should know about?
I like snow patrol , Bell X1 and english stuff like arctic monkeys , kooks , hard-fi etc
thx

**RonnieB** · 06/07/2006, 9:58 AM

Cruachan.

**ken foree** · 06/07/2006, 1:43 PM

kila - a dublin pulsing folk/dance band. very stoned.

**Plastic Paddy** · 06/07/2006, 1:59 PM

Originally Posted by ken foree

kila - a dublin pulsing folk/dance band. very stoned.

Jesus, they've been going for years. I had a very interesting night apres gig in their company in Birmingham about, ooh, ten years or so ago now. Great people. The craic was ninety-one...

PP

**RogerMilla** · 06/07/2006, 2:08 PM

thx guys have they got an album?

**Plastic Paddy** · 06/07/2006, 2:11 PM

Originally Posted by RogerMilla

thx guys have they got an album?

Loads (well, six actually). Check them out here: www.kila.ie

Enjoy.

PP

**ken foree** · 06/07/2006, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

Jesus, they've been going for years. I had a very interesting night apres gig in their company in Birmingham about, ooh, ten years or so ago now. Great people. The craic was ninety-one...

PP

nice one, i believe it! i figured they qualified even though they've been around, they're perhaps not as well known as they should be, unfortunately. didn't they record a concept album based on the cult japanese kung-fu show 'monkey'?? i think their members have solo stuff out too.. here's a discography page with some mp3s:

http://www.kila.ie/discography/

**Dodge** · 06/07/2006, 2:18 PM

www.larocca.ie

**finlma** · 06/07/2006, 2:23 PM

Guggenheim Grotto - one of the best Irish bands around. http://www.guggenheimgrotto.com/

If you're into a bit guitar type electro funk check out Blue Ghost from Kilkenny. They were great at Electric Picnic last year - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=66034583

**Buller** · 06/07/2006, 2:53 PM

Delorentos!!! Theyre releasing their first album in septemeber and they're pretty good... i saw them live in HMV in town and bought there single there, got a pic with them and ther auto's!

**Schumi** · 06/07/2006, 3:09 PM

Turn. Their second album in particular is excellent.

**twoenz** · 06/07/2006, 3:49 PM

Best Irish band at the minute has to be Oppenheimer. www.myspace.com/oppenheimer.

Really poppy (in a good way). Signed in the States, hail from Belfast.

Republic of Loose are worth a mention too.

**RogerMilla** · 07/07/2006, 8:47 AM

thanks a million lads heard oppenheimer mentioned before alright , will check all your recommendations out. Please feel free to post any more that come to mind.

**RogerMilla** · 10/07/2006, 10:22 AM

ok , have amazoned myself up a selection from above , thanks

**James** · 10/07/2006, 11:33 AM

check out the blizzards, turn definitely as mentioned..delorentos also

**Colie** · 10/07/2006, 5:14 PM

Originally Posted by Buller

Delorentos!!! Theyre releasing their first album in septemeber and they're pretty good... i saw them live in HMV in town and bought there single there, got a pic with them and ther auto's!

I have seen them live a few times before & made a point of catching them at Oxygen, where they totally kicked ass even though they were on at midday on Sunday. I would rate them so highly & I reckon they'll make in the UK too & possibly the US coz their sound is pretty current. You can probably get a copy of their first EP from last year called "Leave it on" from somewhere. You can hear the second track from the EP on their website http://student.dcu.ie/~mccormr7/del2/index.htm Try & get into them they're class.