Dublin Gigs

Concerts here are quite the hip thing to go and do quite often. They got to them all the time, and I figured I might as well jump on that bandwagon. I thought I could check out some local Irish or Dublin bands. Little did I know, the biggest gig that everyone was looking forward to was a US group called MGMT, shortened from Management. There was a huge group of us going to the Ambassador but since Karen and I got our tickets the minute they went on sale, we were on the main floor, which is open standing space, so depending on how ambitious we were with the crowd we could have pushed out way up to the front. We stayed towards the middle with the other 15 or so people we came with upstairs in the balcony where they have seats are quite civilized. The band was very techo type music so when their most popular song came on, it is like they hit play on their pre-recorded music and just sang the lyrics. I had fun dancing with Karen ant it was too bad were were not with the rest of our friends, but the next one will be better!

A few weeks later, Edell had an extra ticket to Fleet Foxes. Again, another band I had never heard of but could hear Sean listen to it through his headphones, so I did know the music well. It was a free ticket, and since Vicar Street is only a 5 minute walk from my place, I said sure! We met at Lord Edward's pub for a few scoops before hand and then made the trek up to the gig just in time for them to come on. Again to my surprise, they are actually from Seattle. Folky rock is the best way to describe them, but since this was a smaller gig, we could all stand together and had a great time swaying to the music dancing and humming along. If anything, I have gotten to appreciate a wider range of music, i just wish it was a little more Irish influenced, oh well!