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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: March 15, 2010 @ 7:30 pm

    Grizzly Bear, Midlake, Camera Obscura and Villagers, Cork, June

    Jim Carroll

    Grizzly Bear play their only Irish show of 2010 at Live at the Marquee, Cork on June 25. Also on the pretty darn awesome Harmonic bill: Midlake, Camera Obscura and Villagers (whose debut album is one of the sweetest things I’ve heard in years). Tickets are €35 and go on sale on Friday.

    “Harmonic was put together by Aiken Promotions and independent promoter Leagues O’Toole (Foggy Notions), with a view to forming a mass gathering of independent music lovers in Cork City.”

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    • 25 Comments

    1.
    March 15, 2010
    7:30 pm

    May I be the 1st to say… Deadly, roadtrip!

    Comment by endac
    2.
    March 15, 2010
    7:34 pm

    Only Irish show of 2010, for real real?

    Comment by David
    3.
    March 15, 2010
    7:35 pm

    Good line-up will drag plenty people down here hopefully

    Comment by Stevie Grainger
    4.
    March 15, 2010
    7:36 pm

    endac – for sure

    david – yes, per Foggy Notions

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    5.
    March 15, 2010
    7:39 pm

    Sigh. Tracyanne…

    Comment by redframewhitelight
    6.
    March 15, 2010
    7:49 pm

    There!

    Comment by Ian
    7.
    March 15, 2010
    8:08 pm

    Portugal play Brazil that night…the old football v music conundrum rears its head.

    Comment by Bobby
    8.
    March 15, 2010
    8:25 pm

    Will probably be watching the football to be honest. Only really a fan of Midlake and they were a bit hit and miss in Vicar St a few weeks back…

    Comment by Quint
    9.
    March 15, 2010
    8:27 pm

    Quint – I’d say the promoters will pull the gig when they hear that.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    10.
    March 15, 2010
    11:08 pm

    bobby

    i’ll be opting for the grizzly bear end of that music/football spectrum
    great to see camera obscura there too

    another thought, seeing as this is called the “inaugural year”, i’m already looking forward to next year

    Comment by conor o't
    11.
    March 15, 2010
    11:33 pm

    “Harmonic was put together by Aiken Promotions and independent promoter Leagues O’Toole (Foggy Notions), with a view to forming a mass gathering of independent music lovers in Cork City.”

    It will be very interesting to see what comes of this. Great announcement.

    Comment by The G-Man
    12.
    March 16, 2010
    3:12 am

    Jim@9 – ”Quint – I’d say the promoters will pull the gig when they hear that.”

    Got an email from the promoters saying they were pulling it but luckily I convinced them to go ahead with it, just for my own personal safety. I don’t want to be lynched by indier-than-thou bloggers and OTR readers.:-)

    Comment by Quint
    13.
    March 16, 2010
    4:53 am

    baby due the next day 40 miles away.
    Just adding a new reason to not be able to go to the gig

    Comment by ronan from corksongs
    14.
    March 16, 2010
    9:11 am

    cannot wait! At last a great gig we don’t have to travel to.

    Comment by comet
    15.
    March 16, 2010
    9:12 am

    wow, i’ll have some of that, i’ll never doubt you again jim

    Comment by petee
    16.
    March 16, 2010
    11:02 am

    Not crazy about that Villagers song (and have loved what I heard previously) — musically it’s pretty solid buy lyrically its rather wayward.

    Comment by Teddy
    17.
    March 16, 2010
    11:42 am

    Well I’m in the roadtrip category. Have an aversion to the over-hyped Portuguese after having to endure one of the worst games of international football i’ve ever experienced when they played England a good few years back. Speaking of…ahem….”music” and football will there be any World Cup songs released this year i wonder? You know, the cheesy videos of the players horsing around in the studio, singing badly and generally reminding us why they should stick to the day jobs? Oh no! I’ve “Fog on’t Tyne” in me head now. Damn the unrelenting cruelty of the thought process…!!

    Comment by Fergal
    18.
    March 16, 2010
    12:02 pm

    Harmonic was put together by Aiken Promotions and independent promoter Leagues O’Toole (Foggy Notions), with a view to forming a mass gathering of independent music lovers in Cork City.

    Nice booking. This will be the biggest convention of cool t-shirts Cork has seen in years.

    Comment by Ivor
    19.
    March 16, 2010
    2:31 pm

    Fergal – I think the footballer cheese quota has been exceeded by the Jimmy Bullard Wash n’ Go ad. Seriously, look it up on YouTube.

    Comment by Joe
    20.
    March 16, 2010
    2:35 pm

    Possible suggestion re the football clash – a big bloody screen outside the Marquee.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    21.
    March 16, 2010
    4:21 pm

    @ 18
    Ivor – I guess you’ve never seen my wardrobe. Pound for pound t-shirt greatness. I reckon I’ve more arab strap t-shirts than Chemikal have at this stage

    Comment by ronan from corksongs
    22.
    March 16, 2010
    6:05 pm

    As a gig goer residing in Cork I’ve often raged against a) all the best gigs in Dublin being on bloody Tuesdays and the like and b) the Marquee pandering to wannabe pop chavs, once a decade gig goers and rednecks.

    So I will buy tickets forthwith, even though Grizzly Bear doesn’t do much for me…

    Er, how do you get on the presale list?

    Comment by dealga
    23.
    March 17, 2010
    12:09 am

    Hopefully Cork will be a flute free zone on june 25th :)

    That was the downer at Vicar Street far too much flute and of course the new songs didnt quite stand up to the older songs.

    Still Grizzly Bear and Camera Obscura on my own own doorstep happy days.

    Comment by derek m
    24.
    April 26, 2010
    3:28 pm

    Saw Efterklang and Slaraffenland in Whelans last night – well worth a trip to see – great gig especially if you like Grizzly Bear, Beach House, Polar Bear etc. Agree with the wish for flute free zone – saw Midlake in Vicar Street after loving the trials…. album. The onslaught of Jethro Tull – esque, Moody Blues and Mike Oldfield jazz flute stylings was v depressing

    Comment by Jane
    25.
    June 7, 2010
    10:55 am

    yes I agree too much flute(never though I’d hear myself saying those words)..anyway, great line up. I’m bring my boyfriend who hasn’t a clue about music. Hopefully he will be transformed..he loves roscoe..who doesn’t !!!

    Comment by peter

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