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The Only Problem With Ghundi Is Their Name Doesn't Work Well Into A Title

I went out on Sunday night to see Only Fumes and Corpses expecting to receive an aural pummelling form Galway’s favourite angry men and expecting ’em blow the crowd away. I got what I expected. I was not expecting Ghundi, a four piece who have just released their first EP 3196ep. It’s a cheap looking thing for €3 which usually means a band is unsure of the quality of their work or they know its crap. From the confidence and competence of the gig they don’t seem like a band unsure of themselves and from the material they played they shouldn’t be worried about the quality. I suppose I’m going the long way around to saying these guys bloody rock. I got a distinctly Suicidal Tendencies  vibe from some the songs in both style and lyrical delivery, which is never a bad thing.
They hammered out the songs at break-neck pace so much that vocalist Kollin Finnerty had to pause for breath, just as well then the whole EP is only about 14 min long or he may have needed a respirator by the end. A bass heavy and hard edged sound that never descends in pointless noise and shouty-chanty lyrical delivery which avoids the oi oi oi school of thought, Ghundi have a clear notion of what they want to do and the talent and style to pull it off. Sanity Clause and Soundtrack To a Riot are the high points and sure to become crowd favourites for their chunky grinding riff (Sanity Clause) and mental/genius direction change (Soundtrack To a Riot).
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Flogging Molly Float Our Way

Flogging Molly the best Punk/trad band (cept for the Pogues who are in semi retirement) are returning with their 4 full studio album Float March 4th. It will be the first one recorded in Ireland as they formed and found success in LA. The Molly will be Flogging their new songs June 5th  at the Academy in Dublin. Seen em live and trust me when I tell you boys and girls for high energy fun and leap about madness you cant beat them.

To prove it I grabbed a clip of them in action Its an earlier song taken from their first Album Swagger. Watch it and tell me it doesn't look like mental craic......go on I defy ya

New Republic

Republic of Loose are putting the finishing touches to their third album which is scheduled release in late Spring. The first single "Go SteadyWith It” is set for April and the band are shooting the video around now.
The Album is going to have a live feel, "We've gone back to being a band in a room, listening to American soul, jazz, rock and hip-hop" so says Brez.

In other Loose news the lads will play with Sinead O'Connor at the Meteor awards on February 15th.
The song they will do is Curtis Mayfield's brooding 'We People Who Are Darker Than Blue' which will be a tribute to Ronnie Drew. Should be good.