Maybe not on recordings, but 5 of my favourite live acts would be * therapy? (oh yes) * and so i watched you from afar (take you to another place) * the frank and walters (the sheer joy of a franks gig) * ilya k (intense and lashings of energy) * hybrasil (not too bands can make not-so-dancing feet dance) ((anyway of posting lists, line at a time, or even starting a new paragraph when posting on this message board? all sentences run one after t'other!))

My top 5 live Irish bands (in no particular order)

• Villagers (such a big voice from such a little guy)
• Future Kings of Spain (I love to sing along, and they are one of the few bands I know every word to every song so I tend to enjoy their gigs quite a bit)
• Roisin Murphy (the Queen of entertainment, poptastic)
• Republic of Loose (not a fan of anything they do on record but live, wow, I like moosic when it's like that [/terrible 'pun']
• Ham Sandwich (their cover versions tend to be amazing live)

IK, how the sweet jesus do you get the bullet points and list one line at a time? cheers

You have to go into 'full reply' and it's an option on the header bar, right beside the left, right, middle and justify options.  I never use the quick reply...should do I suppose but always go into the seperate page.

Gotta agree about the Frank and Walters, utterly, utterly brilliant live band. I've never seen a band so at ease with being on stage, with each other and their audience. The Funeral Suits impressed me when I saw them supporting the Breeders earlier this year, which I think is quite an achievement. It's usually very hard for a support band to really make an impression with an initially apathetic and sceptical audience. Finally, they may be deeply, deeply uncool, but I've never seen the FourOfUs do a bad gig. If their records were half as much fun as their gigs, theres no way they'd be shuffled off into their current AOR niche.

I saw the Blizzards live and thought they were excellent, I still won't buy their album though. Mutant Culture are pretty good live aswell. Has anyone here seen A Lazarus Soul live? I've not been fortunate enough to get to see them live yet.

Posted By Rest_Energy on 12 Aug 2009 04:32 PM
I saw the Blizzards live and thought they were excellent, I still won't buy their album though. Mutant Culture are pretty good live aswell. Has anyone here seen A Lazarus Soul live? I've not been fortunate enough to get to see them live yet.

A Lazarus Soul are excellent live. The last time I saw them, a couple of months ago in Whelan's, was the best I've ever seen them. Seem to be putting much more effort into that than the Future Kings lately.