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Named for the door fanlights which typify the Georgian terraces in Dublin’s city centre, Fanlights are a four piece psychedelic-pop group from Dublin.
Formed in the summer of 2013, they have performed in and around Ireland at clubs and festivals, and London. The lineup has changed several times, with the one constant being Unamae Cahill, lead singer and writer of their songs.
Unamae also supports unsigned and new artists herself, with a weekly radio show, The Fluffy Noise, broadcast Fridays 3-4pm, and a new bands night every Monday in Temple Bar.
On any given day, and particularly on the weekends, you can hear high quality music on Dublin's Grafton Street that you wouldn’t hear anywhere else. It was on such a day that we visited, and we found ourselves caught up in the crowd surrounding The FitzaFrenic, a ska act based in Dublin.
Stripped back and simple, the band nonetheless were able to go through all the tracks from their album, “Chew The Fuse”. The 10 track album, co-produced by Mark Healy and NDT Productions, was on sale during the gig.
Consisting of Conor McGrath (Lead Vocals and Sax), Cian Lernihan (Lead Guitar), Mark O’Connor (Bass Guitar), Trav Keogh (Drums), the FitzaFrenic have been together since 2008 and it shows. In 2010, they appeared live on TG4’s Pop 4, 98FM and Spin 103.8.
We've already talked about Kodaline in this issue, but they're still in our list of our faves for St Patrick's Day. The four-piece from Dublin moved across the Irish Sea last year to take their chances in the UK.
The chances seem to be in their favour as Kodaline are now on tour across Europe and the US, with many gigs sold out. "All I Want", the stand out song from their first album, "In a Perfect World" has found its way onto the soundtrack of both Gray's Anatomy and last year's smash hit movie, "The Fault In Our Stars".
Not bad. Not bad at all!