Eileen Gogan is launching her debut album this week after spending years fronting and guesting for many Dublin pop bands. – The launch is Thursday March 24 in the Grand Social
Her powerful, unaffected singing style has been compared with Sandy Denny and Kirsty McColl but her sound – a blend of glistening guitar and vintage keyboards – draws on a range of influences such as Richard and Linda Thompson, Neil Young, Can, Patti Smith and Yo La Tengo.
Her song writing blends astute observations with razor sharp lyrics and a highly attuned pop sensibility. This collection is an enthralling and winningly confident debut from a songwriter who is in full control of her craft, Eileen has sung for some of Irelands finest bands, (The Would Be’s, The Revenants, The Drays).
The Spirit of Oberlin is the first ever collection of songs penned by Eileen herself.
Upcoming gigs
March 18 – The Mariannes, Workmans Club
March 19 – International Day Against Racism – Anti War Zone, an anti war cultural night – Joyce and the sonic gypsies + Evelyn Campbell + Sisterix, Workmans Club
March 22 – Battles, Button factory
March 23 – Benefit for Peter McVerry Trust – Grassroots project + Oisin Furlong + Joey Gavin, Whelans
March 24 – Skinny Living, Whelans
March 24 – Eileen Gogan and The Instructions, Grand Social
March 26 – At The Drive In +Le Butcherettes, Vicar Street
March 26 – Blood or Whiskey + trouble pilgrims, Workmans Club
March 27 – The Ramonas + The Craic, Fibber Magees
March 27 – Jeff Rosenstock + Great Cynics + Chewing on Tinfoli + Empty Lungs, Whelans
March 28 – CRAIG GALLAGHER +FIACH MORIARTY + KILA + LISA O’NEILL + MICK FLANNERY + ORLA GARTLAND + THE SPOOK OF THE 13TH LOCK, Lower Fitzwilliam Street open air gig
March 31 – Protomartyr, The Workmans Club
March 31 – Riot Tapes + Chris Haze, Whelans
April 1 – Freedom doesn’t fall from the sky, Theo Dorgan + Lynched + Liam Ó Maonlaí + Declan O’ Rourke + Niall & Caoimhín Vallely + Karan Casey + Aoife Ní Bhriain + Kate Ellis + Cora Venus Lunny + Lisa Dowdall + Louis De Paor + Mick O’ Brien + Aoife Scott , Liberty Hall
April 2 – Peter Hook and the Light perform New Order’s Low-Life and Brotherhood, with
opening Joy Division Set, The Academy
April 2 – The Meatboides, The Workmans Club
April 2 – The Winter Passing + Stairwells + Over being UNder + January, Tenterhooks
April 2 – Colonel Mustard + The Shades + Mannequin Sex Drive, Wehlans
April 5 – ExMagician, Whekans
April 8 – THE Defects + SFU +The Nils + Spaz Attack, One The Rox
April 8- Toby Kaar, The Workmans Club
April 8 – Reverberation Festival featuring The Cosmic Dead + Twinkranes + Woven Skull + Wild Rocket + I Heart The Monster Hero, Grand Social
April 9 – Reverberation Festival featuring The Cult Of Dom Keller + The Black Tambourines + Beach + Fabric + Sun Mahshene
April 9 – Overhead, The Albatross, Workmans Club
April 13 – Giant Sand + Jason Lytle, Whelans
April 14 – Lynched, Traditional Music Archive
April 15 – Rews, Whelans
April 15 – September Girls + Fierce Mild + Spines, Whelans
April 17 – Basia Bulat, The Workmans Club
April 18 – Mission of Burma + Opium Rooms, Whelans
April 19 – Flamin Groovies + Female Hercules, Whelans
April 19 – Kimya Dawson + Little Wings, Workmans Club
April 21 – King Khan and BBQ Show, Workmans Club
April 23 – Red Alert + Takers and Users, the Kluster fux + Suckin’ Diesel, On The Rox
April 23 – Slow Readers Club, Workmans Club
April 24 – Ought + Fierce Mils, Whelans
April 27 – The Gories, Whelans
April 28 – Lake Street Dive, Whelans
April 29 – Hookworms, Whelans
April 30 – Dublin Ska Festival , The Grand Social
April 30 – frau + Sissy, Tenterhooks
April 30 – Duncan Reid and the Big heads + the Lee harveys + The Divils + Steven VX
April 30 – Shonen Knife, Whelans
April 30 – Jeffrey Lews and Los Bolts, Whelans
May 1 – Grant Lee Phillips, Whelans
May 2 – Ryley Walker, Whelans
May 7 – frank and Walters, Whelans
May 8 – Long Ryders, Whelans
May 13 – Pretty Beast, Grand Social
May 13 – The Mighty Stef, Button Factory
May 16 – Day Wave, The Workmans Club
May 21 – God Is an Astronaut, Whelans
May 28 – Robert Forster, Whelans
May 29 – High Cornwell, Whelans
May 27 – Bollock Brothers + Hooligan – On the rox
