Date
Friday 11 September 2009 at 9:00pm
Location
Academy
57 Middle Abbey Street,
Dublin,
Ireland
Link
http://www.mcd.ie/listings/fg.php?c=1409670&ar=thelemonheads
Description
The Lemonheads have announced details of two Irish dates this September in Dublin and Belfast in support of their new album Varshons. They will play at The Academy in Dublin on Friday 11 September and the Speakeasy in Belfast the following night. Tickets are on sale tomorrow, Wednesday 5 August at Ticketmaster outlets.
Tickets for The Academy date on Friday 11 September are priced €26 incl. booking fee.
It makes sense that the new album from The Lemonheads sounds like a mix tape slipped to you by a music-obsessed friend anxious to turn you on to something new. In fact, the idea for the band’s new covers record was inspired by Gibby Haynes, ringmaster of the Butthole Surfers, who for years has made mixes for his longtime friend Evan Dando. “Making a good mix is an art, and Gibby has it down,” says Dando. “I thought it would be fun to share these songs with other people like he shared them with me. So I picked the ‘greatest hits’ from his mixes and covered them, along with a few other songs I always wanted to play.”
VARSHONS was produced by Haynes, mixed by ex-Cornershop guru Anthony Saffrey, and features Dando along with Vess Ruhtenburg (bass) and Devon Ashley (drums). The collection is filled with strange bedfellows - from G.G. Allin to Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt and garage rockers The Green Fuz. The Lemonheads make each track their own, with help from actress Liv Tyler, singing back up on Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye,” and Kate Moss, who sings over the dance groove of Arling & Cameron’s “Dirty Robot,” Also featured on lead guitar and backing vocals throughout most of the album is John Perry, on loan from The Only Ones.
Filled with obscure nuggets, the tracks on VARSHONS cut a wide swath, jumping from early British psychedelic to Dutch electronica and like all good mix tapes, you never know what is coming next.
The Lemonheads live in Ireland this September. Tickets on sale Wednesday 5 August.
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