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The Brilliant Things – Bar Ritz, Castlebar

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Words: Gareth O’Malley

 

“Things got off to a bit of a shaky start, it has to be said, though through no fault of the aplty named The Brilliant Things, who record as a two piece.  Having already impressed when I caught them supporting The Blizzards back in April, even myriad technical problems couldn’t put them off. Lead vocalist Marie Junior was in fine form. So too was the touring drummer, whose performance on set- closer and recent single “Rise” was nothing short of spectacular.  With an album (“Stronger Than Romeo”) due early next year, there seem to be big things ahead for the group.”

 

 

 

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Bar Ritz – The Bar Ritz – Castlebar, Mayo – 17/10/09

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Event
The Bar Ritz
When
Saturday, October 17, 2009
10:15pm - All Ages
Where
Bar Ritz (map)
Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland

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The Music Show – Reviews

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

The gig in the RDS was a huge success! It’s a week later and we’re still buzzing with excitement! We want to thank everyone who came along, supported us and danced their hearts out! The reviews so far have been great, and we thought you might like to see a few:

From Hotpress magazine:

“The Brilliant Things played to a thronged arena and went down a storm, with Marie Junior giving it loads upfront and co-conspirator Greg French more than looking the part in eyeliner and natty threads. If the ecstatic crowd reaction is anything to go by, electro pop is back in Ireland, especially when it’s delivered with this kind of energy and musical smarts! The Brilliant Things are looking like the real thing!”

The Irish culture website, culch.ie, has two reviews, one by Eoin and one by Darragh.

… the band took to the stage with as much energy as I have ever seen them (or any other band, for that matter), display, blasting through their twenty minute set.

Since first coming across them opening the Oxegen Festival on the Main Stage with the Artane Band this summer, their music has really struck a chord. Their upbeat tunes are a perfect mix of sweet well-pitched vocals from Marie Jr. and just-so lyrics from Greg French.

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The Hotpress Music Show

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

We’re playing at the Hotpress Music Show in the RDS tomorrow. The show is billed as Ireland’s Ultimate Music event, and will feature talks and performances from all the big names in the Irish music industry and we’re really excited to be opening the second day!

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The Academy with Carolina Liar

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

We recently played two great gigs in the Academy – the first supporting Carolina Liar and the second downstairs at The Once A Month Club. Both gigs went really, really well and we had a brilliant time.

Luckily for us there were some great photographers in the crowd too! Here are some of the excellent pics they took:

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