Black Gate Presents

Jinx Lennon
Ursidae
& DOGS

Galway Mechanics Institute
8pm Friday, June 9th

Tickets: €20

Doors at 7:30pm

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Jinx Lennon

On June 9th The Black Gate brings one of modern Ireland’s greatest songwriters and showmen to the historic Galway Mechanics Institute for an evening of raw punk-folk poetry, drum-machine ballads and cutting social commentary.

There can be no doubt that Jinx Lennon is one of a kind, a living legend and a beacon of artistic integrity in contemporary music. Uplifting, honest, funny, personal and, at times, scary, a Jinx Lennon show switches from sample beats to acoustic guitar, bass and bass drum with recorded dialogue played over a tape machine between songs as a barrier to ''ego inflation'', or what Jinx calls THE CONTRARIAN ELECT. He sings songs about the times we live in, social issues and the struggle to retain sanity and integrity in the 21st century.

Jinx has been writing and recording music since 1980 in bands including Novena Babes, Silver Seeds, Zen Emeralds, and Sneaky Pete And The Ostrich. He has performed throughout Ireland and the U.K. as well as Europe and America. He has 13 acclaimed album releases and has supported The Fall and toured with John Cooper Clarke.

Jinx's new album Walk Lightly When the Jug is Full is a full on assault course through the world of open tuned guitar and punk folk attitude, with lyrics dealing with teenage pregnancies, the incel community, police brutality and noisy terraced house living.

''I’ve been a fan of this man for the past fifteen years. He’s one of the most iconic underground musical icons that we have'' - Tommy Tiernan

''A turning point for an often overlooked singer '' - The Irish Times

"Lennon's wry humour means there's enough levity to avoid pontification. A record as raw and real as it's creator" - Sunday Times Culture Magazine

"Except in the crucial sense that he understands class, Lennon is not a protest singer. The rich horn in for a few lines, but mostly Lennon means to warn the local good guys about the bad guys waiting to fuck them up" - Bob Christgau, Rolling Stone / Village Voice

"Jinx Lennon is an unstoppable force of nature. With PET RENT, he has proven once again that, just when we think we know all the answers, it is time to change the questions" - Edwin Mc Fee, Hot Press

Ursidae

Ursidae are a West-Coast musical collective centred on lead singer and guitarist Dónal Tuipéar. The band features a revolving line up of musicians from the four corners of the country who help bring Dónal's fighter pilot approach to songwriting to life. Driven by infectious - ramshackle energy; Ursidae are the self-proclaimed West-Coast Stewards of charming indie-folk-rock. having just released the long-awaited video for their first single ffffBonsai Tree, Dónal and the band are primed for a big year of creating and performing for the masses.

DOGS
DOGS is new musical collaboration between multi-awarded Irish songwriters NICK KELLY ("A God" - Hot Press) and SEAN “DOCTOR” MILLAR ("A National Treasure" - Irish Times). This show is part of their Irish warm-up for their Song Cycle to Glastonbury, a uniquely sustainable tour in which Nick will cycle and Sean will travel by public transport from Ireland to the world’s largest music festival, playing live shows each night along the route culminating in a performance at Worthy Farm itself, to start a conversation about more sustainable approaches to live music.