I came across The Discarded Retarded by chance at the Battle of the Bands Competition which is currently being held at the Academy every Wednesday night. As mentioned in my earlier blog re Aortal the ultimate prize is to play at Oxygen 2008. The Discarded Retarded burst on to stage with two of their members wearing huge masks of Bertie Aherne and Mary Harney.Their performance, if I was to sum it up in one word would be manic. The guy wearing the Bertie Aherne mask had bottles stuffed in his shorts which he was banging with sticks! I didn't know whether to just enjoy this band or take some photos. Here is a few I took Despite their energetic performance, the Winner of that nights heat was Mob Fandango
The Flaws have played a number of support slots for The Thrills throughout the country and Saturday night they did the honors again. They played to a packed Village and received an enthusiastic response from the crowd. The Flaws have just recently released their single " 1981 " and their debut album " Achieving Vagueness" is out on the 14th of September. Catch up with them on www.myspace.com/theflawsmusic
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