The excellent Dublin band Alphastates(babelfish) return to the frey with a gig at the sugar club this friday jan 30th. The band have rec eived rave reviews for their 3 ep`s to date and will release their debut album "made from sand" in march. You may have heard such songs as "sometimes" "addicted" 'good stuff" ?if not then treat yourself and have a listen at www.alphastates.com featuring the sublime vocals of Catherine dowling mixed in with guitarist gerry horan excellents melodies and throw in a strong rhytem section with keyboards and you have the wonderful sound of alphastates.a fusion between the sundays,new order and portishead for older readers.........in short sublime. The last time they played at this venue their laptop was robbed,so this is a special fundraiser gig for this indie band.Guests performing include ann scott,elisson 9 and life after moddelling. its 8 euro before 9,10 afterwards so get your ass down there.its a good cause and they are really good. see you there