Yello all, yes it's true, it's finally almost upon us...the launch of Michael Knight's debut EP. What better way to ease thy way into the Christmas spirit and Yule cheer? The details: Michael Knight and the Foundation - No More Lonely Knights EP launch 4th December 2003 Lower Deck, 1 Portobello Harbour, Dublin 8 Price 8 euro Doors 8pm Support acts Dinah Brand and Omelette Free copy of EP on the door Michael Knight: "Irresistibly catchy songs and feel-good melodies" Sunday Tribune "Beautifully delivered vocals and compelling choruses" Eclectic Honey Forget (David) Kitt Forget the Foundation Forget dodgy ‘80’s theme tunes For while Michael Knight may remain a lone crusader, it is not against criminals who operate above the law, but musical mediocrity. Well, that’s the plan anyway, but unfortunately he’ll probably just wind up being big in Germany…Anyway, having tried his hand with various bands and getting nowhere, our Michael eventually decided to give the solo artist route a lash, and spent some time in seclusion, developing his new style. While he would like to think of this as something between the Beach Boys and Burt Bacharach, he has also been compared to the Divine Comedy and the Beatles, which he can, he supposes, (grudgingly) accept. He’s spent the last two years playing gigs around Dublin, and is at last ready to unleash his long-awaited debut EP. For the launch he will have the backing of full band The Foundation, assembled from some of Dublin's finest underground acts. www.villainrecords.com Omelette: "The perfect song...A band this good could easily fill a whole forty-minute album and still leave you wanting more" Eclectic Honey, review of "Happiness" single omelette are an indie rock band... they play indie rock songs... last year Julius Geezer Records released their Debut 7"ep called Happiness... it is very good, and some reviews said so... This year they recorded an album called Off By Heart and are going to release it in the new year... It's chock full of indie rock songs. www.omeletterock.com Dinah Brand: Good evening. Here is the news: A woman was found dead this morning at a house in suburban Dublin. Foul play is suspected. The state pathologist John Harbison has been called to the scene to investigate. Though details of the case are few, the site has already been dubbed 'the House of Blood' by some locals. It is understood that the dead woman had previously been known to the authorities as a victim of domestic violence and that, subsequent to her former partner's arrest, she had apparently employed a private detective for protective purposes. The woman's name has not yet been released. Police are following a definite line of enquiry. They are looking for a man said to be suffering from 'the Pale Monkey Blues'. Dinah Brand: three bozos.You might have seen them around, looking shifty on the street. Their faces almost familiar, they've got form alright but they're not spilling on the who, what, where, why, when or how - Their names are irrelevant; the history is past, the future is none of anyones business; fallen mankind is a given. Listen to the words. They tell the tale of The Pale Monkey Blues, or, Songs from A Tight Spot: one dark night; eight lonely stories, eight tales of malaise and melancholia from the urban forest. Written over a lifetime, learned in a year; recorded in forty hours, mixed in twelve, mastered in four. Listening time: 32 minutes, eighteen seconds. “It’s an open-and-shut case.” At last The Dinah Brand has arrived. The band who hail from a restless place, born in the parishes of Dublin. They were educated in such primary schools as Guardian Angels, Rockbourne Village School, St. Mary’s BNS Lucan and Presentation College, Glasthule. Their hobbies are football, dominoes, sitting and thinking. Influences include Lonnie Donegan, Micheal Hurley, CCR, Flannery O Connor, Dashiell Hammett and grim eastern European art filcks. They hope you enjoy with great listening pleasure the ‘Pale Monkey Blues’, their first recorded album.