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[May 2009]

You can hear the On the Verge interview with an acoustic version of a brand new track here

als will play a live piano session on Dublin South Radio 93.9fm this Thursday,14/05/09 @ 8p.m It is the On the Verge program and is a favourite haunt of als. We have done this session many times before and will more than likely debut a new tune.

We have been busy laying the ground work for a documentary with a bright new talent, Shannon Moncrief. It will be about the Dublin music scene, the socia-economic problems and how it affects the art we make. als are contributing heavily and will keep you updated on the progress. The filming will begin at our June gig in Whelans.

 

[April 2009]

Hulk, one of als's favourite Irish acts has been added to the bill for June 5th. This a rare live appearance by the man and really is an experience you won't want to miss

 

als will headline Whelans on June 5th with very special guest Johnny Barrett. John use to play with 10 Speed Racer before moving to Australia. He has a new album ready and this is his only Irish performance so should be some party.

 

[March 2009]

 

Factory Records special has been moved to this Sunday, March 29th on Today Fm 8-10p.m

 

[February 2009]

 

Brian will co-host the Last Splash with Alison Curtis on Today FM, March 22nd. Its a Factory Records special.

 

  Angel Pier have invited us to play with them in Andrews Lane theatre on March 7th. Also on the bill are Lines Drawing Circles who are well worth coming down early for.

 

  Were going to play the AC30 club night on March 16th with Butterfly Explosion in Whelans.

 

[January 2009]

 

Happy New Year to you all and hope the Christmas went super. We start 2009 with a bang and play the Button Factory as part of the The Futures Bright Club, Jan 8th with Grand Pocket Orchestra & Ugly Megan plus special guests.

 

[December 2008]

 

Doors for Dempsey gigs are 7.30p.m and were on stage 8.10p.m both nights for 40 mins so if your coming, try get down early.

State Magazine has printed some a lazarus soul photos, taken by Julie Bienvenu,from The Phantom Christmas party here

 

Were on Stage at 8.30p.m sharp on Friday and will be interview on Phantom, in the afternoon between 1-2p.m

For those of you asking where to purchase a copy of Graveyard, it has been re-stocked in Road Records & Freebird Records Dublin. Outside Dublin it can be purchased via paypal from our myspace site. We will also have copies at our forthcoming gigs

[November 2008]

 

Tickets for Tripod show available from Ticketmaster

 

als will play the Phantom First Friday for December in Tripod with Director.

 

[October 2008]

 

Derrick Dalton, a great friend of the Irish music scene & als, sadly passed away this week. He was one of Dublin’s finest guitarist/songwriters and played in the Mexican Pets, Hey Paulette, Crumb and mostly recently Villa R. We were very lucky to play some great shows with Crumb and he and his wife Laura gave us invaluable advice in setting up our website & getting our album out. He was a true underground legend and we are shocked and saddened at the news. Our deepest sympathies to Laura & his family, May He rest in peace.

 

[September 2008]

Peter wrote a nice piece on Mixtape blog Here

als have been confirmed as the support for Damien Dempsey's two Vicars Street shows,December 17th & 18th. First show almost sold out, tickets for second show on sale September 19th.

als will be playing a live acoustic track on Phantom, September 13th between 5-6p.m before their HWCH spot.

 

[August 2008]

Hotpress Off the Rocker piece on als Here

We've uploaded our impossible to find debut album onto our myspace page www.myspace.com/alazarussoul and have a box of cd copies for early birds, just contact us @ info@alazarussoul.com

Short interview with Brian in the Mirror this Friday, August 13th.

Some footage from last Saturdays Whelans gig

[July 2008]

We will be playing Hard Working class Heroes Festival in September and will post more info when we get it.

We are recording an acoustic session for MuzuTv which we'll post soon also.

Brian's Ipod top 10 featured this week in the Star suppliment on Friday 8th.

We'll be be playing some of our new tunes at Whelans this Saturday, August 9th, on stage at 9p.m sharp.

[June 2008]

The Lia e.p is now available, 26/06, digitally from Itunes, Napster, Amazon & other good digital spaces.

A cool piece in the Irish Mirror today, 13/06, by Maeve Quigley regarding the Lia e.p & a short interview with briany.

A couple of gigs added to the live page.

[May 2008]

Were playing Radiator club in the Hub on June 6th.

Hi Everyone,

I want to tell you about a little angel in our lives called Lia; well actually she’s my niece. She can’t walk, talk or even swallow but on her well days she communicates with us through laughter and on her bad days through the sadness and wisdom in her eyes. Her brain works on a different wavelength, that we can't tune into to so we’ve named it cerebral palsy. We’ve recorded an e.p for her and that’s her being all Kim Gordon on the front cover. The first track is a new als song called “s.r.k”. The second is a new version of “decade for believing” with Paddy Barrett playing guitar and gracing the song with his heavenly vocals. The third is a version of “star of david” recorded in a light house during a storm.We filtered out the wind and rain so it sounds like we recorded it in one take, in a room with a piano.  The last track is sanctuary from our first album (most people who buy this will be hearing als for the first time so will need a gentle introduction). It costs 5 euro and all money will go toward helping Lia to hold her head up while she smiles,

God Bless

briany

Nice article about als on the Hardcore for Nerds website.

[April 2008]

Sorry for the lack of updates. We're supportting Ham Sandwich in the Village on May 24th which should be a deadly night.

 

[January 2008]

Brian will be interviewed on Anna Livia 103.2 tonight, 23/01/08 at 9p.m.

Sinister Pete named "graveyard" his number 1 Irish album of 2007 in The News of the World.

als were voted number 6 in the Cluas.com readers poll 2007 of best albums. Fkos came in at number 4 . Thanks to y'all who voted.

Weve bit the bullet and are releasing maradona dunne a single in late January. The artwork below features a photo by photographer Janet Edmondson who kindly gave us permission to use her photo.

 

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