I'm still sad sad sad that White Rabbits are no longer coming to town this Friday, but fear not - there's another excellent show going on over at the Basement that night. Fionn Regan will be playing the "early show" on Friday at 7 p.m., and I was offered a pair of tickets so you can have a chance to see him play (although the Basement doesn't do tickets, so I'm guessing you'll be on the guest list).
If you're not familiar with Fionn yet, this is an excellent opportunity to familiarize yourself with the 26 year-old singer from Bray, Ireland, and I can't imagine a better place than the intimate setting of the Basement in which to do it. Originally introduced to me via email as "Ireland's answer to Bright Eyes" (not a good introduction for a girl who doesn't exactly love Conor), Fionn quickly won me over with his amazing album The End of History, which I pulled out again yesterday and listened to for most of the day. I love most of the songs on it so it's hard to pick something to post, but here are two of my favorites:
"The Cowshed"
"Black Water Child"
I'm serious though, the whole album is phenomenal - and you would love it if you're into singers along the lines of Damien Rice and Iron & Wine. But don't take my word for it - The End of History was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in the UK this year, alongside The Arctic Monkeys, Bat For Lashes, Amy Winehouse and Klaxons (who took the prize). Not too shabby for an artist playing our favorite little basement venue.
Okay so here's the contest part - I'm giving away a pair of tickets to Friday's show at the Basement at 7 p.m., a CD copy of The End of History, and a 10" double-vinyl of the album. All you have to do for a chance to win is send an email to [email protected] (note that this is a special contest email address - you have to send it to this) with your full name and address. I need your address so we can mail your goodies - I promise I won't use it for anything else.
And one important note - like all shows at the Basement, Friday's show is 21+, so keep that in mind when entering.
I'll pick a winner on Thursday morning. Good luck!
Damn,and I just now find out about this guy a week later. :-(
Posted by: Patrick | Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 10:33 AM
Wait... only a couple days late actually! Errrghhh
Posted by: Patrick | Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 10:34 AM