Me oh my another year has flown by. Our annual Christmas gig is on at The Roundy on Tuesday December 27th. We'll be playing
songs from our first, second and seventeenth albums. Hope to see you all there. Doors at 9pm. Admission 5 euros. Have a
peaceful Christmas and a very happy New Year.
The Trumpeter by Serge Vandenberghe. Santa hat, pudding and snowflakes additonal extras.
Original is Here
May 30th 2011
Live at Cork X Southwest, Saturday June 4th 2011
We're playing at this year's Cork X Southwest Music & Arts Festival at Liss Ard Estate in Skibbereen. The festival runs over
two days on Saturday June 4th & Sunday June 5th. (We're playing on Saturday). As well as music there'll be comedians,
a kids area, seaweed baths, storytellers and a new Slow Food Village. On the bill there's Echo & The Bunnymen, Patti Smith,
Interference, Yuck, Nina Hynes, Ivan St. John, Fred, Jape, God Is An Astronaut and many, many more! Day tickets are 55euros & the weekend
costs 95euros available from corkxsw.com as well as Plug'd Records in Cork,
De Barras in Clonakilty & The Paragon in Skibbereen (Kids under 12 go free). Hope to see you there.
May 27th 2011
Friends on MySpace Video Release
The Animation class of 2011 at St.John's College, under the guidance of Cliff Dolliver, have just finished producing a stop motion animation video of Friends on MySpace.
Many Thanks.
May 27th 2011
Obama says yes to The Shed
Goldfish Love received a favorable 3.5/5 review in the new issue of HotPress magazine. (The one with Barack on the cover). For the record Here
it is: "Belle & Sebastian Jam with Lambchop at a Leadbelly Convention (Well Almost)
A six-piece collective with a strong visual sense, The Shed (picture Belle & Sebastian jamming with Lambchop at a Leadbelly
Convention and you're nearly there) have forged a deserved live reputation locally. With a multi-instrumentalist approach, and no less
than four vocalists/songwriters vying for space, the song styles shift from mellow indie ("Craven Walker") to gothic Country ("Goldfish Love")
and beyond. Apart from some unnecessarily long intros, the instrumental textures are never less than interesting with all manner of unexpected
sonic twists and turns along the way. The languid rhythm of "Tune for You", the chugging rockabilly shuffle of "Little Wonder", the whimsical
"Friends on MySpace" , and the more conventional indie-pop on "The Cliffs" are just some of the highlights. Meanwhile "Tears" comes across like
late-period Go-Betweens while "The Weatherman", a pastoral mid-tempo song, is another strong contender for standout track. The production is lush,
dynamic and cinematic - some of these songs wouldn't be out of place on a Cormac McCarthy soundtrack - and in the grand tradition of Cork rock,
there is a palpable sense of adventure shining throughout". - Colm O'Hare
If you're ever stuck for a back issue of Hot Press you can go here: www.hotpress.com Feb 11 2011 Little Wonder Single Release
Dec 23rd 2010
Merry Christmas
Yuletide Greetings Shedheads. Here's wishing you and yours a peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year. Hope Santa brings you all you asked for and a little more.
Live at The Roundy Dec 27th
Just when you're starting to feel like you'll never go outside again and you're sick of eating chocolate for breakfast,
dinner and tea, here's your chance to escape. We're playing live at The Roundy on December 27th. So dust down the pine needles,
lash back the last of the Roses, turkey and ham (or nut roast) and join us for a festive night. Doors at 9pm.
Arena Arts Show New Year's Eve
This New Year's eve we'll be appearing on the Arena Arts show on RTE Radio 1. This is a special on Cork based members of the very fine
Mutant Space arts project. See Mutant Space for more info.
We'll be performing along with other musicians, poets, writers and actors.
Tune into the show on Radio 1 on 88-90 FM from 7pm to 8pm. See RTE 1 Arena
Take it easy.
-The Shed Oct 10th 2010
All that Jazz: Live at The Roundy Friday Oct 22nd 2010 Greetings Shedheads
Hope you all had a really fine summer. We're back in the flesh on Friday October 22nd at The Roundy bar in Cornmarket Street.
We'll be playing tracks from 'Goldfish Love' along with a few oldies and, since we've always been partial to a bit of Jazz, maybe even something with a touch of swing about it. Nice!
By the way, The Roundy Bar is located in the oldest area of Cork and within one of the oldest buildings in Cork. The corner on which the Roundy
is situated was once part of a busy medieval market place and, at one point, was surrounded by artificial canals instead of laneways. Click
Here for more info on The Roundy. See you there @ 9pm.
May 14th 2010
Album Launch Friday June 4th 2010 Greetings Shedheads
Our new album Goldfish Love will be launched on Friday 4th June at The Savoy Theatre, Cork. Doors at 8pm.
Followed by Electric Dreams 80’s Club ‘til late. Tickets €10 [entry to Electric Dreams included in ticket price].
Contact your local shed member for ticket details or e-mail theshed@theshed.ie
See you there for a good old knees up.
Sept 25th 2009
Live at Cyprus Avenue Thursday October 1st Hey there every bodee!
Long time no see, touch, hear, smell and so on and so forth.
Well, believe it or not we're still chugging along in
precisely the way all sheds chug and the slow grind of our screeching
gears trundling into the mighty Cyprus Avenue can be heard on
Thursday October 1st .
Yayyy! Hurrah! At long berluddy last we hear you cry!
We play a TRIPLE header no less...A TRIPLER!!
Along with our own cacophonous crescendoes
you shall be treated to the sonic might of Nassau
and the aural eroticism of The Arcadeans.
You see we're not a useless bunch of so and so's all the time.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING STUFF!!
In fact here's a little taster just for you to download.
Right click Here and save Rory's Homemade Jam to your desktop or select Open to listen now.
Something from way deep down in our big little heartsies for
you our dear, dear listeners.
Make a date and don't delay!!
THURSDAY OCTOBER 1ST...CYPRUS AVENUE!!! 9:00 ‘til late.
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUMMMMY!!! YES! YOU!!!!
November 28
Mr Smith on the Launchpad
Greeting Shedheads
Mr. Smith, a little stash of moondust from the space cadets in the shed, is launching into the heavens on Sunday November 30th on Ashley Keating’s Green on Red show on Red FM. We’ll be popping in for a chat and a few tunes around 8 O’clock. You can listen in on the wireless at 104-106FM [planet Munster only] or online at www.redfm.ie. Who knows where this will end up - a Christmas number one on some faraway planet or lost in space forever.
If you can’t wait ‘til then you can freely download Mr. Smith, a sniff from our new album, by right clicking Here and saving the file to your desktop or select Open to listen now.
Hail Shedheads!
-The Shed
July 25th 2008
Live at The Whisky Bar
Greeting Shedheads
Since we last spoke we survived a diluvian trip to the Cork Summer Show. The rain was torrential but despite the downpour vast numbers materialized to watch our performance. When you include the sound guy and the show jumping lady and her horse; and the show jumping judge and the car dealer eating cheese sandwiches in the Mercedes there were……lots. A big shout out to the driver of the slurry spreader who parked in front of the stage during the performance but kindly backed away in the end.
We’re back in the saddle this Friday evening July 25th at The Whisky bar Union Quay at 9.00pm (blunt). It won’t cost you an arm or a leg [8 yo-yos] unlike Admiral Nelson who on July 25th 1797 lost his arm in a fracas in Tenerife. Now that we’re on to the subject of history, Rory will be wearing a bikini to commemorate the day the first two-piece swimsuit was launched in Paris in 1946. Why not join him?
And you can also celebrate the day Dylan went “electric” at the Newport Festival in 1965. And it’s our most fragrant and neglectful band member's husband's birthday ? Oh yeah and it’s Friday!
How many more reasons do you want? See you there.
-The Shed
June 6th 2008
Live at The Whisky and Rosie's West End Bar
Greeting Shedheads,
According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute more than 67 million people are affected by a fear of Friday the 13th. Some people are so paralyzed by fear they avoid their normal routines like doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed. A recent study has shown that there is a significant increase in traffic-related accidents on Fridays the 13th. If you do manage to get out of your bed this Friday we recommend you take the day off, ditch the helicopter and later take a leisurely stroll or cycle to our recital in The Whisky [Union Quay, Cork Kick off 9ish]. Kirsty will be appearing as a black cat or a sort of pinkish one and we’ll be playing some new tunes. Don’t miss it! [Adm only 8 euros].
You'll find the Whisky at 3 Union Quay, Cork
The following Saturday June 21st is the Summer Solstice and we’ll be celebrating at a great venue: Rosie’s West End Bar in Lismore. The plan is to dress up as druids and build a giant shed to be lowered onto the stage during the finale. Ah yes Rock’n’roll. Don’t forget your robe and hood!
- The Shed
March 12th 2008
The Shed Video launched The eponymous shed video has just been released. Check out The Shed puppets in the shed singing The Shed
March 11th 2008
Whisky a Go Go We're on again at The Whisky bar this Thursday March 13th 9ish. Admission free. See you there. You'll find the Whisky at 3 Union Quay, Cork Photo by Donal O'Caoimh see www.pana-vision.org February 15th 2008Show me the way to the next Whisky bar Our next gig is in new live venue The Whisky bar,3 Union Quay,Cork on Thursday February 28th 9ish. Admission free. See you there.
Photo by Donal O'Caoimh see www.pana-vision.org January 29th 2008
Oh Don't Ask Why Our next gig is in new live venue The Whisky bar,3 Union Quay,Cork on Thursday February 14th. 9ish. See you there.
Photo by Donal O'Caoimh see www.pana-vision.org January 22nd 2008
Band of the Year
Hello Shedheads. The Shed have just been voted Best New Cork Band of the Year 2007 in a RedFM Listeners Poll. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. "The Shed" album is doing well and is currently RedFM's album of the week. The Frank and Walters won The Best Band of The Year .
We've just come back from the town of Lismore where we played at Lismore International Music in Rosie's West End bar. It's a great venue and thanks to everyone there for making it happen.
In the next week or so you'll see some new additions to the site with new photos in the Gallery , a smidgeon of bloviating blogging and other shed capers.Shed TV is nwo on air: You can check out some tunes from recent live performances on TheShedTV
Greetings Shedheads
The Shed Album Launch Gig
is upon us. See you there.
<11:49 AM 1/29/2008i>December 1st 2007
The Firkin Crane Shandon Cork
Doors 7:30 pm :: Tickets €10
September 30th 2007
Debut EP Released
The Shed's debut EP What Are You Listening To Lately? is now out. Available in good record shops around the country, you can also buy it here at our online store as well as through online digital distributors listed on our music page.
Live at The Roundy Dec 27th 2011 
Live at Cork X Southwest, Saturday June 4th 2011 
Obama says yes to The Shed 
Merry Christmas 
