Skinny Wolves are Dublin based purveyors and lovers of independent record culture and all that surrounds it. They bury themselves in, amongst other things, releasing records and booking events for the bands they love and playing music from the records they love. Inspired by music from the Post-Punk, No/New-wave, Krautrock eras and everything it has inspired and influenced since, they have helped forge a new DIY underground in their hometown.

Skinny Wolves’ Programme

XIU XIU (Kill Rock Stars) & FORMER GHOSTS (Upset The Rhythm)

29 October at 20:00 The Grand Social (formerly Pravda)

Read almost any piece about Xiu Xiu and you’ll see words like ‘harsh’ or ‘brutal’   the same words that appear before ‘truth’ when an unwavering eye is turned on any intimate detail of our lives. Fair descriptions of the themes central to the music, they sit incongruous to the refined, intricate, and beautiful approach taken in crafting the twelve tracks on Xiu Xiu’s new album Dear God, I Hate Myself.

Former Ghosts is a new synthpop project from Freddy Ruppert, formerly of This Song Is a Mess But So Am I. The band is also comprised of Xiu Xiu s Jamie Stewart and Zola Jesus  Nika Roza. Ruppert is the lead songwriter on this brutally gloomy, Joy Division-esque project.

Tickets available for e15 from tickets.ie, as well as Sound Cellar & City Discs. Expect Very Special guests to be announced soon. More info on all things Skinny Wolves including upcoming gigs and releases on their eponymous record label via www.skinnywolves.com.