metro Arts & Entertainment Joe Gideon & The Shark In Town Tonight This charismatic brother and sister duo filter the surreal minutiae of daily life through rough and ragged blues, as heard on astonishing debut Harum Scarum. Support comes from bluesy British broad Gemma Ray and our very own front porch troubadour The Mighty Stef Tonight, CrawDaddy, The Pod, Harcourt Street D2, 8pm, 12. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.myspace.com/ joegideonandtheshark The Kites Describing their sound as emotronic and saloon, this curious-sounding Dublin quintet comprise former band members of Boxes, Giraffe Running, Jackbeast and Daemien Frost. Fellow Dub act Mumblin Deaf Ro supports Tonight, Bewleys Cafe Theatre, 78/79 Grafton Street D2, 8.30pm, 7.50. Tel: 086 878 4001. www.myspace.com/ wearethekites BOXiD, Round II A sneak preview of BOXiD a presentation of anonymous CD- sized artworks by more than 150 Irish and international artists whose identity will only be revealed after purchase. All pieces are priced at 50 each; all proceeds go to the Black Church Print Studio Today, Original Print Gallery, 4 Temple Bar D2, 11am to 4pm, free. Tel: (01) 677 3657. www.originalprint.ie life Book Now Peter Green Championed by BB King, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, British blues-rock guitarist Peter Green is best-known for being a founding member of Fleetwood Mac for whom he penned classic hits including Black Magic Woman (later picked up by Santana), Albatross, Man Of The World and The Green Manalishi, but also for his life- long battle with mental illness. This years BBC4 documentary Peter Green: Man Of The World revealed a spiral of drug abuse and schizophrenia during the 1970s and 1980s. Remarkably, he turned his life around, got clean and in the 1990s formed Peter Green Splinter Group, The British Blues All Stars and more recently, Peter Green & Friends check out his legendary guitar playing next month Oct 26, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 7pm, 26.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.myspace.com/ petergreenonline Arts & Entertainment The Big Interview Codes This band wont stay here is a very easy way to get under the skin of Codes frontman Daragh Anderson: tell him his band are a dead ringer for stadium rock overlords Muse. We get a lot of comparisons but you have to take it on the chin, says the Dubliner. When somebody compares you to one of the biggest bands in the UK and Ireland well... what do you do? Besides, he will allow that the two groups do, perhaps, have the teeniest bit in common. Both operate at the epic end of the spectrum and, in their individual ways, are equally indebted to progressive rocks gloomier tendencies. Maybe its to do with my voice. Maybe [Muse vocalist] Matt Bellamy is influenced by Jeff Buckley as much as I am, elaborates Anderson. We come from very different places, however. The intention of Muse is more towards aggression. There arent as many cinematic qualities to their music. Its funny we toured with Keane at the start of the year. And when we were doing interviews in the UK, it was all so you describe yourself as the new Keane?. And we were: Er, no. Starting out, Codes were actually a synth-tinged act in the vein of LCD Soundsystem. However, they changed tack pretty quickly upon realising glum electro-pop was about to go mainstream as is made stridently clear on their guitar-drenched debut, Trees Dream In Algebra. Explains Anderson: At the start of making our album we sat down and thought Where do we want to fit in?. A lot of bands dont really think about it and let it happen more naturally. For us, it was always a conscious thing: Lets not go too synth-heavy because that seems T like it might be the cusp of a trend. That was something we wanted to avoid. So instead they reached for their amps and effects pedals and turned the post- rock atmospherics up to 11. And almost immediately, their fortunes started to change. Out of the blue, EMI Records approached, offering to put out Trees Dream... which they had self-financed and already finished. Surely at a time when bands are abandoning major labels en masse, the last thing a young group would wish to do is shackle themselves to a global conglomerate such as EMI? They had a lot of faith in us. We liked the team and their approach to the band, says Anderson. Most importantly, they didnt ask us to change anything. We are signed to them in Ireland at the moment. But there is a long term plan, and we would hope to release something in the UK by January. I n fact, it was to the UK they went to record Trees Dream In Algebra. Retreating to a remote studio in the middle of Gloucestershire, they channelled the rural emptiness into vast, dreamy soundscapes. It was lovely and rustic. Very scenic. Prince Harry has a house nearby and shops in the local Tesco. The studio itself is inside a couple of factories. We were intrigued because, next door, was the place where they used to produce the Storm Trooper masks for the Star Wars movies. Other than that, there was nothing for miles except a chipper van. Like many up-and-coming Dublin groups, Codes have had to play their share of thankless support gigs. But occasionally, the humdrum chore of For us, it was always a conscious thing: Lets not go too synth-heavy because that might be a trend. Daragh Anderson, frontman of rock starlets Codes, tells Eamon De Paor about finding their own voice, and sharing a supermarket with Prince Harry DOWN THE DUMPER This Weeks Fickle Finger Of Fame Pokes La Toya Jackson 12 metrolife Wednesday, September 23, 2009 The hoTTesT TickeTs in Town We have two pairs of tickets to see PETER GREEN Oct 26 at The Academy, 7pm For a chance to win, e-mail your answer to the question below to life@metroireland.ie by noon today with Hot Tickets in the subject line. With your answer please include your name, address and a number where you can be contacted between 1pm and 3pm. Strictly one entry per person; entrants must be age 18+. Q. Which group, in 1970, released a top-selling version of Fleetwood Macs Black Magic Woman? A Cream B Santana The winner of yesterdays tickets to see Bill Bailey is: Donna Kiernan May 1956: The living legend that is La Toya is born, the fifth child in the infamous Jackson family. 1980: Releases her debut album, which gets all the way to number 178 in the album charts. 1986: She finally scores a hit in Japan with Baby Sister, which is then given an Outstanding Song Award at the Japanese World Popular Song Festival. 1987: Jack Gordon becomes her manager. Her problems really start. She is thrown out of the Jehovahs Witnesses. 1989: Poses topless for Playboy. Releases an album called Bad Girl. No one buys it. Sept 1989: Claims she was forced to marry Gordon. Says she tried to run out of the Las Vegas wedding chapel three times but was restrained each time by a bodyguard. 1991: Writes autobiography Growing Up In The Jackson Family alleging her father beat his children. Releases album No Relations. No one buys it. 1996: Says Gordon had arranged for her to appear in a porn film. He allegedly also forced her to dance at a strip club in Ohio. A divorce ensues. 2004: Attempts a comeback with album Startin Over which is never released. 2005: After Jack Gordon dies, she sends a security expert to check that Gordon hasnt faked his own death. 2007: Appears in US reality show Armed And Famous. Freaks out and locks herself in a police car due to a crippling phobia of cats. Jan 2009: Appears on Celebrity Big Brother. Deduces Michelle Heaton might be crying all the time for attention. July 2009: Her amateur detective skills win through again when she suspects her brother has been murdered. Sept 2009: Bounces back from the depths of despair to launch her new single, Home, about her childhood with Michael and launches her own milkshake made with raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, caramel, Skittles, ice cream, whipped cream, mixed nuts and a Flake. Its what he would have wanted... Andrew Williams index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html