The Red Labels are an indie punk rock quartet from North Dublin who in the past six months have rocketed to the top of many peoples lists of "ones to watch".
Having independently released their debut single "Fire" in July of this year to mixed reviews, the lads have spent since then touring the country relentlessly, clocking up nearly 90 gigs since the start of the year.
Still reveling in the warm glow that is an appearance at OXEGEN 2008, The Red Labels hard work was recently rewarded with some more high profile Irish festival appearances this summer which included CASTLEPALOOZA, SOLAS and KNOCKENSTOCKEN to name but a few.
The surge of energy, spirit and good old fashioned hard work has paid high dividend for THE RED LABELS with a pallet of achievements in the past ten months including:
- Finalist in the ACADEMY/ PHANTOM FM battle of the bands - which saw them beat 198 of Dublin’s best acts
- Self-release of their debut single "Fire"
- Nationwide radio airplay
- June 2008 02 Making Waves Band of the Month
- Featured artist for XBOX new Rockband Game advertisement
- Winners of the KING KONG CLUB Battle of the Bands
- Winners of the Templeogue Battle of the Bands
- Winners of the "Adidas, We are Originals" Music Awards
- Outstanding and much talked about performance on the OXEGEN 2008 “New Sounds Stage”
With a recent stint in London which saw the guys perform in the renouned Camden BARFLY, and with a electric show in Dublin's legendary REVOLVER under their belts the hype surrounding these four lads doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon.
Single "Fire" available now / / Debut ALBUM due March 2009
Contact +35387 7446203 for all bookings
For preepacks and press releases email theredlabels@gmail.com.
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The Red Labels are a Dublin four-piece who's raucously light rock should excite fans of The Libertines. Vocalist Dean Regan has a gravelly timbre reminiscent of Gomez's Ben Ottwell, and the boys possess enough hard riffage in their sound to keep most heads nodding.
John Meagher / Irish Independent
"Quality indie guitar music"
Futuresounds
"Wow! Some crazy-ass guitar work in all their songs, THE RED LABELS are on my Dublin hit list for the Sept HWCH Festival indeed."
Labels Rock Whelans
The Red Labels have been hopping from one Dublin venue to another in recent weeks and this week is no exception. Headlining in Whelans of Wexford Street last night these guys proved their here to stay. Playing to a modest Wednesday night crowd not even the fence-hangers could resist their poignant red-letter set. Touching on an early 80's punk vibe with a genuinely superb vocal aptitude and a truly underived sound all of their own.
DVS @ Eamonn Dorans
THE RED LABELS have enough punch to keep Queens Of The Stone Age fans happy but their vocal dexterity gives them a very definite edge, likened to a grunge era Ramones.
InDublin magazine
As the Northside continues to produce some of the best bands we have heard in ages, we've got another one to add to the list. The Red Labels are an indie punk quartet producing some of the most inspired original lyrics we've heard in ages, and a punctuated by a punchy rhythm section and raw vocals that are made for live performances. The lads have literally just recorded their debut EP, and Relevant Thoughts, along with the rest of their catalogue can be downloaded for free on their myspace page
www.myspace.com/theredlabelsire
"Insistent refrains, an unforgettable bridge and a rollercoaster chorus combine to make a powerful statement of intent from Your Arch Enemies." - Hot Press
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heya lads, were workin on a few new songs, theyre coming together nicely - trying to keep the heads down and working on 'em til theyre ready as we need new songs for our live set, as being playing the same ones for nearly a year! hopefully in a month or so will all be done - i reckon a double header beast of a gig is in order with the two of us very soon! thats defo the next gig we wanna do so will be in touch soon & get it organised for Jan/Feb... hope all is well with you lads!!!
aright lads, heard ye were Out Last Knight with One Night Only last week. howd that gig go? if your about this Sat night we're playin RAdio city, drop in for a gander and a very expensive pint if your around
The Amazing few are making a live DVD Saturday the 15th November @ The Button Factory with our friends the Gandhis!
It would be great if you would come and get in on the show!
We want to see your face in the movie....
7;30 pm, 10/ 5 students
see ya and thanks for letting us post this on your page!
Thank you,
The Amazing Few
Hi Dean, Richie, Paul and Conor. Thanks for the excellent performance at Revolver last night. You guys rocked!! Looking forward to working with you in the future. Best wishes, Tanya
We're gonna start recording a wee album in the next few weeks, keeping quiet on the gigs front for the moment so we can get it done properly... we should def get a double header gig beast together in the new year! good luck with the gig tonight, ill pop in if im around town this evening for sure
Hey Things are good thanks, still in the States so going to miss this one but will deffo catch one of the gigs when I get home!! Have a good one, see you soon.
ya pravda went well, great venue. best of luck with revolver nxt saturday, sounds like a great night we'll try pop in if we're about. ya dame lane shud be good, heard its a cool place! chat to yez later - Mike
galvo here, stall into cobblestone tomorrow if your about, for a good owl knees-up. Also, gona check out the Hot Sprockets in McGruders next Saturday if yous are around, and eh, also, hope to see yous on the 24th, 25th & 26th for the red line fest! gunna be a great weekend
