Irish indie pop band
No Monster Club
Origin Dublin , Ireland Genres Years active 2009 (2009 ) –present Labels Popical Island Already Dead Tapes and Records Mirror Universe Tapes CF Records Emotional Response Records
Musical artist
No Monster Club is the DIY indie pop project of Irish musician Bobby Aherne,[ 1] [ 2] also known as Dublin Duck Dispensary and Sir Bobby Jukebox.[ 3] [ 4]
Since their debut release in 2009, they have recorded a number of albums , split releases and EPs , alternating between a solo project and a full band.[ 5] [ 6]
The music video for their 2012 single La La Land was named as one of Nialler9 's "50 best Irish music videos of all-time"[ 7] and was screened as part of Adam Buxton 's series, BUG: The Evolution of Music Video , at the BFI .[ 8] The band performed on Chic-a-Go-Go in 2013[ 9] and performed a WFMU session in 2016.[ 10] They have also toured several times with The Polyphonic Spree .[ 11]
An alternate version of their single Arms Across America was used as the theme song of The Alison Spittle Show podcast .[ 12] Their 2015 single I've Retired was featured in the movie Let The Wrong One In .[ 13] They contributed original music to the Dublin Fringe Festival musical Trial of the Centurys ,[ 14] and to the RTÉ Jr Radio series Nero's Class .[ 15]
^ Cook, Martin (28 November 2018). "Music at Marrowbone Books: No Monster Club" . Dublin InQuirer .
^ Hendicott, James (12 Nov 2017). "Wonderfully Weird: the Charming 60s-Pop World of No Monster Club" . Hendicott Writing .
^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (22 May 2020). "Sir Bobby Jukebox: Friendship Gift review – a riot of colour as pop songs" . The Irish Times .
^ Wilson, Danny (5 February 2015). "ALBUM OF THE MONTH: NO MONSTER CLUB – PEOPLE ARE WEIRD" . Totally Dublin .
^ Galil, Leor (5 October 2012). "The story behind No Monster Club's not-so-posthumous Posthumous Hits" . The Chicago Reader .
^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (13 Feb 2015). "No Monster Club - People Are Weird album review" . The Irish Times .
^ Byrne, Niall (May 3, 2018). "The 50 best Irish music videos of all-time" . Nialler9 .
^ "32 - BUG Videos - The Evolution of Music Video" . Bug Videos .
^ "No Monster Club on CHic-A-Go-Go" . YouTube . Retrieved October 26, 2023 .
^ "Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 1, 2016" . WFMU . Retrieved October 26, 2023 .
^ Ward, James (Aug 21, 2015). "Polyphonic Spree on touring: 'When it's happening, there's nothing better than that' " . Irish Mirror .
^ "The Alison Spittle Show" . Headstuff .
^ McPartland, Rory (April 4, 2022). " 'I've Retired' by No Monster Club featured in the vampire comedy 'Let the Wrong One In' " . Tremolo Music Publishing .
^ Murphy, Lauren (August 19, 2018). "Jedward put us up to this, say Trial of the Centurys creators Giles Brody and Bobby Aherne" . The Times .
^ O'Sullivan, Eoghan (October 18, 2022). "Podcast Corner: Shows that will entertain and inform listeners of all ages" . Irish Examiner .