No Monster Club

No Monster Club
OriginDublin, Ireland
Genres
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Labels
  • Popical Island
  • Already Dead Tapes and Records
  • Mirror Universe Tapes
  • CF Records
  • Emotional Response Records

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]

  1. ^ Cook, Martin (28 November 2018). "Music at Marrowbone Books: No Monster Club". Dublin InQuirer.
  2. ^ Hendicott, James (12 Nov 2017). "Wonderfully Weird: the Charming 60s-Pop World of No Monster Club". Hendicott Writing.
  3. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (22 May 2020). "Sir Bobby Jukebox: Friendship Gift review – a riot of colour as pop songs". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Wilson, Danny (5 February 2015). "ALBUM OF THE MONTH: NO MONSTER CLUB – PEOPLE ARE WEIRD". Totally Dublin.
  5. ^ Galil, Leor (5 October 2012). "The story behind No Monster Club's not-so-posthumous Posthumous Hits". The Chicago Reader.
  6. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (13 Feb 2015). "No Monster Club - People Are Weird album review". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ Byrne, Niall (May 3, 2018). "The 50 best Irish music videos of all-time". Nialler9.
  8. ^ "32 - BUG Videos - The Evolution of Music Video". Bug Videos.
  9. ^ "No Monster Club on CHic-A-Go-Go". YouTube. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  10. ^ "Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 1, 2016". WFMU. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  11. ^ Ward, James (Aug 21, 2015). "Polyphonic Spree on touring: 'When it's happening, there's nothing better than that'". Irish Mirror.
  12. ^ "The Alison Spittle Show". Headstuff.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Murphy, Lauren (August 19, 2018). "Jedward put us up to this, say Trial of the Centurys creators Giles Brody and Bobby Aherne". The Times.
  15. ^ O'Sullivan, Eoghan (October 18, 2022). "Podcast Corner: Shows that will entertain and inform listeners of all ages". Irish Examiner.