Eno’ to host Fashion for Charity event this Sunday

Eno’ Bar, Grill & Wood Fired Pizza in Roden Place are hosting a Fashion for Charity event this Sunday.

This will be a small bespoke fashion show, featuring clothes by Rapport Ladies Boutique and the new men’s clothes shop Pinstripe Punk in Crowe Street. The show will be preceded by a short make-up demonstration by one of Ireland’s top make-up artists Ken Boylan – as seen on Xposé.

Eno’ will have a live DJ on vinyl decks from local store Classified Records, providing the soundtrack for the evening.

There will be a raffle with some fantastic prizes, goodie bags and a complimentary glass of prosecco on arrival. There will also be a prize for the best dressed on the night, so put on your glad rags and help support an exciting and worthy cause!

The charity of choice is Breakthrough Cancer Research to raise funds for their pioneering research and clinical trials to help treat and cure Melanoma Skin Cancer.

Donations can be made at www.mycharity.ie/event/fashion and tickets can be purchased here. The event is now sold out but there is a waiting list so people can contact Eno directly to request last minute tickets.

The show is kindly supported by the following local and national businesses: Mizu Riverlane, The Digital Bakery, Mise Beauty, Elave Skincare, The Village Garden and Molescan.ie. A promo video can also be viewed below:

Elephant to launch debut album in Dundalk tomorrow

Local act Elephant will launch his debut album ‘Hypergiant’ with an in store performance in Classified Records at the Demesne tomorrow evening.

The launch and show will kick-off at 6pm with refreshments and finger food to be served.

Elephant, aka Shane Clarke, has been creating a name for himself with his multi-instrumental performances in recent years. Be sure to check him out at www.weareelephants.com

Dundalk band T.P.M. release video for viral hit ‘All the Boys on the Dole’

Dundalk band T.P.M., who went viral back in August with their performance of ‘All The Boys on the Dole’ in Drogheda have released the track today.

The group, Charles and Andrew Hendy, will have limited copies of the CD on sale in Classified Records in the Demesne Shopping Centre, which features in the video.

T.P.M. said: “All the Boys on the Dole’ was written in a slump of depression, sitting in a broken car with no money, nowhere to go and no end in sight. It is a response to the idea that if you are in our situation you are worthless. You are NOT worthless.”

The video was recorded in Dundalk with the likes of the Courthouse, Market Square, Earl Street, Park Street, The Ramparts, Tesco Extra and other local venues clearly visible.

Check it out above.

New record store to open in Dundalk this Friday

A new record store will open its doors in Dundalk this Friday.

Located in the Demesne Shopping Centre, Classified Records is an independent store aimed at selling vinyl records.

It will stock both vintage classic and up-to-date modern releases, as well as second hand CDs, DVDs and accessories.

The attitude of Classified Records is that the local record store is not dead, it is just reformed for a niche audience in the digital era.

Proprietor, Neil Waters, is undaunted by the digital competition and senses a renewed enthusiasm for collecting vinyl music.

“With the internet, streaming and downloads there is so much music freely available, but the novelty of abundance has worn off a lot of music lovers. People who really love to collect music make it a special part of their lives, they invest in their collections because they matter to them. We are aiming to cater for that growing number of enthusiasts,” he said.

In an era when there is a digital music store in every pocket, a previously written-off technology is back and is ready to open new ears.

”Vinyl has always been special to me, I’ve always compulsively collected it. After years of gigging, it just seems like a natural progression for me to move into the area of retailing records.

“There is a vibrant music/arts community here in the area so we have a ready-made customer base who strongly shares our love of records,” Neil said.

The store has made Dundalk town centre its home and aims to be a hub to the music community as well as a retail outlet, a destination shop for local music lovers.

Despite it being more than 15 years since vinyl was sold in Dundalk, there remains a strong commitment to LPs & 12”s with collectors and DJ’s still spinning them at local gigs.

Independent record stores are the last bastion for music lovers who are not digitally immersed and offer a personal service for sourcing music that can never be replicated online; they form part of a community and culture. With genres from rock n’roll to reggae and thrash metal to hip hop, as well as a myriad of music and DJing accessories, Classified Records has the needs of local music lovers at heart.

“We are a specialist record shop, but not elitist. People will feel welcome when they come into the store and can feel free to ask for whatever records they want, no matter how weird or abstract. We carry a huge back-catalogue, impossible to stock, but easy to order in upon request, we encourage it.”

Classified Records is opening on Friday August 14^th.

You can follow Classified Records via their Facebook page here.