Plinth, who due to car trouble had to postpone their October date, will make it to Kilkenny tonight as they take to the stage in Cleere’s from 9pm tonight.

Plinth was formed when Dan, Brian and Joe, who had been jamming together for months recruited Emmet to provide some accompaniment to Dan with his guitarness. For the first few weeks our jam sessions consisted of covers of bands such as Metallica, Alice in Chains and Tool, and eventually Emmet was appointed High Chancellor of Vocals due to his distinct ability to make noises with his mouth. But we soon grew tired of covering other bands and decided to have a stab at writing our own stuff. Fast-forward a couple of jam sessions later and our first song Knwaaybe was born. Since then we have expanded our horizons and our bumholes to the hugest of extents, branching out past a metal or rock sound into schizophrenic genre-hopping tracks such as Thrike and Skynethwayer. With the recent addition of a synthesizer, our sound has now become much like a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, with odd song structure, time signatures, polyrhythms, harmonies and merging of genres such as metal, jazz, eastern music, drum agus bass, fusion, surf rock and minimalist techno to name a few. In early 2008, Plinth were named as one of five finalists in the Eircom Unsigned Bands Competition with our track Eakombookom.

Tonight marks Plinth’s debut in Kilkenny and admission is a mere five euro including a free copy of their new Tenzuke Chiste EP.

Joining Plinth are South, the local three-piece having gigged recently in Cork with Plinth. Their debut album Insula, well received in local circles, is available on the night and also via the band’s MySpace. Last year’s Battle Of The Bands winners released their debut album this past July alongside The Lions Mane’s Strands, which will also be available tonight.