In Photos: Tom Tom Club + tieranniesaur @ Vicar Street, Dublin (22.07.11)

Thirty years on from their inception, Tom Tom Club's music continues to exert a massive influence, the band's playful use of rhythm and proto-dance stylings having inspired everyone from James Murphy to The xx. So much so, in fact, that you have to remind yourself that Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth only started the group as a side project during downtime from their day jobs in Talking Heads.
 
There were dance-offs aplenty inside Vicar Street last Friday as the band thrilled a disappointingly sparse crowd with bona fide classics like 'Wordy Rappinghood' and the frequently-sampled 'Genius of Love', as well as a set-closing version of Talking Heads' 'Psycho Killer'. Support on the night came from local Fisher Price funk outfit - and self-confessed TTC superfans - tieranniesaur, whose self-titled debut LP (out this week) has been picking up rave reviews. Check out both bands in action below, as seen through the lens of Mark Earley.