Nothing goes better with Irish songs than a couple rounds of Irish Whiskey. Last night at Branch Bar in midtown New York, Rolling Stone threw a killer party and stocked it with dozens of bottles of Bushmills Irish Whiskey and cases of Smithwick’s beer. One of Eire’s finest acts, Bell X1, heated things up with killer set of Coldplay-style jams. And after the band wrapped up their set with the funky rocker “Flame” — which singer Paul Noonan categorized as “celtic disco” — his bandmates came out to surprise him with a birthday cake. Sweet!

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