Smoke fills the room, sweat drips from every forehead, stray bikers wonder what’s going on and Scary Éire rule everything in their sights. Get into it or make your way back outside into the pissing rain on Ca-pel Street. The concrete floor and indescribable sheeting used on the walls can barely be seen at the…
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The State Midnight Mass is back for 2009, featuring the DJ skills of the State.ie massive, Loreanna Rushe, Niamh of Ham Sandwich, Messiah J and Gav from Super Extra Bonus Party. There will also be the famous lucky CD dip on the night.This year we’ll be teaming up with the good people from Love…
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First track from the new Heligoland album (out in February), featuring Hope Savdoval on vocals. Beware though, this is extremely explicit so be careful where and when you watch….RelatedMassive Attack to release Helgioland in FebruaryHope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions – Vicar StMassive Attack – Olympia Theatre, DublinMassive Attack – Olympia Theatre, DublinMassive Attack…
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Day one of the extended Luas line to the O2 – a red letter day for the Dublin transport system. Combine it with Lily Allen at the venue, part of her largest headline tour to date, and the atmosphere on the tram is certainly a celebratory one. Lily’s acerbic lyrics and tales of relationship woe…
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The galaxy’s most unusual superheroes are back in another frantic adventure, traversing solar systems in a bid to thwart the maniacal Dr Nefarious from gaining control of time itself, which is controlled by the Great Clock, located in the dead centre of the universe, give or take 50 feet.Anyone who has spent even a…
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A shameless cash in or a worthy early summary? It’s certainly tempting to go for the former, especially considering Snow Patrol are a band in their prime, still churning out the hits, and Up To Now – which despite the title is clearly a ‘greatest hits’ album – is more than a little premature. Unless, of…
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Hot Chip’s new single ‘One Life Stand’ is released on February 1st 2010 and on the 5th the album of the same name is released. The (admittedly pretty cheap looking) video was released today. The track is growing on us big time.RelatedListen to Hot Chip’s new single – ‘One Life Stand’Hot Chip to release…
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State has been spreading the word about Alberta Cross to our mates ever since we discovered last years Thief & The Heartbreaker mini-album, and recently got presented with their strong and assured first album proper, Broken Side Of Time. In the last week our friends have reported in from gigs in Brussels, Aarhus and Stockholm with…
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Love Comes Close got its initial release as the first ever album to be launched by the publisher Heartworm Press – the day job of founder Wesley Eisold – so it’s a measure of the debut LP’s sell-out success that its dark undertones make their way across the pond through indie mainstays Matador Records. Behind the…
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A message on the band’s website today explained that the duo will be parting their separate ways after their last gig in Belfast this month:On December 19th at 11pm, Rocky and Shaun plan to take to the stage together as Oppenheimer for the last time.There will be a farewell EP, a digital release at…
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Portishead have released a brand new track – ‘Chase the Tear’ for Amnesty International. It’s now available as an exclusive download single from 7 Digital with all earnings going towards Amnesty’s human rights work.RelatedThey Might Be Giants – BEAK>Interview: PortisheadVideo: Portishead – ‘The Rip’Video: Portishead – Machine Gun (Live on Later)Video: Portishead – Machine…
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Phantom 105.2 have announced the details of this year’s New Year’s Eve show at the Academy in Dublin. The line-up features:Main RoomDelorentosNoise ControlThe Funeral SuitsBasementTalulah Does The HulaRSAGHeritage CentrePlanet ParadeGreen Room Bar90’s Indie Disco Phantom DJsTickets are on sale now at €25 incl. booking fee from Ticketmaster outlets.In other Phantom…
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The Jane Bradfords have released their own Christmas single as a free download, although ‘Too Much Christmas’ is not your average seasonal fare. Featuring Katie Richardson (Delawares/Katie and the Carnival) on guest vocals, the band describe the record as “not so much an anti-Christmas song but it has a familiar sense of melancholy amidst the…
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It’s questionable whether any other breakthrough act this year has achieved the same level of critical praise as has been bestowed on Florence & the Machine. The hype had already reached fever pitch months before her debut effort, Lungs, hit the shelves and in an all too rare occurrence, the recording actually lived-up to expectation.…
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Comparisons to Radiohead’s Kid A seem to have latched on to Hunter-Gatherer recently, heady acclaim for an electronic artist who – despite a number of impressive releases – is still best summarized as ‘up and coming’. Surprisingly, whilst the acclaim is a little far fetched, it’s not entirely off the mark: Hunter-Gatherer’s latest might not have…
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Rihanna has announced a full set of European dates for next year, including a show at Dublin’s O2 on May 22nd. Tickets from €44.20 inclusive of booking fee go on sale this Monday 14 December at 9.00am, maximum tickets 8 per applicant.RelatedRihanna to showcase new album with online gigJay-Z – The Blueprint 3The Grammys…
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To help launch his new album next spring, Fionn Regan heads out on a nationwide tour in March. The Shadow Of An Empire is the much anticipated follow-up to his Mercury Prize and Choice Music Prize nominated début album, The End Of History. Dates as follows:Saturday March 6th – Dolan’s, LimerickSunday March 7th – School…
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Directed by Talulah Does The Hula’s Jessie Ward (aka Love Action), the video for ‘Sing To Me’ (released this Friday) has a distinctly seasonal feel to it, as well as a very Dublin one….RelatedBand On An Island – The Sound Sweep The White Liars interviewPsycho Fest IVThe Mighty Stef – 100 MidnightsSimon Community Charity…
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Modest Mouse took to a stage that looked like it was set up for more than one band, with two drum kits, and almost every musicial instrument that one could think of. As the audience chant and chant for the band to appear, they finally walk on stage and launch straight into ‘Gravity Rides Everything’…
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Ellie Goulding has been announced as the winner of the Brits Critics Choice Award for 2010. The awards is given to the artist most likely to break through this year.Previous winners are Florence and the Machine (2009) and Adele (2008).Here’s Ellie’s brilliant single ‘Under the Sheets’:Random PostsThu 27 Nov – Saccade –…
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