No Distance Left To Run, the movie detailing both Blur’s previous career and reformation this year, will see the light of day on 19th January. ”With previously unseen archive material alongside new interviews and reportage, the film recounts the highs and lows of a very British band from the late 80’s to their headline return…
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When we asked for the collected wisdom of the State writers for their choices for the albums of the decade, little did we expect such a bewilderingly wide ranging response. In total, there were votes for around 250 albums – which says a lot for both that collected wisdom and the decade itself. Here begins…
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Freshly reformed after a 10 year hiatus, Pavement have announced that they will play Tripod in Dublin on Tuesday May 4th, 2010. The quintessential alternative rock band of the ’90s have scheduled a series of shows for next year including a rumoured slot at Glastonbury. The band themselves are currating All Tomorrow’s Parties next May which…
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In what seems to be a now annual visit to these shores, Metallica have announced a rare indoor show at the Odyssey in Belfast on May 11th. Tickets priced from £49 including booking fee go on sale this Thursday 03 December at 9.00am. It’s their only confirmed date for the month so keep an eye…
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The Arctic Monkeys that took to the stage of Dublin’s O2 was a far cry from the precocious young band that burst upon an unsuspecting music scene just four years ago. Back then, the Sheffield quartet answered to nobody: they shunned the majors to sign for mid-sized indie Domino Records (home to Franz Ferdinand) and…
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Stornoway is a wee burgh settlement on the Isle of Lewis, way out in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Stornoway are also a pop-folk quintet based in Oxford, England. The name likely came from one of their hiking trips, though they admit the closet they have got to their namesake is 37 miles. How and…
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As the founder of T In The Park music festival, perhaps it's not altogether surprising to find that Geoff Ellis' musical knowledge simply pours out of him. Geoff's an Englishman, but - having been resident in Scotland for over a decade..
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Alicia Keys has announced a live appearance at Dublin's O2 for Friday the 21st of May, 2010. Its a fully seated show, tickets will be €44.20, 49.20, 65.70 and are on sale this Thursday the 3rd of December at 9am from all Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, online at www.ticketmaster.ie and through their booking line, 0818 719…
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Let It Beep is an interesting title for Tennessee quintet Royal Bangs’ sophomore effort, but it only tells part of the story. A much more explanatory moniker would’ve been Let It Beep, Bang, Crash, Bounce…. and Rock. Coming across like a younger, more focused Flaming Lips (particularly on the evidence of this year’s Embryonic), they five-piece…
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Courting controversy seems par for the course with Call Of Duty's Modern Warfare franchise, such is the realism of the violence on display, but the developers at Activision and Infinity Ward have outdone themselves this time, with this game making headlines all over the globe, including spots on most of our country's top talk-shows, reigniting…
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The laneway outside the Button Factory is alarmingly quiet just moments before Ash take the stage. Have the Downpatrick trio really fallen that much from superstardom that filling the modest Temple Bar venue is now an effort? Not so, it turned out. Walking into the venue, it became clear that the throng were just hidden…
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The last time State witnessed Morrissey in action was on the far side of the country, when he graced the stage of Galway's Leisureland complex earlier this year. A Dublin date was not part of the tour schedule then but it was inevitable that he'd return at some point to make up for it. And…
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Here's the new video for The Last Tycoons video for their single 'The Dry Law'. The lads are putting on a special Christmas gig in The Good Bits in Dublin (formerly Radio City on Store Street) on Friday December 4th with support from Derry City's Here Comes The Landed Gentry plus more guests to be…
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Mumford & Sons have announced a series of shows around the UK and Ireland for March of next year. The British folk outfit will stop off at The Academy in Dublin the night after Paddy's Day having just played the The Academy 2 in September of this year (review here). It may not seem like…
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These days the term ‘supergroup’ has been over-used so much it’s virtually redundant. For every Cream, CSNY, Fantomas, or The Good, the Bad and the Queen, there’s a half-assed Mongrel snapping at the heels of good taste. Them Crooked Vultures are of a different pedigree altogether though. The rock classes have been chattering incessantly since…
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Whelan’s plays host to the inaugural Homelights festival from 27th – 30th of November. The event, which is co-curated by Adrian Crowley and Foggy Notions, is a sister festival to London’s Homefires and Fife’s Homegame and, like its siblings, draws upon the themes of community and artistic kinship.It all begins on Friday 8pm Upstairs…
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Sunday 30th August 1992 had been a long day at the end of a long weekend. The Reading Festival was, by this point, fully back in the game after its relaunch in 1989. Ever reflecting the musical world at large, 1992 saw the growing influence of US alternative bands – although Buffalo Tom, Pavement, Screaming…
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2 Turntables & A Microphone: The Life and Death of Jam Master Jay is due for DVD release early next month, telling the story of Run DMC DJ Jay and the ongoing mystery surrounding his death in 2002. Random PostsU:Mack throw 100% Dynamite Xmas Party A brief history of Auto-TuneThe Odd Couple Just got odderWolf Parade…
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Lucien Revolucien, also known as Lucien M’B and Papalu, will be in Dublin this weekend to introduce the screening of Round Da Way/Les Lascars at the IFI, as part of their annual French film festival. Revolucien, who scored the movie, has been a hugely influential figure on the French hip-hop scene for many years, as well…
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