Ireland has never had a huge amount of diversity when it comes to music awards – that’s not meant as any disrespect to the existing awards, but there is definitely room for another one. After all, variety is the spice of life! So I’m delighted to announce that there is a new music awards on…
Month: December 2010
Unreal. Egyptian Lover plays Ireland in February
This is probably the best news of the year for me – Egyptian Lover (Greg Broussard) will play the Grand Social in Dublin in February. I think the last time he played Ireland was at the Mantua Festival a few years back but I’ve never seen him live so I am ultra excited. Egyptian Lover…
Word of Mouth Tour: The Ambience Affair, We Cut Corners, Windings
Last January’s Word of Mouth Presents tour – which brought O Emperor, Sons of Noel & Adrian, and Alessi’s Ark to venues around the country – was so successful that they’re going to do it all again. So next month for The Certain Three 2011 Tour another three great bands will play around Ireland: The…
Christmas Choons
Ah, Christmas. It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s my favourite time of year – and I especially love that it’s the one time that I can play cheesy songs without feeling guilty. When it comes to Christmas songs, there are very little I don’t love – hell, I even love Slade’s Christmas song –…
Black Sun – Cork’s ‘weirdo’ music event is back
This Monday sees another of the weird and wonderful Black Sun gigs taking place in Cork city. Conceived by Vicky Langan and Paul Hegarty, Black Sun is a night quite like none other – a gathering of unusual, weirdo and avant-garde musicians who will perform in the historic Pavilion venue. This month, the gig will…
Meljoann interview / Klaxons interview / Janelle Monáe review
Some recent articles of mine: An interview with the fantastic Irish electronic musician Meljoann on Thumped.com A Q&A with James from The Klaxons on Heineken Music. Review of the recent Janelle Monáe gig on State.ie I’ll have an interview with Jonathan from The Drums on Heineken Music soon.
Update: Gig cancellations due to bad weather
This bad weather is leading to a rake of gigs being cancelled – sad news for promoters! But a lot of them will be rescheduled so don’t lose faith. Cork: Pal Joey, due to play the Pavilion tonight (Friday 3 Dec) can’t make it down to Cork. The gig will be rescheduled – but if…
Twin Shadow – Dublin date announced
A Dublin date has been announced for new kid on the block and current Sweet Oblivion fave, Twin Shadow. If you haven’t heard of this young fellow (aka George Lewis Jr) then please run to this website and have a listen to his debut album, Forget, for free. Being that I am a fan of…
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