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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 –…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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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It’s Not Unusual
File this under ‘essential weird listening’: a recording of a broken fairground calliope playing songs like ‘It’s Not Unusual‘, ‘Moon River‘ and ‘Those Were the Days’. Wonky, off-kilter and gloriously offbeat, the songs sound like they’re being performed by a troupe of drunk clowns. The stuff of nightmares, perhaps, but captivating all the same. I…
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Ben Sims plays Cork – win tickets
House/Techno fans listen up – more gig news from Cork, and once again from independent promoters: Ben Sims (Theory, Hardgroove- UK) will play Friday 3rd December at The Pavilion, Cork City, Ireland, supported by gig promoter and DJ/producer Jamie Behan (Bastardo Electrico, Subject Detroit). Ben Sims is known as the ‘3 deck master’, ‘the human…
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Swear I’m Not Paul’s in the Red
Fellow Irish blogger Swear I’m Not Paul recently recorded a very funny pilot for RTE‘s online show Red, where he waxes lyrical about some of his favourite Irish bands at the moment and tells us about quirky videos on youtube. Have a look at the video here, and if you like what you see then…
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Pal Joey to play the Pavilion
More Cork news: one of the city’s club nights, House is a Home, is bringing the esteemed house DJ Pal Joey to the Pavilion venue on December 4th. Sean Galvin and Shane Linehan, who run House is a Home, are two serious record collectors and DJs who are well known in the Cork scene, and…
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Sista Mix-A-Lot
Remember mixtapes? It’s strange to think that just a decade ago cassette tapes and by extension mixtapes were a big part of my life, and other music-obsessed teens’ social and cultural lives. When I was a kid, I’d tape myself and my sisters singing and play-acting, or myself and my cousin singing songs we’d written…
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