events/gigs
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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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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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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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Groom’s Golden Age
One of the best things about moving to a new city is finding new music – discovering bands that may not be well known (yet) in your previous home town, or bands that simply haven’t fallen onto your radar. When I moved to Dublin two years ago, Groom were one of the bands I was…
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Have a spooky Halloween with the evil Yeh Deadlies…
It’s Halloween tomorrow – All Hallow’s Eve, the night where all sorts of spooky happenings and evil deeds are done. It’s also a night where folk from around the country get dressed up in costumes and facepaint and meet friends to imbibe substances which may cause them to have an out of body experience….or wake…
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Derrick Dalton Tribute Night
IT has been two years since Derrick Dalton, of the bands Hey Paulette, Mexican Pets, and latterly Crumb, passed away. A tribute night in memory of Derrick will take place on September 29th in Whelans, Dublin, featuring Thread Pulls, Dinah Brand, Richer Than Astronauts, and Little Beauties. The event not only marks the second anniversary of his premature…
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of Montreal do Michael Jackson
It’s not easy to cover a Michael Jackson song without sounding like a bad karaoke band – it’s even harder to do a Michael Jackson medley without sounding like you’re short on ideas and full of beer. But the glitter-shorts-wearing, eyeliner-loving, freak-funk-bassline-adoring of Montreal are just the band to tackle a Michael Jackson medley and…
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