Fine debut EP from Dublin band 'Red Sail' which more than hints at a long career and a superb future debut album. Red Sail are two guys and a girl who bring their talents together to create a kind of indie folk music which is big on charm and atmosphere but struggles to provide impact. Some of the songs remind me of Declan O'Rouke from his 'Since Kyabram' days or of Henrietta Game without the strings. Their folk sound has a [...]
Cork's Bona Fide Federation took the risk to book a Dublin gig early in January and it paid off! The sizable crowd were treated to a great night's music from the headline band and their exceptionally good support Henrietta Game. The six piece band fronted by an amazing vocalist Triona O'Neill performed a set consisting of tracks from their debut EP Night Train, new songs as well as a tasty cover of Feist's 'My Moon, My Man'. The band's sound was a refreshing mix of Pop, Folk, Orchestra Jazz and many more sub genres! [...]
Swear I'm Not Paul's Top 30 Irish Albums of 2011.
The Best of the IMRO Showcase takes place this Saturday with 12 bands over 2 stages in The Workman's Club, Dublin until 3am. It's a celebration of the 20th annual IMRO tour. Presented by 2FM's Jenny Huston , the show will feature sets from Rams Pocket Radio, The Young Folk, Henrietta Game, The Fallen Drakes, Daithí, Ghost Estates, Danielle Harrison, I’M YOUR VINYL, Marc O’Reilly, Pearse McGloughlin, Rainy Boy Sleep and The Empire Lights.
Congratulations to the following RAAP / RTÉ Radio Breakthrough 2011 shortlist Category: Pop, Rock or Dance •Cocophone •The Fallen Drakes •O Emperor Category: Country, Roots or Folk • Alice Jago & Band •Henrietta Game •Ciara Sidine Category: Classical •Sharon Carty •Aoife Ní Bhriain •Evin Kelly Category: Traditional Irish •The Full Set •Úna Monaghan •The Bonny Men [...]
While I won't be attending HWCH 2011 I do hope the 100 bands get a positive experience from the weekend. Here's my pick of the best songs you could hear this weekend. Thursday 6th October The Workmans Club 8.00 - 8.30 Youth Mass False Starts by Youth Mass 8.45 - 9.15 Red Queen Contest 9.30 - 10.00 Go Panda Go 10.15 - 10.45 Howlin Dowlin 11.00 [...]
Henrietta Game are fast becoming the most blogged about band on this site. This video is not an official video for the new single 'The Last Time' but I'm sharing it because I like the concept and the echoing sound produced. The video was shot in an old railway station in Belturbet, Co Cavan by Finn Keenan . LAST THING by Henrietta Game If you haven't had the pleasure of [...]
We're past half way in 2011 and the quality in music produced by Irish artists is getting better and better. I've already reviewed three albums this year where I've given full ratings for. In other words the albums from Favourite Sons, Jukebox Gypsy and Reader's Wives were flawless. Here's the best fifteen new tunes I've heard in 2011. [Disclaimer; No one person can listen to every Irish song released but [...]
Even in a musical country as small as Ireland, getting yourself noticed can be a Herculean task. Henrietta Game would seem to be aware of this, launching their debut album with a gig on a famine ship. It's hardly your average night down at Whelan's and an approach that suits the band. They are both unique and strangely familiar at the same time. While their acoustic, almost classical, take on pop music stands out today there are more than a few nods (intentional or otherwise) to the predominant Irish sound of the late '80s. If all [...]
The Temple House Festival takes place in Sligo this coming weekend and it's a masssive line-up in terms of the number of bands playing and the quality of music on offer. The schedule is up on the website: http://www.templehousefestival .com/about/running-order.html For this mixtape I'm going to include one song from a band in each scheduled section: Friday 10th June 2011 Bavaria Main Stage 00.50 Late Session – [...]
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Originally appeared on http://fourforty4.com/2011/05/ 26/2-x-fourforty4-3-henrietta- game-black-ship/ on May 26th Peter and Elaine writer of http://raritiesandb-sides.blog spot.com/ sat down at their respective computers, where they simultaneously listened to the band's debut album and shared their thoughts. Elaine: Elaine Kirwan reporting for duty! Peter: Haha good on ya! I'm ready to hit play whenever [...]
People keep telling us that music journalism is dead. Readers can instantly download and listen to music so why would they care what other people think? Here at fourforty4 we think they do care but that, sometimes, music journalism and criticism isn’t interesting enough. That’s why we’ve launched 2 x fourforty4 – DID YOU SEE WHAT WE DID THERE? – a new type of music review. In this series, two of our contributors will listen to a record individually, then listen together while chatting over [...]
I love the line-up for The Flat Lake Festival for this June bank holiday in Co. Monaghan. The full programme of events is here: http://www.theflatlakefestival .com/2011-PROGRAMME and here is the music and culture programme for the weekend: FRIDAY NIGHT 3rd BUTTYBARN 6:00 PM - FAVOURITE SONS They Call Me Coco Rushdie by FavouriteSons 7:00 PM [...]
Friday is covers day on the blog and there's no better cover performed at gigs than this track by Henrietta Game: The Yeah Yeah Yeah's 'Hysteric' really suits the band and the lyrics are simply wonderful. Catch Henrietta Game upstairs in Whelans as part of the Clockwork Apple mini-festival: http://www.henriettagame.com/ http://clockworkapplepresents. wordpress.com/ Listen to all the bands here: [...]
This week Amhrán Gach lá is going Apple Green to celebrate Clockwork Apple's mini festival taking place this weekend in Whelans: All week I'm going to highlight why you should make it to at least one of the three gigs above: Here's the new video from Thursday's headliners Miracle Bell for the single 'Light, Shape, Sound': http://clockworkapplepresents. wordpress.com/
Here is my review of the first Irish festival of the season which took place over the last three days in Co. Louth called Vantastival . I was attending the festival as a blogger, music enthusiast as well as a father as I brought my twin 9 year old boys with me. This was the second year of Vantastival . While the line-up of last year was stronger there was really no comparison to be made to last year's inaugural festival. The organisers [...]
Here is the Best 50 Irish Acts out there at this moment in time in my humble opinion. 50. Clockwork Noise 49. The P Affection 48. The Elective Orchestra/Nick Carswell 47. TKO 46. Pete Courtney 45. Friend? 44. EleventyFour 43. Norabelle 42. Mark Black /with The Roots Orchestra /with The Trips 41. Fox. [...]
..... taken from the Redradar post Fox E & The Good Hands - I Like It Curvy .... I’m delighted to share the new single by the most entertaining band I’ve seen live this year. Fox. E & The Good Hands can be described as a funky Imelda May but to be honest that does not do justice for Eimear Fox’s outstanding vocals. The band have style, confidence and a swagger about them which infuses their live performance. A superb band to watch [...]
I wrote a little guest post for the culture website http://redradar.ie/ which will appear online later today. I wrote about three up and coming bands with recommendations for the soundtrack to your May Bank Holiday weekend. In the post you will be hearing the new single from Henrietta Game called Sleep Then: Sleep Then by HENRIETTA GAME by GoodSeedPR The band are constantly [...]
It's been a few weeks since I did a round up of events happening. Also since the blog makeover I think gig posters are looking very clear & readable on the blog. Here's the first event I wish I was at! Tomorrow from 3PM! .............................. ..... Here's aother gigi I'd love to be at: Friday 18th March in SXSW: Creekside Stage 1:00 Pint Shot Riot(London) 2:00 O Emperor(Waterford, Ireland) [...]
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