Former Leya frontman Joe Echo [aka Ciaran Gibbons] is putting his solo career on hold to become the new frontman of INXS! That's not a bad gig is it? Here's a reminder of how good the songs of Joe Echo are! Joe Echo: The Heart That Knows Desire by CultureNI Read more about the INXS story: http://www.irishecho.com.au/20 11/09/27/inxs-reveal-new-irish -frontman/12696
Random news today as Ciaran Gribbin aka Joe Echo has been announced as the lead singer of INXS. Let that soak in there... You can listen to a demo of 'Tiny Summer' with Gribbin on vocals at their website. The band are recording music for their new album with Gribbin who will also join them on their worldwide tour with dates in South America, Australia, and Europe. Gribbin is actually no stranger to well-known names having worked with Madonna, Groove Armada, Snow Patrol and Paul Oakenfold as well as the soundtrack [...]
Nope The Top 50 isn't the name of a new band although it's not the worse name for a band! It's the time of the year where for aesthetic purposes I list my top 50 Irish artists .... at the moment ... living in Ireland ..... who have released a single/album ..... and who pay me backhanders! Over the next 2 weeks [Monday - Friday] I'll be working up the list five acts at a time and telling the world why each [...]
Joe Echo will be performing tracks from the Killing Bono soundtrack at Whelan's on April 28th.
Joe Echo has released a new video for his track 'Sink Your Teeth' which was directed by Declan Keeney. Echo has been a busy guy away from his solo work. In the last few years, he has worked on songs for Madonna, Groove Armada and Paul Oakenfold as well as the upcoming soundtrack to the movie Killing Bono. This particular track is due to appear on his upcoming debut album in 2011. Joe Echo plays The Village tomorrow night (win tickets ).
Joe Echo has just released the video for his new single 'Sink Your Teeth In', which was directed by Declan Keeney. You can check it out below. He's also announced two Irish dates, as well as an appearance at the RDS for the Hot Press Music Show in two week's time. He'll be on the [...]
WIth Halloween in mind this is the new video from Joe Echo and is the closest song I've heard from Joe Echo which sounds like his old band Leya! Catch Joe Echo in The Village on Friday 24th September with The Flaws and Miracle Bell. Entrance is just €5. Want more Joe Echo? ..... Joe Echo: The Heart That Knows Desire by CultureNI
Dublin City FM have announced their new Autumn schedule (full details in the statement below). To mark the occasion and to celebrate the 5th birthday of LiveDrive, the station are hosting a night in The Village, Dublin on Friday, September 24th. The Flaws, Miracle Bell and Joe Echo will all play. Tickets priced €5 are on sale from the WAV ticket office or from the door on the night. We have 2 pairs to giveaway, send a mail to giveaway@state.ie with your contact details before noon on Thursday. 103.2 Dublin City [...]
It does kill me reading all the tweets about how great the Electric Picnic is despite all the recession n shit. I'd genuinely love to have been there but I wasn't going to ask for freebies or spend the money so what am I going to do???? Well there's the Body & Soul Podcasts to enjoy here: Ultan Conlon: http://www.bodyandsoulive.ie/2 0-conlon.html Lisa O'Neill: http://www.bodyandsoulive.ie/2 4-lisa.html Tucan: http://www.bodyandsoulive.ie/2 5-tucan.html [...]
So the Electric Picnic is this weekend. Here's the Pic of the Irish artists playing. Have a listen or in some cases download a tune! Jerry Fish plays The Salty Dog Stage Back to Before - Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club by DMPhoto [...]
I was sent info about this today .... Vodafone Ireland To celebrate our announcement of the Vodafone stage at Oxegen, we have an exciting competition for bloggers! We're giving you the chance to win 1 pair of Oxegen tickets for yourself and 1 pair to give away on your blog. In order to take part, write a blog post to tell us why you should win. Send your post to vodafoneview.ie@vodafone.com or tweet us the link for judging. Open until midnight on 16th June. http://www.facebook.com/vodafo neireland?v=wall&story_fbid=10 1514973234793&ref=mf [...]
I think this is great news. THe Coronas and Joe Echo will be the first sounds thousands of people will hear on their way into Hyde Park on Sunday 27th June. It's a major break for these artists which will hopefully be a springboard for them in the UK! Here's the line-up: Main Stage: Sunday 27 June PAUL MCCARTNEY CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH CROWDED HOUSE ELVIS COSTELLO Pepsi Max Stage: Sunday 27 June JOSHUA RADIN THE BREAKERS COCKTAIL SLIPPERS THE LEN PRICE 3 TIFFANY PAGE [...]
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This week [Monday - Friday] I'm counting down my Top 50 artists in my humble opinion at this moment in time. The artists are to have released an album/ep or played a gig since Jan 2009 in order to qualify for the list. 21. Padraig Digan In 2005 Padraig released an album with his band Wallmark then quickly split the band up. After a break from live performing Padraig got writing again and re-visited old songs. [...]
Republic of Loose have gone through their most successful few months in terms of PR while not releasing anything for ages. Firstly Irvine Welsh championed the band by saying in Q magazine that his favourite album of the naughties was 'Aaagh!'. Earlier this month they headlined the Phantom FM first Friday gig for Haiti. Here's the Republic of Loose doing a decent cover of R Kelly's Ignition: Ignition They are now scheduled to support Ash in a secret location [Andrew's Lane but shhhh] on March 20th as [...]
IT'S BACK! FM104 Help a Dublin Child 'THE GIG' will rock the Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Friday April 9th! The first acts to rock the night is The Coronas, The Republic of Loose and Joe Echo! Joe Echo just missed out on my 5 tips for 2010 list last month. Here's why I rate his music so much!
It's the season of awards and back slapping for the massive effort our finest and best musicians have made during 2009. This post is about celebrating those hidden gems I found throughout the year which for many reasons won't get the recognition they deserve in the coming weeks! 1. Susie Soho - Spinning Top Susie Soho released an excellent debut last year which had a few great tracks including 'Spinning Top'. http://www.susiesoho.com/ [...]
A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. This week my highlights are Fuck Buttons, the State.ie Midnight Mass , Hunter-Gatherer's album launch, Fight Like Apes in the wrestling ring, The XX (though it's sold out), The Rubberbandits (win tickets ) and Edan's gig (win tickets below) promoting his excellent new release Echo Party in the Twisted Pepper. Tuesday 15th December - The Swell Season @ Olympia Theatre (€31.60) - Ana Liffey [...]
Well ok that's not entirely true! Ciaran Gribbon aka Joe Echo aka Leya's frontman co-wrote Madonna's current single Celebration which is at number 3 in the UK charts! Fair play to ya Joe! http://www.joeecho.com/ Sample mp3 from his website: The Heart That Knows Desire
This weekend is an immense weekend for Irish music in terms of the future. As we all know we can only have good independent music festivals if they have the ability to make money. Here's hoping all four festivals this weekend breaks even and continues into the future! Le Cheile - Oldcastle, Meath July 31st - Aug 2nd. There's a free gig on the Sunday featuring Funeral Suits and Neosupervital amongst many others that I'm looking forward to. I also got tickets to Heritage Centre and Ian Whitty for [...]
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