The second day of Sea Sessions 09 brings both blazing sun and a lot more revellers descending on Bundoran for the mix of music and sufring. Unfortunately the tide conditions are really not conducive to the latter and today's surf event is postponed until Sunday afternoon. State settles itself in the main tent and catches the re-scheduled set from R.S.A.G. who proves why he was one of the most anticipated acts of the weekend. The new Irish talent continues with the 202s on the main stage, while the long missing Kill City Defectors offer [...]
There were only ever four real contenders for this once the voting started. The top four albums below trail-blazed from day one and the others all languished behind. This year almost 200 of you voted for 61 different Irish albums with 354 votes counted in total. That's three more albums than last year. This blogs championing of the number one album below has left me in a slightly awkward position but perhaps it was inevitable. No doubt, there will be a few cynics who discount the results as a canard but this was a public poll [...]
Tomorrow night (Sat 15th) in Dorans, Kill City Defectors are having their album launch for their new album "Mutiny Sounds", Huzzah! I've been listening to it all morning and it's excellent funky rock 'n' roll music. Live, they really know how to get the dancefloor moving so pop along to the gig tomorrow night. Support from some band called Super Extra Bonus Party , €7 quid in. Check out The Indie Hour in the next few days for the latest podcast with the KCD lads acting the maggot on [...]
You betcha. The debut album from Super Extra Bonus Party is being released this week and is without a doubt, one of the most diverse and eclectic Irish albums of recent memory. Before I continue, a caveat: I'm best mates with the band. In fact I live with them, make their artwork and visuals and darn their socks. Mike from the band is a occasional contributor to the blog. Cries of favouritism could be levelled at me but the advantage of having an mp3 blog is that you, the reader, can judge for yourself by listening to [...]
Dublin gig highlights for the next two months.. Click! March 13th - Si Schroeder - €15 - Crawdaddy 16th Paddy's Weekend - Pendulum - €25 - TBMC 17th Paddy's Weekend - Ed Banger Records - Uffie , Feadz , SebastiAn - €23.50 - TBMC 17th Paddy's Weekend - !!! (Chk Chk Chk) - €20 - The Village 18th - DJ Food [...]
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Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Video: Dreamers - "Appaloosa"
