If you're a fan of Irish music and want to help out a band or two go to http://breakingtunes.com/ and check out the artist page and have a listen. This will get that band up the charts and give them a better chance of being chosen for the Hard Working Class Heroes festival next month! MOST VIEWED BANDS 1.) TALULAH DOES THE HULA 2.) FIGHT LIKE APES 3.) GOATBOY 4.) BRIAN CULLEN'S LOVE BULLETS 5.) CULTURE VANDALS 6.) LAST [...]
The Kineticks are to play their biggest headline show to date with a gig at the Academy 2 on May 30th. Support comes from Sweet Jane and The Cades, with tickets priced €11. The band also play the following co-headlining dates with Angel Pier: FRI 22 MAY MULLINGAR, THE STABLES THURS 28 MAY DUNDALK, SPIRIT STORE THURS 11 JUNE CORK, BOOTLEG @ THE PAVILLION FRI 12 JUNE GREYSTONES, GREYSTONES THEATRE THURS 18 June LIMERICK, DOLAN'S [...]
The launch of any new music series on Irish television is something to be applauded but even so RTÉ's The Raw Sessions with Sony Ericsson looks particularly interesting, a brand new eight-part interactive music series on which will see eight talented Irish music acts write, record and mix an original song in front of the cameras in 12 hours or less. Viewers can vote for their favourite song and by downloading it can help the artists of the week into the Irish charts. The Raw Sessions with Sony Ericsson, which will be presented by [...]
Take girl-punks the Donnas, add a spattering of Irish charm and a Sex and the City wardrobe and you have a good idea of what to expect from Talulah Does the Hula . On stage the four Dublin girls are all carefully placed flowers, look-at-me attitude and model poses, but musically Talulah Does the Hula never really get going. While there's nothing inherently wrong with their gentle pop-rock, a slightly dodgy sound set up and the minor vocal clashes that come from four girls singing simultaneously takes the gloss off their performance. To be fair, Talulah Does [...]
Dass man auch in Irland psychedelisch-wabernde Gitarren zu schätzen weiß, zeigt uns das Quartett Sweet Jane aus Dublin. Es werden Erinnerungen an die Raveonettes wach, wenn in Songs wie «You're making this hard» Girl-Boy-Vocals über 60s/70s angehauchten Klängen schweben und in anderen Liedern durchaus auch mal kräftig gelärmt werden darf. Bislang hat die Band eine EP, «Blackboots and Blackhearts» , veröffentlicht und war als Support für Glasvegas, A Place To Bury Strangers und Black Rebel Motorcycle Club und somit im passenden Klangkosmos live unterwegs. [...]
Dreampop, outta Ireland, in 2009, hooray for Sweet Jane and their boy/girl call and responses. 'Blackboots and Blackhearts' is so dreamy it might even make you forget about the doom and gloom for a few minutes. It is a marked progression for the band and sees them edge away from their influences and closer to their own unique voice. And what a final destination it could prove to be. We probably
Furr by Blitzen Trapper This album has a nice 60's/70's feel to it. I think it's much better than Wild Mountain Nation . Not Your Lover by Blitzen Trapper Hometowns by The Rural Alberta Advantage Fans of Neutral Milk Hotel will probably like this one. Don't Haunt This Place by The Rural Alberta Advantage The Family Afloat by [...]
Hi Mark here from the UK. I feel it's been an exciting year musically. I have been privileged to have the inside track as Glasvegas have exploded on the scene, and interviewed Gary Numan amongst many. Most of all it's been a real pleasure to read positive feedback in comments - that means a lot believe me!!! I can't finish the year without a few thank you's so here goes......To Kip for providing me the platform, Sean for his help and support. Neil Ferris, Jon Dunn all at the Press Counsel and Zest PR for Latitude and Mighty Boosh respectively. [...]
I think there's been a distinct lack of real quality Irish bands breaking through in the last while. I don't think the music scene in this country is as strong as it could be, due to a number of factors, not least the lack of support for bands at live venues. When there's so much established international quality bands playing gigs here, it's difficult to get people out to a gig by a band they may have only heard a couple of songs from. Without real support at the live venues, it's hard for bands to gain real foothold. Of [...]
More information on bands that debuted this week on the FUTURE SOUNDS radio show.... SWEET JANE FROM: Dublin, Ireland MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/officia lsweetjane Dead Flower Records (IE) I was lucky enough to meet frontwoman - Danda - this weekend in Dublin and [...]
The Hard Working Class Heroes Festival is taking place this weekend all around Temple Bar with a huge variety of bands playing in various venues. There's some real talent on the Irish scene at the moment and this festival will showcase some of them along with an 'invasion' of Scottish bands which will add further to the festival. Entertainment.ie are running a download chart of songs by the artists featured so that's well worth a look to find a few more bands and also more info on the artists I've featured below. Here are some of my [...]
Highlighting bands and artists from Ireland, the Hard Working Class Festival aims to bring these groups to the attention of media from around the globe. With our boys Angel Pier on the list, we thought we might give them a boost while sending some love out to the other 100 bands that are showcased. Best of all, free MP3s for every one of the artists. We took this list based on the current top-20 and we added the MP3s. Click on a group's song if you would like to support them or their name to [...]
So I had an idea .......The more busy I get with my inbox overflowing here, the more I neglect what used to be one of my best sources for new music. Last night I trawled through fifty or so friend requests on Myspace and the bands featured below represent the best of those fifty. If you all enjoy the feature, I will continue with it every Tuesday. First up are Sympathy State : "Sympathy State are a four piece band formed in the [...]
I tried writing this blog late Friday night all hopped up on flu meds and it ended in tragedy with me trying to get fancy with coding and formatting. So I'm keeping this one simple. These are some selections from film soundtracks that inspired me to seek out a music supervision career at an early age. I'm not talking any score here, that's an entirely different blog. Pump up the Volume-1990 This song was playing during the scene where Sammantha Matthis's character [...]
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