It seems that all over the college sports landscape nowadays, all we hear about are conference realignments, TV deals, advertising packages, and student athlete sponsor scandals. Somewhere along the lines, the good old fashioned spirit of the game got lost in the shuffle and with that came the sad realization that these young athletes are mere pawns in a much wider international game of economics. Regardless of what side of Lee County you set your allegiance or which color lucky underwear you wear on game day, let's all remind ourselves about what the whole 'Hullabaloo' is about in the first [...]
There's a whole host of special Christmas gigs on the horizon. Here's a list of the best of the bunch! On December 10th it's the Clockwork Apple Christmas Party in Whelans with a great line-up. Check out the recently released Captain Kennedy debut album here: Sweet Jane play The Grand Social on December 17th. Support from: Talulah does the Hula + Robotnik Admission €6 [...]
A reminder that this is happening in The Village this weekend. I'll be there on Saturday and I'm really looking forward to seeing Sweet Jane, The Gandhies and Jennifer Evans for the first time. Stage Times: Friday 12th November: The Dead Flags - 9.50pm The Holy Roman Army - 9.10pm Verona Riots - 8.30pm Youth Mass - 7.45pm False Starts - Youth [...]
One of our Faces of 2010, Take The Money And Run , play their debut Dublin headliner at Whelan's on October 6th. Support comes from Sleep Thieves and At Last An Atlas.
Although we're not ones to blow our own collective trumpet, we have to admit to feeling pretty chuffed after our special Love:Live Music show at the Mercantile on Dame Street last Friday night. With the venue packed full of State readers, writers and friends, the three bands did us proud. Take The Money & Run proved that their status as one of our Faces Of 2010 was very much deserved, while The Cast Of Cheers blew us away with a short set of pure brilliance. The fact that they've only played a handful of live dates so [...]
Friday night sees State participate in Love:Live Music day with a free gig in The Mercantile on Dame Street. Playing on the night are Super Extra Bonus Party , The Cast Of Cheers and Take The Money & Run . Band sets run from 9pm to 12pm with iStandConnected DJing after. It's completely free but RSVP for priority after the jump. MP3: The Cast of Cheers - 'Tigerfox' MP3: Super Extra Bonus Party - 'Radar' feat. Cadence [...]
One of our Faces of 2010, Take The Money & Run have been doing great things already this year on the back of their debut EP Loud. Pretty. Sad. . Next week sees them join Super Extra Bonus Party and The Cast Of Cheers for our free Love:Live Music Day show at the Mercantile in Dublin. We spoke to the band's Neil Dooley... Give us a bit of history of the band. It kind of started when I met Sarah at a trad session. We used to play in céili [...]
Friday April 16th sees the first ever national Love:Live Music day take place, and State is getting involved by hosting a special free live show at The Mercantile on Dame Street in Dublin featuring Super Extra Bonus Party , The Cast Of Cheers and Take The Money & Run . The gig runs from 8:30pm to 2am with State DJs on hand between sets. Best of all it's completely free but it is RSVP only . To get in, you have to [...]
It's week three of this year's IMRO Showcase Tour, which means it's the halfway point. Friday night sees an action-packed five band bill at Dundalk's Spirit Store, while Saturday finds an equally entertaining line-up further south in Dublin as the tour makes its final visit to Crawdaddy. Friday, April 9th - The Spirit Store, Dundalk The Ambience Affair Comprising of vocalist/guitarist Jamie Clarke and drummer Marc Gallagher, The Ambience Affair specialise in creating music awash with looped guitars, keyboards and vocals combined with driving rhythms. [...]
Friday April 16th sees the first ever national Love:Live Music day, featuring events all over Ireland. Established by Music Network , there will be free live music events across all genres/types of music in towns and villages all over the country as well as two flagship events in Dublin and Limerick. State is extremely proud to be involved and will be hosting a special free live show at the Mercantile on Dame Street in Dublin featuring Super Extra Bonus Party, The Cast Of Cheers and Take The Money & Run. Best of all it's [...]
Lending further proof to the opinion that the Irish music scene is healthier than ever, the call for entries for this year's IMRO Showcase Tour triggered literally hundreds upon hundreds of responses. The line-up has now been selected and the following is a list of the bands who've made the cut and where they can be seen in action: Thursday, March 25th - The Limelight & Katy Daly's, Belfast Alan MX Strait Laces Nakatomi Towers The Good Fight [...]
We spent all last week telling you our top fresh Irish bands and artists to watch out for. This week it's the show part of the "show and tell" where you get to hear all 20 bands for yourselves. Our Faces of 2010 mixtape will get you acquainted with the best new Irish talent out there right now. Click the artist name to see our blurb on them or click to the song title to listen. A link to the mixtape of all 20 songs is below. State's Faces of 2010 Tracklisting [...]
It was six months ago that State first stumbled across Take The Money And Run in their second home of the Spirit Store in Dundalk, eventually running out of winners of the battle of the bands that we had found ourselves judging. Their reward was time in the venue's Tumbleweed Studio, the results of which are due to see the light of day this spring in their shape of their debut EP. Branching out from their Blondie influenced power pop origins to explore the delights of a more bipolar approach - including strings, pianos, flutes, cornets and even [...]
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