For the next number of days I'm going to use my daily "Amhrán Gach Lá" post to write mini reviews of albums or Eps I wanted to review but have slipped me by in the last few months. Today as it's the turn of the debut album Honeyskippin' from The Hot Sprockets released in the Summer! I have this album a number of months and have listened to it a fair few times. It's quite a frustrating album because there's [...]
Here's a few gigs worth going to over the festive season! Next Friday in The Grand Social this gig is taking place: Here's a new song from Fiach performing at this gig! MountStreetBridge by Fiachmusic ------------------------------ ------- http://www.jacklukeman.com/ Suuport on [...]
I'm a few days late with the news of the Irish Music Television Awards for 2011. The nominations are below with the embedded video in each category being my preferred choice to win! 2011 Nominees – Full List! BEST MALE: James Vincent McMorrow for the video ' Sparrow and the Wolf ' Directed by John Phillipson, Elton Mullally, Rob Davis. Ryan Sheridan for the video 'Stand Up Tall' Directed by Simon Eustace. [...]
The weekly Sunday afternoon/evening sessions gigs called Saucy Sundays in The Grand Social is celebrating their first birthday on Sunday week October 16th. It's such a great line-up which should cost you a tenner plus but Lisa McLoughlin and Joey from The Hot Sprockets work really hard every week to bring together a line-up of similar quality each Sunday! Here's a track from the Mob Fandango who'll be great fun live on Oct 16th: [...]
Another week, another three shows on the 20th IMRO Showcase Tour, this week taking in the East and West coasts, as well as a night in the mid-east. Here's our guide to the acts taking part... Thursday 22nd September - The Late Lounge, Kill "Tightly wound riffs, and arrangements are Avalanche Ammo 's technique. Hailing from Kildare, AA is the solo work of Ant Boland who has been working under Avalanche Ammo name for a while but the Animals EP (in which each song is named after one) is his debut release and [...]
Last night David Hope became the last music act confirmed for the very last music festival in Ireland; The Spirit of Folk festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. David was the successful winner of the What The Folk? competition that was run on Monday evenings in The Workmans Club, Dublin. Here's one of the song's David performed last night: 'See The Ghost' See The Ghost by David Hope [...]
There seems to be a huge amount of stages at this year's Electric Picnic each one filled with some of Ireland's best bands. The Salty Dog stage has the right mix of great homegrown talent with international artists on the cusp of greatness such as Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and The Dark Jokes. Here's the line-up and a selection of music from the bands on the bill: FRIDAY 14.00-15.45 Will Softly (DJ) 16.00-17.15 Anna and The Infidels 17.30-18.30 Huey and the Hobgoblins [...]
Free gigs at The Button Factory! Eh! If you're planning to go to town [Dublin] this Saturday night with a few mates why not enjoy a bit of good time rock music in the form of The Hot Sprockets. Here's a cool video on Youtube uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/em ilyeffect to the sound of Who Knows? by The Hot Sprockets:
The Spirit of Folk festival is a totally unique concept for Ireland. It's aim is to celebrate folk arts, folk crafts, folk games, folk spirituality, folk lore and folk philosophy. The Spirit of Folk festival is a two-day, family friendly festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. Today is Competition Day! All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a pair of [...]
The Spirit of Folk festival is a totally unique concept for Ireland. It's aim is to celebrate folk arts, folk crafts, folk games, folk spirituality, folk lore, folk philosophy as well as being a fundraising initiative for the Oaktree Charitable Trust. The Spirit of Folk festival is a two-day, family friendly festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. From Saturday 13th to [...]
This is a seriously good line-up in The Grand Social in a few weeks; The Hot Sprockets, The Young Folk and Arrow in the Sky for just a fiver on a Saturday night! Wow! http://www.facebook.com/TheYou ngFolkMusic Way Down South by TheYoungFolk
Pretending to be something you're not is an old trick in pop music, so prevalent in fact that it has practically become the norm. How many bands would have got anywhere if all they sang about was what they knew? (The problem, in fact, becomes bands do make it and then start singing about what they know – ie being a rock star). The Hot Sprockets have taken the concept to its (il)logical conclusion, basing their sound of the Mississippi Delta rather than their actual home of South Dublin. That may sound like a recipe for disaster but, [...]
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 [...]
Ahead of the launch of KnockanStockan this evening, we chat to a couple of the bands who have played the festival before about their memories of the event. Rob - Sounds of System Breakdown Whenever I think of KnockanStockan the first thing that comes to mind, before the memories of gigs or craic or whatever, is the atmosphere. It's a wonderful zen garden of a festival, nestled into the side of [...]
This Tuesday evening in The Grand Social is the Launch of Knockanstockan 2011. Here's a track from Sounds of System Breakdown: Fashion Mercenary - Radio Edit by SOSB Knockanstockan is a festival that's been on the go since 2007 in Blessington, Co. Wicklow and aims to promote the best of Irish music. The full line-up will be [...]
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It's all getting exciting for me with the daily updates from all the major players in the Festival Season. Here's some of the best Festival Posters being shared on the social networks and in toilets nationwide! We're just a few weeks off Forbidden Fruit in the grounds of The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin. Must see Irish act has to be Squarehead: Baseball Ghosts by ssquareheadd ---------------- [...]
I went to Tower Records last evening to see Bipolar Empire put on a free instore performance. They played an excellent half hour set, which sounded great and the small crowd loved it. I was really surprised though that Tower wasn't jammed with people. How often do you get an intimate audience with up and coming bands, gratis? Not too often. So I thought I should highlight Tower's instore performance listing so more of you might be encouraged to go along and support/discover [...]
The Poster Wall is a new feature on fourforty4 where I post the most interesting concert posters I happen to find through the social networks! Here's the poster for the Guided By Voices Celebration Night: Guided By Voices Celebration Night with Voided By Ponces, Squarehead, Yeh Deadlies, The Riot Tapes, Powered By Springs and The Former Soviet Republic The Workmans Club, Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 8pm Thursday May 5th 2011 ...Free Admission Check out the [...]
It's getting closer to the album launch of the debut album from the Hot Sprockets. The band have put the video of the single 'Cruisin' on YouTube and it's a cracking little tune. The Hot Sprockets are playing Vantastival on Sunday and in Slane at The Sibin festival on Saturday on the band stage with the following bands: [...]
The line-up for Sibín Festival 2011 has been announced. The event has moved venues too, but only a few miles away, to the Millhouse at Slane, Co. Meath and will take place on Saturday the 30th of April (doors/gates open at 2pm). A mix of hip-hop, dubstep, reggae, techno, drum & bass, funk, electro, house and indie rock this years bill is headlined by The Informatics, New Secret Weapon, Orphx, The Whipround, Loefah, Total Science, Reeko, Giles Armstrong, Barley Mob, The Hot Sprockets and Worries Outernational (full line-up below). There'll be 5 stages and over 35 [...]
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