The final lineup for the Red Bull Music Academy Stage at Oxegen 2010 has been announced, complete with daily breakdowns. This is good news for anyone who picked up a single day ticket, as you can now see who's playing on that respective day. In brilliant local news, Kildare's Planet Parade (one of my Irish Sounds of 2010) were added to the bill, and will take to the stage on Sunday. The Minutes on Saturday are also another great Irish act worth checking out. Friday 9th July Chipmunk Tinie Tempah Gabriella Cilmi Darwin Deez [...]
There's usually one night every couple of months where I'd love to be in four places at once and this Friday is certainly one of them. Firstly there's Phantom's monthly live music and indie club night, First Friday, returns to The Academy on June 4th. Live music on the night will be brought to you by The Minutes, The Dirty 9s, Stand and Pilotlight, followed by the best indie and alternative sounds with DJ Richie McCormack until late. [...]
Photos from The Minutes single launch. [...]
Update: After a postponement, the compilation will now be released this Friday. To celebrate, there will be a launch in Tower on Friday with Ham Sandwich, The Minutes, The Ambience Affair and Dark Room Notes playing short 20 minute sets from 5pm. The New Breed is a new 41 track compilation of contemporary Irish music on 2 CDs releaed on EMI which showcases the sound of Ireland today. The compilation features the likes of Two Door Cinema Club, The Minutes, Adebisi Shank, Mick Flannery, Lisa Hannigan, ASIWYFA, MJEX and The Blizzards. [...]
Foals play Green Spheres on Friday. A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. A shorter guide than usual on account of me skedaddling to South Africa for the week but feel free to fill in the blanks in the comments. All gigs are 8pm doors unless stated otherwise. Also, don't forget the FREE State gig in the Mercantile this Friday. Tuesday 11th May - Dinosaur Jr, Built to Spill [...]
Tower Records is often host to a lot of great intimate gigs, many of which cost nothing at all to attend. One such one is this Friday's (rescheduled) launch of the excellent new compilation album The New Breed . Attending and playing the launch party at Tower Records this Friday, from 5 p.m. will be Ham Sandwich, The Minutes, The Ambience Affair, and Dark Room Notes. Each band is due to play three or four songs, so it's sure to be fantastic. Here's a reminder of the tracklist for The New Breed : DISC ONE [...]
New video for the short two minute garage-heavy 'Secret History', taken from The Minutes ' forthcoming album Marcata out later this year. Meanwhile, the band play The Academy 2 on Thursday with an appearance in Counter Propaganda , the clothes shop in Stephen's Green the next night at 7pm. The Minutes - Secret History from Krank Music Videos on Vimeo . Related Best of IMRO Showcase 2010 show for the Academy [...]
Amazing poster for a brilliant band!
After five weeks on the road, the 2010 IMRO Showcase Tour comes to an end with a special 'Best of Tour' show at The Academy on May 1st. Taking to the stage on the night will be The Cast of Cheers, Mia Sparrow, Miracle Bell, Jody Has A Hitlist and The Minutes, with more acts still to be announced. The event will be hosted by 2FM's Dave Fanning. There is still limted space available on the guestlist. To get your name on it, email your details to showcase@imro.ie. To check out [...]
Dublin rock trio the Minutes have announced a single launch party to end their Irish tour. They'll be playing a few dates in Dublin, as well as in Cork, Waterford, and Belfast, before returning to Dublin to play the Academy on the 13th of May. Tickets for the Academy gig are €10, and go on sale tomorrow. The new single is called 'Secret History', and will be released May 14th. Their ten song album, Marcata , is due this summer, so this should be a nice teaser for it. Stream the tune below. Upcoming tour [...]
The New Breed is a new 41 track compilation of contemporary Irish music on 2CDs which showcases the sound of Ireland today. The compilation features the likes of Two Door Cinema Club, The Minutes, Adebisi Shank, Mick Flannery, Lisa Hannigan, ASIWYFA, MJEX and The Blizzards. The album will be released the day before Independent Record Store Day on Friday April 16th . Tracklisting CD One: 1. Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk 2. Codes - This Is Goodbye 3. Dark Room [...]
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. [...]
Hit 'play' for a soundtrack to this article: Secret History by The Minutes Irish dudes The Minutes made the trip to Austin for SXSW, after being kind enough to feature on our Southwest of Never album. Read on to find a bit more about the guys, and click here to listen to some of their tracks. [...]
No es una canción nueva de The Black Keys . Es una banda irlandesa llamada The Minutes y su canción es "Black Keys". Este trio le ha abierto a personajes de la talla de Albert Hammond Jr. y Supergrass , y hace poco sacudieron el festival SXSW. A mediados de año lanzaran su primer larga duración titulado Marcata . MP3: The Minutes - Black Keys Download audio file (blackkeys.mp3) Hasta hoy [...]
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 [...]
Ful info: http://www.imro.ie/ Thu March 25th The Limelight & Katy Dalys, Belfast Alan MX Strait Laces Nakatomi Towers The Good Fight Heliopause Uber Glitterati Craig McConkey Ed Zealous Fri March 26th CrawDaddy, Dublin Saccade The Cast of Cheers Hello Moon Get Me Moscow Thu April 01st CrawDaddy, Dublin Home Star Runner Panther And The Vengence Queen We Cut Corners [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Amazing Baby : "Heart of Stone (Raveonettes cover)" [mp3] other Amazing Baby posts at Largehearted Boy Dum Dum Girls : "D.A.L." [mp3] from I Will Be (out March 30th) other Dum Dum Girls posts at Largehearted Boy The Fresh & Onlys : "Diamond in the Dark" [mp3] [...]
Inevitably, as another musical year dawns, we begin to move from the favourites that kept us company the previous 364 days and speculate at which bands might fuel our fire during the next 12 months. Remaining on the Emerald Isle for the fourth band of this series, a short trip South of the border to Dublin will most likely afford one the chance to see a raucous live performance from The Minutes . [...]
This will definitely conjure up some feelings. A lot has happened and this puts it into prospective, but, they needed to elaborate more on Michael Jackson's death. At any rate, great video. Posted in Beats, Clip, Meanies, Politik Tagged: 7, decade, in, minutes, mj, new, round, roundup, the, up
Continuing with day 3, the first show of the dark hours was somewhat out of the way, what with most of the shows on the Lower East Side, at the Sidewalk Cafe up in the East Village. Worth the walk, however, as it afforded me the opportunity to catch Setting Sun for the first time. An intriguing mélange of acoustic-indie with pangs of twisted country, this band bridges the gap between [...]
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