I Maya dicono che il 2012 è l'anno della fine. Avevo due scelte: un post di preghiere o un post in cui amici, blogger, scrittori e lettori vi dicono sostanzialmente "oh mancano due anni alla fine del mondo e prima che finisca vi consiglio un cd, un libro e un film, che di tempo per mettersi in paro ce n'è". La prima, ad esordire è Giulia Blasi scrittrice " Nudo d'uomo con calzino " (Einaudi) e blogger di lungo corso ( Sai tenere un segreto , Me parlare donna un giorno ). [...]
The Roxy 3/26/10: Hank III & Assjack Largo 3/15/10: She & Him (call club) 3/30/10: Brad Mehldau (call club) Gibson Amphitheatre 2/12/10: Haiti Benefit - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia [live on stage] / Family Guy [Live] (Thursday at 10 AM) 3/12/10: Zak Brown Band (Saturday at 1 PM) The Wiltern 2/2/10: Haiti Benefit – Tenacious D / Frank Black / James Mercer of the Shins / Bob Odenkirk of Mr. Show / Patton Oswalt (now) 2/25/10: Trailer Park Boys (Friday at 10 AM) 3/24/10: Devendra Banhart and the Grogs (Friday at 10 AM) [...]
Great news comes my way from Jim Carroll and his On the Record blog . He announced this morning that eight out of ten cats acts nominated for this year's Choice Music Award will be performing on the night. The show takes place in Vicar Street on March 3rd. Tickets are €27, and for that bargain price, you'll get approximately ten minutes each from all of the following: And So I Watch You From Afar, Codes, Adrian Crowley, Dark Room Notes, The Duckworth Lewis Method, Julie Feeney, Valerie Francis, and The Swell Season. [...]
The line-up for the Choice Music Prize event at Dublin's Vicar Street has been announced, with eight of the ten nominees playing live: And So I Watch You From Afar Codes Adrian Crowley Dark Room Notes The Duckworth Lewis Method Julie Feeney Valerie Francis The Swell Season (full band) Due to prior live commitments in the United States, Bell X1 and Laura Izibor will be unable to attend.The event will be broadcast live on Paul McLoone's show on Today FM. Tickets for the event are now on sale from [...]
Other Voices returns for its eighth series next month, once more hosted by Annie Mac. Filmed, as ever, in Dingle the full line-up and transmission dates are as follows: Programme 1 – Wednesday 3rd February Snow Patrol Speech Debelle Adrian Crowley IMRO Other Room – Low Mountain Programme 2 – Wednesday 10th February Imelda May The Lost Brothers The XX IMRO Other Room – O Emperor Programme 3 – Wednesday [...]
I'm not sure whether I should be calling this the Choice Music Prize 2010 or 2009, so I've hedged my bets and gone for both! PaddyPower.com has posted the odds for the award, so get your bets in now! 9/2 - And So I Watch You From Afar, The Duckworth Lewis Method 5/1 - Valerie Francis 11/2 - Bell x1 6/1 - Adrian Crowley, Dark Room Notes 8/1 - The Swell Season 9/1 - CODES 14/1 - Julie Feeney, Laura Izibor My money is on Codes or Adrian Crowley by the way. [...]
The one real benefit of my work is that I don't to see anything on the web until about 4pm. By the time I check the emails, tweets and facebook updates I'm usually so late to all the juicy debates it's hardly worth making a comment! I do think the Choice Music Awards is a worthwhile addition to our music world. Not only is it worthwhile to the bands, record labels and album sales but also for the debates, discussions and degrading remarks which result! See On The Record! [...]
The ten albums shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize were revealed moments ago on Today FM. They are (in alphabetical order): And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway CODES - TreesDreamInAlgebra Adrian Crowley - Season of the Sparks Dark Room Notes - We Love You Dark Matter Duckworth Lewis Method [...]
Here are the ten for the Choice Prize this year. Delighted to see ASIWYFA get a nod as well as Julie Feeney and Valerie Francis in particular. It's a pity there was no room for David Kitt's The Nightsaver . I figured albums from BATS, The Holy Roman Army, Twinkranes and Patrick Kelleher were maybe a little too out there to all get on the list. I don't get the appeal of Duckworth Lewis Method myself but sure there ya go. After being a judge last year (list below), all I can say is good [...]
The nominees for the 2009 Choice Music Prize have been announced. They are as follows... Duckworth Lewis Method - DLM Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway The Swell Season - Strict Joy Julie Feeney - Pages Valerie Francis - Slow Dynamo Dark Room Notes - We Love You Dark Matter CODES - Trees Dream in Algebra And So I Watch You From Afar - ASIWYFA Adrian Crowley - Season of Sparks [...]
A little late, but better late than never. Here's my Top 10 Irish Albums of 2009... 10. And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watc You From Afar If Salvador Dali was still alive today, he may paint an album cover like that of ASIWYFA's debut album. Better still, if he was a musician, he'd probably make bizarrely brilliant instrumental tunes like the eleven shoegaze classics that appear on this debut album. [...]
After last year's succesful Irish Sound of 2009 post between myself and Peter over at 2UIBestow , we have teamed up again to highlight ten acts worth looking out for in 2010. We've picked five acts each, all of which could end up dominating the Irish music scene in the next twelve months. A Plastic Rose Belfast based A Plastic Rose consists of equal parts Sligo and Belfast and make the type of Indie Rock music Tim Wheeler dreams about. The vocals are shared by the contrasting styles of Ian and [...]
For a second year in a row Ronan over at Swear I'm Not Paul and myself have been working on creating a list of 10 Irish acts in alphabetical order who we believe will make considerable progress towards world domination in the coming 12 months. Ronan picked five acts and I picked five acts ready to invade your music world in 2010. A Plastic Rose http://www.myspace.com/aplasti crose Belfast based A Plastic Rose consists of equal parts Sligo and Belfast and make the [...]
Here's the list of nominations you can vote for in this year's Meteor Awards; http://meteormusicawards.meteo r.ie/ Best Irish Band Bell X1 The Coronas Delorentos Snow Patrol U2 Tip to Win: The Coronas Best Irish Male Colin Devlin Jerry Fish Jack L Christy Moore Mundy Tip to Win: Jerry Fish Best Irish Female Wallis Bird [...]
Republic of Loose fans witnessed a vastly-changed line-up take to the Academy stage on Christmas Eve-Eve-Eve (December 22nd to the rest of you) for their sole Dublin headlining show of 2009. Founding members Mick and Dave Pyro, along with eponymous bassist Benjamin Loose, are all that remains of the old guard as cracks increasingly begin to appear in the Terenure funk-soul troupe's chiselled exterior. Personal difficulties and financial realities led guitarist Brez and keyboardist Deco to walk out earlier this year, and they've been dutifully replaced by the bloke with the beard and the guy in the [...]
The nominations are out for this years Meteor Awards, to be held at the RDS on February 19th: Best Radio DJ - National Ian Dempsey - Today FM Damien Farrelly - 2FM Tony Fenton - Today FM Ray Foley - Today FM Larry Gogan - 2FM Dan Hegarty - 2FM Radio DJ - Regional Leigh Doyle - BEAT Jim & Niamh - FM 104 KC & Lenny - Red FM Michelle McMahon - Spin SW [...]
The nominees for this year's IMRO Meteor Music Awards have been announced. There's the usual names and faces as well as the total lack of David Geraghty in the Best Irish Male category. Jack L? Seriously? Didn't he only release a Best of this year, and hasn't released a successful single in years. The Awards Show will be held at the RDS on Friday, February 19 2010, and will be presented by Amanda Byram. Westlife, Snow Patrol, the Script, Florence and the Machine, Paolo Nutini, The Coronas, and Pixie Lott are all set to play live on the night. [...]
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It does only seem like last year when there was a debate in the media about what to call this decade. I've really enjoyed reading the various 'best of ...' lists in the media and on the blogsphere. This post aims to outline my perspective on the Irish Music Scene over the last decade! By the year 2000, we had accumulated a wealth of disposable income which in the main resulted in more of us attending gigs, more of us learning to play instruments and more [...]
Here's a list of my Favorite Songs Of 2009 . Granted, I may be missing some quality tunes and I've done my best not to repeat artists, but these 99 seemed to stick out the most. Please feel free to leave any thoughts/concerns and be on the lookout, tomorrow, for my Favorite Albums Of 2009 list. 99. Do Make Say Think - Do 98. Yo La Tengo [...]
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