This weekend is an immense weekend for Irish music in terms of the future. As we all know we can only have good independent music festivals if they have the ability to make money. Here's hoping all four festivals this weekend breaks even and continues into the future! Le Cheile - Oldcastle, Meath July 31st - Aug 2nd. There's a free gig on the Sunday featuring Funeral Suits and Neosupervital amongst many others that I'm looking forward to. I also got tickets to Heritage Centre and Ian Whitty for [...]
Excellent line-up and some real headaches for music fans. Some of the best acts appearing are:
Indie Week takes place in our major cities from July 1st to July 4th. The line-up has been announced with stage time: WED JULY 01 CORK DOORS: 7:45 8:30 - 9:00 Bella Clava 9:15 - 9:45 Vesta Varro 10:00 -10:30 Paper Doll 10:45 - 11:15 Walter Mitty THURS JULY 02 GALWAY DOORS: 7:45 8:30 - 9:00 Paper Doll 9:15 - 9:45 Walter Mitty 10:00 -10:30 Bella Clava 10:45 - 11:15 Vesta Varro [...]
Since this monthly post tends to turn into a run on sentence of sorts, I'll try not to be too overtly blabby but get right to the point as much as I can. No promises (a leopard can't change his spots after all) but my concert going activities can be lumped into two categories: the shows that I probably will see and the shows that I probably won't see. Nothing is ever definite either way, but here goes: I've decided that I'm going to be making The Sadies my one regular yearly go-to. The reasons for [...]
The current wave of 'stadium' bands that are not quite large enough to play stadiums yet, all seem to follow a similar pattern. That is, that they generally come charging out of the gate fast enough only to be shot in the leg at the beginning of the next race. In other words, the debut album is usually powerful and promising, while album #2 showcases a band that seems content in simply mailing it in, so to speak. Thankfully there are exceptions to the rule (for me, Muse comes to mind.) Of course it's too early to tell [...]
I've been in a bit of a good old fashioned power pop kick lately and The Eatons from Scarborough are exactly the type of band you're supposed to put on when you're in one of those moods. I use the descriptive term 'pop' pretty frequently these days, which is odd since I'm not even sure if use it in the right context. Just so you know, when I use it, I'm usually referring to an artist or song that makes good use of catchy hooks and memorable melodies. I am not referring to 'pop' as the short form [...]
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