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Friday, October 15th, 2010

News :: The Great Escape

When oppor-tune-ity knocks you have to answer, especially in this case if you’re a member of a deadly Irish band. UK festival The Great Escape has chosen Ireland as its lead partner for the 2011 event in Brighton and bands are now invited to apply to play. As a sort of pre-season festival, many of

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Photos :: ASIWYFA

Hands up who misses ASIWYFA? Me! Good news though….along with a new album that should be seeing a release in the not-so-distant-future, there are a rake of new live dates coming up before they spear the year...

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Arthur’s Day

Bah. 251 years ago saw the first pint of the famous Black Stuff. 250 years later saw the arrival of an attempt to make Arthur Guinness’ birthday a national holiday by way of gigs, shows and concerts...

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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Flyer :: Cloud Castle Lake / The Parks / Market Force

Really like this poster, reminds me a bit of the wooden Build Your Own…Skeleton set someone gave me a few years ago that the kids messed with, losing a few parts so it could never be completed....

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Monday, September 6th, 2010

Video :: Villagers

Really like this video for Villagers’ new single That Day. Along with the tour schedule, press attention and vast audience, the magic of signing to a hugely-supportive label has been evident in the videos made for Conor...

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Friday, August 20th, 2010

Hard Working Class Heroes Line-Up Announced

The full list of bands have been announced on the main HWCH site but Goldenplec appeared to be first up with the news yesterday. Billed as the best weekend in Dublin and the chance to really hear...

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Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Accept Or Decline :: The Future Of MySpace

Generating more hype than the Great Gold Rush, MySpace is a well-documented story of fame, fortune and friend requests in 20 languages. Behind the boardroom wars and ‘Thanks For The Add!’ glitter-GIF tackiness however, the combination of...

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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

News :: Villagers Shortlisted For Mercury Music Prize.

Congratulations to Villagers‘ Conor O’Brien whose debut album Becoming A Jackal was named on the shortlist for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize this morning. We’re all delighted for him here at home, even though the bookies (EDIT)...

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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Down With This Sort Of Thing :: Online Extortion.

With shock and disgust I and others learned that the Irish Music Rights Organisation had targeted a group of music bloggers with demands for money last week. Asleep On The Compost Heap, Nialler9, The Torture Garden and...

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