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Faces of 2012: Digital Magazine and Compilation
All this week we’ve been bringing you our annual pick of new Irish musical talent, featuring the twenty acts that State feels will come to...
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- Faces of 2012: Tenaka
- Faces of 2012: The Debutantes
- Faces of 2012: Tara Masterson Hally
- Faces of 2012: SertOne
- Faces of 2012: Hush War Cry
- Faces of 2012: This Club
- Faces of 2012: Toby Kaar
- Faces of 2012: Nightbox
- Faces of 2012: Lethal Dialect
- Faces of 2012: Futures Apart
- Faces of 2012: The Notas
- Faces of 2012: Simon Bird
- Faces of 2012: Cfit
- Faces of 2012: Elaine Mai
Madonna set for Dublin gig, tickets on sale next week
Madonna has a pretty high opinion of herself these days. Last week she was asked about her ticket prices for the world tour which was...
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- Guns N’ Roses to play The O2 in Dublin
- Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells to play The Grand Social
- Choice Music Prize live show details
- Tieranniesaur & Last Days of 1984 for Whelan’s show
- Factory Floor playing Banquet at Tripod
- Ryan Adams announces two Irish dates
- Ghostpoet returns to Whelan’s
- May Bank Holiday show for SBTRKT
- The 2 Bears and Benoit & Sergio join forces for Button Factory gig
- Squarehead announce Whelan’s show with support from Hello Moon & The Bridges Of Madison County
- Steve Aoki to play The Academy
- Azealia Banks announces Irish debut
- Tinariwen to play the National Concert Hall
- Scroobius Pip returns this spring
Coachella 2012 line-up
In a bought to address ticket demand the Coachella Music Festival, held in the California Desert near the city of Indio, will this year be...
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- Iceland Airwaves 2012 early-bird tickets on sale
- Rolling Stone Weekender, Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany
- First names announced for Primavera 2012: Bjork, Jeff Mangum, Guided By Voices, Neon Indian & more
- Fun Fun Fun Fest – Austin, Texas
- Slayer, Mudhoney, Mogwai for ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror
- Other Voices 10 – details announced
- Iceland Airwaves 2011 – Around-the-town photos and free album downloads
- Iceland Airwaves 2011 – Saturday
- Iceland Airwaves 2011 – Friday
- Iceland Airwaves 2011 – Thursday
- Rhythm Weekender: A State preview
- Hard Working Class Heroes 2011 in photos
- Primavera Sound adds Portuguese edition
- Mansion Festival – a new indoor festival featuring Vitalic, Grandmaster Flash, Joker and more
Reviews
Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
"There’s no lame attempts at drum and bass, nothing remotely modern, thank god". READ »
Paul McCartney – Kisses On The Bottom
Whatever side of the Lennon/ McCartney divide you fall, it... READ »
Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
What’s that tapping sound, is it…no..yes…it’s my foot! Well there... READ »
Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
It’s sad when the lofty statements around an album distort... READ »
Milagres – Glowing Mouth
Brooklyn-based band Milagres don’t have a groundbreaking sound but they’ve... READ »
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Galway
The long gestation period between their last two albums sparked... READ »
First Fortnight: Le Galaxie, Royseven, Cashier No.9 & dRea – Dublin
Now in its third year, First Fortnight doesn’t need us... READ »
Shame
Director: Steve McQueen Cast:Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender Cert: 18 Running Time: 99 min … An... READ »
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – PS3, X360 (Ubisoft)
The fourth instalment in the best-selling Assassin’s Creed series, Revelations…... READ »
Need For Speed: The Run – PS3, X360, Wii, PC (EA)
The latest instalment in EA’s arcade racer series re-invigorates the... READ »
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One – PS3 (SCEE)
All is not right in the Ratchet & Clank …universe.... READ »
Battlefield 3 – PS3, X360, PC (EA)
A frantic, heart-pumping opening sequence, where you escape from the... READ »
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3) – SCEE
Another rip-roaring adventure that’s equal parts Indiana Jones and DaVinci... READ »
Video: Lykke Li live at Tower Records
'Sadness Is A Blessing' acoustic for Record Store Day. WATCH »
Video: Anna Calvi live at The Workman’s Club, Dublin
Each tremulous twang of a note is like a stalker following you home. WATCH »
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LATEST NEWS
Watch the debut video for De La Soul’s side project First Serve
- Madonna set for Dublin gig, tickets on sale next week
- BretonLABS direct a video for Sinéad O’Connor – ‘The Wolf is Getting Married’
- Watch Madonna’s new video featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
- SertOne pays tribute to J Dilla
- Electric Picnic sweeps the Irish Festival Awards
- Ham Sandwich vinyl release, Academy support and club night
- State vs Loudmouth Collective free gig
- Listen to the new Grand Pocket Orchestra single ‘Wednesday’
- Iceland Airwaves documentary released
- Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells to play The Grand Social
Supported by Heineken MusicSounds
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LATEST AUDIO
SertOne pays tribute to J Dilla
Audio: Listen to the new Grand Pocket Orchestra single ‘Wednesday’
Audio: Update: New Cast Of Cheers video ‘Family’ / Jape remix
Audio: Album stream: Quompilation 2
Audio: Faces of 2012: Digital Magazine and Compilation
Audio: Active Child gets remixed by CFCF
Mix: State’s Merry Mixmas
Christmas cheer is spreading through the State Office and we’d like to... READ »
Mix: State Mix #37 – Baxter Beez
Mix: State Mix #36 – Madu…plus ticket giveaway
Mix: August Mix – Summer catch up
Mix: State Mix #35 – Tenaka
Mix: State Mix #34 – Avalanche Ammo
- Roskilde 2011 - Day 3 in Photos (careful now - contains nudity)
- Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
- New Dublin venue Electric Lounge launches this weekend
- Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
- Delorentos - Little Sparks
- Faces of 2012: Digital Magazine and Compilation
- Listen to the new Grand Pocket Orchestra single 'Wednesday'
- Azealia Banks – Dublin
- The Cast Of Cheers - London
- Faces of 2012: MMOTHS
- Jonathan T on The 2 Bears and Benoit & Sergio join forces for Button Factory gig
- Nestor on Paul McCartney – Kisses On The Bottom
- James on Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
- Dennis Rydgren on Mark Greaney (ex-JJ72) – The Workman’s Club, Dublin
- Barry Bracken on Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
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