Articles by Patrick Conboy
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Patrick has been writing for State since 2008. He is also a regular contributor to AU, a music and culture magazine based in Belfast. When he's not writing he works on his own music project, dreams of owning a collection of vintage synthesizers, thinks he can play football and embarrasses his friends with his general nerdiness. www.twitter.com/patrickconboy
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Canadian songwriter and Arcade Fire collaborator Owen Pallett will arrive in Dublin at short notice tomorrow tonight for a performance in Whelan’s. The gig, which is organised by Harmonic, will start at 8pm and the entrance fee will be a very reasonable €5 at the door, with no ticket pre-sales being made available. Get there early to avoid disappointment.…
Atlanta-based synthpop-type guy Ernest Green, aka Washed Out, will play the Grand Social in Dublin on Saturday, August 13th, as part of the tour to promote his album, Within And Without…. Support comes from Solar Bears.
Tickets are on sale now, priced at €15 and are available from Ticketmaster and usual outlets.
You can forgive a band who set out to create something even just a little bit different and get it horrendously wrong, but it’s tough to have sympathy for a band who shy away from the challenge altogether. Such was the case with AutoKratz on their first album, Animal…, which, apart from a passable
Is it really five years since The Japanese Popstars first appeared on the radar? The Derry trio have come a long way since then; these days their remixing skills are in demand by the A-list, reimagining tracks for everyone from Beyoncé to Gorillaz, while they’ve also firmly cemented their reputation as effective live performers. At…
The sun always seems to shine at Europavox, and it’s appreciated more than ever this year after the wind and rain we’ve left behind in Dublin. Apart from the weather, though, the festival has changed somewhat from 2010. Thumbing through the festival programme for the umpteenth time on the long train journey from Paris to…
Dublin’s own Zombie Cops have filmed a video to accompany the release of their third single, ‘You Do’. It’s the second time the band have worked with director-producer duo Eoin Heaney and Nora Windeck, who won the ‘Best Cinematography’ and ‘Best Music’ awards at last year’s Dublin Fringe Festival for their short film ‘Long Is…
Having first surfaced in an Adidias commercial some months back, Justice are now giving ‘Civilisation’ a proper airing. No strangers to religious iconography, the accompanying video hints at the struggle between heaven and hell, with stampeding buffalo thrown in for good measure (and why not?).
As for the tune… it’s Justice. ‘Nuff said.…
Taken from Bodytalk Pt. 3…, ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ is the latest single from Robyn. The video, directed by Max Vitali, was shot in a single take and features the Swedish singer breaking out her dance moves in an empty room, accompanied by some impressive lighting effects.
State ventures back to the French city of Clermont-Ferrand this week for the 2011 edition of one of our favourite festivals – Europavox. The boutique event prides itself in showcasing the best in emerging European music talent, whilst also drawing more established acts from across the continent. Apart from the live performances, the festival also…
Like so many others, I was saddened to log onto Naomi McArdle’s Harmless Noise blog on Monday evening to read the announcement that she would no longer be updating it. There are few – if any – more dedicated to writing about new Irish music than Nay, and her outpost on the web has become…
Austra is the brainchild of Katie Stelmanis, a Latvian-Canadian singer with operatic training, who gravitated towards electronic music after opting to remain in Toronto instead of moving to Montreal to complete her classical tuition. After spending time as a solo artist and collaborator, she teamed up with drummer Maya Postepski and bassist Dorian Wolf last…
Autumn 2010 saw New Model Army reach their 30th Anniversary with marathon celebrationary concerts on four continents, box-set releases and a wave of good will. And still they show no sign of slowing down – already preparing a new studio album to follow 2009’s Today Is A Good Da…y, their third new album in
Autumn 2010 saw New Model Army reach their 30th Anniversary with marathon celebrationary concerts on four continents, box-set releases and a wave of good will. And still they show no sign of slowing down – already preparing a new studio album to follow 2009’s Today Is A Good Day…, their third new album in
Tickets are now on sale for Glasgowbury 2011, which takes place on the weekend of Saturday, July 23rd. Now in its 11th year, the festival prides itself on showcasing the best music currently being produced on the island of Ireland. 2010 saw names like Duke Special, Adebisi Shank and John, Shelly and the Creatures taking to the stage…
