Faces Of 2010
Faces of 2010 – Take The Money And Run
It was six months ago that State first stumbled across Take The Money And Run in their second home of the Spirit Store in Dundalk, eventually running out of winners of the battle of the bands that we had found ourselves judging. Their reward was time in the venue’s Tumbleweed Studio, the results of which…
Faces of 2010 – Two Door Cinema Club
Of all the names being bandied around at the moment as ‘ones to watch’ for 2010, one that keeps cropping up is Two Door Cinema Club. Therefore State deemed it vital to meet up with the three band members for a chat a few hours before their debut headline gig in Dublin’s Crawdaddy venue in…
Faces of 2010 – Halves
It was 2008 that we first featured Halves in the pages of State the magazine, since which they have been quietly readying themselves for the world at large. Well as quietly as anyone working with a member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor can be. Basing themselves at Hotel2tango in Montreal, Efrim Menuck has been overseeing…
Faces of 2010 – Wounds
Few, if any, bands in Dublin’s perennially busy punk and hardcore scene have ever been as well-equipped to take it to the next level as Wounds are right now. Having already established a formidable reputation throughout Ireland and the UK for their explosive live sets, the five-piece will release their first EP – Dead Dead …
Faces of 2010 – Carol Keogh
If the name Carol Keogh sounds familiar to you, then there’s good reason why it should. An ever-present figure in Irish music since the mid-90′s, Keogh first came to light as the vocalist with critically-acclaimed Dublin band The Plague Monkeys before going on to form The Tycho Brahe with guitarist Donal O’Mahony. Since that group…
Faces of 2010 – Jogging
While Irish music has seen a good deal of subtlety, invention and multi-instrumentation, sometimes all you want is some very loud rock music. Say hello to Jogging, exactly the right band for such a moment. Formed after the demise of the Coldspoon Conspiracy, they quickly found a spiritual home alongside Bats and Adebisi Shank on…
Faces of 2010 – Sleep Thieves
Last year we brought you the likes of Villagers, Heathers, Bats, Adebesi Shank and The Ambience Affair in our pick of 2009′s best new bands, which we feel sets the bar pretty high. All this week we’ll be offering you our pick of the brightest hopes for 2010, taking all of electronica, Americana, hardcore, pop,…
