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Lost Prophets interview
Welsh nu-metal influenced rockers Lost Prophets recently released their first album in nearly four years. The Betrayed has been an arduous process, with an early recording scrapped at a cost of more than half a million dollars after the Prophets dismissed it as ‘too slick’. When they started again, the Kerrang Award winners took…
Memories of Mark Linkous
Although on the other side of the world at the moment, I am distraught over the news of Mark Linkous’ death. When I was starting out in music journalism, I approached the man in Whelan’s during a sound check, saying that I was a writing for an independent music magazine and could he meet…
Talulah Does the Hula interview
Before hibernating to record their next single, Talulah Does the Hula bring their upbeat vinyl to this month’s State Social for a special DJ set. We spoke with the band ahead of the set to suss out what to expect and to put to bed mounting speculation over whether the band’s male member would…
Meteor Awards – No Fun(derland)
America have the Grammy Awards, Canada the Juno Awards and the United Kingdom the Brits; all a blend of live performances and award presentations that serve to highlight and commend the outstanding artistic achievements within the music industry over the past year. Considering the prestige and credibility that is associated with the previously mentioned…
The State Social #2 – This Wednesday!
The State Social returns this Wednesday, February 24th, for its second outing and once again we’re taking over the basement of Shebeen Chic from 9pm onwards. As always, entry is free!
This month we’ve got DJ sets from Dublin indie-pop hipsters Talulah Does the Hula, along with our own Phil Udell and Loreana Rushe.…
The Brits 2010 – Business as usual
Another year, another day of post-Brits nashing of teeth and desperate wailing. The worst one ever seems to be the initial reaction of many, downgraded after a night’s sleep and a quick peek at the Sam Fox / Mick Fleetwood fiasco on YouTube to ‘one of the worst ones ever’. But is that fair?…
State’s Dance & Electronic roundup
The UK funky sound has finally spread to the US, as Ghosts On Tape ably demonstrate on their Predator Mode EP. The original mix is a loungey midtempo track with a 60’s TV theme melody in the vein of The Persuaders. Roska remixes ‘Predator Mode’ into a big, UK Funky freak out complete with…
Pilotlight interview & live photos
State caught up with Pilotlight a couple of hours before they took to the stage in The Button Factory to launch their debut album, The Post War Musical. It’s a collection of songs that has taken the four guys (Andrew, Gavin, Mick and Terence) nine years to get to the point of release. Following…
Fionn Regan interview
As anyone whose heard Fionn Regan’s latest album can attest, he’s a real off-the-wall personality. The potent pictures of characters he paints track after track are disarmingly charming, much like the man himself, who even in real life seems to speak in a way that’s bordering on lyrical. When State catch up with Fionn,…
State Special: Faces of 2010 PDF
State’s Faces of 2010 would not be faces at all, merely names, if we didn’t have some truly great photographers in our ranks who, out of pure passion for these bands, went out and shot them for us.
The creativity and quality of the photographs being produced by young photographers in Ireland today who…
Massive Attack interview
After seven years of supposed break ups, rumoured releases, and generally lying low, Massive Attack released their fifth studio album, and after fearing the worst, State can confirm it’s an early runner for album of the year. There’s collaborations with Damon Albarn (whose home studio they also recorded in), Martina Topley Bird, Guy Garvey…
State’s Dance & Electronic roundup
Pantha Du Prince is the man of the moment. His new 12” The Splendour on Rough Trade is the most elegiac piece of music you are likely to hear this month. Driven by an eerie bell sample it is pastoral techno at its romantic best. Played at high volume, the slow, majestically rumbling bass…
The State Social – This Wednesday!
State is proud to present the State Social – a new monthly club night at uber cool Dublin bar Shebeen Chic. Our first outing is this Wednesday, January 27th, when we’ll have our very own Loreana Rushe and Niall Byrne (Nialler9) on the decks. Entry is free and the fun starts at 9pm.
As…
They Might Be Giants – Summer Camp
In recent times, as if kicking back at a culture where recognition and fame are a primary goal, a string of artists have held back on revealing their identities in favour of putting their art/music first. One of the most famous examples being Burial, now known to be William Bevan, remained anonymous for over…
