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Tue, 21/02/12 - Simian Mobile Disco announce new album
Simian Mobile Disco have announced that they will release a new album Unpatterns on May 14th through Wichita.
It is SMD’s third album and first since 2009’s Temporary Pleasure…. It is, in their own PR’s words, “ a record full of love, dedication, hard-earned experience, obvious understanding of decades of electronic music from across
Tue, 21/02/12 - First names announced for Forbidden Fruit
Stepping up to a three day event this year on 2nd – 4th June, the first names for the 2012 Forbidden Fruit festival at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham have just been announced:
Leftfield
New Order
Wilco
Bloody Beetroots
DJ Set
Death Cab For Cutie
James Vincent Mc Morrow
Booka Shade
The Rapture
Beirut
The Field…
Tue, 21/02/12 - Jay-Z and Kanye West bring Watch The Throne to Europe
Now here’s a bit of good news for a Tuesday morning. Having toured extensively in the US, Jay-Z and Kanye West are finally bringing their Watch The Throne tour to this side of the Atlantic – including a show at the O2 in Dublin on June 8th. Tickets go on sale 9am on Friday 24th…
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Sat, 18/02/12 - Silence, a film inspired by folklore & field sound recording debuts at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Silence… is a new film premiering at The Lighthouse Cinema during the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival at 8.45pm on Thursday 23rd February.
Centering on a sound recordist who returns to Ireland for the first time in 15 years on a job to record landscapes free from man-made sound. He visits remote towns and villages
Fri, 17/02/12 - Snow Patrol & Florence + The Machine for the Phoenix Park gig this summer
Snow Patrol and Florence + The Machine are lined up for an outdoor gig at Phoenix Park on Sunday July 8th this year.
Tickets are €59.50 plus fees on sale next Friday 24th of February at 8am from usual ticket outlets: Ticketmaster, 24 hour hotlines (ROI) 0818 719 300 (NI) 0844 847 24 55, (International)…
Fri, 17/02/12 - Mick E Rawrk launch new mixtape at State gig tonight
Tonight sees the latest in our State vs… gigs, with the marvelous Loud Mouth Collective helping us provide the sounds at the Mercantile on Dame St. The main event of the evening is the launch of Mick’s Tape… by headliners Mick E Rawrk, a free release that adds yet another name to the increasingly impressive
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Thu, 16/02/12 - Hear Usher’s new song feat. Diplo & Nico Muhly
An unlikely pairing Usher and Dipo may once have been but Usher, Diplo AND new-classical composer Nico Muhly? ON THE SAME TRACK?
It’s happened. Usher’s new song ‘Climax’ is the combined work of all three. Muhly offers extra orchestration to Diplo’s somewhat muted production (by his usual standards) while Usher croons over the top. Diplo…
Thu, 16/02/12 - Wizards Of Firetop Mountain / Jimmy Cake show this weekend
We’re constantly amazed by the lack of real Irish rock bands these days, especially given the country’s legacy in that department, so the arrival of Wizards Of Firetop Mountain has been something to celebrate. Playing a blend of 70s classic rock mixed with stoner rock outs and 80s metal, they picked up the Best Irish…
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Thu, 16/02/12 - Camden Crawl comes to Dublin
Long one of the major fixtures on the UK festival calendar, the Camden Crawl has established itself as the key event for new live music across the water. Now that experience is coming to Ireland, with the first sister event launching here in May. The Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin will take place on 11th and…
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Wed, 15/02/12 - More names for Optimus Primavera Sound Porto
More details of the lineup for Optimus Primavera Sound which takes place in Porto, the week after Primavera in Barcelona from June 7th until the 10th.
The Flaming Lips, The Rapture, Yann Tiersen and Rufus Wainright have been added to the bill which already includes Björk,
Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions In…
Tue, 14/02/12 - Watch the new video from This Club – ‘Add It Up’
After their incredibly catchy first single ‘I Won’t Worry’ and their appearance in State’s Faces Of 2012 list, This Club return with a second single that isn’t far behind in the catchy stakes.
The video directed by Hugh O’Conor who went for a “flicking-through-crazy-music-channels vibe.”
The single is out on March 9th.…
Tue, 14/02/12 - Kim V Porcelli covers Chic for Valentine’s Day
Once of this parish as well as an in demand musician with the likes of Ann Scott, The Tycho Brahe and Nina Hynes, Kim V Porcelli has released her own, very unique, version of Chic’s ‘I Want Your Love’. Inspired by the song’s use in the film Shame, Porcelli has produced a pretty abstract, looped…
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Tue, 14/02/12 - Alabama Shakes are coming to Dublin
The band responsible for one of the best songs of the last six months in ‘Hold On’ are coming to these shores for a gig on Saturday May 5th at The Academy 2. Tickets are €13 plus fees from usual outlets on sale this Friday.
Their debut album Boys & Girls… comes out on April
Tue, 14/02/12 - Sharon Van Etten for Whelan’s gig
One that has eluded Ireland for a while, Brooklyn’s Sharon Van Etten is lined up to play Whelan’s on Friday May 18th tickets priced at €16.50 plus fees. whelanslive.com, tickets.ie, ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
Van Etten’s new and third album Tramp… (and first on label Jagjaguwar) is out now and features production by The
