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Wed, 4/01/12 - Tinariwen to play the National Concert Hall
Presented by Waltons New School of Music, Saharan desert guitar band Tinariwen are set to play the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Thursday, April 12th.
Tickets are priced at €26, €34 and €40 (choir balcony €20) available from NCH.ie.
Lead by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, the six member Malian band will perform tracks from Aman …
Wed, 4/01/12 - Clock Opera’s affecting new video for ‘Once And For All’
With the Olympics around the corner, London-based crew Clock Opera are destined to soundtrack the coverage and highlights – their music being immediately emotive and rousing.
‘Once And For All’ has been knocking about for a while now, but a new sleek version will be the opening track to the band’s anticipated debut record Ways …
Wed, 4/01/12 - Active Child gets remixed by CFCF
With such stellar and endlessly interpretative material as found on his amazing debut album You Are All I See…, Active Child found himself remixed by a string of varying artists.
Most recently Montreal producer Michael Silver, aka CFCF, has tackled ‘High Priestess’. In a whimsical re-imagining of the song CFCF dared to use pan
Tue, 3/01/12 - State’s Midnight Mass raises funds for War Child
It seems a long time ago now, but in reality it was only just before Christmas that our annual Midnight Mass took place at the Mercantile in Dublin. And a splendid night it was too – featuring some breakneck rock ‘n’ roll from The Pacifics, dark synth sounds from our overseas guests Kool Thing, an…
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Tue, 3/01/12 - Scroobius Pip returns this spring
His Irish dates late last year was a stormer by all accounts, so it’s perhaps no surprise to discover that Scroobius Pip will be back this way in 2012. Brought to us once more by the good people at Harmonic, Pip and his live band play the Button Factory on March 9th.…
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Tue, 3/01/12 - Das Racist Dublin show announced for March
Fans of alternative hip-hop are in for a treat with the news that New Yorkers Das Racist are to pay a visit to Dublin in the Spring. The trio play Whelan’s on March 15th. Tickets priced €16.50 are on sale now.…
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Fri, 23/12/11 - New Year’s Eve gig round up
It’s always difficult to decide where to on go on New Year’s Eve so here’s our list of recommended gigs happening around the country to help ring in 2012.
If we have overlooked any, please add to the comments below. Share and shout.
Date: Saturday, December 31st (obviously).
Dublin:…
Jape, New Jackson – Whelan’s, Dublin
Fri, 23/12/11 - Lykke Li releases Lost Sessions Vol. 1 as free download
What a tremendous year 2011 has been for Lykke Li! Her second album completely surpassed her acclaimed debut – Wounded Rhymes… has featured high the many, many end of year lists.
The Swedish songstress’ live show has been much lauded too, deservedly so. From wowing festival audiences to performances on U.S. television, Lykke Li performances
Fri, 23/12/11 - State’s Midnight Mass Stage Times
T’was the night before the night before Christmas and time for this year’s State Midnight Mass. Tonight will see six bands playing live at the Mercantile in Dublin. Entry is free but it’s all in aid of War Child Ireland so please make sure you seek out their stand and make a healthy donation.
The…
Thu, 22/12/11 - Forbidden Fruit moves to three days
After a successful launch this summer, the Forbidden Fruit festival is set to return in expanded form in 2012. Again held at Dublin’s IMMA over the June Bank Holiday weekend, but now also including the Monday, the event on 2nd, 3rd & 4th will feature five stages – including a new comedy arena. Ticket and…
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Thu, 22/12/11 - The Weeknd releases third mixtape Echoes Of Silence
Obviously celebrating the fact that he had just topped our albums of 2011 poll, overnight saw the release of the third mixtape from The Weeknd. Echoes Of Silence… features nine tracks, including a cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Dirty Diana’. Download it from his website, sit back and watch the Internet explode.
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Wed, 21/12/11 - The Jimmy Cake LP Fundraiser
The Jimmy Cake will play Crawdaddy on Friday, December 23rd.
Entry is €10 with proceeds going to fund the band’s fifth studio album – a record thought to be three tracks spanning over 70 minutes.
CRAWDADDY presents
THE JIMMY CAKE
Friday 23rd December 2011
Crawdaddy – Harcourt Street – Dublin 2.
Doors – 8pm
Tickets…
Wed, 21/12/11 - Oxegen Festival cancelled, return promised for 2013
MCD Promotions have confirmed that the Oxegen festival will not be taking place in 2012, instead taking a year’s break. A statement from head of press Justin Green says that “Oxegen, like Glastonbury, is taking a year off in 2012 and will be back July 2013. Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas & peaceful New…
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Wed, 21/12/11 - Duran Duran – The O2, Dublin in photos
Twitter was abuzz with praise during and after Duran Duran’s performance at the O2. Many of the sentiments echoed were along the lines of “Who needs X-Factor?” when these old boys still have the hits and the show to do the business. The setlist culminated in ‘Wild Boys’, ‘Girls On Film’ and ‘Rio’. Check back…
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