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Tue, 24/04/12 - Actor Elijah Wood to play DJ set at Bushmills Live
Elijah Wood is set to play a DJ Set with Zach Cowie under the name DJ Wooden Wisdom for Bushmills Live festival which takes place at Old Bushmills Distillery in Northern Ireland on the 20th and 21th June. The former hobbit is not only a Hollywood superstar, he’s also a big music fan: he appeared…
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Mon, 23/04/12 - A Joyful Slog documentary launch party at the Button Factory
A Joyful Slog is a documentary about the Irish independent music scene and the development of DIY music ethic in the country over the last twenty years. It features interviews of bands such as And So I Watch You From Afar, Jape, Adebisi Shank but also journalists and labels representatives. A Joyful Slog… will be
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Mon, 23/04/12 - Win tickets for The Subways at the Academy this weekend
The Subways are kicking off their Spring Tour in Ireland playing in Belfast and Dublin this week. We have some tickets to give away for the Dublin show, Saturday 28th April at The Academy.
To enter the competition, tell us what’s guitarist singer Billy Lun’s hair colour in the band’s last video clip for the…
![Delorentos, The Coronas, Wallis Bird, We Cut Corners & more contribute to Pieta House charity compilation [Listen]](http://www.state.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Life-Support-pack-shot-250x179.jpg "Delorentos, The Coronas, Wallis Bird, We Cut Corners & more contribute to Pieta House charity compilation [Listen]")
Mon, 23/04/12 - Delorentos, The Coronas, Wallis Bird, We Cut Corners & more contribute to Pieta House charity compilation [Listen]
A slew of Irish artists have contributed to a compilation album in aid of the suicide and self-harm crisis centre Pieta House.
Life Support…, an 18 track compilation of (mostly) exclusive tracks from Ireland’s finest will be released on the Delphi Label on Friday 20th April in aid of Pieta House. Artists participating in
Mon, 23/04/12 - First Music Contact presents Music 3.0 week
Music 3.0 is a new initiative organised by First Music Contact along with Jim Carroll of the Irish Times which will place at The Lab from May 21th to 26th.
The idea of this event is to bring together people who have ideas to do with music and professionals of all kinds to help realise…
Mon, 23/04/12 - Lovebox festival celebrates 10 years with Chic, Grace Jones, Hot Chip, James Murphy, LD, Azealia Banks & more
Lovebox festival 2012, taking place in London on 15-17th June, is set to be the biggest dance line up the city has ever seen. New acts have been confirmed for this year include Hot Chip, Friendly Fires, Azealia Banks, Grace Jones, Chic James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Norman Jay, Mele, Brenmar, Baio (from Vampire Weekend),…
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Mon, 23/04/12 - Mossy Nolan to play at The Back Loft this weekend
Galway folk-singer and musician Mossy Nolan is set to play at The Back Loft, LA Cathedral Studios, in Dublin April 26th to present his self-titled debut album .
He will be supported by pianist Stephen Markham and concertina player Colm Delaney. Doors open at 7:30pm, and entry is €8. Listen to Mossy Nolan’s debut album…
Mon, 23/04/12 - Win Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin weekend passes
We’re less than a month away from the inaugural Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin festival, a two day gathering of the best in new music from home abroad, as well as a few established names thrown in for good measure, and spread across the venues of the city.
State is delighted to be a media partner…
Fri, 20/04/12 - John Cale’s Button Factory gig rescheduled
John Cale was set to play at the Button Factory May 4th but in order to coincide with the release of his new album on Domino Records, the gig is postponed to October 3rd. Tickets for the original date will remain valid and more will be back on sale on Monday April 23rd at 9am…
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Fri, 20/04/12 - Paul Banks releases new Julian Plenti Lives EP
Interpol frontman Paul Banks is coming back with a new EP called Julian Plenti Lives …… out on June 8th on Matador Records.
This will be the first time he’s releasing music under his own name. It features two new tracks, ‘Summertime is coming’ and ‘Cavern Worship’. There are also covers of Frank Sinatra, J
Fri, 20/04/12 - Watch ‘In the car with Dan Mangan’ mini-documentary
Indie-folk songwriter Dan Mangan, set to play Camden Crawl in London May 6th, just put out a mini-documentary called In the car with Dan Mangan… about his music and youth growing in Canada. It is filled with images of beautiful landscapes, mountains, peaks, some heart-shaking performances from Mangan and it’s mostly filmed from his car
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Fri, 20/04/12 - Download Ane Brun’s new single ‘Worship’ feat José González.
Norwegian folk-singer Ane Brun is releasing her second single from her critically acclaimed 2011 album It All Starts With One…, called ‘Worship’ and featuring José González. She is also to play Vicar Street in Dublin April 27th – tickets available on Ticketmaster priced €22. You can download ‘Worship’ below:
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Fri, 20/04/12 - Liz Lawrence – I’d Rather (State video exclusive)
Liz Lawrence has spent a lot of time in Ireland of late, the UK singer songwriter choosing to launch her fine Bedroom Hero… album here. State took the opportunity to put her together with Andrew Jordan for a version of ‘I’d Rather’ down by the Grand Canal in Dublin.
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Thu, 19/04/12 - Listen to Death Grips’ The Money Store
Still one of the oddest major label signings of the year in our book, Death Grips release the first of albums for 2012 this week in the shape of The Money Store…. In a move that’s sure to endear them to their new bosses, you can listen to the whole thing below.
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