Oxegen 09
Oxegen 09 – Top 5 Comebacks
Oxegen week is finally upon us and to celebrate, State will be previewing the festival over the next five days. We’ll be bringing your our pick of the bands on offer, interviews and a look back at the glory days of Oxegen’s forerunner, Feile. To start off with here’s our guide to those familiar names…
Regina Spektor album
Friday saw the release of Far…, the fifth album from Regina Spektor. With its big budget production, accompanying videos and continued use of her music in the media, Spektor has come a long way from her early days on the New York anti-folk scene. Far is another collection of off the wall pop music
Spinnerette – Spinnerette
Shaking off the ghost of the long defunct Distillers was never going to be an easy task for Brody Dalle and cohort Tony Bevilacqua. But by trying out new influences other than punk throttle by numbers, they have ensured Spinnerette are not The Distillers Part Two, a feat successfully managed without losing any of that…
Interview – Jerry Fish
When you listen to the cabaret vibe of Jerry Fish And The Mudbug Club’s new album, The Beautiful Untrue…, you could be forgiven for thinking Mr Fish was always a lounge lizard. While it’s true that he’s woven many magical elements together to create a colourful tapestry of sound that conjures up images of
Blur comeback gig
They only made their live return last night (a hometown gig at the East Anglian Railway Museum near Colchester, the scene of their first ever show) but already some excellent live footage of the reformed Blur has emerged. Spotted by the ever eagle eyed folk at Pitchfork, these videos capture a band obviously delighted to…
Interview with Director
Almost three years after their debut (‘we prefer to say two and a half’), Director are back with a new album, I’ll Wait For Sound…, rejuvenated, refreshed and ready to reconnect with their fanbase.
‘We spent a long time trying to get a release in the UK. At the end of it all, we
Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers
It’s good to see Manic Street Preachers being cut a bit of slack these days. It was getting a bit too popular to sneer back at the once-sneery Welsh trio. That was probably down to radio overplay and the release of one or two misfiring records, namely 2001′s Know Your Enemy and Lifeblood… in 2004.
Fight Like Apes – Something Global video
Just after Easter, Fight Like Apes and a hundred camera wielding fans gathered at Whelans on a Sunday morning to create a unique video for the UK release of ‘Something Global’. Directed by Eoghan Kidney, the single ushers in a period of increased activity for the Apes, with two Irish warm up shows setting up…
Oxegen IMRO new sounds stage announced
The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and Oxegen have revealed their lineup for the New Sounds stage. There are some great acts including St. Vincent, David Kitt, Heathers, The Mighty Stef, Cashier no.9, And So I Watch You From Afar, Cap Pas Cap and Villagers lined up for the weekend.
Friday 10th July:…
David Kitt,
Little Boots, Spinnerette and more for Oxegen New Bands stage
Oxegen today have revealed that the Hot Press New Bands Stage will feature sets from Little Boots, The Maccabees, Spinnerette, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Twang, Howling Bells, Patrick Wolf, The Hours, Passion Pit, Wallis Bird, Dinosaur Pile-up, Mumford and Sons, Camera Obscura, Hockey, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Wild Beasts, In Case of Fire and…
Heineken Green Spheres gets stage at Oxegen
Heineken Green Spheres will host one of the stages at the Oxegen festival on the weekend from the 10th – 12th July.
The full Heineken Green Spheres stage line-up is:
Friday 10th July
2 Many DJs
Republic Of Loose
Mogwai
Fight Like Apes
Dreadzone
God Is An Astronaut
Saturday 11th July…
Pet Shop Boys
Tv
Red Bull Academy open for submissions & Oxegen stage
The Red Bull Academy is opening its doors for another year from May 11th to July 27th and you can apply to be there. The world’s up and coming producers, instrumentalists, vocalists and DJs worldwide are invited to apply for one of two terms at the Academy in London. To provide a taster of the…
Fever Ray and more for Oxegen 2009
State couldn’t be more excited about the latest addition to the Oxegen 2009 line-up. Among others, Fever Ray have been added to the bill. If reports from her shows around Europe are anything to go by this promises to be the highlight of the weekend. Let’s hope it’s in a tent and that they bring…
Pet Shop Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction & more for Oxegen
The organisers of Oxegen has today confirmed that Pet Shop Boys, Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction are amongst the latest names confirmed to paly the festival. Other names added include Doves, Hudson Mohawke, The Saturdays, Eagles of Death Metal, Drreadzone, God is an Astronaut and Aeroplane are confirmed to play also.
FRI 10TH JULY…
