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Month: July 2013

The Stoney Brokes Release “Counting the Days”

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Stoney BrokesTallaght garage-rock band, The Stoney Brokes, are releasing their debut single, “Counting the Days”, this week.

The band emerged from the South Dublin suburb in 2010 having earned their stripes on local stages and started gigging on the City Centre circuit, providing a spectacle for their live audience. Their on-line following multiplied during this time as the band attained headline slots all over the country, impressive festival billings and gigs abroad.

“Counting the Days” is the first single from their debut album, due to be released in October 2013.


www.facebook.com/thestoneybrokes

 

Dirty Epics release ‘Those Pretty Things’ single

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dirtyepicsDirty Epics sophomore album, One-Way Mirror, produced by Declan Gaffney (U2) and Matt Paul (Amy Winehouse, Noistettes, Hotchip), is an offering of songs about the light and dark of the human condition, from blind faith and the first flourishes of love to the depths of depravity.

Their high energy music has been featured on tv in Ireland, UK and the US and film including a full track on E4s top teen TV drama series Skins and two tracks feature in the new series of BBC’s vampire drama “Being Human”.

“Our aim is to create music that pulses and thumps and buzzes in your brain and your heart, which gives you strength and belief”.

Album Reviews

“They’ve honed their sound too into a formidable, controlled sonic assault, while the songwriting carries the mark of a band who’ve got what it takes to scale the heights… the superb current single ‘Midnight Missing’ and the terrific adrenalin rush that is ‘Beautiful Mistake’…One Way Mirror is a scorcher.” Hotpress

“This superb Irish album produced by Declan Gaffney (U2) and Matt Paul (Amy Winehouse, Hotchip), shows Sarah Jane Wai and Co haven’t been resting on their laurels…” The Irish Daily Star 

“One-Way Mirror incorporates synth-pop into the punk thrust of old and does so with considerable panache… this is a fine comeback” Irish Independent

“Dublin quartet Dirty Epics have moved a distance from the hard-nosed punk inclinations that marked their 2008 debut Straight In No Kissing… they keep it uncomplicated and punchy.” The Irish Daily Mail on Sunday

“Dirty Epics have been slinking around the scene for a while, getting progressively tighter and sexier…When they emerge from the lab with ‘One-Way Mirror’ it’s going to surprise a lot of people. It’s a delicately formed Frankenstein’s monster, and a perfect example of the Retro-Futuristic style. Some will find the riff heavy guitar parts hard to reconcile with the peripheral electronica, but the guitars make perfect sense on this record, they balance the sultry detached tones of SJ’s voice.” TNT24.ie

“Let’s Be Alone and Those Pretty Things are the albums stand out tracks. A boisterous bravado of sounds completed with cleaver catchy choruses makes them the albums sing along songs, but with a rambunctious vengeance. …Dirty Epics have honed their skill, and so erupts a tighter more formidable record in ‘One Way Mirror’. Given the attention they have garnered as a live proposition, a particular justice should be done to an album of such pizzazz and intensity. ‘One Way Mirror’ is a stellar sophomore album.” Goldenplec.com

“Should you enjoy stabbing synths, Siouxsie-style vocalising and fresh re-imaginings of pre-Thatcher new wave, as we tend to, you will love them…” Broadsheet.ie

https://www.facebook.com/dirtyepicsband

Hipdrop presents Oh Say Can You Swing

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HipDrop4th July – The Grand Social,35 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1

Admission 5 euro, Doors 8pm

Line Up:

Gin n’ Juice (4 piece Hip-hop/Soul)
Mob Fandango (10 piece funk/Soul)
Rebecca Sinnamon (Jazz Quartet)
Raven (spoken word set)

Celebrate all the good things about the U.S. of A with us on the 4th of July! We bring you the evolution of American music, beginning with spoken word poetry, swinging through jazz & funk and ending with bangin’ hip-hop. Your host on the evening is Keiron Campbell-Black from ‘The Amazing Few’, our resident American ambassador. Expect surprises with special guests, and great music of course. (Disclaimer: No Police this time, we promise)..

Gin N’Juice
– Ireland’s first Hip-hop covers band fronted by the powerhouse Jess Kav, they’ve been ripping up venues all over town since they formed last year. Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliot, N.E.R.D, nothing is off limits.
https://www.facebook.com/ginandjuicemusic

Mob Fandango
– The original Dublin 9 piece Mob Fandango are back after a year of pursuing side projects. Winners of Dublin City Soul Festival’s prestigious Rising Stars 2009, the Mob are fresh from recording in Windmill Lane with new material following 2010’s critically acclaimed ‘Dig’ E.P.
https://www.facebook.com/mobfandango

Rebecca Sinnamon
– Rebecca Sinnamon is a rising star on the jazz scene in Ireland. She holds a BA in Jazz Performance from Newpark School of Music and has studied under Ronan Guilfoyle, Jay Clayton, Dorothy Murphy and Norma Winstone among others. Rebecca recently did a tribute to Chet Baker in a packed NCH. Expect standards sung expertly and effortlessly, backed up by some of Ireland’s finest jazz musicians

Raven Aflakete
– Hailing from San Francisco, California, Raven is plying his trade in Dublin and is one of the leading names on the Irish spoken word scene. Whether fronting Hip-Hop crew Mixtapes From the Underground or providing thought-provoking beat poetry (think Gil Scott-Heron in 2013), Raven is guaranteed to shock, make you cry and then laugh, but most importantly, make you think. No description will do him justice. Give this man a microphone

Local Artists to Make Their Mark on Clonmel Junction Festival

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Junction Festival ClonmelFifteen of the most exciting young rock musicians, based in Clonmel, including the talented emerging voices of Eoin Hally, Ruairi de Leastar and Kate Twohig have been working with rock musician and producer Gavin Glass creating an unforgettable evening for the 2013 Clonmel Junction Festival. “We Can Be Heroes” will celebrate the rock legends of the last 40 years with a medley of classics from bands like The Rolling Stones, The Cars, The Jam and David Bowie intermingled with original music by the artists performing.

Gavin Glass will be joined on July 6th by special guests Jack L, Paul Walsh (Royseven), Jerry Fish and Cat Dowling. With a four piece horn section and a string trio play throughout and the Junction Festival Choir enrolled for the finale numbers “We Can Be Heroes” promises to be a very special event.

Gordon Street Car Park
Sat 6th July doors from 8.00pm
Tickets €16 (€12 Conc)
Full bar, strictly over 18

The event, which has been made possible with grant support from IMRO and the sponsorship of Bulmers, is just one of a number of music and arts events taking place as part of the Clonmel Junction Festival, taking place from 5th to 14th July. “Under the Arches”, a series of free lunchtime gigs, will feature live performances from up-an-coming local artists and visiting bands. Wednesday 10th July sees a First Music Contact panel taking place with representatives from IASCA, Today FM, BIMM Music College, IMRO and First Music Contact/Breaking Tunes on hand to offer advice to young artists starting out.

For more information on the full line-up of events, and to book tickets, see www.junctionfestival.com.

Halves Set to Release New Album | “Boa Howl”

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Halves Boa HowlThe new album from Halves, “Boa Howl”, will be released this Friday, 5th July on HATEISTHEENEMY Records. It follows their 2010 Choice Music Prize-nominated debut album, “It Goes, It Goes (forever & ever)”.

The album was recorded over two weeks at Svenska Grammofon Studion in Gothenberg and produced by Halves themselves. A vast array of musical instruments, amps and vintage microphones were used in creating “Boa Howl”, and guests on the album include Gemma Hayes who provides vocals, Canadian musician Elaine Kelly-Canning on harp and various local Swedish musicians on strings.

One of Ireland’s most intriguing acts, Halves is Brian Cash, Elis Czerniak & Tim Czerniak. The trio blend a vast range of instruments, acoustic and electronic, to create an evocative, cinematic live experience. Their five releases to date have met with universal critical success, as well as earning them ardent fans from Tokyo to Seattle.

After playing the IMRO Showcase Tour way back in 2008, Halves made their debut TV performance in 2009, topping the viewers’ choice poll on RTÉ’s ‘Other Voices’ series. More recently the band played twice at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin Texas to great response, and have also played Eurosonic, Canadian Music Week and London Calling. Halves have supported the likes of British Sea Power, Mercury Rev, Low and PVT.

You can catch Halves live over the summer at Tower Records in Dublin on July 6th, a headline performance at The Button Factory on July 13th, The Model Arts Centre in Sligo on July 20th, Cypress Avenue, Cork on July 26th and a show at the Forbidden Fruit festival.

‘Boa Howl’ will release nationwide on July 5th 2013 through HATEISTHEENEMY Records on CD, deluxe gatefold vinyl (includes free mp3 download), and digital.

www.ahomeforhalves.com 

 

Bell X1 Celebrate Launch of “Chop Chop”

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The new album from Bell X1 is now available in record stores and online worldwide. Fans of the band can enjoy “Chop Chop” on CD, vinyl or download.

Chop ChopTo celebrate the release of “Chop Chop” there will be pop-up stores in locations around Ireland. Anyone who purchases the album from one of these locations, which can be recognised by the “Chop Chop” sandwich boards they’ll be displaying, will receive a ticket to see the band play a few songs from the record acoustically at the venues and times listed below:

July 5 Clonakilty – Debarra @1pm
July 5 Galway – Roisin Dubh @ 7pm
July 9 Dundalk – Spirit Store @1pm
July 9 Belfast – Oh Yeah @7pm
July 10 Ballybofey – Balor Theatre @1pm
July 10 Derry – Cool Discs @7:30 pm
July 11 Kilkenny – Rollercoaster / The Set @1pm
July 11 Limerick – Dolan’s @7pm

For more, and to purchase the album, check out the Bell X1 album here: http://bellx1.com/chop-chop/

 

Sean McCarthy Memorial Traditional Irish Ballad Competition

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sean_mccarthyThe annual Sean McCarthy Memorial Traditional Irish Ballad Competition is now open for entries.

Rules of the Ballad Competition.  

  1. Entries to be received by no later than Friday, July 12th 2013
  2. Entries to be submitted on CD with 3 typed copies
  3. Entries to be accompanied by cheque/postal order for €25.00
  4. No entries will be returned.
  5. Name, address and telephone number to be clearly written on CD cover and back of each copy of lyrics.
  6. Finalists will perform their entry in Teach Siamsa Finuge on Saturday 3rd August at 8.30 p.m
  7. The overall winner and runner-up will be decided then.
  8. Entries may be in English or Irish.
  9. Entries must be original and not previously performed or published.
  10. No in-house music supplied by committee.
  11. No pre-recorded backing music allowed.
  12. Adjudicators’ decision is final.
  13. Make Cheques or Postal Orders to Sean McCarthy Weekend.
  14.  Performances on the night of the final may be recorded and /or video at the Committees discretion. Such recordings may be played /transmitted on the sound and visual media, e.g. radio, television, Internet, entrants are deemed to have given their permission for it unless otherwise indicated by them to the Committee

2013Entry Form

Send entries to

Peggie O’Connell, Irremore, Listowel Co.Kerry.  Phone 068-40203

Mobile: 087 -9049371

Enquiries: Bridget O’Connor, phone 087–6250516

E-mail: info@nullfinugeweekend.com www.finugeweekend.com

New Single from Stillroom | “Christopher Cloud”

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“Christopher Cloud” is the latest single from classic rock group, Stillroom. The band are getting ready to release their latest album later this summer. Since forming back in 2004, Stillroom have been performing in LA, London, Germany and all over Ireland, and have played festivals throughout Europe.

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The band released their debut EP “LICKIN` A PROMISE”, in 2009, which was recorded in London, to over 13,000 readers through the “The Echo Newsgroup”. The track “Your Love” from the EP was chosen for a Microsoft ad campaign, which propelled STILLROOM to the top of the reverbernation charts along side The Script.

2012 saw the guys land a support slot with top UK band “The Burning Crows” and go back to their roots in the studio, writing all new material for their eagerly anticipated album.

You can hear a taste of what’s to come on their Soundcloud page, download their new releases on iTunes and keep up to date with the band on Facebook.

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