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Back when Ragged Words first started intermittently transmitting from London around the middle of the last decade, ... Artist page: Semifinalists
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Dublin's Grand Social was packed to the rafters on Saturday night for the debut Irish outing from chillwave pace-setter... Artist page:
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Folk was the order of the day up in Marlay Park the Sunday before last, as latter-day first lady of the genre... Artist page:
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Clearly firm believers in giving the people what they want, Villagers continue to tour the hind legs off their critically-lauded ... Artist page:
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A dizzyingly diverse lineup of acts was assembled by curators Portishead to play last weekend's inaugural UK staging... Artist page:
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“When things aren’t going quite as planned / You often hear the truth from your family and friends...” Artist page:
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Thirty years on from their inception, Tom Tom Club's music continues to exert a massive influence, the band's playful use of rhythm and proto-dance... Artist page:
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Almost exactly two years ago, in reviewing Florence and the Machine’s debut LP, this writer surmised... Artist page:
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There wasn't much time for hanging about down at XOYO last week, as three bands with more in common than not took to the stage of the East London venue. First... Artist page:
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News, views and tunes
With the sun beating down on Dublin for much of the past week, it's almost as if the weather gods are already gearing up for this summer's fast-approaching festival season. Or maybe we're just going to get (another) one of those weird 'Indian summers in reverse', where March, April and May are nicer than they should be and then it pisses rain for the next three months solid. Who knows? But I digress...
Ragged Words was out to lunch washing its hair...
We remember being quite taken late last summer with Reptar's Ben Allen-produced debut EP, Oblangle Fizz Y'all, on which the Athens, GA quartet lived up to their cartoonish moniker with a bouncy collection of psychedelic pop jams. Giddy group chants, tumbling world-music grooves and exclamatory blasts of synth made for an upbeat, fun listen - crucially, the band members all sounded like they were...
"Can't see the wind but I see the trees sway..."
We hadn't even heard of Willis Earl Beal before the start of the year. Since then, the jack-of-all-trades Chicago native has had all the right people tweeting his praises. He's also been...
It's a fairly damp and dreary Monday here in Dublin, so we've been catching up with our good friends Vimeo and YouTube.
Below we've grouped together some of the more noteworthy music promos currently doing the rounds, along with relevant release info, tour details etc. for each vid. Enjoy our roundup, which features a mess hall knees-up, a 3-D seafaring adventure and a stroll through a deserted L.A. cityscape.
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