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With no support act on the bill, nomadic songwriter Cass McCombs kept fans waiting until well after 10pm before taking to the stage of... Artist page:
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You couldn’t accuse Erika M Anderson of not being committed to her art. Past Life Martyred Saints, her full length solo debut (she has... Artist page:
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Avoiding the first person in review. It’s a good rule to stick to as much as possible unless you are gonna run off on a Hunter S Thompson tip. I’m not gonna do that (did you see that?... Artist page: The Tallest Man On Earth
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Fresh from his Ivor Novello success, Conor O'Brien brought his Villagers to the Shepherd's Bush Empire stage last weekend. As ever, the Dubliners... Artist page:
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John Darnielle and his Mountain Goats returned to Dublin at the weekend to play to a jam-packed house at Whelans. Just as reliably great as they were... Artist page:
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The always-snappable Kristian Matsson (we photographed him live last year in both Dublin... Artist page:
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Old Street haunt XOYO was packed to the brim as ... Artist page:
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“How does that old song go?...” As a document of a band falling apart, it’s hard to top Mercury... Artist page:
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A fine line-up took to the stage at a creaky, seated show at ... Artist page:
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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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