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Sunday night in Dublin, and the tip of Hurricane Tomas has been winding its way across the country all day – so it’s perhaps... Artist page: Grandaddy
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The legend of Michael Gira’s SWANS is one of deafening underground heroism. In the New Yorkers' earliest incarnation, their soul-shakingly loud live... Artist page:
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With a debut album that looks set to feature in many end-of-year lists, and several of 2010's finest... Artist page: Gold Panda
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Foggy Notions’ Harmonic Series of November gigs across Dublin city centre venues continued in fine style on Sunday night, with a mouth-watering triple-... Artist page:
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…Write About Love is Belle and Sebastian's eighth studio album. I mention this because, in spite of owning all eight of them, and having had... Artist page:
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dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip rolled into town over the weekend to play not one, but two sold-out Harmonic Series... Artist page:
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Remember the great folk-rock era of the late-1960s – that time when whimsical storytelling found an unlikely partner in the electric guitar? Well,... 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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