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On Saturday afternoon Geoff Barrow’s 'other' band BEAK> are, frankly, tremendous back at The Convention Hall. The... Artist page: Portishead
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So, ATP America scoots away from The Catskills to the infinitely more Rock'n'Roll (TM) surroundings of Asbury Park, New Jersey... Artist page: Portishead
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Long-time RW faves Girls stopped by Camden's Electric Ballroom on Wednesday night to showcase songs from their sublime sophomore album, ... Artist page:
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As many of you will already know, there's a brand new fixture on Dublin's sadly... Artist page:
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Glaswegian blues punks Sons & Daughters brought their eminently danceable live show to Manchester's Ruby Lounge the other week, showcasing... Artist page:
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Talk about a square peg in a round hole... One of the most... Artist page:
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Reasons to be cheerful: it’s Saturday night, we’re in out of the rain at a seated show, and we're about to be served two prime... Artist page:
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.jpg "In Photos: Girls @ Electric Ballroom, London (09.11.11) photogallery on Ragged Words")
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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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