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Electric Picnic

  • 08.29.12
    The Hot Sprockets to play King Kong Club stage at Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    The Hot Sprockets have announced they will be playing the inaugural "King Kong Club" stage in the Oxjam tent this Friday at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally. For all the info about this stage. The group will also be playing 2 gigs on Arthur's Day, September 27. The first one is part of freshers week in the Chapel in I.A.D.T college in Dun Laoghaire at 7.30pm sharp. The second one will be in Sweeney's on Dame street with support from The Strypes. And depending on the result of the voting, it could be anyone from Fatboy Slim to Tinie Tempah playing afterwards at ...
  • 08.27.12
    Shake that and party – Alabama Shakes at Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    The singer with 2012's hottest musical act, Brittany Howard tells Ed Power about the rise of Alabama Shakes and their smalltown origins. As frontwoman of Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard rollicks and sways, singing from the bottom of her boots, the murky tidepools of her soul. She is Amy Winehouse fronting The White Stripes, a young Aretha Franklin in a blizzard of blue-collar rock. In a cramped pre-show dressing-room, however, Howard couldn’t be further removed from her onstage caricature. Slumped against the wall, lost in a vast under-grad hoodie, she is demure, almost painfully shy. “The attention has been kind of a distraction from ...
  • 08.27.12
    Safe from arm – Elbow at Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    Art-rock titans Elbow simply couldn’t be in a better position to steal the show at this year’s Electric Picnic. Singer Guy Garvey reflects on their long journey to the big time with Celina Murphy. As the banterful frontman of slow-burning art-rock sensation Elbow, Guy Garvey is in charge of composing the melodies that tens of thousands of fans queue for hours to belt out in a swampy field, and at weaving the tales, vivid stories of scallywagging about greying suburbs as a boy or nursing heartbreak by drinking ‘until the doorman is a Christmas tree’, that the band have become synonymous ...
  • 08.27.12
    Dex appeal at Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    As Dexys Midnight Runners stage a dramatic return, Kevin Rowland talks to Olaf Tyaransen about perfectionism and putting the band back together. A few months ago, Dexys (now with a shortened name) released the widely acclaimed One Day I’m Going To Soar, their first album since 1985’s Don’t Stand Me Down (reported at the time as being one of the most expensive albums ever made). That follow-up to their classic 1983 breakthrough Too-Rye-Ay failed to do the business and, in between various sackings, resignations and internecine disputes, that seemed to be pretty much it for the once massive Birmingham band. Although band leader ...
  • 08.27.12
    Vacc For Good at Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    Stradbally-bound and coming of age with their second record, The Vaccines tells Craig Fitzpatrick about life on the road and rising stardom. One-half of London’s hottest guitar merchants are beaming conspiratorially back at me in a dressing-room located in Ireland’s largest stadium. There are countless reasons for Justin Young – the English pipes – and Árni Hjörvar – the Icelandic bassist – to be pleased mere hours before they take to the Croke Park stage, two rungs below Noel Gallagher and the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the bill. But their sheepish grins are holding back a secret. Early hype coming to ...
  • 08.27.12
    Electric Picnic – Villagers frontman talks second albums and playing live Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    Ahead of his Electric Picnic slot, Villagers frontman Conor J. O'Brien talks second albums and returning to the live arena with Edwin McFee.  One of 2012’s must-see acts at Electric Picnic is unquestionably Dublin’s own chart-breaking phenomenon Villagers. The brainchild of Conor J. O’Brien, the band’s now near mythic 2010 debut Becoming A Jackal found its way into the hearts of a generation thanks to its mesmerising mix of unforgettable melodies and melancholic lyrics and at this year’s festival punters will get to witness the next step in their evolution when they perform a selection of cuts from their upcoming 2013 second ...
  • 08.22.12
    Screenadelica posters for Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    This years is Screenadelica's debut at Electric Picnic. Screenadelica is an exhibition that champions the screenprinted gig poster and travels around festivals all over Europe and further afield. Screenadelica designs posters for headline or appropriate acts at each venue. For its first Irish outing, Screenadelica commissioned posters for Glen Hansard (by its founder, Liverpool based designer Horse) and for The Horrors (by Army of Cats). On its website, Screenadelica explains the thinking behind its posters: "With digital download taking over the music scene, the desire to still own something physical makes the screen printed poster all the more important, driving artists to create ...
  • 08.21.12
    Electric Picnic Forest Stage line-up Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    At hand to fulfill your house and techno needs at this year's Picnic is the Forest Stage which provides three 12 hour stints of tunes over the course of the weekend. Three of the hottest collectives in Ireland each take a day and night to showcase what they do best. Newbies 10 2 1 take Friday Night. T3 who have hosted and supported some of the biggest nights in Dublin take the Saturday night while Electric Picnic welcome back Bodytonic for the Sunday. Check out the full line-up... Friday: 10 2 1 16.00-21.00 James Kirwan 21.00-22.00 Cian Little Byrne 22.00-23.00 Nathen Jones 23.00-00.00 Lorcan Mak 00.00-01.00 Monto 01.00-02.00 Clu 02.00-03.00 ...
  • 08.14.12
    Head to the woods at Electric Picnic Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    EP has just announced the Salty Dog Shipwrecked Stage and the Jamaican Trenchtown stages, running from the Friday (August 31) to the Sunday (September 2) in the woods at Stradbally. The Salty Dog stage, emerging from fallen masts and scattered rigging, will provide a mix of of sea shanties, bluegrass, blues and rock including the entire crew from Bellowhead fresh from the main stage, Ham Sandwich and Tieranniesaur. Also on deck will be Cork bluegrass group Two Time Polka, Morton Valance, Lois and the Love, Black Friday, percussionist Simon Spoons, The Niall Toner Band, newcomers Shannon and the Shortcuts, soul chick Bronagh Gallagher, Aussie-based duo Hat Fitz and ...
  • 07.25.12
    Electric Picnic announces Little Big Tent Additions Electric Picnic | Comments Off
    Get ready to dance, dance, dance at this year’s Stradbally extravaganza as the festival lines up DJs, dubstep extraordinaires and home-grown electro acts to get you into the groove. Although the electronic, dance maestros LCD Soundsystem have sadly called it a day fans can catch a glimpse of James Murphy behind the decks at this year’s Picnic. Ireland’s electro-dance finest Le Galaxie will make a very welcome return to Electric Picnic after last year’s memorably raucous set that emblazoned the phrase ‘TUNE!’ in everybody’s minds. Another addition to the Little Big Tent line-up is Jack Colleran, aka MMOTHS, who has been impressing crowds ...