Tuesday’s Child is Wet of Feet…
Hello and welcome to yet another rainy January afternoon. Behind the scenes here I’m working on a blinder of an interview for your electronic pleasure, kept company by dear young SEBP bringing a little Brazil to the Ballies.
The ballots are counted, torn hair swept up and promises broken: results are in from CherryCool Promotions, organisers of Castle Palooza and the first ever Irish Festival Awards and it’s “I told you so” all-round as Electric Picnic scoops Best Large Festival. Congratulations to everyone:
Best Large Festival: Electric Picnic
Best Medium Festival: Bud Rising
Best Small Festival: Hard Working Class Heroes
Best Dance Festival: Life
Best Traditional Festival: Sligo Live
Best New Festival: Cois Fharrige
Best One Day Festival: Lovebox
Best Lineup: Oxygen
Best Rock Act: Arcade Fire
Best Headline Act: Primal Scream
Best Alternative Act: Final Fantasy
Best Dance Act: The Chemical Brothers
Best Irish Act: Snow Patrol
Family Festival Award: Festival of World Cultures
Best Service Award: Indie Pendence
Social Responsibility Award: Hard Working Class Heroes
Best Toilets: Flushing toilets!
With memories of summer so near and yet so far, we have a chockah Audio-Visual mini-site full of video interviews and live performances from your favourite acts to grace pages and stages in 2007, including ‘Picnic chatroom exclusive acoustics by The Flaws. Bressie Blizzards brings us on a walkabout of Oxegen, Kate Nash celebrates her birthday and The Horrors show Shilpa how to deal with accosting fans.
When you’re done, you’re not done dossin’: after all that, I’m sure you wouldn’t want to venture out into the wet streets. Instead, allow me to guide you to doss-a-topia over on HotPress.com, where we want you to vote for your favourite Irish and international acts for 2008. Subscription membership is not required, so give a little back to those who you rate or slate for the year ahead.
And when you get back, there’ll be a shiny new interview with none other than electro-classical maestro we know as Leighton P. Xavier aka LPX.
Who needs Brazil, anyway?!