Wooo, we evaded Armageddon another year! Didn’t it sound great?

I’ve drafted out a list of what I think are the contenders for album of the year. Some you’d hate, some you love. I’m already sure of my favourite but will hold off a bit. For now, what did YOU like? Hit the comments like it’s Judgement Day!

• Adebisi Shank - This Is The Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank
• Carly Sings – The Glove Thief
• Chequerboard – Penny Black
• Crayonsmith – White Wonder
• Dublin Duck Dispensary - Luanquizaabo
• The Dudley Corporation – Year Of The Husband
• Fight Like Apes- …and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
• God Is An Astronaut - God is an Astronaut
• The Gorgeous Colours – The Gorgeous Colours
• GiveAManAKick – Welcome To The Cusp
• Lisa Hannigan – Sew, Sew, Sew
• Halfset – Another Way Of Being There
• Jape – Ritual
• The Jimmy Cake – Spectre & Crown
• Land Lovers – Romance, Romance
• Michael Knight – I’m Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This
• One Day International – Blackbird
• Queen Kong/You’re Only Massive - Dot Dash
• RedKid – Rocket Ship
• Robotnik – Pleasant Square
• RSAG – Organic Sampler
• So Cow – I’m Siding With My Captors
• Sunken Foal – Fallen Arches
• Story of Hair – Cheap Rate
• The Spook Of The 13th Lock – The Spook Of The 13th Lock
• The Vinny Club – Rocky VI Reckyrd
• Yngve Wieland – Tell Men This

EPs follow next week.

Supporting The Kybosh launch of mini-album Until We Are Lost in Whelans on 26 October. Only a few cos the Upstairs lights hates me…

The Parks

www.myspace.com/theparksmusic

I demand someone do this to me when ASIWYFA return in January.

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Ham Sandwich play Cyprus Avenue with The Vital Spark tonight.

www.myspace.com/eathamsandwich

The Count – directed by Fergal Brennan

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Sarsparilla joins NotSquares and BATS at the Lower Deck on 19 December.

www.myspace.com/sarsparillamusic
www.alphabetset.net

Less than a year since the release of Seventeen, the artist known as indefinite article (The!) LPX returns with an EP full of new ideas. Fashion, Not Fashion was recorded in Leigh’s UK mansion and this week he’s on a brief flit home for two gigs: Cork’s Pavilion tomorrow 27 November and the Fashion, Not Fashion launch proper in Dublin’s Boom Boom Room on Friday 28.
Cork looks like an opportunity to catch up with deadly Green Lights and the newly-monikered O, Emperor more recently known as Saviours of Space while the launch gig sees a welcome return pairing for Brian Cullens’ Love Bullets, along with The Bastard Rain.

Funnily enough, there are Däleks in Dublin on the same night

Check out the OHR Seventeen interview!

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Autoban‘s new single Sirens is doing very well – they’ve a tasty run of gigs starting with a Near FM slot tomorrow, Dorans on 9 December and The Academy 2 the next night before culminating in New Year’s Eve at Whelans. I believe they’ve a few female flasher fans so that’ll go down well…

Here’s the vid for Sirens, directed by Souljacker Films.

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Le Galaxie, ClubAC30 Dublin, Whelans, 24 August 2008

Full gallery follows!

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And finally, the electrifying Deadbots tomorrow:

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We play our first live show ever with the Antics Cru tomorrow night @ Crawdaddy. With lotsa new trax and remixes to showcase it should be a good ‘un.
Also, it’s gonna be a mini celebration party as we’ve just signed our track, 36 Days to New York Label, OMG Recordings, home to the likes of Heartache, Xinobi, Kris Menace & Lifelike among other amazing artists. Woot woot!

Ain’t nothing mini about that party!

www.myspace.com/wearedeadbeats
www.myspace.com/antics_crawdaddy

They’re wholly lovely though the intestinal coil looks a bit incongruous…

Little Xs For Eyes headline Anseo on 11 December.

Seeing as we have embeds back, let’s go stir crazy.

The Brothers Movement – Blind – directed by Lindsey Byrne. The single is released this Friday 28 November.

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