…Paul Buchanan might not be waiting longer but us ordinary joes still have a fortnight to go.

After a long hiatius from the madness of Ireland’s gig scene, The Rags are back and they’ve brought presents!
I caught up with the scandalous six on Tuesday afternoon in Apollo Studios in Temple Bar, as they polished off a free album sampler ‘Bin Bag’ which they’re making available as a free digital-only release from their website therags.com on November 30th.
“On the surface of things we’ve been keeping a low profile the past year
or so but we’ve been busy recording our debut album,” explains frontman
Daniel Anderson. “At the moment we’re putting finishing touches to it, and
making ‘Bin Bag’ available for free is our way of saying thanks to all the
people who’ve been contacting us asking us when the album is going to be
out. They’ve been very patient.”
Bagsies I be first to hit the site at the end of the month! As if that’s not enough, The Rags also play a special Christmas gig in the Button Factory on December 20th…gearing up for what will undoubtably be 2008: Year of the Rags….

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