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01.04.13

50 Irish Things I Liked In 2012 Made In Ireland | Comments Off
You've probably had enough of End Of Year lists by now, so I'll spare you the ranking and measuring and categorising and commentating that usually comes with any form of musical reportage published at the end of a year. Instead, you'll find a simple collection of EPs, tracks, music videos, performances and remixes made partially, or completely by Irish hands that I doted on during 2012. My initial brainstorm yielded about 90 things, but after telling myself how ridiculous that list would be, I whittled it down to 50 based on how much I listened to said work over the past 12 months. ...

Tagged: And So I Watch You From Afar, Bantum, Bats, Bouts, Cave Ghosts, Cillo, Croupier, Django Django, Eaten By Bears, Enemies, Faws, Fionn Regan, Frank B, Ghosts, Girl Band, Hidden Highways, Hunter-Gatherer, Jee4ce, Jogging, Katie Kim, Kid Karate, Laura Sheeran, Le Galaxie, Lemonada, Lethal Dialect, Mark Buckeridge, Maverick Sabre, MMoths, Monto, No Monster Club, No Spill Blood, Not Squares, Orquesta, Owensie, Patrick Kelleher, Rejjie Snow, Sea Pinks, Sean MacErlaine, SertOne, Sinead O'Connor, Sleep Thieves, Soil Creep, Solar Bears, Squarehead, Sunken Foal, The Cast Of Cheers, The Wanted, Villagers, Willa Lee And Daragh Lynch, Young Wonder
01.13.12

Ones To Watch 2012: Day Two Made In Ireland | (2)
A night of rap and metal crossover. This one will be difficult to top. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 Wizards Of Firetop Mountain No Spill Blood Lethal Dialect Logikparty Jogging Altered Hours Agitate The Gravel Trumpets Of Jericho * Lamp Bridges Of Madison County Melodica Deathship * Trumpets Of Jerico pulled out due to illness. The Good: The Bridges Of Madison County Comprised of members of The Jimmy Cake, Hooray For Humans, Hands Up Who Wants To Die and Sylvan, The Bridges Of Madison County make noise that is adequately-described as wonky trumpet-punk, or better described as ear-splitting, breakneck rock, featuring the trumpet. If you've seen The Bridges... perform, you'll know that the Dublin foursome don't take themselves too seriously. If you've yet to have the pleasure, I don't care to spoil ...

Tagged: Agitate The Gravel, Altered Hours, Bantum, Costelloe, Daithi, Ghost Estates, Girl Band, Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Hooray For Humans, Jogging, Last Days Of 1984, Lethal Dialect, Logikparty, Morning Hush, Nanobot, No Spill Blood, North Sea, Ones To Watch 2012, School Tour, Simon Bird, Sleep Thieves, Sylvan, Tenaka, The Jimmy Cake, Trophy Boyfriend, Trumpets Of Jerico, Whelan's Live, White Collar Boy, Willa Lee, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain
01.12.12

Ones To Watch 2012: Day One Made In Ireland | Comments Off
When you're broke, which most of the people I come into contact with on a regular basis are, it's easy to focus on the cost of something, rather than the value. This is why the idea behind Whelan's Ones To Watch festival strikes me as being so flamboyantly clever. The value is big (acts you know and acts you don't, all working hard to be remembered) and the cost is low (€5 or €10). For those who haven't been, here's how it works; the price of a pint earns you one night of music, or up to 15 acts, depending on ...

Tagged: Agitate The Gravel, Alarmist, Altered Hours, Bridges Of Madison County, Bunoscionn, Crayonsmith, Daithi, Deaf Joe, Elaine Mai, Elevens, Goodtime, Heineken Music, Hello Moon, Jogging, Lamp, Laura Sheeran, Lethal Dialect, Logikparty, Melodica Deathship, Musicmaker, Nanu Nanu, No Spill Blood, Ones To Watch 2012, Spies, The Altered Hours, The Dying Seconds, Trophy Boyfriend, Trumpets Of Jericho, Versechorusverse, Whelan's Live, White Collar Boy, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain, Wyvern Lingo

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