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Monthly Archives: December 2010

The Far Side – playlist for December 28

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 28. Last night was The Far Side of 2010, part two. Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here. Aloe …

Gong! Gong! Gong! OTR’s Gongs of 2010!

Gong! Gong! Gong! We end the year with OTR’s Gongs Of 2010, our set of beautifully designed awards presented to those who have served the rock’n’roll cause at home and away in the last 12 months. Please note that tongues …

This week in The Ticket – and your Christmas plugs

Come dine with us: a cracking alternative five-course meal cooked up by Andrew Maxwell, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Lisa Hannigan, Camille O’Sullivan and Afro Celt Soundsystem’s Johnny Kalsi. The box-office numbers: Tara Brady runs the tule over the Irish box-office hits …

New Music – Starlings, Becoming Real, No Joy

The last New Music selections for 2010 from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Starlings Wide-eyed Sheffield-born mob in thrall to everything from Balearic new gold dreams to electronic …

Now Playing – the tunes of Christmas week

The essential tunes on OTR’s Yuletide jukebox. Please feel free to add your own seasonal favourites below. Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (Watertower Music) From the “Elf” soundtrack and the moment people realised that Zooey Deschanel …

The Far Side of Christmas – playlist for December 21

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 21. Last night was The Far Side of Christmas, the annual soundtrack for a seasonal sleigh-ride. Next week: The Far Side of 2010, part two Listen Again to The Far …

Why “Horse Outside” probably won’t be the Christmas number one

It’s simple, really: it looks like the Rubberbandits won’t sell enough copies of their single to make the top spot their own. The other contender for the Number One slot is The X Factor TV talent show winner Matt Cardle …

Yeezy taught me: the last randomiser of 2010

Last call: if you want to tell us about your cultural highs and lows of 2010, you can do so here. We’ll be rounding up some of these in the paper this week. From the courts: the two sides in …

Captain Beefheart RIP
  • RIP
  • December 17, 2010, 22:07

Entertainment Weekly are reporting the sad death of Don Van Vliet AKA the great Captain Beefheart. The 69 year old died of “complications from multiple sclerosis”.

Why Kanye West is the pop star of the year

Pop star of the year? Ladies and gentlemen, give it up one more time for Kanye West. Before we hand over the gong and give Yeezy the microphone for a speech which will undoubtedly go on for some time, time …

Now Playing – the tunes of the week

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Hercules & Love Affair “My House” (Moshi Moshi) Let’s hope Andy Butler and co’s second album “Blue Songs” is coming down the same …

This week in The Ticket – and your plugs

The Ticket Album Club: Donovan (pop superstar), Fintan O’Toole (Irish Times’ ledgebag), Siobhan McGuire (LGBT officer with the Union of Students in Ireland) and Anne Taylor (Church of Ireland curate for Rathfarnham, Co Dublin) discuss John Lennon’s “Double Fantasy Stripped …

New Music – Dead Letter Chorus, Fantastic Mister Fox, Games

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in tomorrow’s edition of The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Dead Letter Chorus Yet another a band from Down Under who deserve to be …

2010, the cultural review

It’s (nearly) the end of the year as we know it so how do you feel? Next week in The Irish Times, we’ll be rounding up the cultural highs and lows, hits and misses, ups and downs of 2010 and …

The Banter re-up
  • Banter
  • December 16, 2010, 10:03

BIg thanks to last night’s Banter panelists Gerry Godley (Improvised Music Company director and Lyric FM presenter), Sophie Gorman (Irish Independent Day & Night and Arts Editor) and Richard Seabrooke (Offset Festival co-founder and creative director at Dynamo) and an …

The Far Side – playlist for December 14

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 14. Last night was The Far Side of 2010, part one show – part two will be broadcast on December 28. Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen …

Warpaint, Dublin, May

The fabulous Warpaint play Dublin’s Tripod on May 15. They were one of the acts I was most impressed by at this year’s South By Southwest and their debut album “The Fool” is a mighty fine listen (they’re strangely on …

“All of these candidates grew up during the Celtic Tiger and are spoiled”

OTR is not usually prone to quoting reality TV star and car salesman Bill Cullen, but that quote caught my eye. In an interview wrapping up the current run of The Apprentice, Cullen bemoaned what he saw as the softness …

Foo Fighters confirmed for Oxegen 2011

It’s official (though OTR readers and the dogs on the street guessed this weeks ago): Foo Fighters are the first headliners confirmed for Oxegen 2011 which takes place from July 7 to 11 at Punchestown Racecourse, Co Kildare. The reason …

Introducing the Digital Socket Awards

The Digital Socket Awards are a music event with a difference. They are Ireland’s first ever music awards’ event where the contenders are nominated by you, the public, and decided by us, 26 Irish music bloggers. The process is as …

Now that’s what we (The Ticket, OTR and you) call 2010

It’s the end-of-the-year music, movies and games round-up to beat all end-of-the-year music, movies and games round-ups. The Ticket reviews 2010 with music highlights, Top 10 album lists, the good, the bad and the ugly movie moments of 2010, Top …

Banter: Reviewing 2010, Previewing 2011
  • Banter
  • December 9, 2010, 14:26

The last Banter of 2010 gathers a panel of erudite soothsayers to answer the question “We are where we are, so what’s next?” with a look back at the year that was and an attempt to preview that year that’s …

The OTR Christmas shopping special
  • Retail
  • December 9, 2010, 09:35

Yes, there was a budget the other day and yes, the economic catastrophe is still rocking away, but it’s December and that means Christmas, presents and shopping. Wonder could I get away with cancelling Christmas due to unforeseen circumstances? Over …

The afternoon news bulletin (Anne Doyle not included)

Free music: Irish ISP eircom have just launched their new Spotify-like site Music Hub. It means free streaming for eircom broadband subscribers (€6.99 a month if you’re not with the Big E), with different price levels if you want to …

The Far Side – playlist for December 7

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 7. It was the Far Side Classics show based on a trip to the attic in search of tunes which either had never featured on the show before or hadn’t …

Guest post – Dingle Bells, the final countdown: Tony Clayton-Lea at Other Voices

The last despatch from our man in Dingle Tony Clayton-Lea, who has been covering Other Voices for the paper and this blog. Big thanks to Tony for the guest blogs. That’s our contractual obligation to Co Kerry done and dusted …

Where do the bright new things go from here?

Back in early 2009, I started a new weekly column for The Ticket called New Music. The plan was that New Music would profile five new or new-ish acts from Ireland or elsewhere every week. When the column started, I …

Sleigh Bells, Freelance Whales, Go! Team, Darkstar heading to Dublin

A rake of decent gig announcements today so far. The excellent Sleigh Bells (whose “Treats” is one of my albums of the year) play Dublin’s Whelan’s on February 18. Tickets are €16.50 (plus Ticketmaster fees) Freelance Whales are also incoming. …

Guest post: do you want a Dingle with that? Tony Clayton-Lea at Other Voices

The National, Cathy Davey, Ellie Goulding and John Smith in a church in Dingle, Co Kerry: it can only be Other Voices. The report on last night’s action from our temporary Kerryman Tony Clayton-Lea.

The pre-budget randomiser (plus 21% VAT)

Let’s get ready to ruuuuuumble. Next Saturday morning, Team Ticket take on Team Day & Night in a no-holds-barred, no-quarter-spared live radio show quiz. Look, I wanted it to be arm-wrestling or a game of ping-pong but that doesn’t make …

Guest post: Dingle-dongle – Tony Clayton-Lea at Other Voices

Our man in Kerry Tony Clayton-Lea reports from the first night of the Other Voices mini-fest and TV show in Dingle. It’s freezing down in Dingle, but we’ve slipped, slid and skated our way from Benners Hotel to St James …

Guest post: Dingle Bells – Tony Clayton-Lea at Other Voices

My Ticket colleague Tony Clayton-Lea is in deepest Kerry literally right now for the annual Other Voices mini-fest and TV show. Here, he sets the scene and does some star-spotting on the main drag.

Have you seen this man?
  • U2
  • December 3, 2010, 09:58

It has come to On The Record ’s attention that one of the country’s most high-profile rock stars is missing in action. At a time of great national crisis, we have heard from Westlife and Jim Corr about the troubles …

Now Playing – the tunes of the week

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Various “Rough Trade Shops: Synth Wave 10” (Co-Op) Indie beeps and bleeps from Crystal Castles, Fever Ray (covering “Stranger Than Kindness” by Nick …

This week in The Ticket – and your plugs

Laura Marling: it’s been a champion year for the lady behind the “I Speak Because I Can” album. Ahead of Irish appearancs in Dublin and Dingle, she talks about what it’s like to be number one in the NME Cool …

New Music – Milan Jay, Oh Land, Braids

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in tomorrow’s edition of The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Milan Jay John G. Millane’s one-man band from Ballinasloe, Milan Jay is about feel-good, …

Dong! Dong! Dong! OTR news update!
  • News
  • December 2, 2010, 09:53

Forget the lobbying to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022, WOMEX may well be coming to Dublin. Per this press release from Temple Bar Cultural Trust, the city is one of three shortlisted to hold the world music …

The Far Side – playlist for November 30

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday November 30. Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here (stream should be live within next hour). The Far Side in …

Glasser, Dublin, February

Good news on a very icy morning: the excellent Glasser plays Dublin’s Crawdaddy on February 24. Tickets for this one will be €14.00 a pop (plus Ticketmaster fees). Here’s a snapshot review of her gig at October’s In the City …