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Una Mullally

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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Savages Best of SXSW

A week in Austin takes a few days to digest. The intensity of binge gigging day and night, the sore feet from plodding up and down the city’s streets, the tiredness from venue hopping, and the amount of music you …

tumblr_ls23cvxQFP1r0ztfzo1_500 SXSW: 15 great things in two days

Things are getting crazy over here in Austin. Gigs are relentless, feet are falling off, the desire for a cloning machine to hit more venues is intense, talks are inspiring, and there have been some brilliant moments. Right now, Dave …

VILLAGERS 2 photo PopLives #39: Conor O’Brien

Every week this Q&A will find out what various heads in music, film, fashion, theatre, bukes, performance, tech stuff, and whatever else are consuming. Conor O’Brien fronts the band Villagers, who are currently on tour in Ireland with live dates …

Toby_Kaar_small_626_417 Behind the scenes on Ceol ar an Imeall with Toby Kaar

Ceol wraps, but there are still loads of behind the scenes vids to check out.

sxsw2013 SXSW 2013

I’m off to SXSW this week and then on to CMW, so the blog posts here will have that flavour for the next couple of weeks.

choice Hello, it’s Choice Music Prize Day.

The Meteor Choice Music Prize takes place in Vicar Street in Dublin tonight.

nial PopLives #38 : Nial Conlan

Over the next few weeks on PopLives, the Q&A that concerns itself with the media consumption of interesting people, the nominees of this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize will be answering the questions. The Choice takes place in Vicar Street tonight.  Nial …

thexx The xx cover ‘Finally’ by Kings Of Tomorrow
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  • March 6, 2013, 11:29

Check out this great cover The xx recoded for BBC Radio 1 of Sandy Rivera/Kings Of Tomorrow’s ‘Finally’. The xx lending their whispy, sparse and sexy sound to other sounds was almost reaching a stage of pastiche by the time …

Come Rhyme With Me @ Outhouse

Come Rhyme With Me, a spoken word event I host with my buddy Vickey ‘Ragin’ Curtis, returns to Outhouse on Capel Street in Dublin this evening (Wednesday 6th) at 7.30pm. The theme is Spring, Chicken. And naturally there will be …

Dave-Grohl1 SXSW Preview: The Best Music Panels

SXSW Music kicks off next week, and I’ll be there in Austin soaking up the tunes, talks and tacos. I’m going to do a few preview posts before heading over, so first up here are the panels I’m most looking …

allhail Win tickets to And So I Watch You From Afar’s listening party and gig in Whelan’s

On Wednesday night, And So I Watch You From Afar will be piping their third album through the Whelan’s PA system, and playing some tracks from it upstairs, which should be mucho fun. The tickets for this gig are all …

FFruit Forbidden Fruit announces line-up

Forbidden Fruit, the music festival that is taking place on the grounds of IMMA/The Royal Hospital in Kilmainham in Dublin for the third year announced its line-up this afternoon. The two-day festival will take place over the June bank holiday …

neon wolf Behind the scenes on Ceol ar an Imeall: Neon Wolf

Tonight on Ceol ar an Imeall (TG4, 11pm), there are live sessions from Neon Wolf and Raglans, and an interview with The Joy Formidable who are one of the nicest bands ever. Here’s a gawk at how Neon Wolf got …

herald Daily Digest: Tuesday. A media special.

Loads of interesting media stories knocking around, so I thought I’d gather them in the Daily Digest today. The Evening Herald is set to become The Herald, and sold as a morning paper. This story originally appeared in the Irish …

Julie Feeney PopLives #37: Julie Feeney

Over the next while on PopLives, the Q&A that concerns itself with the media consumption of interesting people, the nominees of this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize will be answering the questions. The Choice takes place in Vicar Street on March 7th.  …

offtheball Off The Ball team leaves Newstalk
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  • March 4, 2013, 17:28

The team behind Off The Ball, a show that is in my opinion the best on Irish radio, has resigned from Newstalk today. The programme will go ahead with founding presenter Ger Gilroy and a group of Newstalk sports reporters. …

koolthing Kool Thing’s debut album released
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  • March 4, 2013, 11:10

The awesome tri-country-Germany-based-one-third-Irish band you need in your life release their first record today. Kool Thing‘s self-titled album is a thumping mix of gothic electronic tunes, pulsing tales of love, escape, clubbing, and divilment. The band, Julie (from Dublin), Jon …

andrea Rejjie Snow features on Andrea’s ‘Places’
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  • March 4, 2013, 10:29

Check out this chilled out sparse indie RnB track featuring Dublin rapper Rejjie Snow. It’s quite pleasant, and very different to Snow’s output so far. You can listen to it here.

Le Galaxie feat. Laura Smyth – ‘The Nightcaller’