Posted on 27th Aug 09 by Paul Murphy | 
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Jobot are a relatively new band, having only been around for a year. They’ve concentrated on getting a good catalog of songs together and as the band prepare for their upcoming gig with the Zealots in Kennedy’s of Westland Row, this Saturday night, the band’s bassist and singer Joe talks to Drop-d about who they [...]
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Posted on 27th Aug 09 by Paul Groome | 2
There’s one thing that’s worse than a really crappy band continuing to inflict their musical art form on the public, years after they should have called it quits. It’s when a band that kick ass really hard and consistantly release music that could start religions breaks up. Everyone here at Drop-d is familiar with venting [...]
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Posted on 26th Aug 09 by Nay | 20
A proud day here in Drop-d. Adebisi Shank, those red-clad rock pistons will bring their hop and snarl to the Olympia Theatre tomorrow night in support of the The Real Thing, epic super-band Faith No More. News of this scoop comes at a particularly auspicious time for Adebisi’s record label The Richter Collective. Along with [...]
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Posted on 26th Aug 09 by Paddy Murphy | 7
Every now and again you stumble across a band, completely by accident and they end up blowing your mind. A while ago Drop-d stumbled into Think Tank one Sunday evening for pints after a long slog pulling pints for auld lads and was astounded by the sublime awesome-ness of DeXtra. Usually quickly annoyed by crappy [...]
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Posted on 25th Aug 09 by Jonathan Keane | 1
Justin K Broadrick is one of the most interesting characters I’ve come across in the last few years. He made his first vibrations with grindcore legends Napalm Death, playing guitar and contributing on the A side of the seminal Scum.
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Posted on 25th Aug 09 by Nay | 0
There were rumblings of happiness and despair on social networks this Tuesday as musicians received the news of this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes line-up before the official announcement was made later in the day. Running as a showcase of the country’s most promising talent, HWCH has proved a staple in the Irish music calendar [...]
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Posted on 25th Aug 09 by Paul Groome | 17
What is it about Wales? Isolation maybe. The whole area of Snowdonia couldn’t be further from the rigors of modern city living. And this willingness of bands to isolate themselves is driven from a desire to change, to creatively move in a different direction. And to record an album that stands head and shoulders above [...]
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Posted on 25th Aug 09 by Gwen Langford | 0
Friday 21st August, The Moat Theatre was the venue for the much anticipated Brendan Keeley gig. Having arrived nice and early and I even dared to enjoy a glass of wine while I awaited the call for the auditorium to open. Having never been in this venue before I was very interested to see what [...]
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Posted on 24th Aug 09 by Jane Ward | 1
Colours is the energetic debut album from Kildare 5 piece Reemo. The band are Stephen Connolly, Paul McGlue, Conleth Dunne, Alan Connolly and Igor Biasini.
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Posted on 23rd Aug 09 by Jonathan Keane | 0
Razorblade Kisses though from Southampton are fronted by the duo of Layla and Azadeh hailing originally from Iran. These two Persian natives seem to find themselves more than comfortable in flogging a dead horse, bringing nothing remotely different to the table. Billing themselves as a goth rock band, Razorblade Kisses are mostly that in image, [...]
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