Hard Working Class Heroes Photos, 2009
Posted on 20th Oct 09 by Alessio Michelini | 
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A “Best of” photos taken at the HWCH 2009… from Alessio Michelini
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Remembering Lynyrd Skynyrd
Posted on 20th Oct 09 by Paddy Murphy | 1
Thirty-two years ago today, a plane went down in Gillsburg, Mississippi. It had departed from South Carolina a few hours previously and unfortunately ran out of fuel not too far from it’s supposed destination of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The pilots tried desperately to land on a smaller runway but could not. In vain they tried again [...]
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Themselves, Whelan’s
Posted on 19th Oct 09 by Adam Lacey | 0
It’s slightly tiresome, I know, to point to the bemusing braggadocio of contemporary mainstream hip-hop, and to the dilution of a celebrated and revolutionary art form in the mainstream by such pecuniary whores as Soulja Boy, P.Diddy, 50 Cent et al. So it’s also a thrill that labels and collectives like Anticon exist, to give [...]
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Frantic Jack, Frantic Jack EP
Posted on 18th Oct 09 by Paul Groome | 0
A few months ago, the lads from Frantic Jack were in touch with us to review their single which was about to be released. By all accounts the two songs that were provided, Firefly with a ‘B side’ of another song called Vancouver, were two good, straightforward, folk/acoustic rock tunes. And I enjoyed them! Why [...]
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Saving J, This City Street
Posted on 16th Oct 09 by Jane Ward | 0
Back in the day, before musicians were churned out from the assembly line of reality TV, pop music used to be different. Before the electronically recorded monotonous thumping beats and digitally enhanced voices it was a respectable genre. There was no miming to pre-recorded tracks, only drums and guitars, and in the place of emaciated [...]
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Opeth, Olympia Theatre
Posted on 15th Oct 09 by Jonathan Keane | 1
Within a year of their last Irish show Opeth have returned to our soil for their biggest show here to date, this time in the Olympia Theatre opposed to the tried and tested grounds of Vicar Street which has housed for their last few appearances. The fact that Opeth are playing the same venue that [...]
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Propagandhi, Protest The Hero and Strike Anywhere for Village Gig
Posted on 15th Oct 09 by Paddy Murphy | 3
u:mack Present Propagandhi Protest The Hero Strike Anywhere Thursday December 3 The Village Doors 7.30 Tickets ¬18 from Road Records, City Discs, Sound Cellar, sentinel, Spindizzy, Wav Box Office 1890 200078 & online at umack
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The Wailers Confirm The Rebel Souls as support for Olympia Gig
Posted on 14th Oct 09 by Paddy Murphy | 1
Having sold out The Academy in February, The Wailers return for a night of hits from EXODUS at The Olympia Theatre this October 28th. The Wailers are the greatest living exponents of Jamaica’s reggae tradition having been the musical force behind Bob Marley’s words. The Wailers have been enjoying sellout shows across the world this year [...]
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This Is Hell, Warbirds EP
Posted on 14th Oct 09 by Jonathan Keane | 0
This Is Hell have rightly placed themselves amongst the elite of modern hardcore, along the likes of Comeback Kid and Propagandhi, particularly in the latter half of this decade. Two solid albums and seemingly endless touring have begun to carve out a respectable and deserved reputation for this hardcore quartet, especially after some rough patches [...]
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5 Years Of Hyperdub, V.A.
Posted on 13th Oct 09 by Liam Griffin | 0
Every now and then a record label will come along that revolutionises a music genre and inspires a new generation of musicians. Hyperdub, now in it’s fifth year of existence, joins Rough Trade, 4AD and Warp as one of those labels that represents all that is good about a specific style of music- in this [...]
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