Posted on 31st Jan 10 by Gary Meyler | 
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I cannot help but ask, with 2010 being the dawn of a new decade, what other firsts did Betty Steeles tick off that metaphorical “To Do” list over the course of 2009? My first busking in kings road, first solo gig in Copenhagen, first time sleeping in a high bed with a sofa underneath, my [...]
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Posted on 28th Jan 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
It’s almost a bit odd to think that Lostprophets have been on the go since 2000, seeing as The Betrayed is only their fourth release. The band has always taken lengthy and somewhat unnecessary gaps between all the albums – predecessor Liberation Transmission stretches back to 2006.
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Posted on 27th Jan 10 by Ciara O Brien | 0
Remembering Jim Capaldi. There is something about the figure of the rock star which makes them seem invincible, a confidence oozes from them which makes them appear impervious to bodily diseases like cancer which makes their losses all the more poignant. Such was the case with rock drummer/ songwriter/all-round nice guy Jim Capaldi who passed [...]
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Posted on 27th Jan 10 by Mike McGrath Bryan | 5
Pledge – A Tribute to Kerbdog launches at the Academy 2 on March 6th.
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Posted on 27th Jan 10 by Paul Groome | 1
Combining the finest in Roland, Yamaha and Casio technology, a bohran, a rice shaker, several stringed instruments, a 32 track digital recorder and one (1) extremely talented, unconventional and ambitious Irish musician and we have the debut album by Patrick Kelleher. Such a wide array of sounds and emotions on one album, you are unlikely [...]
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Posted on 26th Jan 10 by Aoibheann Maguire | 1
It was nice to see the Observer Music Monthly (OMM) bow out in the typical, modest, fashion with which they had ran the magazine for its entire, 76- issue, lifespan. It was a magazine which during its, six and a half years, had chronicled an explosion of internet tools such as, MySpace and YouTube which [...]
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Posted on 25th Jan 10 by Jane Ward | 0
The Beat Poets released their most recent four-track EP The Making on November 30th 2009, ahead of their debut album, which is set for release in 2010. The EP contains four tracks: The Making, Bloodline, Race and a second version of The Making.
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Posted on 22nd Jan 10 by Mike McGrath Bryan | 1
Behold! The Internet provides free music.
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Posted on 21st Jan 10 by Mike McGrath Bryan | 1
Icelandic pop madman and small army of brass to back up Kira Kira at Whelan’s.
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Posted on 20th Jan 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
Ihsahn. Ask any well seasoned metal fan that name and the response will ring many a positive reverberation. First hitting the radar with the enormously pioneering and influential black metal act Emperor, as their front man and guitarist, Ihsahn sculpted from the start a massively respectable repute for himself.
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