Posted on 25th Aug 10 by Robert O Connor | 
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Dublin rock blues outfit The Riptide Movement are back with a new single, Hot Trap and their infectious, sixties blues rock swagger is bigger, harder and better than ever
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Posted on 24th Aug 10 by Paddy Murphy | 0
Sure how could you not love a Cork Goat-Punk band singing half a song in Spanish?
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Posted on 24th Aug 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
The Final Frontier… ominous words, no? Perhaps. But they are dramatic words and grandeur such as that has always been synonymous with Iron Maiden in their 30 plus year history of broad, widescreen pioneering of this genre of music that we all adore so. But, unfortunately, Maiden aren’t the super heroes that we viewed them as [...]
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Posted on 23rd Aug 10 by Ryan Collins | 0
What’s happening Drop-Dnation? For any of you wrestling fans out there, this is the WWE Summerslam 2010 Hit/Miss column. What happens here is I run through the matches on the card, give a star rating and say whether the segment was a hit or a miss, which should be effortless to follow. Match ratings are [...]
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Posted on 22nd Aug 10 by Paddy Murphy | 0
…the DVD was released to give, those of us unlucky enough to have never seen Mogwai live, a morsel of comprehension to what it must be like to bear witness to this lumbering giant of a heavyweight of the post-rock/instrumental rock fraternity….
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Posted on 20th Aug 10 by Paddy Murphy | 0
There’s been some changes on Drop-d lately and we’re about to introduce another one. After an extensive and arduous search Drop-d was lucky enough to find an old comrade from the Advice Sector. The Judge.
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Posted on 20th Aug 10 by Jane Ward | 0
Eleanor McEvoy is one of Ireland’s most accomplished song writers. In 1992 she penned the unforgettable Only A Woman’s Heart which she performed with Mary Black for the compilation A Woman’s Heart, featuring some of Ireland’s best known female singers and songwriters.
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Posted on 19th Aug 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
There was an air of hesitance and some trepidation amongst Nevermore fans when it was announced that Soilwork’s Peter Wichers would produce new record, The Obsidian Conspiracy. Not that it was a slight on Wichers’ abilities, he more than knew the band, having lent partial guitar and bass duties to singer Warrel Dane’s 2008 solo [...]
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Posted on 19th Aug 10 by Jane Ward | 0
Irish composer David Downes has received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for Celtic Woman – Songs from the Heart: Live at Powerscourt House & Gardens. Downes was music director, orchestrator, arranger and composer of the special, which was also released as a CD and DVD.
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Posted on 18th Aug 10 by Ciara O Brien | 0
For nearly 20 years The Saw Doctors have been infecting ears worldwide with their signature blend of Irish folk-rock. With their newest release, the quirkily-titled The Further Adventures of The Saw Doctors, the group have recruited some new blood, and with it, a couple of new sounds. The album sees the group branch out with some [...]
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