Monthly Archives: September 2010

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Evil Uncle – Songs for the Road

Posted on 17th Sep 10 by | comments 1

Released in anticipation of an album release in November Songs for the Road from Evil Uncle is a five track EP which does indeed whet the appetite of the listener for what is to come. The songs will appeal to those who like singer/songwriters and who appreciate interesting lyrics with some beautiful melodies and strong vocals. Evil Uncle ticks all [...]

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Cloudkicker Releases New Album Today

Posted on 16th Sep 10 by | comments 0

Ohio’s finest one-man ambient/post-rock/shoegaze/djent project, Cloudkicker, has released its second album proper today for pay-what-you-want on its Bandcamp. Beacons follows on from Ben Sharp‘s creation’s ]]][[[ E.P., which won rave reviews everywhere it went to review for its shoegaze bent on Cloudkicker‘s already immense sound. The album is available as a download, but in an [...]

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Nice weather for a picnic?

Posted on 15th Sep 10 by | comments 0

It seems nowhere can escape the pinch of the tightening belt of a recession, even Ireland’s favourite boutique festival had to scale back a bit this year. Some early exploring  revealed the cinema tent was no longer with us, Arcadia and it’s fire breathing monoliths had been scaled back and a few other smaller stages [...]

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I’ll Eat Your Face Bring Us A Tasty Cover Mini-Medley, Are Well-Received at Gig

Posted on 14th Sep 10 by | comments 1

Cork’s premier grind entertainment system I’ll Eat Your Face recently posted quite an interesting video from their August 10th excursion to Fred Zeppelin’s: what appears to be a grind cover of one of those dance tunes that no-one remembers the name of, followed swiftly by chunky riffing on MC Hammer’s obviously grind-friendly crossover hit, Can’t [...]

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Savage, Brendan Muldowney

Posted on 14th Sep 10 by | comments 0

Brendan Muldowney’s feature debut Savage is an unflinching look at the violent world we live in, and the weight of masculinity. Savage has been spoken about as being a ‘revenge film’, which on the surface it is, but underneath it is something much more. A powerful investigation of our contemporary culture which, Muldowney suggests here, utilizes [...]

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Astral Plains Festival

Posted on 14th Sep 10 by | comments 0

The Astral Plains festival took place in the grounds of Birr Castle, Co. Offally on 26th June. The festival is one of a number of Boutique Festivals popping up all over the country. The festival had a really laid back family atmosphere that I enjoyed and it had a lot to offer other than music. [...]

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Stone Sour, Audio Secrecy

Posted on 14th Sep 10 by | comments 0

Audio Secrecy, Stone Sour’s third album, should be one more step to the band shedding the “side project” stigma, hopefully. 2006 predecessor, Come What(ever) May was a major step up from the self titled debut in all aspects, from Corey Taylor’s increasingly melodic vocals, but maintaining some razor edge intensity, to the overall song writing [...]

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