by Rob C on August 31, 2009
I was talking with my band mates this evening about the serious lack of good new music at the moment. You know the way us picky musicians are…
I have found that I am spending less time discovering new stuff, and more time either avoiding the iPod altogether or going through my CD collection in order [...]
by venntertainment on May 24, 2009
Pop over to Drop-D.ie and you shall find my exclusive interview with Dan Rossen of Grizzly Bear. A most down-to-earth and hard working band, their new album, Veckatimest, is my album of the year so far [you'll find my review in that article too ]
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New single, Two Weeks, is probably my most played [...]
by venntertainment on May 1, 2009
I’ve just seen a review of Magic Magic’s Debut album in today’s The Ticket, written by Jim Carroll:
Read it here
I actually read about these guys months ago when they got Album of the Week in the Sunday Times. I’ve had their eponymous album on my iPod for yonks.
I would highly recommend that you visit their [...]
by venntertainment on April 1, 2009
Well, Vicar Street was the venue, Villagers and Bell X1, the bands. I’d been looking forward to this gig for some time, but surely it’s a little unusual to be more interested in the support act, than in the headline band?
I got into the venue just in time to get a nice spot near the [...]
by venntertainment on March 20, 2009
Came across these chaps yesterday. Hoarsebox…
They’re releasing the Cuckooland EP and have a host of dates in support of that:
27 Mar 2009 – 8pm – The Button Factory Dublin, Ireland
14 Apr 2009 — 7pm – Hotel Café, L.A., California, US
16 Apr 2009 – 7pm – Arlene’s Grocery New York
1 May 2009 – 8pm – Andrews [...]