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Julian Plenti Is…Skyscraper

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 [...]

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Grizzly Bears

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 [...]

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Magic-Magic

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 [...]

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Bell X1 at Vicar Street

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 [...]

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Hoarsebox

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 [...]

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