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										The Chalets split  2853  8
										Started by  Django
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Ireland's finest purveyors of indie pop The Chalets have split up according to the blog on they're myspace page.  
 Total shame. Their simple yet smart tunes always put a smile on the face and were a welcome relief from the dull as dog s**t singer/songwriter virus that infests the irish music scene. 
 Proper pop tunes, they deserved to have been bigger. Oh well.  
  
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										Spinal Tap of the 00s  3393  16
										Started by  Binokular
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										On the 'currently listening to' thread, the general concensus seems to be that Oasis were the spinal tap of the 90s.  
  
 So who fits the bill of Real life Spinal tap of the 00s i.e. Big, dumb and plenty of real life comedic spinal tap moments. |  |  |  | 16 | 3393 |  by  starbelgrade  2/14/2008 4:04 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Dublin - throwing shapes  2376  9
										Started by  PeterQuaife
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Folks  
    
  Heading down to the home of the Spike in a few weeks (weekend of the 23rd Feb in case you's know of any good gigs). Have not been out in Dublin since this time last year. Any new and exciting pubs / clubs / sauna's to go to Any recommendations  
    
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										My Bloody Valentine for Electric Picnic  2310  5
										Started by  starbelgrade
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										'Hot Press has learned that My Bloody Valentine will be playing at this year’s Electric Picnic festival, which takes place in County Laois from August 29 to 31.   
      
   While yet to be confirmed by the promoters, a UK source reveals: 'They’ve looked at the various Irish festival options open to them, and decided that the Picnic is the best fit. The clincher was Primal Scream and The Jesus & Mary Chain raving about how much fun they had playing there last year.' '   
      
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										Aftershow Party  2202  0
										Started by  benni
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Hi!  
  I aint posted here in aaaaaaages so what better way to make a come back than to invite you all to an aftershow party!!!  
    
  STAGGER LEE OPEN THE HOUSE FOR A NIGHT OF SERIOUS ROCKIN N ROLLIN FOR THE DUBLIN DATE OF THE VON BONDIES EUROPEAN TOUR. WE'LL BE ON EARLY LADS SO GET YOUR ASSES IN LINE FOR 7.30PM TO CATCH THE START OF THE PRECEEDINGS!  
    
  VON BONDIES  
  FIGHT LIKE APES  
  STAGGER LEE   
    
  THE VILLAGE   
  WEXFORD STREET  
  17-FEB-2008  
    
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										Frank Black / Francis Black confusion in Vicar St  2798  7
										Started by  starbelgrade
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										.. Went to see Frank Black in Vicar St on Saturday... amazing the amount of people who showed up thinking they were going to see Frances Black play! He's using his Black Francis moniker these days, but even so! There was a tout selling tickets to punters in their 40s/50s for €30, then buying them back for €20 after the doormen had explained who exactly was playing.     
        
    Then I overheard a young girl (early 20s at most), upon seeing a couple in their 50's at the door, saying to her... |  |  |  | 7 | 2798 |  by  Protein biscuit  2/12/2008 3:27 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Who needs Jools?  3310  13
										Started by  starbelgrade
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										.. when we've such excellent homegrown music programmes like the one on Network 2 last night. Inspired performances from The Blizzards, the highly appropriately named The Thrills, that wonder boy of the pop world, Mr. Brian McFadden (featuring a member from The Chapters on cello)... all culminating in a truly life changing performance of 'Anyone Can Be A Star' from the exhuberant Paddy Casey - it even had a mind blowing bass solo. Quality stuff -   and people complain that RTE spends our license... |  |  |  | 13 | 3310 |  by  starbelgrade  2/7/2008 10:24 AM | 
						
						
						
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										jens lekman @ village  2484  0
										Started by  jan
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										foggy notions are bringing him back - yipeee!! may 25th in the village |  |  |  | 0 | 2484 | 2/6/2008 8:38 AM | 
						
						
						
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										iron and wine @ olympia  2341  0
										Started by  jan
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										they're coming back on sunday may 11th and have elected to play a decent venue as opposed to the barn they gigged in last time. looks like it may be a seated gig too 
  
 sunny may evening, quiet cold pint, totter over the to the olympia...this could be gorgeous |  |  |  | 0 | 2341 | 2/6/2008 8:37 AM | 
						
						
						
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										The Urges in need of a little help ...  5747  27
										Started by  Rosco
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Good evening all, 
 
   
 The Urges need a favour from all you cats out there ... 
 
   
 The garage-tastic Primitive Festival in Rotterdam is once again being held this coming summer & we would love to play it. Now this is where the problem lies and were you come in: the one rule that the festival organisers have is that no band can play the festival twice ... but this year they are conducting an online poll were you can vote for a previous band to play at this years event. If you log... |  |  |  | 27 | 5747 |  by  Rosco  2/5/2008 6:28 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Sunset Rubdown  2336  2
										Started by  mickeyjoe84
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Does anyone have any idea when or where tickets are going onsale for the Sunset Rubdown gig in Crawdaddy on 20th of May |  |  |  | 2 | 2336 |  by  Unicron  2/4/2008 8:30 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Currently Listening to... (Jan 2008)    11124  80
										Started by  Ally
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										we should really have one of these on the board...    
      
   captain beefheart - trout mask replica   
      
   (it took me years to buy this album but i'm sure glad i did... great shtuff!) |  |  |  | 80 | 11124 |  by  Binokular  1/31/2008 1:25 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Nick Cave at Dublin Castle  2997  7
										Started by  Ally
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										i have never been to dublin castle before...  
    
  ...if you consider that i usually hate outdoor venues and especially hate big venue, is dublin castle any good |  |  |  | 7 | 2997 |  by  PeterQuaife  1/30/2008 1:57 PM | 
						
						
						
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										'Once' song: eligible for Oscars?  10988  44
										Started by  aidan
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										It featured on the last Frames album ('The Cost') so doesn't that mean it's NOT an original song written especially for the movie Or is there a loophole re: previous sales, release in certain countries, etc... |  |  |  | 44 | 10988 |  by  starbelgrade  1/30/2008 5:42 AM | 
						
						
						
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										All Tomorrows' Partys 2008 lineup  5404  20
										Started by  PeterQuaife
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										All tomorrows partys has a super lineup also 
  
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										MBV: July Paris gig  1541  0
										Started by  aidan
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										...according to French ticket outlet FNAC: My Bloody Valentine at the Zenith in Paris on 9 July. Tickets on sale now, cost €42.80 
  
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										State Magazine  2600  10
										Started by  nialler9
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										New Irish music magazine and website I'm involved with:  
    
  http://www.state.ie  
    
  Interview with Hot Chip  
  SXSW irish Artists announcement  
  Explosions in the Sky tickets  
  Album reviews of Goldfrapp, Lupe Fiasco  
  Dan le Sac Scroobius Pip live review  
  First mix in State mix series by Nouveaunoise |  |  |  | 10 | 2600 |  by  starbelgrade  1/28/2008 3:27 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Amazon MP3 comes to europe  1633  0
										Started by  Binokular
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Looks like Amazon MP3 will be available outside the US later in the year (no date specified), this is good news if you are like me and absolutely refuse to use Apples DRM laden iTunes. Even if Apple were to move away from DRM tomorrow, it's still needed, anything that stops iTunes from total dominance is a good thing. I realise there are other non-subscription sites out there like 7 Digital but they don't have the brand recognition needed to topple iTunes. 
  
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										Cluas Fantasy Football  10561  44
										Started by  Gar
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Some of you may have only gotten over the World Cup disappointment and are still seeing that Zidane headbutt happening in slow motion, but the football world doesn't wait around. In fact, the Premiership is starting again next month and that means fantasy football is back. For anyone interested, it's free, a good laugh, makes Watford vs Reading games interesting (if you are unfortunate enough to pick one of their players) and easy to set up.
Just go over to www.premierleague.com. Then click o... |  |  |  | 44 | 10561 |  by  Zeitguest  1/25/2008 2:27 PM |