It’s time to start salivating – Hot Press has been to Marlay Park to scope out what Longitude 2015 looks like before it get bombarded by eager punters. Worth a look if you are heading there this weekend! Sweet.
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The timetable is here too. So many great bands to see. If I had to pick a favourite day, it would be Saturday.
Nothing better than this kind of announcement to kick away the blues after a bank holiday weekend.
Feast your eyes and pack your tents.
Only 121 days to go!
Excited? Well you should be! With the season being royally kicked off by Vantastival this bank holiday weekend, and a stellar lineup to boot, get prepared before you head off!
In 2010 I was bulk buying essentials in preparation for Oxegen. I had a short list but kept on getting sidetracked by other things I thought I would need. In the baby wipe section (essential!!!!) I found a folded piece of paper. When I opened it my heart skipped a beat! Someone, a girl, had left behind a very detailed and list for her trip to Oxegen.
I looked at hers (back to back, and handwritten no less), looked at mine, then decided to mostly go with hers! For the most part anyway.
And it was a wet one – glad I was prepared!
So check the list below, print it out and get prepared for the ample amount of up coming music festivals. You can’t go wrong with it really, especially if you are a girl, or a guy who likes to wear girls clothes to a festival.
Share this to make sure everyone is prepared for music festivals and they don’t forget anything – particularly the ‘obvious’ section.
Enjoy.
Canalaphonic is holding the official launch party in the The Sugar Club on the 11th April. Clear your calendars for this one – I know I have.
With fellow Wexicans Corner Boy, Featuring X, Mother Mooch, and yet another fellow Wexican and old pal Johnny Stewart the night is shaping up to be a good one.
I’m sure the Abner Browns Barbershop lads have something else up their sleeves for the night as this event takes on an organic life of its own. Well deserved too.
Imagine how good this actual festival will be, given that the launch party already rocks!
At only a fiver for entry, you’d be foolish to pass this up. Get ’em here.
One of the most exciting new independent music festivals this year in Dublin was forced to change its name due to a court application for an injunction. Harsh.
Not to worry! The now named Canalaphonic, the brainchild of the quirkiest barbershop in town, Abner Browns, is set to take place in the Rathmines/Portobello area.
The exciting new festival will be rock out 2 stages and 18 venues spread across the area – Interestingly, one of the stages will be a barge docked at Portobello Harbour, aptly called ‘The Making Waves Stage’ with local legends The Hot Sprockets and Mother Mooch kicking off proceedings.
Did we mention that the gigs will be free and that the acts are actually earning a buck? Abner Browns Barbershop are proving that this event will be a cut above the rest!
More acts have yet to be announced, but there’s plenty of time for that as the event doesn’t take place until 8th and 9th May.
With the level of interest this event has gathered in just over two weeks and even a little bit of controversy, we continue to watch this space very closely indeed. And so should you.
Last night, the guys at Knockanstockan HQ broke the internet by revealing the first batch of defining artists that will rock the Ballyknockan district this coming July, and launched their new look website.
The lineup is, yet again, a fine example of the musical talent that Ireland has to offer.
And there are more announcements to come. The swanky new website boasts that there will be a total of 100 bands from across the globe. No mean feat we can assure you, and very impressive that these guys can pull this off every year given that it is a not for profit organisation run by volunteers with a passion for all things musical.
The lineup so far –
SYD ARTHUR, CULT CALLED MAN, RED ENEMY, KINGSTON, REBECCA COLLINS, LEO DREZDEN, CONTOUR, GASCAN RUCKUS, ROCSTRONG, ROBOCOBRA QUARTET, O EMPEROR, INTERSKALACTIC, TUCAN, NEW SECRET WEAPON, VERNON JANE, BUNOSCIONN, BUNK, MEGACONE, POCKETS, HECTOR BIZERK, THE WITCH TRIALS, MONGOOSE, MAMA KASBAH
Early bird tickets are going for a steal @ €65 each, but they’re going quick! Get ’em here while they’re hot!
Knockanstockan will reveal the next batch of live acts for 2015 later today, and throw a new website in to the party too.
So far we have been teased with an already impressive lineup of Kingston, Rebecca Collin, Leo Drezden, Contour, Cult Called Man, Red Enemy and Bitch Falcon.
The announcement was made here in a State of the Nation article where Bettine McMahon gives a brief history of the festival, as well as the prep needed beforehand. Well worth a read, and a great insight in to the fest – she knows her stuff!
We wait anxiously hitting the F5 button until the website goes live!
If you are heading to any of the smaller festivals this year, head here to listen to the Soundcloud playlists we’re putting together to get you prepared.
Alternatively, you can head straight to our Soundclud page to listen to the playlists, or even check out a few of our own hand-made podcasts. Enjoy.
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We’ll be adding more playlists and songs once they are announced etc.
Get ready for a free party in the Sweeney Mongrel this Friday night!
To kick off the festival season, Vantastival are holding a FREE launch party where 5 acts from this years lineup will grace the stage – Travis Oaks, Plutonic Dust, The Blood Red Mountain Band, Naoise Roo and We Raise Bears.
9pm till late!
Get your tickets to Vantastival here.
One of our favourite acts from Vantastival 2012 was Cry Monster Cry – they had tweeted about leaving home without their guitar and needed one badly, so we knew we just had to catch their set and interview them!
Little did we know we would end up talking about the Mayan calendar, how the world was going to end in 2012, and where their name actually came from.
We’re glad to see Richie and Jamie’s world didn’t end in 2012, and they have since been on the up and up and are releasing their debut album ‘Rhythm of Dawn’ on March 6th.
Check out their current single ‘Postcards’ below.
Showcasing the upcoming album they have announced an Irish tour which sees them sending us postcards from all four corners of Ireland and heading back to Vantastival later this year – Even if they forget a guitar, their set is sure to be a good one. Mark your Mayan calendars people.
March 7 – Tower Records, Dublin
March 13 – Roisin Dubh, Galway
March 14 – Whelan’s, Dublin
March 14 – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
March 15 – Upstairs at Dolan’s, Limerick
May 3rd – Vantastival, Bellurgan Park, Co. Louth
Vantastival has finally released the 2015 line up. And the happy campers who got their hands on the sold out early bird tickets are going to be very happy when they pitch their tents on May bank holiday weekend.
The independent festival has always been good to the Irish music scene showcasing such Irish gems as Fight Like Apes, The Hot Sprockets, And So I Watch You From Afar, and Damien Dempsey – pretty impressive to be fair.
Line up 2015:
DELORENTOS
GOLDIE LOOKIN’ CHAIN
JINX LENNON
R.S.A.G.
RACKHOUSE PILFER
THE FLAWS
CRY MONSTER CRY
BUNOSCIONN
THE CRAYON SET
BLACK SVAN
I’M YOUR VINYL
TECIMERICO
CORNER BOY
RUDY TRIXX
THE BONNY MEN
THE BIONIC RATS
PLUTONIC DUST
TEMPER-MENTAL MISSELAYNEOUS
TELL NO FOXX
ELEPHANT
THE BLOOD RED MOUNTAIN BAND
SILENT NOISE PARADE
CFIT
THE HARDCHARGERS
WE RAISE BEARS
LET’S SET SAIL
BRETT NEWSKI
GRAHAM SWEENEY
KATE O’CALLAGHAN
CPNHGN
REMEDY
TRAVIS OAKS
FOREIGN AFFAIR & DABINETT
ELM
VAL NORMAL
PODRACER
WE WERE GIANTS
THIS OTHER KINGDOM
BEACHED WHALES
BUNK
FEATURING X
NA TONNTA
THE HIGH LIFE
WORDS THAT BURN
RED MOON BAYONETS
NAOISE ROO
TINY VINYLS
THE TWISTED SISTERS
DISTRICT DAZE
KINGDOM OF CROWS
EVIL PRESIDENTES
RED TEMPLE
RESIN
MAJESTIC BEARS7
THE POX MEN
CHRISTIAN COLLINS
WE ARE ATHLETICS
THE BROWN NOTES
THE WELL DRESSED HOBOS
THE ROLLERS
SARAH GLEESON
GRAND
NIX_MOON
RICHARD RICHARD
More acts to be announced soon!
Grab the remaining tickets here before they’re gone!
Happy camping!
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Royal blood have had a great few months. Ever since their crowd packed show at Glastonbury 2014, the hype of the Brighton duo has gone from strength to strength.
One of my favourite tracks on the self titled debut album is the opener ‘Out of the Black’, which is now the latest single to be released. Does the artwork of the album remind anyone of a Bjork cover??
The video is NSFW, and flips over to animation a la Kill Bill style for the particularly violent parts. It works really well, and allows for more out of this world violence and great seedy animation.
If you have been living under a rock for the last few months and haven’t managed to hear anything from Royal Blood yet, maybe start off with their catchy and addictive Figure it Out.
The lads will hit our shores with their unique bass and drum sound on March 9th (sold out!) and 10th in the Olympia.
Wallis Bird has just announced a string of tour dates where she will be flying solo. The majority of the intimate solo gigs are based in Europe, with the exception of the one in May which will be held in Star Pine’s Cafe in Tokyo Japan! Looks like a nice little spot, enjoy the flight!
13.02. Berlin (GER) – Stadion an der Alten Försterei
19.03. Freiburg (GER) – Jazzhaus
20.03. Hartberg (AT) – Rittersaal
21.03. Wien (AT) – Haus der Musik
23.04. Osnabrück (GER) – Laboratorium
24.04. Moers (GER) – Bollwerk 107
26.04. Mühlheim (GER) – Schanz
30.05. Tokyo (JP) – Star Pine’s Café
Of course, if you can’t make it to Tokyo, or Europe for any of these gigs (shame on you!), you can grab wallis (not sure if it’s solo or not) at the Killarney Festival this June. Killarney Festival was previously the Wesport Festival, and this year will see the return of Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra among others.
The selection of festivals already announced for 2015 is staggering! It’s going to be a busy summer!
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