State magazine, which describes itself as ‘Ireland’s New Music Payload’, is due to hit the newstands in early March and looks set to end the virtual monopoly enjoyed by Hot Press on the Irish market. The new periodical, whose founders include photographer Roger Woolman and ex-Hotpress contributors Phil Udell and John Walsh, will be published on a monthly basis. It is claimed that [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Irish Music Magazines Prepare to Face-Off
Posted: February 19, 2008 in MusicTags: cinema, culture, Dublin, Entertainment, hot press, hotpress, ireland, kara manning, magazine, Music, nialler9, sinead gleeson, state, stephen robinson, tanya sweeney
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The Chalets Check Out
Posted: February 15, 2008 in MusicTags: band, check in, check out, Dublin, Entertainment, Music, peepee, pony, split, the chalets, warlords of pez
After many months of noticeable inactivity, Dublin band The Chalets have confirmed that they have split. A short announcement on their MySpace blog reads: “Hi Chalet stalkers. We just wanted to let y’all know that we won’t be releasing any more records or playing any more gigs. We had loads of fun!” It had been anticipated that the [...]
Smashing Pumpkins: RDS Simmonscourt Arena, Dublin. 9th February 2008
Posted: February 12, 2008 in MusicTags: billy corgan, concert, Dublin, Entertainment, grunge, indie, jimmy chamberlain, live, rds, rock, show, simmonscourt, smashing pumpkins, zeitgeist
This is a show I thought I’d never get to see. Back in 2000, when the Smashing Pumpkins originally broke up, I was a poor student and couldn’t afford a ticket for their concert in the Olympia. And even if I could have, the concert sold out so quickly that I probably wouldn’t have bagged a ticket anyway. So when I heard [...]
