Album Of The Week: Gangs by ASIWYFA The heart of And So I Watch You From Afar’s music comes from the band’s unyielding ability to create instrumental rock music that is as furious, energised and anthemic as it is frequently … Read More…
After ‘Search:Party:Animal’ debuted in February, this corner of the net went a bit mental for it and rightly so. In the last few weeks, And So I Watch You From Afar have been all over the place from Zane Lowe’s … Read More…
And So I Watch From Afar – Search:Party:Animal Are you ready to be pulverised once more? The hardest working band on this planet (and any other in fairness) ASIWYFA are back with a new album called Gangs on May 2nd … Read More…
Indiependence is taking place this August Bank Holiday weekend in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork on Saturday July 31st and Sunday 1st August with 5 stages and over 90 bands on the bill. I have two pairs of tickets to giveaway. The … Read More…
As part of the extensive Irish week last month in which I asked loads of people for Irish music they were digging, I also asked Two Door Cinema Club. Seeing as it was short notice and the lads were off … Read More…
On a Friday last month, State asked ASIWYFA to play a short set in the Musicmaker shop in Dublin during the day. We only announced it via Twitter and Facebook. It was the first in our hopefully long-running video series … Read More…
Congratulations to Adrian Crowley for winning the Choice Music Prize 2009 for his album Season of The Sparks earlier last night. A surprised, shocked and humble winner he was. A video of Jim announcing him as the winner is below. … Read More…
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Highlights this week include Joker, Two Door Cinema Club, Choice Music Prize, Field Music, Crash Ensemble, The Cast of Cheers (again as their first two gigs … Read More…
Below you will find the countdown of the 30 albums that got the highest number of votes in the Irish album poll. There are some surprises in there to me. The number one album on the list actually won by a fair few points in the end. In a year where there was no clear favourite, it’s interesting to see such an album top the list. A few of the albums charted quite highly considering they were only released in the last month or so. Read More…
Yes, it’s still list season. As State kicks off its Top 50 of the year, here are my own top 30 albums of the year in four-page epic form. 30. Channel One – Sound to Light 29. Clark – Totem’s … Read More…
Taken at the almost-secret gig the band played last night in Dublin’s Thomas House after Friday’s Ulster Hall performance. Apologies for the sound distortion. All I want for Christmas is a Flip HD. .
