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  • Review: Annie at The Gaiety Theatre

    annieWalking up to The Gaiety Theatre I could feel the anticipation growing.. for the lots of kids that were outside. Growing up Annie was always just a movie I wasn’t that into on the telly at Christmas. This however, made me go Wow! on a few occasions.

    Starting off is Miss Hannigan’s ophanage, we are introduced to the kids and their ‘Hard Knock Life’. What was surprising for me was my familiarity with some of the songs from the stage show.

    The cast are great. Su Pollard is a treat as Miss Hannigan, always funny, we’ll forgive the kids for their dodgy New York accents at the start. The rest of the cast are great singers and actors and everybody loves Audrey Lebourne. Easily the winner of everybody’s heart was Annie’s dog Sandy, the quietest, cutest most obedient dog ever. (more…)

  • Free Music Monday 19/09/2011: Villagers

    VillagersI really didn’t have much of a choice when it came to deciding today’s recommended free music, it just had to be Villagers, ‘Cecelia & Her Selfhood’, which is available for free download from wearevillagers.com.

    The track and it’s accompanying video were unleashed alongh with the news that Conor and his cohorts are taking a break from touring to concentrate on making new songs and getting artork together.

    The simply awesome video was animated by Frenchman Adrien Merigeau, who is based in Ireland.

  • Kill It Kid: Live at The Academy 2 Review

    As well as having the opportunity to interview Chris Turpin from Kill It Kid for nessymon.com a couple of weeks ago, I went off to their gig in The Academy 2 to cover it for Goldenplec. Great band, deserve to be heard by everyone.

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  • The Big Pink: Stay Gold (video)

    thebigpinkRemember Dominos, yes that song that was over radio, tv, any medium where music could be played?

    Well the guys behind that, The Big Pink are gearing up to release their second album ‘Future This’ in January 2012. ‘Stay Gold’ is the first single from the album and will be out in November on 4AD. I’m liking this!

    The video was directed by Ollie Murray who also did ‘Still Life’ for The Horrors.