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  • Reminder:A Tribute to Derek Nally July 16th

    Derek NallyIt’s hard to believe it’s a year since Derek Nally passed away. Tomorrow night Saturday July 16, Ham Sandwich, who Derek managed, will be joined by friends for a tribute concert, which will take place in Whelan’s .  of Wexford St, Dublin 2All proceeds from the night will be donated to Derek’s family.

    There’s an early start of 7pm and tickets are 15 euro and are available from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078], Tickets.ie & Ticketmaster.ie.

    Here’s the official stuff:

    Derek worked with the great and the good over the years including Judy Collins, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Bert Jansch, John Cale, Guy Clarke, Townes Van Zandt, John Martyn, Allen Toussaint, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Alex Chilton, Arlo Guthrie, Booker T, and John Cooper Clarke, to mention just a few. He also managed the acclaimed Irish acts Juliet Turner and Ham Sandwich, steering their careers with remarkable passion and enthusiasm. (more…)

  • Take That: When We Were Young Video

    Take That When We Were YoungAs predicted in my Progressed review, Take That have released ‘When We Were Young’ as a single. The video is a little bit jarring, shot in an empty Wembley Arena and the black and white is strange as the actual tour itself was filled with so much colour.

    This is a great track to round off the Progress(ed) album and tour. With Robbie Williams’ popularity and his amazing performances  after the tour though, I’m not entirely sure if this won’t be the last Take That single for a while, while the Robster rebuilds his solo career.

  • Tune Of The Week 15/07/2011: Sliggitay

    I’ve been hearing some great music from The Bay Area, especially hip hop. Sliggitay is a hip hop artist from Berkeley, California. I love the vibe of this track ‘Based in the Bay’ which is the first track from his album ‘The Moustache’ which is available to download for free from bandcamp.

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  • Blink 182: New Song ‘Up All Night’ Premiered

    blink182World famous radio station KROQ have just premiered Blink 182‘s new single, their first new material since 2003.

    The band and promoters, it has to be said, caused many heads to be scratched with their ‘Will they play? Won’t they play?’ at festivals this summer, including Oxegen. Blink 182 were removed from the bill shortly after it was announced. Well, Travis was busy enough anyway, off making adverts with Katie Taylor and releasing his own album ‘Give the Drummer Some’.

    You can listen to ‘Up All Night’ on KROQ’s website or you can go straight to Soundcloud.