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  • More Free Music from Hoarsebox

    Cuckooland-Cover

    Hoarsebox are a Dublin quartet with an indie-pop sound featuring inventive 4-part vocal harmonies. The guys are currently recording their first full length album in Mississippi with renowned producer Dennis Herring. Their previous release, the EP Cuckooland is full of upbeat, summer-y tunes and to celebrate the summer and share their music Hoarsebox are giving away all five tracks from Cuckooland over the course of the summer for FREE. Yes, you heard right, nada, zilch, rien, nothing.

    Just go Here now to get the first two songs Rosey and Tales of the Workplace.
    Then share the link or widget with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or even just by plain old-fashioned email. The more people who sign up to get the songs the quicker the third, fourth and fifth download will be released.

    This video should explain all:

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  • See Wilson Dixon Live – Competition

    Wilson Dixon

    This looks like it could be a lot of fun!!

    “It’s almost impossible to fault Dixon’s best lines whether spoken or sung… [they] nod to a verbal ability up there with the greatest jokesmiths.” Chortle, UK Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2009.

    Having previously wowed audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the New Zealand Comedy Gala and his home town Cripple Creek, Colorado. Wilson Dixon makes his way to Doyles, D’olier St, Dublin 2 on Thursday July 15th. This will be his first appearance in Dublin since his acclaimed appearance at the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival last July.

    Picture this: It’s 2006 amd Wilson Dixon arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe, thinking it was a music festival. His show, ‘The Wilson Dixon Hour’ gained critical comedy acclaim and ‘Spanks Best Musical Comedy Act‘, something that the Country and Western has been trying to come to terms with since.

    Wilson Dixon has continued to show audiences his ‘cowboy philosophy’ and has since toured with Rhys Derby (Flight of the Conchords) and Stewart Lee. Dixon is a BBC radio regular, with appearances on Radio 4 and BBC Wales. BBC Radio 2 has also filmed the legend for a four part series which looks at his life in Cripple Creek, Colorado.

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  • Internet for Bands: 101

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    It still baffles me sometimes at how bands use or don’t use the internet. If you are in a band then it means you want to get your name out there. To be honest this could be for any artistic types but it seems that bands have shouted the loudest to get themselves heard.

    The internet has made it so easy for artists to get their wares to the outside world but the technologies that have allowed us to do this also means anyone can do it.  But its important though, even before anything goes online to make sure that the material you are uploading is the best you can make.

    1. Quality Control:

    Ten, fifteen years ago , there is no way a band, even a small garage band would record something in the morning and release it that afternoon. Unfortunately that happens now and it means there is less Quality Control on what reaches cyberspace.. what do I mean?
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  • Mike Got Spiked: Live and Acoustic Review

    mike got spiked acoustic album coverMike Got Spiked were a well loved Irish band who had made a dent in both the single and album charts here until they relocated to the U.S.A where they have been constantly touring since 2006.

    Recorded in The Cat Club in Hollywood CA, ‘Live and Acoustic’ sees the Monaghan natives show in acoustic mode, but yet they still manage to capture the frenzied passion of a full electric set.

    The Ska/Punk/Rock flavoured Mike Got Spiked show themselves as a kit well accomplished outfit and this stripped down set shows the band for their intrigued arrangements. New and previously released tracks sit side by sit comfortably.

    Speechless starts as a breakneck speed ska track cohesively held together by a slick rhythm section. Second track, Tit For Tat, features some catchy hooks. Dave Lodge’s lightning fast bass skills are on display on ‘Sleeping With the Enemy’. ‘Come Dancing’ is a funk track that Republic of Loose would be thrilled if they wrote.

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