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  • The Minutes: Reading Festival Highlights (video)

    I’m thrilled to see The Minutes do so well. Have a look at some of their Reading set on the BBC Introducing stage. Fleetwood, Secret History and In My Time of Dying are in there.

  • Sea Sessions Line Up Announced

    seasessionsI was delighted to be able to attend the launch of the Sea Sessions last night which will take place between June 24-26 in Bundoran, Co. Donegal. If last night’s vibe is anything to go by then it’s going to be a fantastic weekend. It was lovely to catch up with some people I haven’t seen in ages and to meet a few new people too.

    The Sea Sessions won Best Small Festival at the Irish Festival Awards 2010 and its great to see so many other things apart from music happening over the weekend, skating, bmxing, beach rugby and of course surfing. I was also delighted to hear that the Sea Sessions surfing event, Quiksilver Expressions 2011 has been upgraded to a ASP speciality surfing event, the first in Ireland or the UK. Fair play!

    So what music will we hear at the event? Acts so far confirmed include Ziggy Marley, BellX1, Go! Team, Grandmaster Flash, The Delays, Charles Bradley plus lots more to be announced..

    Plus the three days including camping will cost you less than €100.. good job guys!

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  • The Wombats: Live at The Academy, Dublin

    I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from The Wombats. I knew some of their singles but after that I’d be at a loss, so March 20th in The Academy was going to be a little adventure.

    The Minutes had the job to open for The Wombats, when I heard this, I was a little surprised, I would have presumed they would be a much heavier band. They opened with their new single ‘Black Keys’ and within minutes the Dublin three piece has stamped their authority on the stage. Big, brash, bold, contemporary with nod at old school garage rock.

    Lead singer, Mark Austin says that he hopes the audience all went to Mass  because ‘it’s Sunday’. Throughout the show he lets his wit shine with occasional little quirks but you can see he’s not up for bull$hit and is happier playing music. (more…)