“It is with great sadness that we announce that Alternative Ulster was unsuccessful in securing Arts Council funding for 2012/2013. As a result, AU Magazine is being put on hiatus. The website will continue to be run on a voluntary basis, and AU will continue to promote the best of Northern Irish and Irish music, [...]
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3 Mar
THE CHOICE IS RIGHT
Last weekend’s Sunday Times magazine had an article on the Choice Music Prize that I couldn’t help but think was both a little snide in tone and missing the point. Every year, it seems like a certain pocket of the media thinks that there’s some kind of agenda behind the judging process – that the [...]
15 Jan
RHYTHM & ROOTS FESTIVAL
I think I might be taking my maiden trip to Kilkenny later this year for the city’s annual Rhythm & Roots festival. The long-running festival has a reputation for bringing in some very high profile artists before they’d ‘made it’ (Ryan Adams and Ray Lamontagne both played early gigs there). The first names announced for [...]
15 Dec
DUBLIN’S GOT THE R.A.G.E.
I was walking down Fade Street the other day in the hope that I’d bump into one of the characters from the show and I was flabbergasted to find that the shop that used to be Road Records has now re-opened as The R.A.G.E. (Record, Art, Game Emporium). Inside, the layout is exactly the same [...]
19 Nov
MISCELLANEOUS
Another catch-up post. Apologies. I really just want an excuse to prove that I can spell ‘miscellaneous’. The past few weeks have been a bit crazy for me, but I’ve managed to get to a few gigs and listen to a few albums (behaviour becoming of a music journalist, I’m sure you’ll agree), and even [...]
20 Oct
U:MACK GIGS THIS WEEKEND
Haven’t seen much mention of these gigs, but they’re worth checking out if you’re at a loose end this Bank Holiday weekend: Elec-dub-hip-step production whizzkid Hudson Mohawke plays the U:Mack-curated Warp Records @ Static gig at The Button Factory on Sunday. Support from Rustie, Africa Hitech, Harmonic 313 and DJ N>E>D. Tickets €20, doors 8pm [...]
19 Oct
THE FUTURE OF ‘PHYSICAL’ MUSIC?
I got this in the post today. Interesting. I wonder if this sort of thing is the way forward for people who want a physical accompaniment to their digital album? Is it a gimmick? Can you imagine lining up your lanyard collection on a shelf, or hanging them up on a hook to have a [...]
14 Oct
THE GREEN-WHITE-&-ORANGE ESCAPE
I was hmmm-ing and hawww-ing about making a return to Brighton for The Great Escape next year. I’ve been for the past 4 years and it’s always a great weekend, but I’d been contemplating spending my money on a long-overdue trip to Glastonbury instead. However, I just got an email in my inbox that might [...]
8 Oct
MISCELLANEOUS
The new issue of the mighty AU magazine is out now. I interviewed Cee Lo Green and Timber Timbre in this issue, and you can pick it up (for free) around Dublin – and in cities around the country, for that matter. Hard Working Class Heroes kicked off last night, and was really good fun.
4 Oct
HWCH 2010: TOP PICKS
IT’S THAT time of year again, when Ireland’s best signed and unsigned bands come together, play half-hour sets in one of 6 venues around the Temple Bar area, and hope they’ll impress the numerous punters, media folk and international booking agents that will be in attendance this year (apparently there’ll be representatives from festivals like [...]
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