Daily Archives: October 5, 2011

Game Review: Peter on FIFA 2012 [PS3]

  By Peter | October 5, 2011 - 10:15 pm | Games
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One of the joys of writing for Culch.ie is definitely when a package arrives. Special delivery. Please sign. Bam ! FIFA12. A note of thanks to the crew at O’Leary PR for organising a PS3 and an XBOX copy for Culch.ie. That aside and to more pressing matters. The Game. Welcome Back FIFA - Summer was excitement level Pat Kenny without you Changes - Culch Towers knew changes were on the way - for EA told us - remember the blog post The low down on FIFA12 ? Read it. It has relevance here and saves much paper. I chose to do two things when I got my copy. One online game - unranked. Which became three games. I lost them all. Manager mode. Professional. Five games. Lost them all. Disaster. Manager mode - Semi Pro. A one-all draw with Chelsea. I’ll setlle for that. And then i got sucked … There’s more →

New Music, Festival: Hard Working Class Heroes 2011

  By Culch.ie | October 5, 2011 - 2:06 pm | Festivals
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Hard Working Class Heroes – 2011 Annual Showcase Festival and Conference for New Irish Music runs 6th / 7th / 8th October 100 Bands - 3 days - 6 Venues - 1 Ticket HWCH And The City returns for a third year, bringing artists out of the nighttime music venues and into additional city centre bookshops, cafes and alternative venues. HWCH And & City will present lots of free events across the 3 days of the festival. These are not to be missed all-ages opportunities to check out your favourite Irish bands in very intimate and up-close surroundings. The HWCH Convention begins tomorrow [Thursday 6th] at 5pm with the first BandTips session taking place downstairs in Filmbase. The industry panels start on Friday at 2pm in The Button Factory with the first panel being Meet The Geeks followed at 3.30pm with The A Team. For all the details on the convention and … There’s more →

New Music Album: White McKenzie - Absence

  By Culch.ie | October 5, 2011 - 12:48 pm | Music
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They’ve just done launch gigs at Tower Records and The Grand Social - and Ian Dempsey notes them as ‘really top quality’. White McKenzie formed as an exploratory music project with no direct intentions other than to create music in whatever form it may arrive. The process involved the recruitment of several musicians, all hailing from alternative musical backgrounds. White McKenzie worked steadily behind closed doors, content with the final set-up as a 6 piece, the writing continued until such time as they had written material worthy of a live delivery. This is an independent original band from Dublin, Ireland and with an ever-growing fan base, White McKenzie have become quite recognizable through their own identifiable sound of intricate piano, suitably ambient and intermittent raw guitar, a vocal that resonates from the depths of feeling and a rhythm section that can display an engine of strength and subtle diversity in … There’s more →