Daily Archives: March 8, 2012

Gigs: Watch the Livestream of the Choice Music Prize Tonight

  By Culch.ie | March 8, 2012 - 5:00 pm | Gigs, Music
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Meteor, sponsors of the Choice Music Prize, and VenueOne, online livestreamsters of cool stuff, are doing their techy dohickey tonight to provide a livestream of the sold out Meteor Choice Music Prize live event at the Olympia. Featuring performances from all ten nominated acts, it’s set to be a stomper and one of these guys will be walking away with the prize: And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs; Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup; Cashier No 9 – To The Death Of Fun; Lisa Hannigan - Passenger; The Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Allegiance; Jape – Ocean of Frequency; Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup; Pugwash – The Olympus Sounds; Tieranniesaur – Tieranniesaur; We Cut Corners – Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards. There’s also gonna be some Irish Song of the Year action to be decided, with this lot in the running: Bell X1 - Velcro; Cashier No 9 - Goldstar; The Coronas - Addicted to Progress; Lisa Hannigan - Knots; The Kanyu Tree … There’s more →

“The best stories infuse wonder” - Andrew Stanton’s TED Talk

  By Darren Byrne | March 8, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Movies & TV
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This is lovely. I always love the TED Talks and this one is no different. It’s a glimpse into the mind of a great story teller as tries to explain what makes the greatest stories. Andrew Stanton is the writer of Disney’s newest film, John Carter, but he is responsible for Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Up, Ratatouille, Wall-E, some of the most wonderful modern stories.

TV Review: Why You Should Have Watched Got To Dance.

  By Lisa McInerney | March 8, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Movies & TV, Performance Art, The Arts, The Culch, TV
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Prodijig won Sky1’s Got To Dance last Sunday night, and half of Ireland was bewildered. “Another talent show?” the Paddies frowned. “With dancing? When did this happen? Sure I was watching The Voice Of Ir… I mean, I don’t be watching that kind of shite.” As is right and proper, until a TV talent show actually uncovers something of genuine cultural worth. Not all TV talent show contestants are of the same stuff. Once every fifty insipid, disposable talent show tryhards, you might chance upon a Susan Boyle, or an Ashley Banjo. How these stars are managed is quite another story, and there are occasionally ominous rumblings from those in the know about this casualty, or that binding contract, a cover-up here and a smoke-screen there. The fact remains that sometimes TV talent shows come up with the goods on every possible level. Got To Dance is one of those … There’s more →

Festival News: New Acts Hitting The Westport Festival

  By Lisa McInerney | March 8, 2012 - 9:00 am | Festivals, Music
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Exciting news for those Mayo-bound* this summer. More diverse and delightful acts have been confirmed for the Westport Festival Of Music and Performing Arts, set for Saturday June 23rd/Sunday June 24th. Also flaking it to the stage are the legendary Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, rockabilly and glamorous hair-roll sensation Imelda May, towering diva Macy Gray, Irish punk legends The Undertones, Dublin rockers Royseven, weirdly attractive Northern hipfolksters The Lost Brothers, and Californian singer songwriter Rocco DeLuca, who. Is. Amazing. And very cute, in a scruffy kind of way. Like myself, shure. For more details, shunt yourself back to last week’s update, or check out the festival’s homepage. *Doesn’t “Mayo-bound” sound like a posh way of describing a sandwich? Ah it does.