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Culchie Calling Cards - Gigs - December 13 - 19

  By Will | December 12, 2010 - 11:01 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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UPDATED : See below Villagers are (is) adding a second date for Vicar St on Wednesday 22 December. This gig is in addition to a 7-date tour of Ireland in December that will take in Waterford, Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Belfast and Dublin. Villagers have already had a meteoric year with the release of their debut album, Becoming A Jackal (Domino), in May, which went straight to Number 1 in Ireland and the nomination for this year’s Mercury Music Prize Album Of The Year, not to mention the heaving tents at both Oxegen and Electric Picnic. The full dates are Monday 13 December Waterford, The Forum Tuesday 14 December Kilkenny, Set Theatre Wednesday 15 December Cork, Savoy Theatre Friday 17 December Limerick, St Johns Church Saturday 18 December Galway, Black Box Sunday 19 December Belfast, Limelight Tuesday 21 December Dublin, Vicar St (Sold-out) Wednesday 22 December Dublin, Vicar St David … There’s more →

Culch.ie Calling Cards - Gigs - November 1 - 7 2010

  By Will | October 31, 2010 - 11:52 pm | Gigs, Music
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GIGS Champ is the second full length album from Toronto’s Tokyo Police Club. They first hit their stride back in 2006 when, straight out of high school, their hyperactive mini-album A Lesson in Crime came from nowhere to prove one of the year’s most refreshing releases. The surprise success of A Lesson in Crime led to relentless touring through the entirety of 2006/07, with appearances anywhere and everywhere, taking in festivals from Coachella to Glastonbury, two TV appearances Letterman and, bizarrely, an appearance on an episode of Desperate Housewives. They are gearing up again to play The Academy, Dublin on Friday 5 November. Following a one-off MTV show with Arcade Fire in Spain, The Temper Trap head across the Atlantic for headline shows in the US and a prestigious three-date support slot with The Pixies in Mexico, before returning to Australia to end a second whirlwind year on their homeland … There’s more →

I Put A Spell On you

  By Will | March 2, 2010 - 7:07 am | In The News, Music, The Culch
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Shortly after news broke about the earthquake in Haiti, the news broke about charity singles. The British / Simon Cowell one came out first followed by the US / Quincy Jones one. Well now it the turn of the Irish. Personally I think Victoria Clarke had a lot to do with it too. She and her boyfriend, Shane MacGowan got a few friends together. Friends like Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Mick Jones of the Clash, Bobby Gillespie, Johnny Depp (who recorded his part in LA), Paloma Faith, Eliza Doolittle and a few others. In short people who can play with passion. And they are playing with “I Put a Spell on You,” the classic Screamin’ Jay Hawkins hit from 1956 in order to raise funds for Concern Worldwide who have been in Haiti for about sixteen years. Its only available on download with a … There’s more →