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Culchie Calling Cards - Gigs - September 6 - 12 2010

  By Will | September 5, 2010 - 11:01 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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GIGS Keane’s Tim Rice Oxley and Jesse Quin are putting on a show as MT Desolation in Belfast’s Spring & Airbrake on Thursday 9 September and Whelan’s, Dublin on Friday 10 September. The location means something to the pair, for the legend of the PR flack says hat the pair did come upon the idea in Whelan’s while well on the way for needing a taxi home, but apparently not oiled enough to be refused. The plan being two English men trying to sing like Hank Williams. They sobered up, but the germ of the idea spread and they did something about it. The album is out in October. Let me know if its a disaster. Cork legends (sometimes for their music) Republic of Loose start their four month live residency at the Academy, Dublin - one Friday each month from September through to December on Friday September 10th. These … There’s more →

Kylie goes up to Eleven

  By Will | May 14, 2010 - 1:45 pm | Music
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Kylie Minogue releases her eleventh studio album, her fifth for the Parlophone label, called “Aphrodite” around July 5th. I say around because of the way the charts are calculated in Ireland, releases tend to be on the Friday. The first single, “All The Lovers” is due for release around June 13th. Parlophone put “All The Lovers” (audio only) on YouTube today. A few bits have leaked out about the album…

Sweary’s Jaw

  By Lisa McInerney | April 15, 2010 - 8:30 am | Celebs, Featured Post, Gossip, Sweary's Jaw, The Culch
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Surreptitiously bothered that N-Dubz’ Dappy managed to father one child, let alone two. It may surprise you to learn that I’m a bit of a patriot. It may surprise my brother even more, who had a drunken go at me last month when I forgot to stand for the national anthem (South Galway is retrotastic like that). The fact is, I like being Irish. We may not be the best looking, or the most intelligent, or the least likely to suffer fools, but … but … We have nice accents and … erm … Anyway, I just thought I should assure you, at this late stage in the Game Of Jaw, that I do try to find Irish celebrity nonsense for you parochial scandalhounds to slaver over. The problem is, of course, that Irish celebrities are very boring. Perhaps you could argue that they’re mannered and classy, but I’m calling … There’s more →