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Ones To Watch #3 - Cowboy X

  By Sinéad | November 9, 2009 - 7:19 pm | Music
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I haven’t done one of these for awhile, I promise to be a better Culchie from now on. Cowboy X aren’t new to the Irish music scene and their debut album Who Are These People? from late 2006 (you might remember the song Gabbi) is a personal favourite of mine, but it never really made any big splashes outside of the scene. This works in the bands favour however, as the second album is always hardest and over recent years there have been a number of Irish bands catapulted into short term fame, only to fall on their faces from the pressures of producing a follow-up album. Cowboy X have been in a long process of putting material together for their second album, which is due in February /March 2010. They released the tracks Break Me and Japanese Toy back in February of this year, singles that could have been … There’s more →

Ones To Watch #2 - Marina and The Diamonds

  By Sinéad | August 6, 2009 - 8:40 pm | Music
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I’ve never anticipated an upcoming album so much before in my life. Since I first heard Mowgli’s Road on the Nialler9 podcast back in March I’ve been drooling over every demo, remix and EP from Marina and The Diamonds. There’s already quite a lot of hype building around this gorgeous half Greek half Welsh singer song writer, the difference between her and every other artist being hyped at the moment is that she actually does have oodles of talent… that voice, those lyrics, heaven. She’s currently working on her debut album but the double a-side for Mowgli’s Road and Obsessions is available on iTunes, as is the 4 track EP The Crown Jewels - which features the current single I Am Not A Robot. I can already tell the girls are going to be ooo-ing and aah-ing over all the the sparkly things in this video, the same way the … There’s more →

Ones To Watch #1 - The Big Pink

  By Sinéad | July 30, 2009 - 8:05 pm | Music
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I’m often quite taken by bands that sign to 4AD (The Breeders, The National, Camera Obscura, Bon Iver…) and the Big Pink are a fantastic addition to this UK based Indie label. They’re set to release their self produced debut album in September, and when discussing how Brief History of Love was named, Milo their synth player said “Every song is a love song to some degree, about every different aspect of love… The good, the bad, the boring, the exciting, the dreams, the nightmares, the whole thing and I guess that’s what encompasses the whole album, and we have a song called ‘A Brief History Of Love’ so it’s apt.” I’m hoping the album can even partially live up to that description. The current single “Dominos” is an insanely catchy elctro-rock tune and I’m hoping these guys will deviate from their massive European tour to play an intimate gig … There’s more →