Tag Archives: The Brilliant Things

Culch.ie’s Albums Of 2011

  By Culch.ie | December 21, 2011 - 2:30 pm | Music
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Face facts, folks. You’re probably going to end up with a lot of vouchers for Christmas this year, because modern technology means your friends are all too busy playing Minecraft to put any effort into something as occasionally outdoorsy as present shopping. But not to worry. Culch.ie’s here to tell you exactly what to exchange your damp and dogeared vouchers for. Here follows our albums of 2011, all of which we’re pleased to bet our bunions you’ll love. Of course we are! Who wants bunions?! Foster The People - Torches ”You’ve got to hear this one” said my mate Noel. I hadn’t a clue who they were but vaguely seemed to recognise ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ from the radio. In the intervening months, Foster the People have gone big. Their performance at Electric Picnic was jammed and their proposed gig in The Academy was upgraded to the Olympia after selling out … There’s more →

The Big, Big Music Round-Up

  By Sinead Keogh | May 9, 2011 - 12:22 pm | The Culch
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Roll up, roll up, I’m emptying out my email inbox after weeks of willful neglect and there’s a plug in here for anyone who came asking. (Well, there isn’t really, there’s a plug in here for anyone who came asking and turned out to be good. Everyone else got a sort of withering look and a quick sticks visit to the ‘Archive’ button. X-Factor children and the mammies who don’t tell them to move on…*mutter*.) Things you need to know include the fact that Villagers headline show in Marlay Park on July 23rd isn’t yet sold out, and you’ll never guess where you can get tickets either? It’s only Ticketmaster. (Just one day I want to get a press release that says ‘tickets available on Thursday at 5pm under the Spire. The contact’s called Johnny. The password is ‘kidney bean’. Just once.) I only mention because new single The Pact … There’s more →

A giddy interview with The Brilliant Things

  By darraghdoyle | July 9, 2009 - 11:59 pm | Featured Post, Gigs, Music
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The Brilliant Things are opening Oxegen 2009 today, with the Artane Band no less. They’re playing the main stage at 2pm. They’re a “brand new offering of intelligent synth-pop” apparently. Greg and Marie are the wonderful duo in the band. Greg French, a multi-instrumentalist, has worked as both house and assistant engineers in many top international studios, working with artists such as The Corrs, Van Morrison, Mutt Lang and Brian Eno. Marie Junior has grown up in the music environment, her father being a musician and band manager, who worked with many illustrious groups. Marie previously embarked on a solo career under the name Sweet T, gaining an Irish Chart’s Top 40 placing with her take on The Mekan’s “I Love a Millionaire“. The Brilliant Things write their own often cheekily cynical material, and are currently fashioning the songs for their first album release under the guidance of Corrs producer … There’s more →