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Culchie Calling Cards - Gigs - December 6 - 12 2010

  By Will | December 5, 2010 - 11:59 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Sarah Blasko, the ARIA winner (Which country is the ARIA again), brings intelligent lyrics, mature musicianship and critical acclaim (so you either love her, or have never heard of her) to the Academy 2 in Dublin on Saturday 11 December. Finding an excuse to come home for Christmas is useful, and The Coronas have added a second Christmas show at The Olympia Theatre. The band will now play Friday 10th and Saturday 11th December. Tickets for Saturday 11 December. The tickets went on on sale on Friday 30th July. They seem to be popular with their shows last year completely selling out. In theory the gig will be supporting their new album “Tony Was An Ex-Con” but in practice, well as guitarist Dave McPhillips put it, “The last couple of years on the road, constantly gigging and developing our sound, left us with a better idea of the album we … There’s more →

Culchie Calling Cards - Gigs - August 2 - 8 2010

  By Will | August 1, 2010 - 12:01 am | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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With a three for one deal, Clockwork Apple Presents: Sweet Jane, Kowalski & Clockwork Noise on Wednesday August 6th Upstairs Whelans, Dublin. Clockwork Noise start things off fresh from the Knockanstocken Festival (love the name). Kowalski make their way from a legion of… fans I think, but it might actually be a legion, in Belfast to play their style of layered harmonies, synth-pop with a little glitch-pop thrown in. Sweet Jane’s origins lie in 2008, what started as a recording project between Danda & Lydia Des Dolles, quickly evolved in to the current line-up. They weave male and female vocals to create darkly pop-tinged rock. They have been playing support at a lot of gigs throughout the UK and Ireland to promote their début album “Sugar for My Soul”. These are old school rockers with a little lighter sensibility for the mix. Finding an excuse to come home for Christmas … There’s more →