METEOR CAMDEN CRAWL DUBLIN ANNOUNCES HOMEGROWN ACTS FOR MAY 2013!

After months of careful deliberation, the line up for this spring’s Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin is almost fit to explode with a dynamite selection of acts that we just can’t keep the news to ourselves any longer!

Over 150 smashing acts, both Irish and International are gearing up to plug in and blow you away over three days of beautiful musical mayhem in Dublin town this May Bank Holiday weekend (3^rd to 5^th of May). But, because our mother’s taught us not to give it all up too easy, we are going to get your party pulses racing on the eve of the Meteor Choice Music Prize with the announcement of some this year’s  homegrown acts confirmed  to play  the 2013 festival. The indigenous line-up is brimming with new faces and a couple of old friends to get your chins wagging and your feet tapping.

So without any further frills and ado, we are delighted to announce this year’s Meteor Choice Music Prize nominees windings will appear on the bill alongside previous nominees  Fight Like Apes and We Cut Corners. You will also be able to feast your ears on return performances from the likes of neo-grungers Girl Band, electric contemporary violinist Daithi, ambient beat impressario Lemonada, the alien pop of Nanu Nanu and Bantum’s southern fried electro. Indie purveyors Swords, The Notas, and Berlin based Kool Thing return to the stage following a highlight gig in last year’s free fringe festival, while other favorites Sleep Thieves, Squarehead, Kid Karate, The Holy Roman Army, Low Sea, O Emperor, Bouts, Skelocrats and White Collar Boy prepare to raise the roof at their Crawl debuts. Expect prodigious alt-folk from Owensie & Mossy Nolan, lush atmospherics from Cloud Castle Lake and psychedelic folk-rock from The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock whilst The Casanova Wave, Ships, Dogs, Forrests and Orquesta mesmerize us with their electronic innovations. Guitarist and composer Cian Nugentwill feature in the mix of talent along with singer-song writer Orla Gartland and multi instrumentalists Inni-K and Peter Delaney. And if that wasn’t enough Cork’s Unwinding Cables will get us on our feet with their brand of afro-punk pop and dancing alongside electro popsters Faune and Miracle Bell. To top off the Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin Le Galaxie will take a breather from their recording studio to appear for a special DJ set to close the festival in addition to a handful of homegrown secret special guests set to surprise us over the weekend.

The event will take place across more than 15 of Dublin’s finest venues from Camden Street to Temple Bar. Each of these venues will be curated by some of the top innovators in the Irish Music Industry from DJ’s to independent promoters to media moguls such as Whelan’s Live, Hidden Agenda, Strange Brew, Young Hearts Run Free, State Magazine, Mother Club, Ruby Sessions, Dan Hegarty (2fm), entertainment.ie, Sweet Oblivion, Nialler9, Totally Dublin, Paul McLoone (Today FM) and Claire Beck (Phantom FM) to mention but a few.

Whilst we play hard to get and hold off release of the full International line up, we are extending our Early Bird Weekend ticket offer for 2 more weeks until the close of St. Paddy’s Day!! The first run of limited super cost saving tickets priced at €40.00 for the weekend has sold out and will be re-released due to phenomenal demand for this limited offer only. Now you have another reason to raise a glass of the green stuff!

The Crawl will continue to feature its one pass system, making it accessible and affordable for all music fans to discover the cream of the crop of emerging talent in 2013. Tickets for the Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin will be available as a weekend pass or standard day pass: €55.00 Weekend /1 Day €35 (excluding booking fee). These along with all inclusive travel packages will be on sale from 9.00am Friday 1st February from thecamdencrawl.com, entertainment.ie and all the usual outlets.

Tickets can be exchanged for wristbands which allow full access to each of the participating venues throughout the festival as individual capacities permit. Wristbands and free programme guides announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 5pm – 10pm each day at the ticket exchange points located at Whelan’s, Wexford Street, Dublin 2 and Film Base, Curved Street, Dublin 2.

Hold onto your shorts, the International line up will be announced in the coming days…….!

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Primal Scream are back with ‘2013’ the first taste from their eagerly anticipated forthcoming album ‘More Light’.

‘2013’ signals the start to a new Primal Scream era. Released on the band’s own First International label through Ignition Records,

the song is written by Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes, and produced by David Holmes. The track also features Kevin Shields on guitar.

Watch the full length video for ‘2013’, directed by Rei Nadal a Barcelona based artist and protégé of Nick Knight, the eminent fashion photographer.

‘More Light’ is released later this Spring.

Primal Scream are: Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Martin Duffy, Darrin Mooney, Barrie Cadogan and Simone Butler.

www.primalscream.net

Single ‘Isn’t This World Enough??’

Taken from their album Tree Bursts in Snow Out Now!

Announce Irish Tour this February, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXAiwBIdYQg

“Epic Indie-Pop…big, yearning choruses and swaying anthems “ Q Magazine – 4 Stars
“an album as heartfelt as it is musically and themematically ambitious” Uncut 8/ 10

“…prepare to adore this group…” The Sunday Times Culture

“Hearts might well burst under prolonged exposure to this record” BBC Album Reviews

Admiral Fallow have been a busy bunch! 2012 saw their critically lauded album Tree Bursts in Snow released in May and the band have been on the road almost constantly, touring the lengths and breadths of the UK, Europe and USA.

After 2 weeks in Europe, a 4 week USA Fall tour and a 2 week stint in the UK Admiral Fallow- Louis Abbott (lead vocals, guitar), Sarah Hayes (vocals, flute, piano), Kevin Brolly (clarinet, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals), Joe Rattray (bass, double bass, backing vocals) and Philip Hague (drums, vibraphone, backing vocals) are making their way across the Irish Sea to show their Irish following some love. They will be making appearances in Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Cork so take your pick to whichever is closest to you!

Admiral Fallow’s current single ‘Isn’t This World Enough??’ was just released last month and is a firm live favourite, which has invoked a sing-along at almost every show the band has played in 2012. Now to the Irish fans delight they will be able to swing, sway and also sing-along to the track on their Irish tour this February.

Tour Dates

Thursday 14^th Feb            Auntie Annies, Belfast www.facebook.com/auntieannies

Friday 15^th Feb                   Academy 2, Dublin www.theacademydublin.com

Saturday 16^th Feb             Roisin Dubh, Galway www.roisindubh.net 

Monday 18^th Feb              Cypress Avenue, Cork www.cyprusavenue.ie

 www.admiralfallow.com

Eddi Reader

Announces Irish tour in February

 ‘Vagabond’ a new single available fromwww.eddireader.com

Eddi Reader sets her sights on the Emerald Isle this February to bring us her pop-folk soothing sounds. Eddi’s Irish tour will start in Antrim and she will work her way south to Cork, taking in Dublin, Wexford & Kilkenny.

Eddi grew up in Glasgow and Irvine, Scotland and it was in those towns that she learned to use music as a vehicle for communicating with others through busking and performing at the local folk clubs. In the early 1980s, Eddi travelled around Europe with circus and performance artists before moving to London where she quickly became a sought after session vocalist. She famously harmonised with Annie Lennox touring with the Eurythmics, after her time with successful punk outfit Gang of Four. It was short-lived but warmly remembered Fairground Attraction that really brought her into the limelight and to the attention of a much wider audience. The single “Perfect” and parent album First of a Million Kisses both topped the British charts.

However, it was her subsequent albums which signalled her increasing ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them all very much her own. Her unerring instinct for fine material, whether self penned, collaborative or a carefully chosen cover version resulted in Mirmama (1992), Eddi Reader (1994), Candyfloss & Medicine (1996), Angels & Electricity (1998), Simple Soul (2001).

Eddi is due to release a new single “Vagabond” on 8 February which is taken from her new yet to be titled album, due out later this year. The single will be available as a free download from her website.  It was written by Eddi and her newly wedded husband John Douglas, musician and original member of the Trashcan Sinatras, with words by the English poet John Masefield (1878-1967).

Both Eddi and John had been drawn to Masefield’s work over the years and his poem “Vagabond” struck a chord with its simple, conversational evocation of one of life’s wanderers pondering, sometimes answering, the large and small questions of life. For a long time, both Eddi and John had described their lives journeys as ‘Vagabonding’ so it was no surprise that on discovering this poem it had transformed itself into a song within the hour.

The track was recorded in Scotland and Eddi will follow up in the studio to finish the album. After Eddi’s Autumn tour she expressed “I’ve enjoyed performing our new song Vagabond. It’s getting better all the time”, which can only lead to say it will be great by the time she reaches Ireland!

Last year Eddi embarked on a successful Australian tour, UK tour and had lots of festival appearances. She also presented Ye Banks and Braes – A Burns Night Celebration on BBC Ulster which took place on the 25^th of January in Ulster Hall. Eddi performed the Burns song “You’re Welcome Willie Stewart” accompanied by the Ulster Orchestra, with conductor Carl Davis.

Free download of ‘Vagabond’ available from www.eddireader.com  from 8 February, 2013

• Wed 13^th Feb The Old Courthouse Theatre, Antrim www.antrim.gov.uk/theoldcourthouse
• Thurs 14^th Feb Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin www.paviliontheatre.ie
• Fri 15^th Feb Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin www.draiocht.ie
• Sat 16^th Feb St. Iberius Church, Wexford Tickets from Whites for Music;  053 9122067
• Mon 18^th Feb The Set Theatre, Kilkenny www.set.ie
• Tues 19^th Feb The Pavilion, Cork www.pavilioncork.com
• Wed 20^th Feb Whelan’s, Dublin www.whelanslive.com