Glasgowbury Band #3

Playing the G Session stage, General Fiasco are an indie rock group from Magherafelt, Northern Ireland. Since their formation in 2007, they have toured with Fighting With Wire, The Wombats, One Night Only, The Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy, Jet and Kids In Glass Houses. They released their debut album, Buildings, on 22 March 2010.

Win Compilation 2011

We are all related....I'm taking their word for it.

March for Marriage 2011

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LGBT Noise would like to announce the March for Marriage 2011.

Civil Partnership is NOT equality.

We ask you, your friends, your family and your co-workers to MARCH FOR MARRIAGE in Dublin on Sunday 14th August 2011.

We will be meeting at 3pm by city hall at the top of Parliament street.

Bring as many people as you can and let’s make some Noise about inequality. Civil Partnership is NOT equality and we need to make sure that our voices are heard by the Government, we need to make sure that we will not have to settle for less than full equality and equal rights for ALL.

More information on Civil Marriage.

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The Ship Song Project

Three Drunk Monkeys has unveiled its long awaited long form content piece for the Sydney Opera House which features a raft of Australasian artists performing Nick Cave’s The Ship Song.
The video was launched last night and includes Neil Finn, Kev Carmody, Sarah Blasko, Angus and Julia Stone, Paul Kelly, Temper Trap, Martha Wainwright, Katie Noonan and Daniel Johns performing in different areas of the building.

It also features the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Teddy Tahu-Rhodes with Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Company, Bell Shakespeare founder and director John Bell, Richard Tognetti and The Australian Chamber Orchestra.

The agency was appointed the Opera House account a year ago with The Ship Song Project being shot over a 10-month period by director Paul Goldman.

Noah Regan, Three Drunk Monkeys Creative Director said: “This project has been a true labour of love. Throughout the process two things drove everybody involved; their deep love of The House and everything it stands for and a passion for the beautiful Nick Cave song and how fitting it is for this concept. We feel we’ve created something every Australian can be proud of and share and the world can appreciate.”

The piece will be distributed online via YouTube and social media channels with the campaign also featuring TV, radio and print activity. The song is available to download on iTunes.
A 30-minute behind the scenes documentary on the making of the video, named The Ship Song Project, will screen on Foxtel later this month.

If you get the chance, you should go see this.

Performed by Dundonald Association of Music and Drama, the play tells the true story of the aftermath of a brutal murder of a young gay man in a small town in America.

This murder set the discussion in place for hate crime legislation and policy around the world.

Part of the Belfast Pride festival. For more information please contact harriet@rainbow-project.org or to book tickets please visit http://lyrictheatre.co.uk/

Glasgowbury Band #2

Colly Strings, hailing from Holywood/Bangor, Co. Down, formed in March 2010 Colly Strings are an alternative indie/rock band, with clever, rhythmic verses and deep hard hitting choruses. Their music has been compared to the likes of Biffy Clyro, Two Door Cinema Club and even U2.

Colly Strings fuse catchy guitar riffs and soaring vocal hooks which fall hand in hand with the pulsating bass and beat of the drums to form songs that are guaranteed to stick in the mind from the very first listen.

The band look to continue the momentum that has already seen them share a stage with the likes of Feeder, The Wombats, Twin Atlantic and Francesqa this year

Their eponymous debut EP can be downloaded in full and for free at www.musicglue.com/collystrings

Built To Break (Acoustic) by collystringsmusic


To The Water by collystringsmusic

Some bands I came across at Glasgowbury. Part 1.

Hailing from Lisburn, Mojo Fury (mojoFURY) have been kicking around since 2004 but only last year, expanded to a four piece.

Their musical style has been described as "alternative rock" with "progressive" and "hardcore" influence, and have been compared to NIN, Queens of the Stone Age and Nirvana.
To date, the band have toured all over the country and supported the likes of Biffy Clyro, InMe, Two Door Cinema Club and The Cooper Temple Clause. Their most recent album, "Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus" was released on March 14, 2011, they've also just finished touring as support to "And So I Watch You From Afar" in the UK, that along with playing many summer festivals this year, the boys are set to be busy!

At the end of April 2010, the band advertised an 'early album version' of "Deep Fish Tank (Factory Settings)" on bandcamp (available as a free download).

Glasgowbury review

R.I.P Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment. Winehouse’s discography is a short one containing only two albums, 2003′s Frank and 2006′s Back to Black. Back to Black spawned the international hits “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”. It won five Grammy awards and sold 10 million albums worldwide. Her retro Motown sound mixed with contemporary and often raunchy lyrical content made for an explosive combination, one that captured the attention of fans and critics alike.

While right now the focus will be on Winehouse’s very public decline into drug and alcohol abuse, it is ultimately her music which will live on.

Here is the original Icemen track that Mark and Amy sampled for this jam. It features a young James Marshall (a.k.a. Jimi Hendrix). Sadly Jimi was another brilliant artist that died at 27 (Club 27).

The Icemen – My Girl She’s A Fox