Gigs Autumn/Winter 2013
Dearly Beloved, #1, Mullingar Fri, Sep 20 Lively Act, Indie rock, strong bass. Worth checking out… Wire, Workmans Club, Dublin, Fri Sep 27 Awesome. Early albums are excellent but the last few albums have been very good too. One of the gigs of the year. Hard Working Class Heroes, Various Venues, Dublin Fri Oct 4 …
Electric Picnic 2013
What a great festival. It has it all. Music, food, art installations, cake… This was my 9th Electric Picnic. I missed the first one. I’ve been at Stradbally every year since 2005, the year Arcade Fire played the Electric Arena. An epic gig and atmosphere. Other highlights that year were Kraftwerk, The Flaming Lips, Nick …
Electric Picnic 2013 Review
FRIDAY Cronin A great start to EP13, a stripped down set with Cronin and Nick Kelly. Including some classics from the Aftermath and an improvised Arclight Wu Tang Clan Loud, brash, in yer face. Stayed for a few songs. They definitely cranked up the sound system for this one. My Bloody Valentine Amp stack was …
Digital World – Streams v Mp3s v Physical Product
It is January 2013. Music is now more available than ever before.
How do you consume yours?
Do you need to own music? or just listen to it without owning it?
I have vinyl, tapes, cds, minidiscs, and dvds.
I also have mp3s, mp4s, wavs, aacs, and more.
I also stream music for free and for payment. Which one will take over?