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 Two Door Cinema Club are three young men from Bangor and Donaghadee in Northern Ireland. With a neat line in twitchy indie-pop, and at least one eye on the dancefloor, they share common ground with Foals, Delphic, Friendly Fires, Klaxons and Bloc Party. Indeed, they’ve already shared... Artist page:
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 Frightened Rabbit's Midnight Organ Fight was our third favourite album of 2008 and among the 100 we considered to have defined the past decade. Frontman Scott Hutchinson kindly provided us with a ... Artist page: Frightened Rabbit
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 At last year’s Electric Picnic this listener went to check out Marina And The Diamonds, following a tip-off from a fellow Ragged Words contributor (who shall remain nameless). So irritating was her onstage persona that he fled within ten minutes. But, as this year’s pre-ordained...
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We've been counting down to Wednesday's Choice Music Prize over the last few days and of all the band's whose albums are to be debated as the best Irish release of the last year, none have toured harder (or played louder) than Belfast's And So I Watch You From Afar. So naturally we asked... Artist page: And So I Watch You From Afar
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What more can we tell you about Seastick Steve? Well needless to say, the one of a kind performer put on quite a show when he played two dates at Dublin's Tripod this week and Mark Earley was there to take some excellent photos. Click on anyone below to view a full slideshow. Artist page:
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Coming bounding out of the blocks as the new year gathers speed, Dubliners The Cast Of Cheers unleash a ballsy post-punk racket that's every bit as impressive as their moniker. Describing themselves as sounding "like the end of the world and dancing", the band have decided to offer... Artist page:
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Our Choice Music Prize preview week continues this time with Valerie Francis whose debut Slow Dynamo is among the 10 nominees. Knee-deep in awards season, we emailed a few question over to Valerie following her appearance at Friday night's Meteor awards where she was up for best Irish female... Artist page:
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Having spoken to Adrian Crowley twice in the last couple of years, it was high time we asked the now Dublin based musician about what records soundtracked his years spent in the capital, in France and in his native... Artist page: Adrian Crowley
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Neil Hannon: "Oscar Wilde knew the English better than themselves because he was looking in from the outside and was able to study them like a race apart. It's a bit like that for us because we'll always be outsiders. The English will always consider anybody else in the world outsiders when... Artist page:
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"I certainly can’t see us doing a Field Music album in the very near future," David Brewis told Ragged Words the last time we spoke to him, then in his new guise as School Of Language. Less than... Artist page: Field Music
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