Well folks, today’s the day. The gates to Oxegen 2010 opened yesterday and a reported 17,000 people were there by lunchtime. But today is the first day of great live acts, and I can’t wait. Myself & Brid are hitting the road any minute now, Chris is meeting us later and Lucia is going to [...]
Listening to anything by Bombay Bicycle Club takes me back to a great little Indian restaurant I once frequented of the same name! This track is the stand out for me from these guys, I saw them perform it at Isle of Wight a few weeks ago (on telly mind, not in person) and it [...]
So Oxegen time is finally upon us. Tent & booze all packed? To say I’m jealous of everyone going in an understatement. One of the best parts of going to a music festival is the road trip there. Whether you’re getting the bus or packed into a car with your mates, it’s always the perfect [...]
As you can tell by the posts on the blog over the last week or so, the line up for this years Oxegen is pretty epic. So much so, that alot of folks are including it in their summer festival plans along with EP – some of the acts playing are just too good to [...]
Local Natives are my new favourite band. Their debut album, Gorilla Manor, came out last year, but has only recently found my ears and boy was I missing out. There are numerous great tracks on the album, four of which have already been released. They will be playing on the Red Bull Music Academy on [...]
My own personal highlight of the entire Oxegen weekend is going to be Arcade Fire. Having released two brilliant albums, their third is due out in just under a month and I for one cannot wait to hear it. A couple of new tracks have already found their way onto the interweb, and they have [...]
Sunday is chill out day, so let’s chill out with O Emperor. The five piece band hail from Waterford and will play in the Hot Press Academy on the Friday night of Oxegen 2010. Here is the lead track, Dont Mind Me, from their recently released EP Reverie.
English electro group Hot Chip are headlining the Heineken Green Spheres stage on Saturday night at Oxegen. These guys have produced some unbelievably catchy tunes in their time. They have just released a fourth album, One Life Stand, so expect to hear a lot of new tracks. One track you can also expect to hear [...]
