Dublin Opinion

[Thanks to ec for the image.]
He who tires of Phibsboro, tires of life.

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[Special post by David Lacey]
The groups Nun Attax, Five Go Down To The Sea? and Beethoven were formed around the musical partnership of singer Finbarr Donnelly and guitarist Ricky Dineen. All three groups have received considerable coverage in the past decade with the radio documentary/podcast ‘Get That Monster Off The Stage’ and Mark McAvoy’s ‘Cork […]

 

 Five go Down To The Sea? - The Glee Club [2:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

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 Five Go Down To The Sea? - There's a Fish on Top of Shandon (Swears he's Elvis): Play Now | Play in Popup

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[thanks to ec for the link]

So I was really happy
although I was in nappies
you know you’ve got to play the hand that you’re dealt”
The greatest crime of the past twenty years in the Republic was the 2008 bank guarantee. Without a doubt, that’s the one.
However, it has to be said, the spawn of the introspective […]

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[Small Mercies is the new album by Barry McCormack. Bio taken from Barry McCormack website]

Jubilee Allstars, Barry’s former band, were once aptly described as equal parts Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen and Brendan Behan; and the records Barry contributed to before leaving the band in 2001 were influenced by the Irish song and literary traditions and […]

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Seán Baite of these shores will be playing tomorrow in Pau, France, as part of the EEjits.
All welcome!

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[Video of a song that was posted last week.]

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As requested.
A higher resolution version is available here.

Inlay of album available here and here.

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[Thanks to Dave for the single.]
Debut single from Cork’s finest.
There’s a great discussion on the band over on Cedarlounge.
for more information, Irish Rock entry here.

 

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[Thanks to Dave for the single.]
Debut single from the Stars of Heaven, released 1985.
As always, Irish Rock has a great entry for the band.

 

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 All About You [2:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

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[Thanks to Dave for the single]
Punk/New Wave by the numbers here from Berlin who have a song about the horrors of a 9-to-5 which was released in 1980, just as Ireland’s unemployment rate was going through the roof, thereby negating the need to worry about pissing your life away in an office job for squares, […]

 

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 Waiting for the Weekend [3:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

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