Month: July 2012

Kopek to play Dublin Gig this Friday Aug 3rd + announce European tour dates.

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Irelands hottest 3 piece rock outfit Kopek will take to the stage in Whelan’s this coming Friday Aug 3rd for their second Dublin show of the year. Having just announced a 33 gig date in Europe for Oct- Nov, gig goers are in for a real treat. Global Battle of The Bands winners, Kopek put on a energetic live show that would outshine most of their peers.

KOPEK ARE ON STAGE AT ABOUT 9PM CURFEW IS 10:45PM SO ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID MISSING OUT ON THE ROCK THAT’LL BE TAKING PLACE ON MAIN STAGE!BUY TICKETS HERE OR ON THE NIGHT AT THE DOOR FOR €10 SEE YOU THERE! http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/wav-tickets/kopek-tickets support is from StoryFold.

FULL LIST OF GIGS

AUGUST:
03.08.12 Kopek in Whelans, Dublin, Ireland BUY TICKETS
12.08.12 Gvarv kartfestivalen, Norway

SEPTEMBER:

27.09.12 LONDON – WATER RATS
28.09.12  TUNBRIDGE WELLS – THE FORUM
29.09.12 NOTTINGHAM – ROCK CITY

OCTOBER:

“Save The Nation Tour” 2012 (supporting Royal Republic):

04.10.12 SE – Gothenburg (Sticky Fingers)
05.10.12 SE – Stockholm (Debaser Slussen)
06.10.12 DK – Copenhagen (Lygten Station)
07.10.12 DE – Berlin (Astra)
09.10.12 PL – Warsaw (Hydrozagadka)
10.10.12 CZ – Prague (Lucerna Music Bar)
11.10.12 AT – Vienna (Szene)
13.10.12 AT – Salzburg (Rockhaus)
14.10.12 CH – Zürich (Plaza)
15.10.12 IT – Milan (Tunnel Club)
16.10.12 FR – Marseille (Le Moulin)
18.10.12 ES – Barcelona (Apolo La 2)
19.10.12 ES – Madrid (Moby Dick)
20.10.12 FR – Bordeaux (Barbey Club)
21.10.12 FR – Paris (L’alhambra)
23.10.12 FR – Strasbourg (La Laiterie)
24.10.12 DE – Münster (Jovel)
25.10.12 DE – Kiel (Pumpe)

NOVEMBER:

08.11.12 DE – Bremen (Schlachthof)
09.11.12 NL – Amsterdam (Melkweg)
10.11.12 DE – Cologne (E-Werk)
11.11.12 BE – Antwerp (Trix)
13.11.12 UK – Bristol (Thekla)
14.11.12 UK – Wolverhampton (Slade Rooms)
15.11.12 UK – Machester (Academy 3)
17.11.12 UK – Nottingham (Rescue Rooms)
18.11.12 UK – Glasgow (King Tut´s)
19.11.12 UK – Newcastle (O2 Academy 2)
20.11.12 UK – Leeds (Cockpit)
22.11.12 UK – Norwich (The Waterfront)
23.11.12 UK – London (Garage)
24.11.12  UK – Brighton (The Haunt)
25.11.12  NL – Zwolle (Hedon)
KOPEK online:
http://www.kopekofficial.com
http://www.facebook.com/Kopek
http://youtube.com/user/KopekTVOfficial
http://twitter.com/@kopekofficial

KOPEK WILL RELEASE ‘LOVE IS DEAD’ ON SEPT 14TH IN IRELAND

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AMANDA PALMER TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘WANT IT BACK’ ON AUG 31ST

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AMANDA PALMER TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘WANT IT BACK’ ON AUG 31ST

Single ‘Want It Back’ (FRYDL535)– out Aug 31st

Taken from Album ‘THEATRE IS EVIL’ (COOKCD571) Released September 7th

 Singer, songwriter, piano-slayer, and blogger Amanda Palmer is preparing to release her first studio album in four years, Theatre Is Evil, on September 7th. This is the first release with her new band The Grand Theft Orchestra. The album release will be preceded by the single Want it Back on Aug 31st, and followed by a tour in Autumn.

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra unleashed the new Want It Back music video on the Guardian website, offering another taste from the new album, Theatre is Evil.  The video is a stop-motion animated video created with Australian director Jim Batt, and shot in Melbourne when Palmer and her band were recording the new album this past spring. The video continues a strong visual art theme, incorporating her naked body as a canvas for hand-painted lyrics to unfold across the screen.

Body politics, and body pride, have always been a strong theme for Amanda: “I’m so comfortable being naked at this point that I almost forget… I’m also proud that that video has nudity, but it isn’t sexual or erotic…. it’s using the body as a raw canvas, which I love.”

“I’ve never made a video with such a small, concentrated art-crew, and it was magic,” she notes. “For three days straight it was just me, Jim, the tattoo-graffiti artist Curran James, and a painstaking process as we created the video, shot by shot by shot.” Jim Batt explains, “”Hand crafting a film frame-by-frame is always an intense experience, even more so when you’re using someone’s body as a canvas, but there’s something magical about stopmotion that you can’t capture any other way. I’m still impressed that we managed to get Amanda to sit still for that long, she was a champion!”

“Jim Batt is a visionary film artist, and I hope this video shines some light on the art-talent that’s hiding out in Melbourne,” says Palmer. “That city is harbouring some of the best creative minds in the world.”

www.amandapalmer.net / www.cookingvinyl.com

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Adela & the Meanits prepare for their 32 county tour in the month of August!!

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Quite possibly the quirkiest and coolest band’s hot-on-the-trot right now is Laois outfit Adela & The Meanits.

They have one week left as they prepare to venture off on their 32 county Tour of Ireland in the month of August on Their ‘Long Road Home Tour’. They will visit towns, pubs, venues, coffee houses and more on their journey, capturing the spirit and community of every town in Ireland. Along the way they will perform tracks from their new album ‘Kinda Wild’, and will also play some well loved Irish Classics.

Be sure to follow their progress over at Twitter/adelandthemeanits  as they travel through each county of the Nation playing a gig as they pass. Their album ‘Kinda Wild’ will be released in all record stores on Sept  28th. For more info check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Adelaandthemeanits

 

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The View and Adela & The Meanits in the new issue of Hotpress Magazine.

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Out now in the new issue of Hotpress Magazine, Adela & The Meanits speak about their favourite instrument, their single ‘Andy’ gets the thumbs up from Hotpress and The View’s frontman Kyle Falconer speaks about the band and recording their latest album ‘Cheeky For A Reason’. 

Its all in this months issue!! Go buy it!

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Temper-Mental MissElayneous & Eberhart release “Step In the Ring” [Katie Taylor’s Song]-

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Temper-Mental MissElayneous & Eberhart release “Step In the Ring” [Katie Taylor’s Song] with proceeds going to the Peter McVerry Trust for the Homeless http://www.pmvtrust.ie

Temper-Mental MissElayneous, rapper extraordinaire from Dublin has teamed up with Eberhart, Composer and Writer for Bitches With Wolves, together they wrote a song for Katie Taylor called “Step In the Ring”. MissElayneous, a boxer herself was feeling inspired by Ireland’s 4 time Word Champion Boxer Katie Taylor. Next month Katie is off to London for 2012 Olympics and Temper-Mental MissElayneous and Eberhart wanted to send her off for the GOLD in lyrical style. We wish Katie much success in her Olympian Quest with many well wishes. “…RIGHT, CROSS, UPPERCUT ,STEP IN WITH THE JAB, DUCK, WEAVE ,CHIN- TUCKED, MUSCLE THE UPPER-HAND…”

“Step In the Ring” can be downloaded for €1, with proceeds going to the Peter McVerry Trust for the Homeless http://www.pmvtrust.ie, on Bandcamp and coming soon on itunes, Temper-Mental MissElayneous will be performing at Festivals and venues throughout Ireland during Summer, Autumn and beyond. Up-dates on http://www.misselayneous.com/

“Temper-Mental MissElayneous” is an artist from Finglas in Dublin, Ireland. It’s difficult to box her into one category as she varies in her ability and style, however she is mostly recognised as a rapper. MissElayneous has collaborated with numerous other musicians and continues to branch out to create new work. She has trained as an actor and has performed in diverse roles, amid strong casts. MissElayneous is full of raps and ballads along with her bodhran and bells. She mentors youth in her community and has become a hero to many teenagers in Dublin.

Temper-Mental MissElayneous was recently on the cover of The Ticket in the Irish Times (for the St. Patrick’s Day special edition). Her song “Cailin Rua” was featured on St. Patrick’s Day. And she performed for President Michael D. Higgins at the Hot Press Music Show. MissElayneous has appeared on the same bill as Mick Jones, Tricky, Wu Tang Clan, Thee Satisfaction, and Shabazz Palaces. MissElayneous continues gigging, showcasing, auditioning, teaching and facilitating.

“Whether it was watching her freestyle on the street in Finglas or mentoring other female would-be rappers about their flow, she was on-point, lively and fascinating, one of the brightest sights and sounds on the Irish music scene right now. She’s the real deal.” Jim Carroll – Irish Times

Eberhart is an up-and-coming producer from Dublin, first coming to light through his songwriting and production work with Dublin-based electro-popster Bitches With Wolves.

Though classically trained from a very early age, stylistically his sound reflects a much wider musical spectrum. Influenced by pop producers Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, RedOne, Max Martin and Kuduro inspired artists and producers such as Diplo, M.I.A, Buraka Som Sistema, Santigold, his is a style that combines pop hooks with fresh sounds, edgy production and stadium-size club beats.

The last few years has seen Eberhart touring as part of the Bitches With Wolves live band (Oxegen, Electric Picnic, Eurosonic, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Calvin Harris, etc) as well as performing a number of high profile DJ sets under his own side project Gents With Guns with DJ Chris James (Oxegen, Two Door Cinema Club).

Over the last few months Eberhart has been songwriting, producing and remixing for some of Ireland’s most promising musical talent. He reached the Top 5 finalists in SPIN 103.8’s Mark Ronson “Move To The Beat” remix competition in June and had two tracks in the Top 5 iTunes album charts.

  • Temper-Mental MissElayneous will perform at Castlepalooza on the Marquee stage on Sat. Aug 4th at 7pm.

 Link to Video: Ft. Cameos by the producer Eberhart, Louise McNamara from The Heathers -who sang back-up on the single, and Megan Gannon the boxer.  Director- Lindsey Byrne.

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2012 Brings Repeated Chart Success For Cooking Vinyl in Uk & Ireland

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2012 Brings Repeated Chart Success For Cooking Vinyl in The Uk and Ireland

  • Two UK top-ten albums so far this year from The View and The Enemy
  • 8 charting albums in 2012 so far
  • Success cements reputation as powerhouse independent label

 Cooking Vinyl is having a great year in 2012, as albums by recent signings achieve chart success, including two UK top-ten releases. Scottish indie-rockers The View recently received excellent reviews and yesterday achieved a #9 in the OCC Album Chart with ‘Cheeky for a Reason’ (which also hit #1 in the Independent Album Charts), propelling them onto the Summer’s festival circuit, including dates at Reading and Leeds Festivals. One of several key releases in May, The Enemy’s ‘Streets in the Sky’ also charted at #9 in the OCC Album Charts.

Cooking Vinyl has also seen three albums in the official albums chart top 20 – (The Cult’s  ‘Choice of Weapon, Reverend & the Makers’ ‘@reverend_makers’  and Marilyn Manson’s ‘Born Villain’). It also landed another three in the top 40 – (The Proclaimers’ ‘Like Comedy’, Cranberries’ ‘Roses’ and Counting Crows’ ‘Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)’). This means that the label has had 8 charting album in 2012 so far, further cementing its reputation as a powerhouse independent.

May saw Marilyn Manson’s ‘Born Villain’ charting in the UK at #14, reaching number ten in the US albums chart and topping Billboard’s Hard Rock and Independent album charts. The first release on his own label, Hell etc., a joint venture with Cooking VInyl, its success is affirmation of the emerging bespoke label model for which Cooking Vinyl is steadily gaining its reputation. In addition, The Cult’s ‘Choice of Weapon’ reached #20 in the UK albums chart, outperforming the previous album by 52 chart places, as well as hitting the top spot on the UK Rock Chart.

In June, Sheffield band Reverend & The Makers’ ‘@reverend_makers’ reached #16 in the UK album chart, following a tour with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

Said Rob Collins Director Cooking Vinyl Records “It’s great to see everyone’s hard work over the past year paying off and we’re proud to be able to provide our artists with results like these”

UK CHART POSITIONS 2012

The View – Cheeky For a Reason –  9th July – #9

Reverend & The Makers – @reverend_makers – 18th June –  #16

The Cult – Choice of Weapon – 22nd May – #20

The Enemy – Streets in the Sky – 21st May – #9

The Proclaimers – Like Comedy – 7th May – #31

Marilyn Manson – Born Villain – 1st May – #14

Counting Crows – Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) – 10th April – #23

Cranberries –Roses – 27th February – #37

Irish Indie Chart Positions 2012:

The Cult – Choice of Weapon #15

Cranberries –Roses   #3

Marilyn Manson – Born Villain  #7

Counting Crows – Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)   # 7

The View – Cheeky For a Reason #13

About Cooking  Vinyl

Cooking Vinyl has developed a reputation as one of Europe’s prime artist-focused independent labels, inspiring an enviable loyalty among its artist roster. It is also in the vanguard of music companies offering innovative services-only deals that claim no stake in artists’ copyrights.

 Cooking Vinyl take full responsibility for the management of a project whether functioning as a label or in a services-only setting. Adding more than just marketing muscle, Cooking Vinyl devise and implement worldwide sales, marketing and distribution plans for their artists, working alongside booking agents and artist managers.

 www.cookingvinyl.com

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The Saw Doctors play Outdoor Concert in Kilkenny Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre @ Saturday August 4 + For One Night Only Tv broadcast date announced.

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The Saw Doctors play Outdoor Concert in Kilkenny, Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre on Saturday August 4

+ Chris O’Dowd picks N17 for new Sky 1 Series

+ The Saw Doctors will be the subject of a one hour television special on RTE 1 on Friday Aug 10 in
the For One Night Only series.

The Saw Doctors have just been confirmed to play an open air concert at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny, on Saturday August 4 to promote the Galway band’s new single, I Hope You Meet Again, which is featured in the upcoming RTE television show, For One Night Only with The Saw Doctors.

Tickets for The Saw Doctors concert at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre are priced at €15, and go on sale on Friday 20th July from the Kilkenny Book Centre and Ticketmaster outlets.

N17, the road song made famous by The Saw Doctors, will be featured in Chris O’Dowd’s new comedy series, Moone Boy, which will be premiered on Sky One television in September.

Hollywood star Chris O’Dowd has set the Moone Boy comedy series in Boyle, County Roscommon where he grew up before going on to star in the hit film Bridesmaids and the Channel Four series, The IT Crowd.

The Saw Doctors will star in their own Television Special  ‘For One Night Only’,  which goes out on RTE 1 on Friday August 10 at 9.30 p.m.  In the one hour TV show, Davy Carton and Leo Moran, the founding members of The Saw Doctors, tell Gay Byrne of their triumphs and musical adventures of the past twenty years and play intimate acoustic versions of their songs, I Hope You Meet Again and Midnight Express.

The Kilkenny concert by The Saw Doctors on Saturday August 4 at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre will feature the band’s many popular hits such as N17, To Win Just Once, Clare Island, Red Cortina, and their recent recording of the sixties classic  Downtown featuring Petula Clark which was a runaway hit for The Saw Doctors last Christmas.

This Summer The Saw Doctors will headline the Cropredy Festival in England and will play two special London shows during the Olympics at the Irish Village which promoter Vince Power is staging at the Chelsea Football Ground at Stamford Bridge. The Saw Doctors have just returned home from a six week long Coast to Coast Tour of the US and Canada which finished up in Los Angeles at the famous Troubadour Club in West Hollywood.

“if they could bottle the sort on bonhomie that can make an entire concert hall feel better, The Saw Doctors would have the medicine show to end them all“Paul Sexton, The Times, London

The Saw Doctors – Irish Shows  Summer 2012
Fri July 27 Westport  Street Festival
Sat July 28 Skibbereen Beats Festival
Sat Aug 4 Kilkenny Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 5 Waterford Spraoi Festival
Sat Aug 11  Sligo Summer Festival
Thurs Aug 16 Dublin Leopardstown Racecourse
Fri Aug 17 Longford Drumlish Festival
Tues Aug 21 Tralee Rose Festival
RTE TV Show features The Saw Doctors on August 10

The Saw Doctors will be the subject of a one hour tv special  on RTE 1 , entitled For One Night Only with Gay Byrne on Friday August 10 at 9.30 p.m.  The For One Night Only Show  will feature extensive interviews with both  Davy Carton and Leo Moran as well as seven songs  performed live in the studio by The Saw Doctors including their new single, I Hope You Meet Again.


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MARILYN MANSON AND ROB ZOMBIE JOIN FORCES FOR “TWINS OF EVIL” U.S. AND EUROPEAN TOUR

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MARILYN MANSON AND ROB ZOMBIE JOIN FORCES
FOR “TWINS OF EVIL” U.S. AND EUROPEAN TOUR
KoRn’s Jonathan “J Devil” Davis will Provide Support on Many U.S. Dates


LOS ANGELES, CA (Thursday, July 12, 2012) — It had to happen.  Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are hitting the road together this fall, co-headlining the “Twins of Evil” tour.  Debauchery, theatrics, ghoulish imagery, and a full-on assault of all the senses are what’s in store for fans when the tour kicks off, first in the U.S. and then with a 10-country sweep through Europe.

Kicking off September 28 when both Zombie and Manson co-headline the first day of the Desert Uprising Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, expect defiant rock’n’roll showmanship in the form of these unholy rollers with the first U.S. date wrapping in Dallas on Halloween, October 31. For ticket on sale and purchasing info, log onto www.marilynmanson.com or www.robzombie.com.

“Finally!  Why did the most obvious tour take so long to happen?  Who knows?  Who cares?  It’s happening now,” stated Zombie.  “If good taste is the chief enemy of great art, then we should be able to fill the Louvre with this fucking tour.  Be prepared for something wicked this way a-coming.”

“I have sympathy for the Whore of Babylon that gave birth to these twins of evil, and this abomination of a tour,” says Marilyn Manson. “There is no babysitter, and there is no repairing her womb. If Rob Zombie doesn’t fuck you up, than I surely will.” “Hide all drugs and firearms… I’m coming to town,” Manson stated.

J Devil, the DJ alter ego of KoRn’s frontman Jonathan Davis, will support the Manson/Zombie dates with his chaotic electro-metal. “I like to think of JDevil as the ‘anti-christ’ of EDM,” he said. “To play alongside Zombie and Manson is going to be a fucking sinister night all around, and an unbelievable theatrical experience. I can’t wait.”

Marilyn Manson’s eighth full-length album Born Villain debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, also grabbing the #1 spots on both the Heavy Album Chart and the Independent Album Chart. “This is Manson at his best,” says ARTISTdirect. “Elegantly, he slices throats and puts up a middle finger to everyone once more.”

For the “Twins of Evil” tour, Zombie and his band of maniacs – John 5/guitar, Piggy D/bass and drummer Ginger Fish – will bring their elaborate, multi-media production, complete with hair-raising theatrics, animatronic robots, oversized LED screens, a non-stop collage of psychotronic monster film clips, a spectacular light show, a gigantic robot with flames shooting out of its body, pyrotechnics, insane guitar riffs and vicious beats.  On August 7, prior to the kick off of the “Twins of Evil” tour, Mondo Sex Head, an album featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today’s top DJs, including KoRn’s Jonathan “JDevil” Davis, Photek, the Bloody Beetroots, †††, Kraddy, Drumcorps, and Ki: Theory will be released (Universal Music Enterprises/UMe).  Fans can download one of the new songs, “Thunder Kiss ’65 (J-Devil Number of the Beast Remix),” from iTunes.

With more to be announced, dates for the “Twins of Evil” tour are as follows:

Tour Dates:
9/28     Phoenix, AZ                           Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion

9/29     Las Vegas, NV                       Luxor Lot or Red Rocks

10/1     Salt Lake City, UT                 USANA Amphitheatre

10/2     Denver, CO                            1st Bank Center

10/4     Topeka, KS                             Topeka Expo Center

10/8     Lincoln, NE                            Pershing Auditorium

10/9     Mankato, MN                         Verizon Wireless Center

10/11   Chicago, IL                           Allstate Arena

10/12   Detroit, MI                              DTE Energy Music Theatre

10/13   Bloomington, IL                     US Cellular Coliseum

10/15   Youngstown, OH                   Covelli Center

10/16   Rochester, NY                        Armory

10/17   New York, NY                       Hammerstein Ballroom

10/19   Camden, NJ                            Susquehanna Bank Center

10/20   Uncasville, CT                        Mohegan Sun Arena

10/21   Manchester, NH                      Verizon Wireless Arena

10/23   Boston, MA                            Agganis Arena

10/25   Atlanta, GA                            Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood

10/30   Houston, TX                           Reliant Arena

10/31   Dallas, TX                               Verizon Wireless Theatre

11/26   London, UK

11/27   Manchester, UK

11/28   Glasgow, UK

11/29   Birmingham, UK

12/1     Luxembourg, Luxembourg

12/2     Bochum, Germany

12/3     Amsterdam, Holland

12/5     Stockholm, Sweden

12/6     Copenhagen, Denmark

12/8     Vienna, Austria

12/9     Munich, Germany

12/11   Basel, Switzerland

12/12   Bologna, Italy

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