Well its been a great weekend so far:

Looking forward to OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, THE PRODIGY & THE SAW DOCTORS LATER TONIGHT…

GROOVE ARMADA were great on Fri night.
They dropped into Jenny Greene & Jenny Huston in 2FM

OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL in RTE 2FM

Deemed as one of Ireland’s HOTTEST acts right now, TRM are in the midst of a National radio tour and have a list of dates coming up including The Electric Picnic, Glasgowbury, Indiependence and a list of others. Before that, they release their new single “Hard To Explain” on JULY 23RD the track already spent 3 weeks in The Top 50 Official Irish Charts.

The Riptide movement (also known as TRM) are a four piece rock band who formed in 2006, all hailing from the Capital. With three successive Official Irish Charting singles (taken from their debut “What about the tip jar”) along with over 14,000 units sold to fans the Nation over, they are now ready to release fourth single ‘HARD TO EXPLAIN’, which is taken from their new album set to be released in Feb 2011 (titled HOT TRAMP). TRM have recently performed their music on Today FM, FM104, 98FM, Dublin’s Country Mix + lots more and will continue to grace the radio waves over the summer months.

GIGS: The Riptide Movement invites you to ride the crest of a new wave, back from the south of France and fresh from a recording spree in the Grouse Lodge recording studios, the bands are putting the finishing touches onto the eagerly anticipated follow up album “Hot Tramp”.  The band will perform a list of shows Nationwide including appearances at the Sea Sessions, Glasgowbury, Indiependence and Electric Picnic this Year, as well as a tour of Germany in October 2010. One of their strongest word of mouth endorsements IS their Live show. Surely not to be missed. It should also be noted that one of the band members wanted to be Jesus when he grew up.

For Band Links and gig dates go to:

http://www.myspace.com/riptideeire
http://www.theriptidemovement.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/theriptidemovement

You Gotta Listen here:

Jedward – Jedward & John Shelly And The Creatures

JOHN, SHELLY & THE CREATURES AND JEDWARD LIVE STREAM TODAY AT 2PM

Don’t forget!

At 2pm today click on www.muzu.tv and go to their LIVE stream.

It shall be rather entertaining with Belfast’s finest John, Shelly & the Creatures performing tracks from their album DINOSAUR Live in front of a studio audience….and also an Interview with Jedward!

RELEASE NEW SINGLE: ‘SEA SAW’ ON FRI JULY 2nd July

Fast receiving airtime across the radio waves in Ireland on the lead up to their new single SEE SAW, the infectious Irish pop outfit ‘JESTER’, know how to create melodious, ambient and powerful pop tunes.

They entered onto the music scene on a rather high note in 07 when debut single “Maria” charted in the IMRA Top 40 Irish Chart. Single no.2 also seen them climb the charts with “Scream” reaching a proud No.18 in the IRMA Irish Singles chart and also claimed the Number 1 spot in the Downloads chart. The release was marked by an extensive Nation wide tour schedule. (Including a month long tour with fellow Irish act The Blizzards).

Playing in some of Ireland’s most prestigious venues and clocking up some ground support along the way, Jester are a 5 piece band who “know how to take a song on the town & show it a good time” ( Hotpress) On the live front Jester have shared the stage with some of Ireland’s top acts and luminaries (Including: The Blizzards and Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club). Festivals appearances include: Cois Farraige Festival & Oxegen (07). They just recently played at The Sea Sessions and have a list of National dates still on the calendar over the summer months.

Jester are currently recording their debut album and aim to complete a commercial but distinctive record, prior to this they will release single ‘SEA SAW’ in July 2010.

Band links:

www.myspace.com/jestermusik

www.facebook.com/JesterMusik

www.bebo.com/JesterMusic

Upcoming dates:

2 Jul 2010    22:00

Captain America’s (Cork) Cork, *

4 Jul 2010    20:00

Crawdaddy  Dublin,

8 Jul 2010    22:00

The Roisin Dubh Galway,

more TBA

NEW RELEASE:::::::

THE CHARLATANS: NEW ALBUM ‘WHO WE TOUCH’ (COOKCD527) RELEASED 10/09/10
RADIO SINGLE: ‘Love Is Ending’ is released on July 30th.
ALBUM: ‘Who We Touch’ is released on September 10th.

With a career that has already spanned two decades, The Charlatans – Martin Blunt (bass), Jon Brookes (drums), Tim Burgess (vocals), Mark Collins (guitar) and Tony Rogers (keyboards) – release their new album ‘Who We Touch’, on September 10th 2010.

Their eleventh studio album, ‘Who We Touch’ was produced by Youth (Paul McCartney, Primal Scream and The Verve) and was recorded at Britannia Row in London, on the desk that New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ was recorded on. Featuring eleven tracks, the album must surely rank as their boldest to date radically broadening, in places, their aesthetic remit. It is, says Burgess, “a soulful voyage”, a journey through moods uplifting and profound, dark and delirious, ultimately concluding in blissful optimism. Its sound is inspired by many heroes, yet always sounds like no-one other than The Charlatans themselves.

Opener, ‘Love Is Ending’, is the first single to be taken from the album, released on July 30th. ‘Oh!’ is a beautiful song of reconciliation, as complex as its shifting time signatures (one section is in 3/4 waltz time), and then ‘You Can Swim’, an exquisite ooze of ambience, reminiscent of ‘Another Green World’-era Eno, with whose creative ideas the album began. Lurking at the end of the album is hidden track ‘I Sing The Body Eclectic’ featuring Crass’s Penny Rimbauld on vocals. Gee Vaucher who did the iconic artwork for all of Crass’s releases, also provides ‘Who We Touch’ with it’s eerie collaged cover image.

The full tracklisting is;
‘Love Is Ending’, ‘My foolish Pride’, ‘Your Pure Soul’, ‘Smash The System’, ‘Intimacy’, ‘Sincerity’, ‘Trust In Desire’, ‘When I Wonder’, ‘Oh!’, ‘You Can Swim’

EXTERNAL LINKS:
www.cookingvinyl.com / www.thecharlatans.net / www.myspace.com/thecharlatans

PRESS/RADIO please CONTACT:
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Linda Coogan Byrne
PR & Label management
Good Seed PR & Marketing
E: linda@goodseedpr.com
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Office: 01 6813496 *note new number*
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“YOU MAKE THE MUSIC, WE SPREAD THE WORD”

-ARTISTS-
GROOVE ARMADA/ SUZANNE VEGA/ UNDERWORLD/  JOHN, SHELLY AND THE CREATURES/ SANDI THOM/
DREADZONE/  TOM MCRAE/ THE PRODIGY/  BLACK FRANCIS/  NELL BRYDEN/  NIGEL CONNELL/ GAVIN GLASS/
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE/ CAROSEL/ DELAYS/ KAKI KING/ TURIN BRAKES/ AUDIO BULLYS/ MUGGER DAVE/
ELEANOR MCEVOY/ UNKLE/ JACKIE LEVEN/ THOMAS WHITE/ DROPKICK MURPHYS/ THE FRANK AND WALTERS/
RELIEF/ JESTER/ ED HARCOURT/ BRENDAN PERRY/ I AM NOT LEFTHANDED/ OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL/ DAVID FORD/
DAPPLED CITIES/ THE CHARLATANS

AMAZING ACTS AT The very great SEA SESSIONS: heres the GSPR festival highlights on offer!

THE FRANK AND WALTERS- set to play at about 8pm on Saturday night! plus live Iv earlier that day with KC on TODAY FM!

Link: www.myspace.com/thefrankandwalters

The Frank and Walters are one of the most recognizable alternative rock bands hailing from Cork, Ireland in the past 2 decades. The band: Paul Linehan (Lead vocal & bass), Ashley Keating- (Drums) & Kevin Pedreschi (lead Guitar) took the band name in honour of two eccentric Cork characters. Two decades on from the release of their very first record, and the Franks continue to defy expectations. With Indie hits such as ‘Fashion Crisis Hits New York’ & ‘After All’(which reached the top twenty in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #11. The group also appeared on Top of the Pops in support of the single; it went as high as #5 in the Irish charts). Their music today is as relevant as any of the new pretenders on the block and only a handful of bands anywhere in the world can lay claim to such longevity of popularity. Each year, the Frank and Walters perform sell out venues across the UK, Europe, and the US and their records, both new and classic, continue to sell across the world.

Tipperary based, Jester perform TONIGHT on the mainstage at 7pm!!!!

- Play rock with style confidence and a punky attitude” - Hot Press

“Infectious Irish pop outfit ‘JESTER’, create melodious, ambient and powerful pop-rock tunes.” - Golden Plec

“They are re-inventing that gritty-yet-danceable rock and soul sound for 2010″ – GEEKUS

The Riptide movement (also known as TRM) are a four piece rock band who formed in 2006, all hailing from the Capital. With three successive Official Irish Charting singles (taken from their debut “What about the tip jar”) along with over 14,000 units sold to fans the Nation over, they are now ready to rock the Sea Sessions: catch then also live on air with KC on Today FM at 3pm. live form the festival!!!

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ELEANOR MCEVOY: the globally acclaimed Irish Chanteuse is putting the finishing touches on her new full length studio album which will see the light of day near the end of the Summer months.

All we can say for now, is that it is sounding truly spectacular. McEvoy is back in top form.

The album is yet to be titled.

More news and updates very soon.

in the meantime follow Eleanor: http://twitter.com/eleanormcevoy

Exclusive performances and interviews will be streaming live from the MUZU Studio on July 2nd,  featuring Jedward & John, Shelly & the Creatures, with the addition of a live audience. The broadcast, kicking off at 2pm, is promising to be a spectacular affair altogether.

Music website MUZU.TV have been live streaming performances from both international and home grown talent since 2008.

You either love them or hate them, laugh with or at them, but Ireland’s most famous celebrity twins John and Edward will be chatting about the forthcoming album “Planet Jedward”, their plans for the future and answering fan questions submitted via their MUZU.TV channel. Belfast’s finest, John Shelly & The Creatures will also be performing, with tracks to include the hit single “Long May You Reign”-  which was run nationally in the advertising campaign for the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

Check out this link to see how you can win a special guest place in the audience on July 2nd:

ENTER COMPETITION

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EXTERNAL LINKS:

JOHN SHELLY & THE CREATURES

JEDWARD

The real Sandi Thom has stepped forward, and surely no one has ever been quite so happy to get the blues.

SANDI THOM – ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE

Single: ‘Gold Dust (Smoking Gun Remix)’

Released July 16th on Guardian Angels Records

Mojo - **** the oomph of Joan Osborne

Maverick- ***** Perfect In Every Way

News of The World **** the miracle reinvention from pop diva to gritty blues rocker’

Sunday Mail **** One of the most surprising albums of the year

Fresh from a critically acclaimed spring tour, Sandi Thom announces the second single ‘Gold Dust’, taken from her 3rd studio album ‘Merchants & Thieves’.

‘Released as a download only single on July 16th, it’s a double A-side featuring a reworking of “Gold Dust” entitled “Gold Dust (Smoking Gun Remix)” plus a Sandi and Joe Bonamassa’s cover of the blues classic “I Need Your Love So Bad”.

Written by Sandi and Jake Field, ‘Gold Dust’ is inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Black Magic Woman and tells the story of love and regret. Filled with beautifully seductive yet poetically sad lyrics, Sandi bills this song as the most evocative on the album and it’s not hard to see why.

The original of ‘Gold Dust’ is from the album “Merchants & Thieves”, which was released in May and reached No.1 in the UK iTunes Blues Chart and the top 5 of the same chart in the U.S. The album showcases a new sound from Sandi Thom, bringing to light her passion for blues and country folk. The album brilliantly reflects her influences in these genres as well as retaining her innate feeling for a powerful melody and a trenchant lyric. Sandi also debut’s her lead guitar skills throughout the album and even had the privilege of Farida Guitars producing a signature model acoustic guitar for her. Their SF-55 CE is now known as the Farida Sandi Thom. What an honor!

‘Merchants & Thieves’ also boasts collaboration with the blues legend Joe Bonamassa on ‘This Ol World’, which was the 1st single to be released from the album. There really is no better endorsement than his presence on the album, which Sandi called a “watershed moment” and is as lithe and lively a piece of contemporary blues as you’ll hear all year.

EXTERNAL LINK: WWW.SANDITHOM.COM