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Competition: Tickets to Gardiner St Gospel Choir in concert

  By Anto | May 22, 2013 - 9:31 pm | Events, Featured Post, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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GSGC - Lift Your Voice

Peter posted about Gardiner St Gospel Choir’s upcoming gig in the O’Reilly Theatre and they’ve been in touch to offer us a pair of tickets to Friday’s gig (8pm, €15 with tickets here). As you know, the choir are launching their album Raise Your Voice, and raising much needed funds for Headway and Temple Street Children’s Hospital. They’ve also got some fantastic raffle prizes including; tickets to Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Delorentos, Robbie Williams, a digital camera, dinner vouchers, craft goods and lots more. So, how do you win tickets? All you need to do is send us an email to competitions[at]culch.ie with the name of one of the album tracks (you’ll find them here) and make sure to include your name. We’ll choose a random winner tomorrow (23rd May) at 7pm. Best of luck!

Gardiner Street Gospel Choir @ The O’Reilly Theatre, Dublin 1

  By Peter | May 13, 2013 - 11:40 am | Featured Post, Gigs
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The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir 2013

May 10th 2013, The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir launched their 2nd album Lift Your Voice. Word on the grapevine is it’s an absolute corker, but fair being fair, I’ll review that just as soon as I give it a full and proper listen to.  In the meantime, Friday May 24th sees them officially launch album no. 2 as they play The O’Reilly Theatre Dublin 1. Tickets for the gig are priced just €15 and a fine evenings entertainment mildly resting to one side, the bi-product of a cracking night out is that proceeds raised will be split between two fantabulous charities namely Headway and Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Can’t catch ‘em May 24th ? Not to fret, as the choir will be opening The Soul Picnic at The Dublin City Soul Festival on the May 26th @ 12pm. Never heard The GSGC before and maybe wondering if they are any … There’s more →

The Harleys @ The Slaughtered Lamb

  By Peter | May 5, 2013 - 6:46 pm | Featured Post, Gigs
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The Harleys

Without question, The Harleys have to be one of the finest outfits I have ever seen. And it was last night just pure adrenalin spine tingling old school hard rock that you just cannot help but wanna drink a bottle of Jack Daniels to and throw a telly out of some random hotel window. Or something like that…. that I loved every second of. listen to ‘The Harley’s @ The Slaughtered Lamb’ on Audioboo Even the brutal bit of audio I recorded makes me wanna close my eyes and bounce some imaginary random object off a wall; and in that context it sounds genius; though its only brutal by the default fact that the place was jammers as grown men and women rolled the clock back and literally let it all out of their system. I saw them play The Slaughtered Lamb in Swords who, credit where it is due … There’s more →

Competition: NYE Dublin – This is what you should be doing

  By Darren Byrne | December 11, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Featured Post, Festivals, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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NYE Dublin Festival 2011 concert

I am mad about New Year (far more than Christmas itself). I buy into the symbolism of it – out with the old and in with the new. So, I love to mark each one differently. This year, now that I’ve returned to city centre living, I’m embracing the New Year in Dublin. NYE Dublin, Dublin’s New Year’s Festival, marks the start of The Gathering Ireland 2013! To celebrate, we’re offering 5 pairs of tickets to the NYE Dublin Countdown Concert, featuring the delicious Imelda May and the brilliant Bell X1. Dublin’s New Year Festival is even bigger this year and now that I’m living in city centre, there will be no better place than Dublin’s city centre streets to celebrate the arrival of 2013. Even Lonely Planet has named Dublin as one of the Top 5 places in the world to spend New Year, so you don’t want to … There’s more →

Competition Closed: Jack L and The 27 Club

  By Darren Byrne | November 28, 2012 - 12:53 pm | Competitions, Featured Post, Gigs, Music, Site News
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*** Congratualtions to Laura Carroll *** *** who has won a pair of tickets to tonight’s show *** I‘ve said it many times before and I’m sure I’ll repeat it again and again – Jack L is incredible. He is my favourite Irish singer and I could listen to him forever. In his latest show, The 27 Club, the work of iconic artists such as Janis Joplin, The Doors, Robert Johnson, The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Echo & The Bunnymen, Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana are interpreted. Few musicians set out to become legends, even fewer succeed. Yet by any standard musicians like Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain are legendary. Each left behind a lasting musical legacy, with songs that freeze forever a moment in time, speak for a generation, or simply give voice to the grief and grace of the human heart. In so many ways … There’s more →

Events: Arthur’s Day 2012

  By Anto | September 12, 2012 - 8:46 pm | Featured Post, Gigs, The Culch
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Wow, that was a quick 12 months. Arthur’s Day (27th September), Guinness’ celebration for their founding father, is back and has a changed format for 2012. Firstly, there’s no tickets to buy this year and gigs will take place in 500 pubs across the 32 counties. Big acts like Example, Tinie Tempah, Mumford and Sons, Primal Scream, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Ellie Goulding, Mika, Professor Green, Fatboy Slim, Texas and Amy Macdonald will join home grown talent and they could play in your local. How? Simply vote for your local on the Facebook app. To date, over 55,000 people have but voting closes on the 16th September so get your skates on. The winning pubs will remain a secret to the public until the night itself so you never know who might walk through the door. The Arthur Guinness Fund supports social entrepreneurs in Ireland (like Decisions for Heroes) and around … There’s more →

Blockbusters: From Avatar to X-Men at the NCH

  By Anto | July 14, 2012 - 4:17 pm | Gigs, Music
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I’ve been in the National Concert Hall more in the past twelve months than I have in the past twelve years. I don’t know why I haven’t gone more but I’ve had particular occasion of late due to some excellent programming. In February, myself and Darren saw the RTE Concert Orchestra put on an evening of Danny Elfman’s music as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. The Batman theme and Mars Attacks! were particular highlights. The use of a theremin really makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. We were back in May to catch Close Encounters: A John Williams Celebration featuring tracks from: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Superman and lots more. Williams is an absolute legend of modern cinema scores and hearing his music performed live was fantastic. That brings us to the Concert Orchestra’s next show on the 28th July: Blockbusters: … There’s more →

Competition Closed: The amazing Dionne Warwick in Vicar Street this Thursday night

  By Darren Byrne | May 23, 2012 - 1:49 pm | Competitions, Gigs, Music, Site News
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*** Competition Closed *** *** Winners: Caroline Kelly, Lisa Byrne and Stephen Lynch *** Say A Little Prayer, Walk On By, A House Is Not A Home, Deja Vu, Is This The Way To San Jose, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again…the woman is an absolute legend. I can’t wait to see her. Why don’t you join me? Culch.ie is giving away three pairs of tickets to see Dionne Warwick in Vicar Street tomorrow, Thursday 24th May. The five-time Grammy Award winning music legend is a cornerstone of American pop music and culture. Warwick’s career, which currently celebrates 50 years, has established her as an international music icon. She has earned more than sixty charted hit songs and sold over 100 million records across the world. The show will be a wonderful celebration of the music and life of a pop legend, a musical icon. Tickets for this concert are … There’s more →

Festival: Spirit of Folk launch 2012

  By Anto | April 12, 2012 - 9:50 pm | Events, Festivals, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Myself and Peter popped along to the Spirit of Folk festival launch last week in Whelans. We were treated to a brilliants night of entertainment with TRAZ, Bunoscionn, The Young Folk and The Hot Sprockets. We had a chat to Martin & Natasha Duffy who are behind the festival on what they have in store for 2012: listen to ‘The @spirit_of_folk 2012 Launch #sof12’ on Audioboo Tickets are on sale now with day tickets for €35 and a weekend one for €65/family €120. You can find them at spiritoffolk.com, on Facebook here and Twitter at: @spirit_of_folk

Gig News: Benjamin Francis Leftwich to play Whelan’s in November

  By Lisa McInerney | March 22, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Gigs, Music, Music Videos
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A bit of good news for those of you that love shimmery folk-pop that captures fleeting moments and spins ‘em up for posterity. English singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich takes to the stage in Whelan’s this coming November 3rd. Tickets are €15 each and are on sale now from Ticketmaster. Benjamin, whose acoustic sound and delicate vocals have earned him comparisons with Jose Gonzalez and Iron and Wine, released his debut album Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm last summer. Lead single Pictures secured the coveted “Hottest Sound” nod from Zane Lowe, but Shine here is just as nice. Benjamin’s nice too. ”I’d prefer it if we could give everything away for free,” he said, in an interview last year. “I want people to hear my music.” Sensitive, talented and a bona-fide indie kid? We could just eat him up.

Gig News: Rizzle Kicks to play The Olympia November 6th…

  By Lisa McInerney | March 20, 2012 - 9:00 am | Gigs, Music, Music Videos
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… because November is a drab, dark month and there’ll be no better fellas to chase away your post-summer blues. Rizzle Kicks are Jordan and Harley, they’re nineteen, and they once made a music video with Ed Sheeran in their back garden. Their debut album Stereo Typical, a collection of cheeky ditties wrapped in bouncy, hip-pop goodness, peaked at number 5 in the UK charts last winter, due in no small part to the immense likeability of this pair of groovy scoundrels. Oh, look at ‘em. Aren’t they funny? That’s Mama Do The Hump, which has Fatboy Slim written all over it, mostly because he produced it. Tickets are from €26.40 from Ticketmaster, and are on sale now.

Event: Paddy’s Weekend At The Workman’s Club

  By Lisa McInerney | March 16, 2012 - 9:00 am | Events, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Hey there, paradoxically Dublin-based Culchies. Plans for this Paddy’s Weekend? The Workman’s Club have a right patriotic line-up for you for this Saint Patrick’s Day, right up to the bank hangover holiday dancing delightfully in its wake. Shenanigans abound from 4pm on St. Patrick’s Day, with the Somewhere indie crew churning it up in the First Floor Bar, free admission for a 9 hour marathon of daycent tunes. From 8pm The Venue will play host to trad seisiún masters The Bonny Men. Tickets are €10 on the door. Don’t wear heels, because the feet’ll be worn off yeh from the stomping. Festivities crank up again at 5pm on Sunday (that’s plenty of time for a lie-in, in fairness), with a battle between the Workman’s indie residents and Mass resident DJ Sister Lisa Marie. Music-based, mind. This ain’t no cock fight. The Folie a Deux DJs are on hand afterwards, promising … There’s more →

Gig News: Emeli Sandé to play Dublin this August

  By Lisa McInerney | March 15, 2012 - 12:00 pm | Gigs, Music
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Fans of soulful Scots rejoice! Lady of the moment Emeli Sandé will play the Olympia Theatre on Wednesday, the 15th of August, which, Culch promises you, will still be Emeli Sandé’s moment. Emeli’s self-penned debut album, Our Version of Events, and her single, Next To Me, are both currently at Number 2 in the Irish charts. She’s just won the Brits Critic’s Choice Award, and has recently supported Coldplay on their European tour. She also studied medicine for four years, which automatically makes her better than you (unless you studied medicine for more than four years, in which case we’re sorry we said anything, please carry on.) Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am through Ticketmaster outlets. Get ‘em coz they’re hot.

Competition Closed: Join us for Spring Break

  By Darren Byrne | March 14, 2012 - 6:57 pm | Competitions, Gigs, Music, Site News
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We’re huge fans of the 80s supergroup Spring Break at Culch.ie. Playing the biggest American 80s hits even better than the originals, every single time we’ve been to see them has been an amazing night. Yes, that is me getting into the action (thanks to @cloudsteph for the awesome hair). That’s one of the most fun things about a Spring Break gig. Everyone embraces the cheese and leaves their irony and cynicism at home. Dressed up with big hair, colourful clothes, state trooper sunglasses and as more hair product than John Travolta’s career has ever seen, the loyal crowd loves this band.   And then there’s the music. Spring Break is a seven-piece band that never fails to set the night alight. Their diverse line up of live drums, bass, guitar, two keyboards and five different lead singers provide these multi-instrumentalists the scope to move through all the hits of … There’s more →

Music News: Chris Cornell announces June date @ The Olympia

  By Sinead Keogh | March 13, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Gigs, Music
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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave fame is taking his solo show, ‘Songbook’, on its European leg over the next few months including a Dublin date on June 13th at the Olympia Theatre. Known for his amazing vocal range, Cornell’s ‘Songbook’ offering showcases music from across his career… Soundgarden to Audioslave to Temple of the Dog… in an unplugged, up close and personal style. It’s been getting rave reviews across the water. We can’t wait for this one. Tickets are on sale tomorrow morning at 9am, starting from €39.05.