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This years South by Southwest Festival begins on March 17th in Austin Texas. The festival will see over 1,400 acts play 80 venues over 4 days and as ever there will be Irish representatives among them.
The Irish showcase night is fittingly on March 17th featuring Autumn Owls, The Coronas, Dark Room Notes, Villagers, And So [...]

Goldenplec present ‘I bet you think this song is about you’, were we will try to get from A to Z using songs with Girls names in the title.
I is for Iris. Iris turned out to be a godsend as after Irene and Izabelle I was all out of I’s. Nobody can honestly say that [...]

Goldenplec present ‘I bet you think this song is about you’, were we will try to get from A to Z using songs with Girls names in the title.
F was a tough one, Thankfully ZZ Top knew a girl called Francene! No live video so you’re going to have to take my word for it!

Goldenplec present ‘I bet you think this song is about you’, were we will try to get from A to Z using songs with Girls names in the title.
Next up is C, and we’ve gone for Candy by Ash, we could have had Carol, Caroline and even Cecillia (you’re breaking my heart). D is next, [...]

Goldenplec present ‘I bet you think this song is about you’, a new feature were we will try to get from A to Z using songs with Girls names in the title.
Kicking us off is Elvis Costello with the Cracking “Alison”, we could had Alice, Angie or Anna!  Post ideas for B in the comments [...]

There are a hell of alot of lists floating about the moment about what are the best albums of the last decade. We at GP discussed the possibility doing one, but where to start? Base it on album sales, technical merit or what it did for the genre? To truly know what is the best [...]

Hi folks, we here at GP have one eye on next years musical adventures and have been speculating wildly on festival line-ups and tour dates, so we thought we would put together a little preview package for the next year.
Gigs
A quick look at the confirmed gigs for next year, we already have the makings of [...]

Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
For those of you who already disagree with the above title…. It’s my opinion and I don’t care! (Stomps feet)
How fitting it is for this album to be given such an accolade (by me) so soon after they surpassed all expectation with an electrifying performance at Dublin’s O2. For [...]

Rarely has a debut EP such an immediate effect as to warrant a review, but every so often a band comes along that intend on building the foundations of their following through said medium and have the masses awaiting the debut album upon its eventual release.
With Bands like Iggy and The Stooges getting a much [...]

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If you follow the GP twitter feed you’ll know we were doing our best to cover this years Hard Working Class Heros Festival last weekend, a herculean effort seeing as we were faced with 100 acts over 6 venues, but being the little troopers we are, we battled on regardless and [...]