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Review: Electric Six at The Academy
Electric Six @ The Academy, Saturday the 4th December 2010 Photos by Kieran Frost I stood at the train station for forty minutes, completely unaware that the trains from this stop were cancelled due to the snow. When I saw everyone leave, like a sheep I followed, only to rush to the local spar to [...]
Goldenplec’s Top Five Songs about Snow!
Hey folks, I know the snow has caused nothing but chaos for the live music scene around the country but on the plus side it has given everyone the chance to get around to listening to that album you’ve been meaning to, be it while you are snowed in or on that 3 hour commute to and [...]
Interview: The Magic Numbers
In light of their upcoming Irish tour, The Magic Numbers front man Romeo took some time out to talk to GoldenPlec. The Magic Numbers Irish tour will see them visit the INEC(Killarney) on Thursday 2nd Dec, The Pavillion(Cork) on Friday 3rd Dec, The Roisin Dubh(Galway) on Saturday 4th Dec, Whelans(Dublin) on Sunday 5th Dec and [...]
Review: Jeff Wayne’s War of The Worlds
Jeff Wayne’s musical version of War of The Worlds Live on Stage @ The O2 Monday 29th November Everyone has their guilty pleasures, a song or album known and loved since the age of 12. But those pleasures do not always stand the test of time, and if someone were to respond to this claiming [...]
Review: Goldfrapp at the Olympia
Goldfrapp at the Olympia 26th November 2010 Review: Ros Madigan Photo: Alessio Michelini It was a cold Friday evening as I made my way into town, eagerly anticipating both my visit to The Olympia and also my opportunity to see Goldfrapp. I hadn’t been to The Olympia in quite some time now and uncharacteristically was [...]
Review: Blitzen Trapper at The Workmans Club
Review: Blitzen Trapper @ The Workman’s Club – 22/11/10 Review: Ros Madigan Photo: Sean Smyth The minute The Workman’s Club opened earlier this year, I was waiting for a gig that I could attend to experience this new Irish venue. Luckily I didn’t have to wait very long until they announced Blitzen Trapper on the [...]
Dublin Clubbing Guide: Octopussy presents SAVE THE RAVE
Octopussy presents SAVE THE RAVE @ The Academy, Thursday 4th November Okay, okay. I can completely admit my hypocrisy last week. I built up everyone’s expectations for a quality night of electro madness, only to be ultimately disappointed myself. If anything this merely shows that we at Goldenplec are in fact still human, but we [...]
Review: Digitalism at The Academy
This year’s Halloween has been particularly frustrating for me, not just caused by the general annoyance that is the holiday falling on a Sunday. But for me it was even worse; my day job requires my attendance at 8am on Sunday mornings, so Saturday is off-limits too. This left Friday as my only viable Halloween party [...]
Dublin Clubbing Guide: Digitalism
Digitalism @ The Academy, Friday 29th October This weekend is All Hallows Eve, and due to the real date being on a poxy Sunday, most of you will plan to hit the decadent Dublin dance-floors on Friday or Saturday, all decked out in the latest ghoulish garments. While most promotions are offering the simple Fancy [...]
Review: Joe Satriani at Vicar St.
Review: Joe Satriani, 16th October 2010, Vicar Street, Dublin. It had not been long since the last time I wandered the streets on the way to the lovely surroundings of Vicar Street. I had never had a problem getting there 5 years ago on my first outing, nor the second, nor the third etc etc. [...]
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