Eiresol Style – Irish Graffiti Art

On January 15th 2009 Road Records of Fade Street in Dublin City announced that it would soon be closing its doors for the final time. Over the last 11 years Road Records has been a passionate torch-bearer for the spirit of independent music in Ireland. In Dave, Julie & Dylan you had some of the friendliest, most knowledgeable and helpful folk you could ever hope to introduce you to new music and the imminent loss of Road Records will be felt acutely by musicians and punters alike. To celebrate the legacy of Road Records and to help towards the debts incurred by Dave & Julie in keeping the shop open during hard times there will be in Andrew’s Lane on March 14th a wonderful array of live music from some the brightest lights in independent Irish music. This is a clarion call for supporters of independent music to show solidarity with one of it’s great Irish institutions and to collectively ensure that those independent retailers that still remain get the support they badly need to survive and to show that personality, variety & soul so perfectly embodied by Road are not outmoded retail concepts.

Interviewed by State magazine during his recent trip here.

Unless you’re an asshole you have to watch this Soulwax documentary.

Irelands answer to some equally shit English band. Remixed

Mantua takes place at Ballingare, Co. Roscommon from the 1st to the 3rd of August 2008.
Tickets on sale from €80 until July, then €100 from July 1st. Available from tickets.ie and the likes.

Line-up as of May 1st 2008…

Main Stage

Múm / Gravenhurst / Daedelus / Build An Ark / Poets Of Rhythm
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club / BLK JKS + Much More TBC

Alphabet Set Stage

Clark (Warp, UK) / Taskforce (MFTC, UK) / Shackleton(skull disco, de)
Clouds (live) (nopa, 2nd drop, FL) / Cotti(soul jazz, bassface, UK )
ItalTek(planet mu, uk) / Datasette (AI, UK) / Super Extra Bonus Party
Colz&Grizzle / Sunken Foal (planet mu) / Filaria (bugklinik, acroplane)/ Solen
Sarsparilla / The Wax Ensemble (be) / Infomatics / Ed Devane / Fringe / cignol
Prince Kong fet Jah Balance / Nouveau Noise / Fran Hartnett / Bluefood
16hz&Joanny Oakley / Vince McMahon / Worries Outernational / P77 + More TBC

Rootical Reggae

Festus Coxsone / Levi Roots / Rod Taylor / Tena Stelin / Word Sound & Power
Jimmy Ranks / Conscious sounds / Culture Freeman / Vibronics / Madu Messenger
Jah Marnyah / Universal Rockers / Firehouse Skank / Revelation

Dionysus Stage

Blood or whiskey / Killnaboy / The Dubtones / The Blame / Roosky
Estel / Droppin Bombs / The Offenders / Bats / DEAD PLANTS / El Bastardo
Green Monitor / Hightown Crows / Ilya K / Jinx Lennon / Jung turks
Leonard And Bubbas Delicous Goo-Goo Cluster / Los Langeros / Spank
Rarely Seen Above Ground / Spellbound / Ten Past Seven / Terrordactyl

The Lowend

Friday with REACH: Barry Delta / Ricky Force / Safetyboy / Ernie
Stacks / Code / Source / Jet Li / Bonz / Synergy
Impact Djs / Beckett / Shopen / Gallifari

SATURDAY with WOBBLE: Naphta / Don Rosco / 2-Bit / Major Grave
Redmonk / Nez / Miles Iwes / A-Force
Radikal guru / Noid the Droid / Get Low
Roots Factory Crew

SUNDAY with !KABOOGIE: Sixfoot Apprentice / The Nihilist / Thatboytim / Nedule
Rodney / The Geek / PCP / Dj Class A / Oshroom+Nippoman
Kalpol / Subone / Deeboh / Rickie K! / Halfdutch / Baz
Fukrewindz / Alienhand / Pastamasta / Ste Noor / Assquake Djs

And of course a whole load of visual artistés, food of questionable origin and crusty bongo types.

STALL IT!

Big up DJ Mek who sent us this…

I edited some footage from ’stations of the elevated’ and flung some music under it. (’planet e’ by worlds famous supreme team ‘86)

Incidentally, you can download Stations of the Elevated on the ever-fresh ever-new GraffTorrents blog. And of course Mek’s YouTube page is worth a visit for all sorts of goodness.