WELCOME TO... FOR 2010

 Make sure you check our news section below!!

STEPHEN BACON

PLAYTONE

THE MAJORITY

LIFEHOUSE

BRITTANY SHANE

JOSHUA JAMES

COUNTING CROWS

CYCLEFLY//MAKO

BLACK DAISY

CAROL DECKER/TPAU

LAURA WARICK

STEVE COONEY //LIAM O'MOANLAI

TARA COMPILATION 

OZRIC TENTACLES.

 AMY MACDONALD.

AMY MAY.

CHRIS WICKLAND and

  Metamorphic.

 SINEAD O'CONNOR.

 HORSLIPS and

  CHARLES O'CONNOR.

THE FRAMES with Glen

  Hansard and Marketa Irglova's SWELL SEASON.

BILL COLEMAN

CATHY DAVEY

KILL CITY DEFECTORS

THE FLAWS

GARY DUNNE

HOPE IS NOISE

ARMOURED BEAR

BILLY THORPE AND THE AZTECS

  JO AND THE FLOOD

aka...Jo Greenwood and....

GED FLOOD

  ROBYN

  ALAN O'ROURKE

DEAF ANIMAL ORCHESTRA

 THE SILVERSUN PICKUPS

PRIMROSE

  LERNER

  KOPEK

  CHARLIE DON'T SURF

  STUBB RUS TURNER'S ULTRADIMENSION

 DEE

  DELSON DRIVE

  THE DRAYMIN

  THE ALMOST

AMIR BADAMCHI and Mirage Town

  THE GENIE

  IGOR FALEK

CHEQUERBOARD

PHOENIX WILLIAMS

METISSE/SKULLY

AUTAMATA

PART TIME HEROES

THE CASSINI DIVIDE

 JOHN KEENAN

JULIE FOWLIS

LISA HANNIGAN

AORTAL

ESTEL

THE UPGRADES

PAT MCMANUS/ HIGH VOLTAGE

LITTLE NIGHTMARE

GORBACHOV

THE BEAUTIFULL BODIES

YEAR ZERO/STUNTMAN MIKE

QUIET PILOT/JEZERY/ELK

CHANNEL ONE

JILTED

MOSES MALONE

MEGASOUL CONNECTOR

KILL THE DRAMA

 dRIVE

NEEV

THE ANSWER

WOKAJO

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

HAM SANDWICH

THE FORES

DICKEN , BURNT OAK AND THE ORIGINAL MR BIG

THE SCENERY

GARY O'BRIEN

MIRACLE BELL

SWELL SEASON HIP HOP

LiR LIVE

ODi

LE GALLAXIE

GOLDFISH SYNDROME

AND SO I WATCH YOU

  FROM AFAR....

O EMPORER

THE JUNIOR PANTHERZ

VIOLENT KIN

ANN SCOTT

SUBPLOTS

PANDA KOPANDA

IDENTITY PARADE

COWBOY X

TOY SOLDIER/ CIAN

JORDAN COOK

WIDE MOUTH MASON

IN-FLIGHT SAFETY

EMM GRYNER

DANIEL VICTOR aka

THE NEVERENDING WHITE LIGHTS

VIVID SKY

SAINT MOTEL

THE TRANSFER

TIGERS CAN BITE YOU

SHOALIN TEMPLE OF BOOM

THE OOH LA LA BAND

ZALINSKI

ALL THE DAMN KIDS

STARSMITH

ELLIE GOULDING

I CONFESS

CHRIS PREDDY

THE AMBIENCE AFFAIR

SERPENTI

ULTRAVIOLET

SIMPHIWE DANA

ANDRA

JOE ECHO

CODES

THE DIRTY EPICS

THE DIRTY NINES

MACKINTOSH BRAUN

ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS

MEG & REBEL HEART

ATOMIC BLONDE

FLIGHT TO ATHENA

ALEXISONFIRE and

CITY AND COLOUR

THE COMPOUND

STONE RIVER

EPYLLION

NEON TIGERS/ THE DEADLIES

PLANET PARADE

ASHA

THE LITTLE GREEN CARS

BOWLEGGED

Well as February 4th was such a Black Day for Irish music fans due to the constant crashing of the meteor awards site (and none of our favourites getting through)...Here's Scotlands top rock band Stuntman Mike's ode to the Meteors...and other 'aliens!' (with a nugde, nudge, wink, wink to Horslips fans out there!)

Beautiful new songs up by Amy May on 'The Tale Of Two Amy's' page..

 

  And... by buying any of the featured products directly from any of the links on our site you will also be helping us to fund, support and nurture new artistic talent worldwide.

...For Debuts and new albums from PANDA KOPANDA and SUBPLOTS.. IDENTITY PARADE, TOY SOLDIER/CIAN and the special dance rock of COWBOY X , and for the amazing ANNE SCOTT check this little star...

 Or..More amazing debut albums for 2009 all due for imminent release by ODi, LE GALAXIE, AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR , O EMPORER and GOLDFISH SYNDROME !...

 Or how about the secret heroes of the music? - sound engineers and producers mixing the best in the world such as the UK's STUART EPPS or Canada's DAVE THOMPSON ...

Plus Trouble With A Capitol T for members of 10CC,REPUBLIC OF LOOSE, KILLA, THE BLIZZARDS and Irelands ORIGINAL ROCK CORNERSTONE...

For even more 'Trouble' and 'Dearg Dooms' with an Irish makeover by the musical arm of METTISSE aka Cork's SKULLY and the new all year round Fudge Factory Mix... Or the up and coming QUIET PILOT from among the new generation of Corks new music masters...

Or even ...A Rock Cornerstone of Eighties hard rock, light rock and Metal..? Still creating great new music after over 35 years of tearing through frett boards.... and discover Englands new masters of rock THE FORES , ZALINSKI AND VIVID SKY... Or the next generation of electro pop dance rock and world class acoustic from ALL THE DARN KIDS, STARSMITH, ELLIE GOULDING, I CONFESS, CHRIS PREDDY (Plus a little on FRANKMUSIK and BURY TOMORROW too)...

 

  NEWS AND URGENT UPDATES...

04/02/10 PANTS!!

  After a week of constantly crashing Meteor Award sites and countless voters being told to buiy a phone instead -when all they wanted to do was vote for their (and our) favourite bands the final ten were eventualy announced and none of our top five were among the names...PANTS!!!

 At least with Eamon Carr on the list of judges for 2010 we know that the top five finally picked for the final public vote will have had the benefit of 'musical taste and expertise' included into the Round two nominations. Good luck to you all and may the most gifted band walk off with the prize.

  We would add another link but we cant afford to buy any more phones! ...so follow the links below to find out who made it through!

27/1/09 ONE DAY LEFT IN THE PUBLIC VOTE FOR THE IRISH METEORS...

  WITH 5 FROM THERYANORIAIN22 COMPETING FOR THE MOST PROMISING NEW ACT AWARD.(Saying things like "Told ya so!" seems very apt at the moment!) ASHA,ARMOURED BEAR AND JOE ECHO COMPETE FOR THE SOLO MOST PROMISING AWARDS WHILE WALTER MITTY AND THE REALISTS AND COWBOY X ARE UP ON THE MOST PROMISING BAND LIST.

To vote before tomorrows deadline try these for our favourites...all of whom deserve the topmost awards in their own right

 For ASHA  vote here

For Joe Echo vote here

For Armoured Bear vote here

For Cowboy X vote here

 For Walter Mitty And The Realists vote here

 

24/1/10 FOR SALE, ONE PARTIALY USED ACOUSTIC FOLK ROCK STAR... GENUINE REASON FOR SALE FOR HAITI...

  To raise some still vitally needed help for the long term charities actively working on the ground for the long term in Haiti, The Swell Season are selling Glen Hansard and Mark Geary on Ebay this week. The only catches are that A) You must live within a two hour driving distance of Dublin, Ireland.

  B) If you dont you must know a man that does and will let you use his house, barn hotel etc and that you can get there yourself

  C) You must be able to afford your winning bid

  and D) You have to give them back after the show!

  THERE ARE ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR BIDS IN HERE...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130360385800

  SO GET TO IT!!

17/1/10 THE RYAN ORIAIN22 ON MYSPACE HITS THE TOP TEN OF THE UK INDIE OVERALL CHART ...

  After a week of hovering around at number 20, on Saturday we suddenly discovered our Mypace page at number 10 in the chart (we'd dropped from 17 to number 38 on Friday) and today (Sunday) found us rising to number 8 in the MySpace list of top Indie playlists and pages. Unfortunately this has caused our editor a slight dilema as our MySpace blog explains below...(weve addd links to our band write-ups below with more of the worlds best throughout -with the occaisional sneek preview on our MySpace page in the link above)....

  "The problem with finding yourself in the top ten of any major Indie chart is that it sets off a bit of a dilema...unlike other musical 'jazrags' we're genuinely 100% behind every single band,artist,songwriter, director and producer we feature on all the pages of theryanoriain22.com and we genuinely believe that they are all the very best bands in the entire world. But...our MySpace playlist onlyhas enough room for ten tracks! So that means that right now only ten of our bands can actively boast of being in the top ten of the MySpace UK Indie overall chart (-everyone an the page is part of the top ten -and their videos are obviously a major reason behind anyone returing to our MySpace page too-but apparently its the playlist itself that governs the chart).

  But we want all our friends in the top ten...so that means we have to take tracks down

Aaaaaaarg!! See our dilema? every track we ever add is far too good to ever take down and every time we do it it feels like someones sawing a leg off without using any anesthetic..and which ever track we add we know we'll end up feeling exactly the same way once we take that one down ! But needs must, and while were enjoying a feint ray in the limelight were determined to share our apparent page success with as many of our world class bands as we can and every day we'll be sawing our legs off and screwing another pair on untill all our bands can boast to their sceptical friends 'we're in the top ten of the UK Indie Overall MySpace chart!' So if you're a fan of real music please keep playing our playlist until the whole world knows where to find the best independant bands on the planet (and all their MySpace urls are in the photos on the playlist...just hover over the picture with your mouse so you can copy and paste their urls into your browsers or find them in our top friends too). We'll add the band names here to keep you all updated.

So this week our chart busting top ten bands who have put us in the MySpace Indie Overall chart for the UK are...

The Dirty 9's - Lucy Opus (From Dublin Ireland)

Vivid Sky (Featuring Sound legend Stuart Epps on the dials and backing vocals)-Man In Black. (From Torbay,England)

Miracle Bell- Into The Trees (Naas Na Ri! ..thats 'Naas of the kings',Ireland)

The Incisors - Indonesia (From England and Colorado, based in London)

Stubb - Road (from Cornwall, based in London )

The Scenery - Stay Clear (From Detroit and Mesa based in Mesa Arizona)

Joshua James - Lovers Without Love Like Me( Who has spent so much time touring that he probably cant remember where he's from, based in everywhere theres a venue USA!)

The Fores- Roll Of The Dice (another rock masterpiece with Stuart Epps on the Dials! From Liecester, England)

Zalinski-This Too Shall Pass (From Everywhere..but mostly England and Wales, based in London)

CharlieDontSurf- WaltzOfTheWilderbeest (Possibly the best instrumental trio of non stop jamrockers in the entire world!! from Cork, Ireland)

  But hang on there's more...tonight weve added Saint Motel- Dear Dictator( the boys from LA recently made musical history when their six track debut ep was the first ever iTunes album to be sold with an accompanying video for every single track and is being hailed as one of the best ever debuts!...keep an ear out for another Saint Motel track soon that will have the entire world re enacting the Pete Townsend Windmill on their air guitars )

 Plus weve re added Phoenix Williams -Everythings Good (the stunning debut single and album version with possibly one of the best pieces of sound production of the decade...as well as Pink Floyd styled backing vocals that will put your mind up into you're own great gig in the sky) Phoenix is from Blackpool England and is currently based in Brighton and London.

  All I have to do now is close my eyes very tightly and saw my legs off !!

More new tracks and decapitations tomorrow!!!

  Love to all our friends,

  Mairtin and theryanoriain22"

11/1/10 WELL HOW DID THAT HAPPEN??

  Last night we recieved a friend request on the Official MySpace page for The Ryan-O'Riain22 from a gifted new singer songwriter from Guernsey in the Channel Islands called Ian Sinclair (Ian is soon to be featured on our supergroups pages, but you can jump the gun and find just how talented his vocals and songwriting is for yourself by checking him out at MySpace.com/iamsinclair )..anyway he gave us the slightly mystifying news that he had discovered The Ryan O'Riain22 MySpace page on the Official Myspace UK Indie Overall Chart at number 21!! ...Well how'd that happen??? (Our MySpace page gets less than a tenth of the views of our '.com' and we're up in the chart above much more publicised and media aired names such as Florence and The Machine, The Yeah,Yeah,Yeahs,The Arctic Monkeys etc etc etc...Was it a joke? a cock up? or a genuine chart position we wandered...? Well the answer is its a genuine Indie Chart position which means that we owe a special thanks to everyone who has clicked on our MySpace page and listened to any of the gifted bands and artists who have generously added their songs to our playlist and have made our site do 'just what it says on the tin' by airing, unvieling and discovering the very best independant artists and bands and music in the entire world - long before any of the the major labels start to swarm around our musical honeypots! (and 'swarm' they do!). UK band Vivid Sky have also entered the top 100 of the UK Indie Overall Song Chart at number 90 with their new track mixed by sound icon Stuart Epps( who also guested as a backing vocalist) called Man In Black...other bands on the playlist to share the credit with are The Incisors (the gifted new London based trio soon to be featured in our upcoming Supergroup UK pages). Zalinski, The Fores and STUBB (the UK's other top indie rock bands). Irelands The Dirty Nines (soon to dominate the venues and airwaves of the UK and beyond on their upcoming tour), Miracle Bell and Corks awesome jamrock trio Charlie Dont Surf. While from the States we have Arizonas awesome The Scenery and Joshua James (often refered to as the best folkrock singer songwriter to emmerge from the States scince Niel Young!).

  But credit also has to go to the high quality videos made by all our featured bands over recent months...in particular Saint Motel, The Silversun Pickups,The Deadlies, Megasoul Connector (and thats just from LA!) The Beautifull Bodies (Kansas) Kill The Drama (Philedelphia) Charie Don't Surf(...again!!), Skully and Mettisse (whos own fans have been loyal friends to both theryanoriain22 and all our featured artists, The Deaf Animal Orchestra (...Up The Deise!) Ilya K (Up The Diese Again!!) Irish Trance and Dance Rockers extreme Le Galaxie, Ham Sandwhich (and especialy Killian Broderick, Irelands own special Director and video creator extroadinaire) The Kill City Defectors ( and yet another Irish video Director extroadinaire Dom Browne), Bill Coleman, Glen and Mar and Colm MacConIomaire and Graham Hopkins and Johnny Boyle aka The Swell Season and The Frames (see guess who won an oscar photo), Johnny Fean, Charles O'Connor, Eamon Carr, Jim Lockheart and Barry Devlin aka HORSLIPS,the UK's Part Time Heros....oh damn it...basically every single artist who has had a song or video featured on our sites.

Just wait till they tell me were number 1 in the chart....then I'll realy waffle!!

  But the real chart toppers truly are every single artist who has added to and become a friend of theryanoriain22 over the last few weeks,months, years and decades...every single one of whom deserve to be forever at number one!

  Mairtin O'Riain sob sob

The slightly Psychotic Sobbing Musical Editor of TheRyanO'Riain22

7/1/10 CHERIO TO A FEW DIGITAL VENDORS...

  For the last three years we've highlighted a few 'digital' downloads centred on the music industry, musical tuition, writing and performance etc. These had been marketed by american vendors 'paydotcom.com' and 'clickbank' and owing to the fact that niether network has payed either ourselves or it seems the original authors of those programs we can only assume that both networks are failing to deliver on advertised 'services'. We may readmit some of the content in future -but only as and when we can deal with the original content authors directly.

  We are sorry if anyone has been inconvenienced by any product removals. We are usualy more than happy to go out of our way to support any artist at our own expense and without ever requesting anything in return...but if a particular network is boasting of making millions and not paying those who are actualy providing the only genuine content and 'doing the leg work' then we can no longer afford them any support or recognition. The reason why 95% of all affiliates never recieve a penny is quite simply because the networks dont track the sales and dont want to pay if they can get away with it.

  Both networks were given three years to prove themselves and their methods to be genuine and honest - niether bore any fruit so we've lopped them off with our big editorial axe to make room for even more true and genuine artistic talents and authors instead.

1/1/10 A FEW XTRA FRONTPAGE VIDS FOR THE NEW YEARS PARTY WEEKEND...

  Just for the party weekend we've added a handfull of extra videos from some of the top international indie bands from within the pages of The Ryan O'Riain22. If you're stuck for party games then you could allways get your guests or hosts to guess which country each band comes from...the answers might not be quite as easy as you'd think.

2010 looks set to be a bumper year with an amazing wealth of new talents soon to be unvailed ...as well as an amazing amount of award winning debuts, albums and ep releases all due out soon that will make 2010 be one of the most exciting ever years for Independant music and musicians. Music fans can expect 2010 to be a continuous roller coaster of ecstatic highs!! This year realy will be a...

  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

26/12/09 SAVE A LIFE FOR XMAS AND THE NEW YEAR WITH THE HELP OF VIOLENT KIN AND UNICEF ( FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK ...PLEASE!)

If you're reading this then you're either sat in front of a PC or on a mobile...

So that means you're a lucky bugger who has, regardless of wether you desrved it or not, been born into a family that could afford to eat and didn't have to send you down the sewers or up a chimney to be able to afford one.They didnt sell you into prostitution to wealthy tourists and they didn't have to send you out to rummage through desease infested rubbish tips while never being innoculated against the simplest of illnesses or deseases. An insect bite probably wont kill you and try as you might, you'll never catch leprosy no matter how many times you cut or scratch yourself....

In lifes lottery you are one of the luckiest buggers on the planet !

This Christmas you could allways shed a few shekels and help the other have of the world who didn't land on their feet when they were dragged kicking and screeming into the world.

Vilent Kin have for the last ten days been giving all their songs from their debut album away for free. From now until the 30th they're giving us a little opportunity to spread a teeeny piece of our undeserved fortune and luck to those children who are rummaging through the rubbish tips and playing russian roulette with cholera everytime they have a cup of water.

All you have to do is buy it for a measely $5 (or for more if you want too) and SJ and Maygen will hand your pennys,cents,shekels and yen over to UNICEF so they can continue sending gutsy people into lifes sewers,brothels and malarial swamps and rubbish dumps to try and take the children out and give them back something of the childhood that most of us took for granted.

http://violentkin.bandcamp.com/

....seems like a good idea to me. It could also mean that someone else on the planet might get the chance for their own 'Happy New Year' too...though I'm sure that some would be gratefull enough just to survive another week or month, let alone another year.

Happy Chist (I'm far too busy for p** ups and me own birthday party while mankind is still far too busy shagging up the planet and each other) mas and a happy new year

Lots of Love

Mairtin

and all the other registered psycopaths at The Ryan O'Riain 22 . com too!

23/12/09 CHRISTMAS JOLLIES ON THE MUSICAL TROLLEY...

  Two more of our featured artists have found themselves being caught up in the Christmas Spirit and , just like Violent Kin, are offering some seasonal downloads to their friends and fans....very seasonal downloads that may well rival Skully's 'Silent Night'!!

  From KILL THE DRAMA, vocalist and guitarist Bryan has laid on a special rendition of 'O Holy Night' as a thankyou to all those who made 2009 a special year, while singer songwriter extroadinaire BILL COLEMAN has likewise offered a seasonal rendition of Greg Lakes Christmas classic 'I believe in Father Christmas' as a raw rendition aired live only last week at a radio interview where his fans chose his songs for the night.

SO A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE FROM THE RYAN ORIAIN 22!!

  AND A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE HIGH KING OF KINGS, HIMSELF, PERSONALLY.

17/12/09 FREE DOWNLOADS AND A FREE CD FROM THE VIOLENT KIN AND ZALINSKI ..PLUS ANOTHER ITUNES INDIE WORLD RECORD..

 First off, VIOLENT KIN  are giving a free download from their debut album away every day untill Christmas day...thats all ten tracks free! check their MySpace for more -and look up their previous incarnations of jaw dropping rock in The Blood Lines and Junior Pantherz too...

PLUS! ZALINSKI are giving CD's away too...get to any of their London gigs and get a free copy of some awesome tracks wether you buy the new ep or not!! (tonight -17th December- they're at MOTHER 333 Old Street, Shoreditch, EC1V 9LE‎ ).

  PLUS!! Another of our featured artists has made a world record on iTunes ...Saint Motel had become the first ever artist on iTunes to provide a video with every single song on their debut album 'For Play', but now Irelands SKULLY has notched up another world record by having his version of the Christmas Classic 'Silent Night' becoming the fastest ever downloaded track on iTunes!!! The new laid back tracks are only available as downloads with a few tasters on Skully's new Piano & Coffee site ( ...and with another Mettisse release due soon he's also standing in line for the 'most ammount of musical MySpace profiles' world record too!)

14/12/09 CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY TO LA -THIS WEDENESDAY 16TH AT SPACELAND...

 PLUS... O EMPORER TO HIT THE ROAD ON A UK AND EIRE NEW YEAR TOUR...

 PLUS... ZALINSKI are performing a free gig at the 'Proud Camden Showcase' tonight at 2100hrs (stables market,chalk farm road, camden NW1 8AH -for those with sat navs in old London Town UK)

 

SAINT MOTEL ARE HOLDING AN ULTRA CHRISTMASY 'CHRISTMAS CARD CONCERT' AT SPACELAND (SILVERLAKE LA) FOR ALL KROQ LOCALS WITH THE REAL FATHER CHRISTMAS POSING FOR PHOTOS IN A SPECIAL 'CHRISTMAS CARD PHOTO BOOTH' -so everyone can now buy the debut ep as a present and get all their cards done at the same time!! The real Santa also starred in Dear Dictator on his summer hol's too...so the band have yet another history making coup tucked firmly under their belts.

  TICKETS ARE $5 (at the bands ticketweb link)   PLUS...

THE EVER SO AWESOME O EMPORER HAVE ANNOUNCED A UK AND IRELAND TOUR FOR THE NEW YEAR...SO WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD WEEPS THE BRITS AND IRISH CAN CHEER WILDLY! The award winning boys will be touring alongside UK bands 'The Sons Of Noel And Adrian' and

'Allessi's Ark' at...

Irish Leg:

Jan 13th - Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Jan 14th - Roisin Dubh, Galway

Jan 15th - Electric Avenue, Waterford

Jan 16th - Whelans (Upstairs), Dublin

Jan 17th - Dolans (Upstairs), Limerick

UK Leg:

Jan 26th - The Albert, Brighton

Jan 27th - Hoxton Bar and Grill, London

Jan 28th - Moles Club, Bath (No Alessi)

Jan 29th - The Louisiana, Bristol

Jan 30th - Miss Peapod’s, Falmouth

Jan 31st - The Phoenix Art Centre, Exeter

Feb 1st - The Railway, Winchester

8/12/09 AWESOME FREE ONLINE GIG ALERT!!!

  Tomorrow night (or afternoon ...depending on which side of the pond you're on...or morning...depending on which side of the pacific you're on!) one of Scotlands very best up and coming new rock bands will be performing live and stopping for a webchat at Justin.tv. Gig times are as follows (but double check your time zones to be sure...)

  Wednesday 9th December

 For Scotland, UK and Eire 9pm

 New York 4pm

 Los Angeles 1pm

 Wellington NZ 8am

 Australia 7am...ish

  Yet to be featured in their new incarnation on our Supergroup Scotland pages STUNTMAN MIKE (formerly known as Year Zero on our artist list -but now even better!) are a classic yet world class rock band comparable in part to Stateside supergroup Kill The Drama with powerfull vocals and sharp riffs that could easily 'slice the edge' off U2's reknouned lead licker!

The gig is free and there's no need for sign ups to view it and previous sets are also available to view now at Stuntman Mikes Justin tv page

  Another live online gig to stick in your online diaries is the Hollywood Music Awards 2009 'Best Female Vocal Nominee' Pheonix Williams live on Whotune on January 16th 2010. Her last 'live online gig' was a world class jawdropper to rival any of the best acoustic vocalists ...wether male or female!So pop it in your diary and dont miss it!!

1/12/09 NEW CHARITY SINGLE RELEASE BY SINEAD O'CONNOR TO FREE YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE SEX TRADE...

  Available for worldwide release December 2nd 2009...Sinead is re releasing one of her very first songs (with some guest vocals from a couple of old friends) to help fund 'GEMS' This is quite simply an excellent charity doing a very real and life changing work in the States..buy buying Sineads new single you could quite literally be saving someones life So please buy it..Here's the official release direct from her MySpace blog...

SONG OF SURVIVAL: SINEAD O’CONNOR AND MARY J. BLIGE RECORD

TO BRING AWARENESS TO SEX TRAFFICKING OF AMERICAN GIRLS

Renowned recording artists SINEAD O’CONNOR and MARY J. BLIGE have joined forces for a remake of O’Connor’s 1996 song, ‘This is To Mother You’ as a part of the Girls Are Not For Sale campaign to bring awareness to the issues of child sex trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of American girls. The song’s proceeds will benefit GEMS: Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, the nation's largest non-profit organization designed to empower American girls and young women, ages 12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking.

‘This Is to Mother You’ is produced by MARTIN ‘DOC’ MCKINNEY (Sting, Alice Smith, Esthero) and ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD (A Tribe Called Quest, Lucy Pearl), and mixed by JOE ZOOK (Pink, Kelly Clarkson, OneRepublic).

“I am moved by the really important work that GEMS is doing,” says O’Connor, who has consistently used her voice to advocate against injustices impacting children. “I was delighted to contribute my song to the campaign if it can help and inspire women and children to feel safe.” O’Connor recorded at Dublin’s legendary Windmill Lane Studios (also dubbed ‘the Horslips or U2 Studio’) this summer.

Mary J. Blige, who was invited to participate by O’Connor, recorded at Germano Studios in New York City alongside newcomer and GEMS member MARTHA B. “When I read the lyrics to ‘This is to Mother You’ I really fell in love with the song,” says Blige, who like most Americans was unaware of the prevalence of child sex trafficking stateside until her introduction to GEMS. “It describes how I feel about my work and how so many fans view me – as a mentor and a mother figure. It has always been my dream to be able to encourage women and let them know that if I can make it, they can make it too despite any physical and emotional abuses they may endure.” ....

“I’m honored that Sinead donated the song for our campaign,” adds Rachel Lloyd, Founder and Executive Director of GEMS and one of Ms. Magazine’s ’50 Women Who Change the World’. “To have artists of her and Mary’s caliber taking a stand and joining our campaign to promote girls empowerment and education as critical tools in the fight against child traffickers is incredible. It is even more special to have Martha, a GEMS member who I have known since she was 14, realize her dream and be included on this song.”

“This song is so true to GEMS and how it is impacted my life,” says Martha, now 21. “GEMS and Rachel have truly been a mother to me.” Martha is also featured in the critically acclaimed Showtime documentary, 'Very Young Girls' that follows thirteen and fourteen year old American girls served by GEMS as they struggle to overcome the trauma experienced at the hands of traffickers and pimps on the streets of New York. The film is currently available online and on DVD at Netflix.com.

“There’s so much in this song that speaks to the way we feel about the young women and girls we serve at GEMS especially in terms of being protective and maternal towards them,” says Lloyd, a survivor of commercial sexual exploitation as a teen in Europe. “It is also speaks to the way we feel they should be treated by society in general. They should be protected and not sold.”

This Is to Mother You is executive produced by RACHEL LLOYD (GEMS) and BRIDGIT ANTOINETTE EVANS (Fuel) with supervising producer PAUL HECK (Red Hot), engineered by TIM MARTIN (Dublin) and CHRISTIAN PARKER (New York), with vocal production by FOC187 (Dublin), Sinead O’Connor (Dublin) and Mary J Blige (New York).

“This Is to Mother You” goes on sale tomorrow December 2nd at http://gems-girls.org and most major retailers

25/11/09 DONT LOOK DOWN ON YOUR HUMBLE ORIGINS..

  A few hundred years ago a few intermittant shiploads of badly dressed europeans set out from the UK to avoid the gathering storms of religeous and sectarian persecution. As the sectarian and political divides swung back and forth over the next few centuries in England, Ireland and nearly every other nation in the world the scenario was repeated again and again. A hundfull of poor yet gratefull refugees would leave behind everything they've ever known to forge a new life far away from home. When those very first families found themselves in an alien environment they struggled against the elements and the unknown to survive...to them the daily process of 'thanksgiving' was not just a tradition it was a daily reality as there was no one else to turn to for help (eventual taxes yes, but help no). Those very humble origins led on to the birth of a new nation, independance and greater things as it eventualy rose to become one of the most powerfull and culturaly influencial nations on earth...so no matter how small you think you are allways value your smallness as your own 'independance' will take you on to greater things - wether your eating a giant grousse in a new land far away or fiddling around with pro tools to record your first demo.A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone stuffing their turkeys in the US and to everyone in the rest of the world regardless of nation or faith from everyone in, on or at The Ryan O'Riain22

21/11/09 HOPE IS NOISE RELEASE ANOTHER KILLER ALBUM!

  Ooopsie...we forgot to mention an amazing second album release by Hope Is Noise on 13th November. 'Under Friendly Fire' is the name of the new album which was released on the 13th to celebrate 13 years of playing together ( they must have started young!)

09/11/09 ZALINSKI WORLDWIDE RELEASE.

  Zalinski's brand new ep goes on sale at midnight tonight (gmt) and will be available to buy worldwide via the bands MySpace page. The tracks have all been recorded and mastered at the world famous Abbey Road studios ...and there's some special bonuses in store for anyone who buys it too!

08/11/09 SINGLE RELEASE FROM THE DIRTY NINES

 Lucy Opus will be released as a single on Download i.e and iTunes on Friday 13th November. The number 'dirty nine' bus should also be crashing into a record store near you at some point in the near future with luggage racks filled and overflowing with the new album called 'Stop Screaming, Start Dreaming' soon too. On Thursday 12th the boys will be playing with Planet Parade and Henrietta Game at The Academy (Dublin) for a special charity gig in aid of the special olympics and Pieta House.New tracks from the forthcoming album are also now up on their MySpace ...so follow the linky bits for more.

02/11/09 NEW SINGLE RELEASE FROM BILL COLEMAN

  Bill Coleman's new single on the perils of the perishing 'Celtic Tiger' has been released on Download ie today (also available via Bill's MySpace and .com sites) along with Bills very own self directed 'flash video' debut. As a special bonus, anyone who buys the new track will be sent two bonus tracks by Bill personaly, once they email their reciept number over to Bill  

31/10/09 Halloween playlist..PARENTAL ADVISORY

We've added a little 'halloween playlist' to the front page for the coming week only. PARENTAL ADVISORY IS ISSUED as some videos will prove quite disturbing for younger children and some may well scare the pants off older children too. Avoid the final video like the plague if you have a heart condition or a nervous disposition (but it does shed some light on why the MySpace location for the Official MySpace Ryan O'Riain 22 is listed as Uzbekistaan..it is actualy a pun on the old anglo saxon phrase 'uz beck ist aan?' meaning 'who's ditch is that?'..the slightly green and dishevled appearance of our editor was due to excess amounts of green guiness on St Patricks night the previous evening and the grumpy demeanor was added to somewhat when the cameraman trod on him in his ditch).

20/10/09 CMJ MUSIC MARATHON IN NEW YORK!!

Yup, it's New Yorks turn this week!! over a thousand bands from all over the globe are invading the cities venues for a week long marathon of some of the best new independants of the planet (the festival also includes film makers,directors, writers, poets etc etc).Over the following week New York will be turned into a melting pot of creative talents as CMJ works to bring every segment of the arts and music industry up to the boil in one enormous pot. CMJ also still have various media related internship posts available for any New Yoikers or Statesiders eligable to enroll here

THREE BANDS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL THAT WE WOULD URGENTLY RECOMEND ANYONE IN NEW YORK TO SEARCH OUT AND SEE ARE.... Canada's Violent Kin

LA'S Saint Motel

and Irelands Subplots

More on the above can be found on our artist list (with a few more from our pages more than likely to be spotted in the City this week too...So now that our 3 favourites have all turned up we can announce that it all kicks off tonight citywide!!

16/10/09 HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES KICKS OFF TONIGHT!!

 

The cream of Irelands Independants kicks off tonight at various Dublin venues for a host of fantastic sets from the nations very best bands including...Miracle Bell, Ham Sandwhich, O Emporer,The Dirty 9's,The Deaf Animal Orchestra, Identity Parade, Planet Parade,Armoured Bear, The Ambience Affair et etc (basicaly all the favourite bands from our Supergroups Ireland pages along with a few new ones soon to be added !!!) To find out who, where, when and why heres an external link to the Hard Working Class Heroes . One ticket allows you access to pick and choose between over a hundred bands on a non stop three day musical feast!

8/10/09 SINGLES AND LAUNCHES - ANN SCOTT, ODI AND O EMPORER...

Yup!! two excellent single releases ready to blow yer iPods apart with..

First off is PO from O Emporer available from Download ie and iTunes. The single is released on Friday along with an extra special launch concert with extra visuals and even brassto fully test out the acoustics of St Patricks Church in Ballybricken (Waterford, Ireland) all kicking off 9/10/09 at 8pm with an extra launch party at Electric Avenue following the show. Expect the release of their debut album 'Hither Thither' to follow soon.

Also out now is Ann Scotts new single 'Allways' and 'blind Love' released on October 2nd on iTunes too

  But hang on, there's more Irish music news from Claire Odlum, aka 'Odi' here's a note from her MySpace to all her international fans...

One In A Million - RTE Radio1 Playlist - Request Details!!!

ONE IN A MILLION - one of the tracks taken from the ODi Debut album "Maslow's Songbook" has been added to the RTE Radio 1 Playlist in Ireland :-)

It would be great if those in the Emerald Isle could text RTE 1 over the next few days to request "ONE IN A MILLION" to be played!

Text: 51551 from the Republic of Ireland

e.g. Please play ‘One in A Million’ By ODi

Then text your message to 51551

(texts will be charged at standard rate)

If you are outside of IRELAND you can email the various DJ's at the station to request aswell!

Go to the RTE Radio 1 Website for a list of the shows and email addresses! OR choose from the following!

Ronan Collins (Brendan Balfe) Email ronan.collins@rte.ie

The Tubridy Show Email tts@rte.ie

The John Creedon Show Email creedon@rte.ie

Risin’ Time (MAXI) Email maxicompetitions@rte.ie

Today with Pat Kenny Email todaypk@rte.ie

Balfe B @ RTÉ (Brendan Balfe) Email balfeb@rte.ie

The Late Date : mccarta@rte.ie

Thanks so much - you are "One in A Million" ha ha! (Couldn't resist!)

ODi x

PS...Maslows Songbook will be released throughout Ireland on October 23rd 09 (but you can always pre order it for import/ export etc from Claires web and MySpace site now).

  MORE NEWS BELOW SO SCROLL DOWN WITH THE BUTTONS TO THE LEFT.....

28/09/09 PHOENIX WILLIAMS UP FOR BEST FEMALE VOCAL AT HOLLYWOOD MUSIC AWARDS....

   Phoenix will be at the televised marathon award event at the Highlands in The Kodak Theatre Complex in Hollywood on November 19th 2009...were hoping that she'll be yet another from among our list of friends and artists to shock the 'mainstream music and media world' by picking up a top award in front of the whole world (...remember Glen Hansard and Marketa IrglovasOscar award for the best song?). Find Phoenix in our artist list for just a teeny taster of her enormous catologue of prolific vocals and links to more! For more on the Hollywood Music Awards then get yer reading specs on for the list of talents here...http://www.hmmawards.com/ 

22/09/09 SITE OFFLINE TIME???

  EEK! Just to let everyone know that theryanoriain22.com will be going offline for a couple of hours while all the data files are put in for an early spring clean! The site should go offline from 6am to 9am GMT on September 25th .

15/09/09 JOE ECHO BAGS A BILLBOARD RECORD FOR MADONNA!

  Yup!! Madonna has bagged her record breaking 40th number 1 in the Billboard dance charts thanks to Ciaran Gibbins aka JOE ECHO. The song was co written with 'Joe' along with Paul Oakenfield and Ian Green.

So congratulations and a big thumbs up to Joe on his succesfull world domination...and he hasn't even released his own debut album yet!!

more on Joe on our Supergroups (Ireland) 1.10 page.

 

04/09/09 VOTE ZALINSKI IN THE MALDIVES BREAKOUT FESTIVAL (13/09/09) AND CATCH THEM AT THE UK SURFACE UNSIGNED FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY (6TH) TOO!!!

  YEP! IF YOU LIVE WITHIN REACH OF TUFNEL PARK UNDERGROUND STATION IN LONDON THEN MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A B LINE (or was that northern line?) FOR 'THE DOME' TO CATCH THE FINAL OF THIS YEARS 'UK SURFACE UNSIGNED' COMPETITION WHERE ZALINSKI -OUR OWN FAVOURITES TO TAKE THIS YEARS TITLE -WILL BE BLOWING THE JUDGES AWAY THIS SUNDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER!! IF YOU NEED A TICKET THEN EMAIL karl@zalinski.net WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!!

BUT HANG ON A MINUTE...ONCE THEY SAIL THROUGH THE FINAL OF SURFACE UNSIGNED LIKE A HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER, THERE IS STILL ONE MORE MAJOR FINAL FOR THE BOYS TO TAKE PART IN AND THEY STILL URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP!! ON THE 13TH SEPTEMBER 2009 THE BOYS WILL ALSO BE PLAYING THE FINAL OF THE 'MALDIVES BREAKOUT 'FESTIVAL AT THE O2 ACADEMY IN LONDON!! BUT THEY STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO SECURE THE TITLE BY ACTUALY VOTING FOR THEM WITH THE 'THUMBS UP' BUTTON AT THE FOLLOWING LINK...

http://maldivesbreakoutfestival.com/?attachment_id=423

ZALINSKI ARE UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE VERY BEST NEW UK BANDS IN EXISTANCE..SO PLEASE VOTE FOR THEM....NOW!!!!!

01/09/09 OOOOER! COULD THE DRAYMIN BE ABOUT TO RETURN??

  Scotlands former number one band and suddenly released some new footage of an excellent new song via their YouTube and MySpace pages with a warning to 'watch this space'...could the boys be about to end the musical drought and reform??? +

  There's plenty of album and ep releases this month from many of our featured bands including Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's new Swell Season album, ODi's debut album and the debut ep from Saint Motel .

23/08/09 SECURITY AND MAINTANENCE DOWNTIME...

  THE SITE WILL BE OFFLINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR ON THE MORNINGS OF MONDAY 24TH AUGUST AND WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST STARTING FROM 8.30AM GMT (DUBLIN AND LONDON TIME).WE'RE OFFLINE FOR SOME VITAL MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND UPDATES BUT WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING WITHIN THE HOUR...WITH A NEW COMPETITION PAGE COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK - SO STAY TUNED!

 18/08/09 ACOUSTIC CORNERSTONE RECORDING LIVE SHOWS IN COBH THIS WEEKEND!!!

In the early seventies a couple of Irish guys walked into Chrysalis Records in London, got out their guitars and played a few tunes in the reception that made the entire office stop in their tracks and listen intently while trying to put their eyeballs and lower jaws back into place.Tir Na N'Og means 'The Land Of Youth' and was the magical celtic heaven..Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condelleerily managed to recreate that heaven acousticly through hauntingly surreal folk songs and became the utterly unique European answer to Art and Garfunkel throughout that decade. They're still at it after all this time and (besides being owed a very long overdue article on their acoustic greatness by us) they have been busy touring and inspiring musical magazine writers all accross the globe scince uploading their classic song to MySpace and other sites...there MySpace url is www.myspace.com/tirnanogduo

  So if you live within travelling distance of Cork and want to get the sound of your jaw dropping onto their forthcoming live album here's the details as posted by the boys who are still jamming in the land of eternal youth.....

Tir na nOg Record Live album in Cobh, Cork Friday & Saturday

Tir na nOg play Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh on Friday 21 & Saturday 22 August. These shows will be recorded for a live album...Please tell your friends who might be interested in attending the shows. The duo play De Barra's, Clonakilty on Sunday 23 August

14/O8/09 SWELL SEASON MK II ??

  STRICT JOY Is the name of Glen Hansards and Marketa Irglova's secong 'Swell Season' album due to be released this September and the first dates for the new American tour are just starting to be revealed along with some live renditions of some of the songs from the new album just being released to view on npr in the last 48hours. We've added the links to their new desktop concert on our Gigs Of The Month page in The Rock Cornerstone section. There's also one hell of an encore to look forward to on the new set list too.

12/08/09 YOIKES!!! WELL DONE PEEPS! ZALINSKI ARE IN THE LONDON FINAL OF SURFACE UNSIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH AND... THEY'RE ALSO IN THE FINAL OF THE BREAKOUT FESTIVAL COMPETITION ON SEPTEMBER 13TH TOO!! THANKS TO ALL WHO PUT THEM THROUGH AND CHECK THEIR MYSPACE PAGE FOR TICKETS TO BOTH FINALS

25/07/09 ZALINSKI..OUR TIP TO SAIL THROUGH THE UK'S 'SURFACE UNSIGNED' COMPETITION' LIKE A KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER! ...keep an eye out for our upcoming review on one of the few UK bands capable of competing on every level with the likes of The Flaws, Miracle Bell, Walter Mitty and The Realists, Kill City Defectors etc etc (in other words ...with the worlds best pioneering underground indie funk/jazz/metal/rock bands) and that includes the wild Irish indie hair look too! To help them slip the knife past the semi final mark then just..

Text Vote 'LONDON 6171' to 64343 or look them up on the surface unsigned UK website (surfaceunsigned.co.uk)

The groundbreaking UK act will also be featuring wihin our hallowed halls (with a sizeable snippet already avalable to blow your socks off on the new TheRyanO'Riain22 page on MySpace.

18/7/09 NEW OFFICIAL MYSPACE PAGE AND COMPETITION FROM 'THE RYAN O'RIAIN22' OPENS FOR ALL MYSPACERS.

  ...In the last twelve months over thirty thousand of you lot visited theryanoriain22.com and spent over a hundred thousand hours browsing our pages and listening to our featured bands songs and videos before following the many links to the online homes of the best independant bands in the world. Not a bad amount considering the fact that we've not ever fully advertised our site . To celebrate this apparent recent cult following, we decided that it was about time we actualy 'practised what we preached' with regards to social media advice for bands.

Most of the bands we feature with MySpace profiles have already joined us on our new MySpace page and we'll be running a number of special competitions and features 'exclusive' to the new page alone over the coming months..starting off with a MySpace 'whispers' comment competition designed to pit the wits of the bands against the fans..with forty quid going to the best overall fan comment entered. Anyone with a MySpace profile can enter without having to 'add or be added' with the very simple anti-spam rules set out in the 'about me' section of the new page at

http://www.myspace.com/theryanoriain22

With music, video and annnoucements both on and by many of our featured AND EVEN soon to be featured bands too!

So keep an eye on the new page for lots of special items over the summer.

 7/7/09 HORSLIPS RETURN FOR A SERIES OF SPECIAL CONCERT DATES IN DUBLIN AND BELFAST IN DECEMBER 2009!!!

  Tickets will go on sale this thursday so follow the links on our Rock Cornerstone page or click the Horslips triangle in the artist list.

 'The Boys' are jamming together in preperation now and Eamon Carr will be taking his usual seat at the drums - though not for the entire two hour set. Eamons stand in will be none other than the little brother of the worlds former number one guitarist Johnny Fean

 

  9/6/09 Special Double A sided single release by The Deaf Animal Orchestra and Shane Barry And The Distractions.....

TUT TUT! Our editors been at it again! This time he's been spreading the word on our 2006/07 Originality Award Winners new shared single release by writing the following to various 'other' music sites and magazines first..tut tut tut!

  Shane Barry and The Distractions/ Deaf Animal Orchestra AA single release

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Two of Waterfords best Indie bands have come together to release a double A sided single release worth it's weight in Gold. The Deaf Animal Orchestra and Shane Barry And The Distractions may seem very different in musical style and image ...but the new double A release has found a perfect pairing in the songs called 'No Wit Can Save Me Now' and 'A Man Called Gerald'.

  The Deaf Animals 'No Wit Can Save Me Now' is yet another in a long line of lyrical classics that weave through a miriad of softly sung and almost spoken words - like a Shakespearean soliliquay of love for the 21st century ..and with all their other previous ep and single releases being heavily laced with intense drama, thrills and the occaisional deadly dose of venom, songs by these 'animals' often play out with more drama than Macbeth,Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet combined.

  Musicaly, they are a band that critics would find hard to pin a genre to and as 'No Wit' proves ,they can expertly glide in and out of any genre they so choose at the drop of a hat. Stormy and classic indie,metal, pop and rock is sailed through at ease by these expert musical mariners and 'No Wit' ticks off yet another genre by easing it's way through an almost 50's Everly Brothers style and yet somehow utterly surpasses it completely . Now I hate most slushy 50's styled music with a passion and personaly, always found the 50's pop scene to be fake and contrived - but the combination of searching lyrics to expose the desires and weaknesses of a certain four letter word that most struggle over with a beautifull and surprisingly gentle melody must surely ammount to a 'must have' classic worthy of a number one anywhere in it's own right.

 So add Shane Barry and The Distractions 'A Man Called Gerald' into the equasion and you're now looking at a 'double number one'.

  The Distractions and Shane are another band of very highly skilled musicians and deliver an incredibly tight sound which could almost be compared to Dexy's Midnight Runners amid a head on collision with Ian Dury's 'Blockheads', The Commitments (-without the in-fighting and the girls-)and The Blues Brother's tailor and band. An already upbeat tune spliced through with an 'East-end style on the ole Joanna', is punched up even higher through the roof by some excellent,intricate, rythum and lead guitar, only to be sent even further on into orbit above the Diese with some rocket powered bursts of what must be the nations tightest brass section.

Barry's dualisticly serious yet (on the video at least-)somehow almost comic delivery style gives the track that little tweak of curious mirth to seep into the pores and tickle the hearts 'curious for more strings' with ease...and even the slightest of searches throughout their MySpace will, just as with the Deaf Animals', reveal an enormous wealth of musical riches that defy traditional 'genre' and 'image' placement by transcending all the cliches through an incredibly gifted catologue of sound.

  The special Vinyl release only for this double A collaboration is June 12th 09...so if you don't have a record player with stereo compatable stylus heads anymore then this single will be a perfect excuse to go out and buy one and see the difference it makes. Classic cover photography by Al Higgins adorns the new single released through Irelands Primate Records with more reasons to buy it found through the sound and video samples of both bands MySpace pages....

www.myspace.com/deafanimalorchestra

  and

www.myspace.com/shanebarryofficial

 20/5/09 IMPORTANT 'FORES' UPDATE added to Supergroups2.2 page ...help send the NEW LINE UP on their way to Spain to share the stage with The Killers and Oasis via the new band competition at Supajam ..... click the Fores star above -or their triangle in the artist list for the full shocking picture reguarding their song entry to

http://www.supajam.com/story/title/don039t-try-and-fool-me (the song is no longer on Supajams website though it was a seemingly very apt title for their entry!!!!)

Fantastic new album alert!!! 31 March 2009,11:18

Quick hit the Panic Switch! Everyone's swooning at the imminent new album release by the Silversun Pickups due April 14th. Catch them in London UK while you can if you don't want to be an April Fool!

Irish Indie Music Update: 23 Feb 2009, 23:22

 Stop this very special 'road' from closing and instead please help to turn it into a motorway!!!!

  The Irish Indie and underground music scene is probably the most creative and vibrant in the entire world and for the last eleven years the main source of access that the rest of the world had to tap into that source 'physically' has been ROAD RECORDS in Dublin. It's a pricy buisness to run an independant music store in Ireland these days and there have even been times when Road's owners Julie and Dave have gone out of pocket just to support new releases by struggling artists. While the worlds banks are busy turning the ordinary man over in the street and helping to flush their futures away in a cess pit of monitary greed it seems that the resulting lack of cash to spend in the everyday pocket is also sucking Road Records down the pan with it...But Road is a vital link in Irelands musical chain and many of the nations fans and bands just dont think this particular chain should be flushed. They are now putting on a special concert to help save Dave and Julie's treasured link and put a little back into their pockets as a special thankyou for supporting Irelands finest Independants for so long - and so often out of their own pockets and without complaint!

Some treasures should just be saved...there is more on the special gig in Dublins Andrews Lane on 14th March featuring the likes of Jape, The Frames' Colm MacConIomaire and many more at Dave and Julies Myspace at....http://www.myspace.com/roadrecords (direct link now under the Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova Oscar award pic -below right)

  ROAD UPDATE 24/3/09

  Due to the amazing response from musicians and fans alike Road records has had a reprieve from the 'greed' reaper and will continue to trade. Hoooray!!! But please don't forget them and do make sure you check them out when searching for some of the best new indie Irish artists on cd and/or vynyl.

  ...And yes, we do know that Colm couldn't make the gig due to an eye injury that day.

  * That curious Hideout Records competition previously advertised at the Dublin music show has now ended..We had tipped Simon Delaney's entry as the most worthwhile entrant, though on closer examination of the studio and label concerned it seems that the Hideout competition may have been better suited to entries looking for a musical career on Craggy Island as opposed to up and coming bands of the future looking for a spotlight among the cutting edge of Irelands new wave of prolific gifted artists. Simon's band called THE COLD 100 is still one to look out for for new recordings in the coming months and can be found at the link button below and to the right. Live shows in the Dublin area have all been highly recomended too! Another Indie band with a big bright future we think....

 

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