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An Irish based alternative music blog. Music news, gigs, live reviews, album reviews... You'll find them here. If you want anything featured or removed, please shout. I hope you'll discover something new to love on this little experiment of mine. Currently editing the Music Section of the UCC Express and contributing to Motley magazine on campus, as well as writing for PopCultureMonster and 4FortyFour. Always looking for new projects so please get in touch if interested. Thanks for reading.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Hot Press Academy Stage For Oxegen

I managed to completely miss this announcement yesterday [that's the curse of having exams until 6 in the evening, come home and going straight to the pub... But at €3.50 for ANY drink what else would I do on a Wednesday?] but I'm glad to see that Oxegen have finally added some much needed quality to the bill in the form of the Hot Press Academy Stage.

Lineup:
JULIAN CASABLANCAS
ASH
CATHY DAVEY
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
KELE OKEREKE
VILLAGERS
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
YEASAYER
LAURA MARLING
THE HIGH KINGS
WALLIS BIRD
FRIGHTENED RABBIT
MYSTERY JETS
3OH!3
SHED SEVEN
DIANA VICKERS
O EMPEROR
LISSIE
JOE ECHO
THE MIDDLE EAST
EXAMPLE
HURTS
MAYER HAWTHORNE
CHAPEL CLUB
DAISY DARES YOU

Now of those, Julian, The Middle East, Laura Marling and Wallis Bird had already been confirmed [Wallis via her own blog], but the rest sees some very welcome additions.

Irish rock legends Ash are always fun to see live (though I won't be losing any sleep if I miss out), while Cathy Davey and Villagers are two of the hottest acts in Ireland today. Wallis, herself, is on the verge of exploding all over the radio - her current single La La Land is receiving huge airplay on 2FM at least and this will surely spill over. Of course O Emperor are a welcome addition: I'm always delighted to catch these guys.

As for the rest, Kele was inevitable really as were We Are Scientists, Mystery Jets and Bombay Bicycle Club, though they are all welcome.

The one's to look out for are the irresistible and fantastic Yeasayer - their second album Odd Blood was simply fantastic, as well as Lissie: she blew away the acts and audience on Jools Holland the week before last.

And, as SwearImNotPaul pointed out, "old frogthroat-skeleton hands herself is playing, that's right Diana Vickers will be there!"

Congrats Ronan. That may just be the best description I have ever read.

And remember - Oxegen is less than fifty days away so get your tickets people!

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