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May 21, 2013
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CSS added to Castlepalooza 2013

We got the final Castlepalooza line-up confirmed this morning and must admit we’re quite excited about this year’s festival. Beyond normal PR people excitement even!

CSS will make a great headliner, they have a strong live reputation and will bring back fond memories for those who loved the brief explosion of Nu Rave circa 2006. Plus there is the possibility that Lovefoxxx will perform one of the best movie songs of recent time, Night Call.

Two Irish favourites here in the Hunter office also made the bill with Come On Live Long and Tieranniesaur coming to Charleville Castle.

Oh and you can still enter our competition for tickets to Castlepalooza, just tell us what Fight Like Apes song is included in our Castlepalooza playlist below and send your answer to hello@huntercommunications.ie

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May 15, 2013
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Castlepalooza 2013 Ticket Competition

The Castlepalooza line-up was announced on Monday and it really does have us looking forward to the first weekend in August down in Charleville Castle (which was designed by the same lad who designed the GPO – there’s your geeky fact for the week).

We’re going to assume you don’t know every act on the line-up (if you do congrats, you’re cooler than us) so with that in mind there’s a Deezer playlist below with a selection of those announced, enjoy.

So how do you enter for a pair of Castlepalooza weekend passes you ask? Simple, just tell us the name of the Fight Like Apes song included in our playlist. Email your answer to hello@huntercommunications.ie. We’ll announce the winner next week!

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May 10, 2013
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Forbidden Fruit Deezer Radio

 

A festival line-up is announced, you glance over it, see a few names you like and declare yourself satisfied. Right? Well that’s what we do anyway. So many different acts, it’s impossible to keep track of them all…

Which is why we’re loving the Forbidden Fruit radio feature on Deezer.com. That means a dedicated festival page on Deezer, discography widgets on artist pages of the festival website and Deezer accounts and festival tickets to be won across the board.

In short it means we can listen to all the Forbidden Fruit acts in the build-up to the June bank holiday. Which, in turn, allows the Hunter team to sing along to a lot more songs over the weekend. So it mightn’t be a completely good thing for the rest of you.

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April 17, 2013
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Kodaline

New Irish music

Every year is an exciting year for Irish music – or any music for that matter – so we won’t go overboard about 2013, but still; there really is a lot to look forward to over the coming months.

We put together five Irish albums we’re particularly looking forward to here. And that’s without even mentioning new albums from Ham Sandwich, Fight Like Apes, Codes, Solar Bears and, possibly, Adebisi Shank. Along with the host of albums from new Irish bands, like Come On Live Long, who we have only heard murmurs from as of yet.

You can also listen to some of the bands mentioned (plus a few more) on the free Deezer playlist below. We might even see some at Castlepalooza later in the year…

Kodaline

By the end of the year these Swords lads are almost definitely going to have fulfilled the promise of their Sound of 2013 nod from the BBC. Their album is out in June 10th, expect to hear plenty of tracks featured on plenty of shows.

O Emperor

Album of the Year nominees back in 2011, this could be the album to put them over the top. Hopefully we’ll catch them at a few festivals – on top of their solo appearances – later in the summer.

Bell X1

Without knowing how ‘Chop, Chop’ will sound yet, it’s an achievement in itself for an Irish band to be big enough to launch an album in the National Concert Hall (June 29th).

Little Green Cars

Kodaline have probably edged ahead in the race for column inches, but the other Irish band to get a place on the Sound of 2013 shortlist look set to fulfill their promise – starting with an album release on July 13th.

Enemies

May 25th brings an important date in the calendar for Ireland’s healthy instrumental rock scene with the release of math-pop foursome Enemies second album.

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April 3, 2013
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Awesome April albums

It’s the calm before the festival storm this month and it’s also a great time for album releases. April sees some big names get back in the game like James Blake, The Knife and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, along with some exciting debuts from Willy Moon and Charlii XCX.

Wiley, Flaming Lips and Tyler The Creator already have their new albums streaming on Deezer at the moment, but we’ve also put together this playlist with tracks from each of  NME’s 12 April Albums to Get Excited About.

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March 27, 2013
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The snowbound summer playlist

Where’s our sunshine? We’re used to the Irish summer being a bit unpredictable, but we’re also used to some unseasonable sun around this time of year. The kind of temperatures that cause us to rush outside in our temperatures while tourists from warmer climates shake their heads in shock.

Instead what do we have? Snow, and that’s just not as fun in late March.

So to remind us that sunshine is (hopefully) on the way at some stage soon we put together this free Deezer playlist with some of the office’s favourite summer songs. We’ll warn you; it’s eclectic. Eclectic, but very, very good!

 

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March 22, 2013
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Festivals

Festival Wishlist


We’re still excited to hear the Castlepalooza lineup announcement later in the year, but with the confirmation of the Body & Soul and Sea Sessions line-ups this week we’re closer to formulating a fully formed plan for our summer shenanigans.

And while there are plenty of big acts snapped up there are still a few big fish for the remaining festivals to land. We’ve put together a list of some of the acts we’d like to see pop up at an Irish festival this year.

We’ve put together a free Deezer playlist (below) with our picks. But who would you like to hear?

The Big Names
Possibles
My Bloody Valentine – Yet to announce an Irish date, but surely we’re set to see them this summer? They’ve already announced appearances at seven different festivals including Primavera.

Depeche Mode – Taking in plenty of festivals this summer as part of their European Tour, though they will be in North America by mid-August…

Outside Bet
Daft Punk – No dates confirmed yet – or even a tour for that matter – but could be a late (and welcome) addition to a few line-ups.

Small, But Great
Possibles
YACHT – Great and underrated electropop band from Oregon, would be brilliant addition to a smaller festival. No European dates announced yet, we live in hope.

Pokey LaFarge – Great live bluegrass act, as anyone who saw them on Jools Holland’s 2012 Hootnanny will testify. Playing European dates in August, so they’ll be in town.

Outside Bet
Wu Tang Clan – No tours scheduled yet, but there hasn’t been much in the way of hip-hop scheduled so far and this lot would get a great reception at an Irish festival

Dreaming
Rolling Stones – Not a hope in hell, unless you’re talking Glastonbury, but wouldn’t it be great to get them out of a stadium and into some nice, muddy festivals?

LCD Soundsystem – Possibly even less chance than Rolling Stones, but maybe, if we wish really hard, James Murphy will wake up bored one morning and decide to go back on that whole retiring LCD business.

 

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March 15, 2013
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SXSW2013

SXSW – An ‘A’ to ‘Z’

It’s that time of the year again and as the 26th edition of the ever-growing SXSW gets up and running we thought about some of the musicians who have graced the event since it began in 1987. Too many musicians to recall for a single Deezer playlist if truth be told. So we settled on an A to Z; 26 acts in all (do you see what we did there?).

And, in keeping with the history of SXSW lineups, this playlist runs from the cool (Best Coast, Janelle Monae) to the obscure (Volovan, Uncle Tupero) to the I-can’t-believe-he-performed-here (Lionel Richie). Enjoy!

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March 5, 2013
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Irish acts at SXSW

SXSW kicks off on March 8th and runs until St Patrick’s Day; like a Cheltenham Festival for music buffs. The Music from Ireland showcase will be bringing 17 Irish acts to perform this year at a showcase on March 13th and the larger Full Irish Breakfast bill on March 15th.

The line-up includes established acts like Ash and Delorentos, up-and-comers Kodaline and Little Green Cars and several bands who have a strong domestic reputation like Funeral Suits and Hudson Taylor. We put together this playlist on Deezer Ireland to give you a taste of the great Irish music that will have people in Austin, Texas talking next week.

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February 27, 2013
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Longitude line-up announced

Really good line-up announced for Longitude festival in Marley Park, here’s hoping there are many more great line-ups announced in the coming weeks. Here’s a Deezer playlist with some of the headliners to get you in the festival mood.

 

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