Archive for September 11th, 2007
Deborah Harry will be signing copies of her new album in Grafton St
Deborah Harry will be signing copies of her new album ‘Necessary Evil’ at Grafton Street store, on Saturday 15th September at 11am. The ultimate pop-rock, new wave diva, Deborah Harry set the mould, incorporating everything she learned from culture pioneers like Andy Warhol, Giorgio Moroder and Fab Five Freddy into her fashion, look and, [...]
Irish Moloko singer Roisin Murphy back to Belfast
AN IRISH ROVER (Introduction) I’ve moved around a bit since I was a kid. When I was twelve, my family moved to Manchester from Arklow, a small town in southern Ireland. My family drifted back to Ireland when I was 15; I stayed in Manchester. I moved to Sheffield at the age of seventeen thinking I would go to Art College. Then I met Mark [...]
Quentin Tarantino will be signing scripts from his new film ‘Death Proof’
Quentin Tarantino will be signing scripts from his new film ‘Death Proof’ and other official merchandise at HMV Grafton Street store in Dublin, on Friday 14th September at 6.00pm Quentin Tarantino took Hollywood by storm in 1992 with the cult hit Reservoir Dogs. His combination of clever dialogue and brutal violence hit a new peak in 1994 [...]
Dita Von Teese is the new ambassador of Cointreau
Photos by Fabrizio Belluschi Cointreau is delighted to announce that, effective immediately, Dita Von Teese will be its worldwide brand ambassador. The rapprochement between Cointreau and Dita Von Teese was seen as entirely natural by both parties. After all, who better than Dita Von Teese to incarnate Cointreau's famous "be cointreauversial" [...]
Goldspot – Friday – review
By Stephen Murray BAND: Goldspot SINGLE: Friday ALBUM: Tally Of The Yesmen RELEASE: currently on sale This is the second single from the band’s debut album Tally Of The Yesmen. It reminds me of an old Squeeze song Up The Junction. Don’t know why, maybe because both leads singers have very similar vocal styles. This is a [...]
Assembly Now – Graphs, Maps & Trees – review
By Stephen Murray BAND: Assembly Now SINGLE: Graphs, Maps & Trees RELEASE: currently on sale This is a very enjoyable song, a real indie tune with fast music and lyrics. The band’s lead singer Gavin must have a great set of lungs because he blasts out this song while hardly taking a breath. These guys are definitely a band [...]
Brian Houston – The life of Brian
By Andrea Clarke Photo by Fabrizio Belluschi BELFAST singer/songwriter Brian Houston is a genre onto himself. And a very interesting and talented genre at that. With his soothing voice and rock star air, he is one of few Northern Ireland singers who sing in their natural accent. Brian is also known as one of the country’s hardest working [...]