Girls* Rock! Ireland Fundraiser at the Stags Head this Sunday!

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Hurrah! This Sunday sees the first fundraiser of Girls* Rock! Ireland!

It takes place in the upstairs room of the Stags Head in Dublin, which is located at 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 and is part of the Popical Island March residency. Entrance is 8 euros and 6 euros for students, unwaged and old aged pensioners and it kicks off at 8.30pm.

On the bill are the wonderful September Girls:

aswell as the supremely melodic Cave Ghosts:

Cave Ghosts, Irish Music, bands from ireland, girls rock camp ireland, girls rock ireland, girls rock, female musicians, dublin music

I can’t find the photographer credit for this, please let me know if you have it!

and HUNK!

Thanks to Popical Island and our very own Ewa Gigon for making this happen!
Also, here is the link to the fb event page.

About Girls* Rock! Ireland

Girls Rock Camp Ireland wants to empower women* and girls* to discover their musical and artistic possibilities. ✓ Form Bands ✓ Write Songs ✓ Rock Out ✓

Not just in the music industry in Ireland, but in many different musical contexts women* and girls* are often assigned stereotypical roles of singer, fan or groupie and their presence is questioned.

We want to change that! We want to empower women* and girls* to discover their musical and artistic possibilities through learning instruments, writing songs, forming bands and performing. We want to demonstrate that every genre of music and every technical job and creative endeavor can be available to any girl* or women* that wants to explore it. We want to destroy the traditions and eradicate the myths that prevent women* and girls* from participating in the (until now) male dominated Irish and international music scene.

History: The first Girls Rock Camp was set up in Portland, Oregon, U.S. in 2001. Now there are over 40 rock camps in the U.S., aswell as Popkollo in Sweden, Ruby Tuesday in Berlin, Austria, Paris. Every summer, girls* participate in camps where they learn instruments, write songs, form bands, perform and rock out!

Want to know more?

If you are interested in hearing more about Girls* Rock! as it develops, please subscribe to our general mailing list (we only send out when something is really happening and never spam)




Interested in volunteering?

Thinking about being a band coach, instrument coach, doing some organisation work, devising our programme, being part of a street team, writing funding applications, can you set us up with a dot ie web address, help design and build a website, do you love cooking for feminists, do you have ideas for a location, experienced in anti-discrimination and inclusion work, all the things we surely haven’t thought of yet? Please send a mail to girlsrockcampireland (at) gmail.com and be explicit about what you would like to do! Please note women* and trans* will be prioritised for leadership positions.

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Dot Dash now available in vinyl and digital format.

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Dot-Dash is available in the following formats:

Silver vinyl 12″.

€15 including shipping

Silver vinyl 12″ & mp3 download.
€20 including shipping

High quality mp3 download.

€6.90


 

Listen here:
Booty

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The World Is Yours
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The Rules
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DJ Pull Me Clear
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Do A Runner
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Lovers Do
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Here Is Home
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Epidemic Power Ballad
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Approximation
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Blackberry Slow Jam
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Reviews:
The Irish Times: ✮✮✮✮
Review: Instead of merely accentuating and amplifying each side’s strengths, common currency is found in the smart melodies, top-drawer beats and relentless wash of strange, alluring sounds. Both the collective’s ambitious streak and a talent for hitting all the notes they’re hearing in their heads are abundantly clear. Dot-Dash is light years ahead of what their peers are doing.

Sunday Tribune: Album of the Week
Dot-Dash delivers like no other Irish album has this year. It is just jammed with creativity, incredible vocal performances, smart raps, and inventive beats, sounds and rhythms, leaving you thankful that both groups came up with such a daring idea. Every track is laden with surprises, from the urgent raps about shoplifting on ‘Do A Runner’ to the soaring Bond-like ‘The World Is Yours’.
Dot-Dash is a truly modern creation and one of the best Irish releases this year.

Format: 12″
Artist: Queen Kong and You’re Only Massive
Title: Dot Dash
Genre: Electronic / Vocal / SynthPop
Catalogue: QK46
Label: YM
Date: 01.09.2008
Price: €15 including shipping / €20 / €6.90
Stock: few in stock
Condition: New

Music Video Premiere: Magic Wand by Amy Fox // ++ Buy “So Brand New” Picture Disc

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Amy Fox, Berlin, Music, Live, Acoustic, Guitar, queen Kong, you're only massive, dot, dash, dot dash, london, cork, live music, local musicMagic Wand

We are very proud to announce the premiere of Amy Fox’s music video “Magic Wand” right here and today!

Magic Wand was shot in Tempelhofer Feld, a former airport field in Berlin, earlier this year. The video captures a stripped-down live performance, showcasing Amy’s guitar playing, powerful singing voice and touching and evocative songwriting. Watch it here and make sure you click on HD to watch it in optimal quality!

Music Video Premiere: Magic Wand by Amy Fox from Amy Fox on Vimeo.

Subscribe to Amy’s newsletter to receive a free download of the mp3 audio of “Magic Wand”.




So Brand New

“So Brand New” is finally on sale online. Featuring Amy Stephenson both on the disc itself and on the microphone, a limited edition of this vinyl picture disc single with mp3 download is available for 12 euros including shipping costs.

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Picture Disc: Queen Kong, So Brand New, picture disc, vinyl, Maebh, Berlin, Cork, Ireland, electro, pop, synth, vocals, grrrl

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