If i was to pick an irish artist...id say colm quearney an irish band....settler and american band..... interpol

i'd say if the thrills release an lp later in the year it'll be HUGE, mainly thanks to nme but don't let that put you off...and hopefully boa morte will expand on the tantalising promise of the "soon it will come time..." album...p.s. has anyone heard the new bonnie prince billy track on this month's uncut cover cd...christ it's amazing...

Boa Morte, hopefully. Watch out for mumblin' deaf ro's debut album too, it's out 21st Feb. Hopefully Nina Hynes will be releasing something this year too. Happy New Year to you all. Q2

again i say emmett tinley will be big this year - so too colm quearney if the next album is strong and he continues to win fans like badly drawn boy... bandwise - anyones guess but the odds are their name will start with "the" !

there's some dublin band called 'the U2' that will probably do ok for themselves this year too

emmet tinley rocks hes deserves alot more cred ponicinelle is one of the best albums in my collection hopefully he'll do a gig in dublin soon!

tell us more about emmet tinley...what kind of stuff is it?...any useful reference points you could name?...i forgot to mention in my last post (oh, there's another tip for 03 and beyond, the last post!!) about a band from denver (i think) called the czars who have an ep out at the moment...if they release an album this year and if it's anything like 2001's criminally overlooked "the ugly people vs. the beautiful people" they'll deserve to be THE band of 03...singer john grant has possibly the most breathtaking voice on the planet; incredibly rich, soulful and intimate...the music is murky, intense, often manic (as are the lyrics) but always inventive and undeniably gorgeous...imagine radiohead at their best but better, honest...they played whelans early last year (supported by the great paul o'reilly) so keep an eye out for them this year...

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emmett tinley(and his band prayerboat). kind of soulful sounding pop rock except good.think jeff buckley or the likes.it's a strange balance, very mature but in no way boring. think simply red if simply red were brilliant.( anyone who is perplexed by this should listen again to "slow down").

i love the prayer boat and all well most of there tunes what is the story with slow down though its very simply red but i suppose 1 mistake aint bad!

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Think! Listo Johnny Pyro The Subtonics

I'd have to say the challets the crayonz

I,d love to see Listo and The Things do well this year.They are the two best live bands around at the moment.Clouded Mouse are another super live band.

ok artist...definitely damian rice band....walls and frames! d...

the frames, damian rice, turn?...will some of u people take your heads out of your bed-soiling white asses...i hope all these cosily accepted irish artists get their p45s this year...their survival is fuelled by your cagey pats on the back .... are irish people afraid to embrace something that is loose and scary....johnny pyro..yes..listo..yes....the things...yes ..three bands that ooze personality.---- bands that wanna make u dance and sweat and have sex and get yourself in trouble with authority ... try not plying it as safe in 2003.... bands i want to shine this year : the subtonics (cos im in them..so that doesnt count) the three i mentioned above (cos i love them..so that doesnt count) elecric six, hi-rise, and the ones who are all doin well like the libertines, the beatings, the 80s matchbox b-line disaster and the coral to carry on and dethrone all the crap like coldplay and richard ashcroft etc. im a nice boy xx

how did u know about my bed wetting problem? and anyway i keep my head up me hole to take away from the smell of yer ma! rock yer brainy head

Jaysus, Stef. The Coral? Save us from another bleedin' 60's throwback band.

on the irish band front,i'd like to see a couple of "the" bands doing well, the dudley corporation the strangleberries(cough cough) and: juke box hymn(currently in the states) also: deputy fuzz mumblin' deaf ro (?) (if that is his name-he's f**king great, though). stoat(it would be soooo well deserved)

The Coral are an outstanding new band.... Ahh stef it's good to have your 'No Bulls**t' back !!!

Listo, jhonny Pyro, and Clouded Mouse should be up there with the best of them.

I reckon Listo and Clouded Mouse Kick ass. Jhonny Pyro are great too..

um... i dunno about listo... i remain to be convinced... johnny pyro i think are good performers but not great songwriters, but i'm sure that'll come... deputy fuzz are pretty good... i think maybe my favorites of 2003 might be the chalets, mumblin deaf ro, settler, delorentos and maybe morello. i dunno if any of these will be big, but i like their style! *waggles cigar...*

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, The Frames, yeah right, if they do make it, it's only cos Glen Hansard is bent over the reception desk in Hot Press, givin his ass to Niall Stokes and the rest of them sell out bastards. The Walls, my god, the Oirish Oasis wannabes, I think I'd prefer to sit in a room and watch 4 walls then go to one of their gigs. Damien Rice, David Kitt, Mundy and all those other singer songwriters, are they solo acts because no one else will play with them?....they make me want to jump in the Liffey with all the bikes and rusty tins.... CLOUDED MOUSE, LISTO, and JOHNNY PYRO are gonna wreck the f**kin place this year. If you wanna dance, if you've been listening to the Frames or Damien Rice and are feeling depressed afterwards, go see any of those bands and your life will be worth living....you have been warned!! RESPECT!!!

therapy? are meant to be recording a new album this year - could be the dark horse of the year

after seeing the things play on saturday night they blew the s**t out me and every band in dublin, total raw power , the things have to get noticed they are simply too good to go on un-noticed , they are picking up from where punk stopped in the early 80's late 70's and doin it right! already they have classics such as movin , we dont care , amazing!!! ok i'll stop kissing ass but i really do think they should get what they deserve !!! "think of the future, think of the past how were movin movin fast , movin!" ps:i think thats how it goes

brady ya bleedin chancer!!! announcement to all concerned: this weekend were all back on the bumbles! yeah?

Murphious, 'fraid it wasnt me but I do agree. If you can't check the label....

Ps, Bumbles, Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! So its safe to say we are going on the LASH.

I saw Pyro in the TMBC being supported by Little Ghetto Boys, The Ghetto Boys are by far one of the best live Acts I saw last Year. I was told that they are touring with ALABAMA 3!

sorry bobby B. for the false accusations!! ill make it up to u when we go on the bloomin LAASH!!!!

Thats ok sweethart, Id just like to see, the Subtonics and Hi-Rise do well. Also the Things(cuz im in them). I would like to see Listo get a record deal, so they can go on tour and i wont have to look at there ugly faces anymore. No only messin, sure don't i only fancey most of them.

Are you's back on d oul o to the x's. Propaganda ye bouzy, and you Brady your a demon for the oxo's how bout that!

The good doctor predicts the rise of Clouded Mouse, Jalopy, Listo, The CrayonZ and Billy No Mate if they get their act together. That will be all.

mp3's. powerful as hell!

Watch out fe de Clouded Mouse, Billy No Mate and fe Jalopy. Clouded Mouse and Listo goin on a crazy bender this weekend in The Raven in Waterford. Careful....they're off their TITSSSSSSSSS!!! RESPECT!! P.S. WARNING : Willie Thorne is horneeee!!!

hmm who WILL be the band of 2003? Seems the board is a bit f**ked up at the mo what with all these 3 and 4 year old threads appearing, course im not making it any better by replying to them

What's with all these posts from 2003? Am I in a time machine?

Joe Dolan went on some weird track-covering panic editing trip and unearthed some wayyy too old posts in the process apparantly. C'mon keep up at the back there!!

now everyone thinks I dragged up a thread about the Frames. I am going to cry about the uncoolness of it all. Back me up people.

well now that 2003 passed who was the band of 2003???? did anyone guess correctly?

Most of the bands named are now defunct, with new bands rising from the ashes collective ashes. Good to see people havent given up the ghost.

As far as I know Morello (mentioned up the thread) moved to the states last year and landed themselves a big deal.