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HWCH 2006 - who has been selected?
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8/18/2006 10:19 AM
    Anyone know of any bands that have been selected? I know of a few that haven't made it. I believe there is a strong Canadian presence at this years festival aswell. Any thoughts?
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    8/18/2006 10:33 AM
    think it's going to be announced shortly. According to their message board discussion, the only ones that are mentioned of getting a call up are A Band Called Wanda and The Shakes.
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    8/18/2006 10:39 AM
    The Shakes?? I could well be mistaken but are they the lads of "You're a Star" fame? My God.
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    8/18/2006 10:59 AM
    My lot didn't get in anyway. Ah well.
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    8/18/2006 11:23 AM
    seems like a different buzz to previous years - no longer the weekend cheap wrist band - but now it has separate day tickets and a weekend ticket - for like 25e or summat.....
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    8/18/2006 11:53 AM
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    seems like a different buzz to previous years - no longer the weekend cheap wrist band - but now it has separate day tickets and a weekend ticket - for like 25e or summat.....
    10 per night, 22.50 for the weekend. I reckon 22.50 is a good price in this day & age. Rarely see ordinary gigs for a tenner. I'm pretty surprised this is still going to be honest, I heard Brian lost money Hand over Fist on the first 2 HWCHs. It does seem to be more Industry orientated, showcasing bands for label scouts, rather than the way it started out, but this is a natural progression/highjacking I reckon.
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    8/18/2006 2:45 PM
    That's good about the one-night passes. My band (Glenwash) got in and I was thinking quite a few people I know wouldn't be arsed spending 25-30 quid for the whole thing.
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    8/18/2006 2:57 PM
    we didnt get in anyway cant understand it at all!!
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    8/18/2006 3:01 PM
    hard luck Unicron and well done Flux. €22.50 is a f**king brilliant price for a weekend ticket - when you think people shell out around €150 for other festivals, yeah, I know you're not going to see The Killers or whatever, but there are usually some awesome bands to check out. Having seperate day tickets is more consumer-friendly too. Regarding industry involvement, it's inevitable that if a bunch of unsigned bands playing over a short period of time will generate interest from labels and scouts. It's not a bad thing. Irish bands have spent years complaining about not being able to get noticed by labels. Sometimes I think people hint at HWCH as a lamb to the slaughter kind of thing - look at all these poor innocent musicians getting led down a dark alleyway by Sony/BMG. That's bullsh1t in my opinion - everyone wants to get their tunes out there and getting a record deal is the easiest and best way to do it, be the independent or major. I shall end my spiel by saying that I think HWCH is a great festival for punters, artists and the music industry, and I think the organisers should be commended.
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    8/18/2006 3:04 PM
    Cheers Una. Yeah, €22.50 is great value...if you're following Irish music at all there's gonna be at least 5 or 6 bands you'd like to see.
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    8/18/2006 3:07 PM
    Ah yea its a good festie no doubt - but it is a big change from the kinda DIY attitude it had before - which was something I liked a lot about it. But I'm not saying its a bad festie at all - its a great oppertunity for lots of bands which is always a great thing. *edit* - when's the line up announced?
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    8/18/2006 3:15 PM
    If not over the weekend, I'd say it'll be announced early next week. They got 700 demos which is pretty cool. I hope that the festival gets bigger and bigger - with the focus always on unsigned bands and new talent - until it gets international recognition. I love the idea of a kind of shambolic festival of hundreds of bands and artists taking over a city for the weekend ala SXSW. Of course, it's a long way from that.
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    8/18/2006 3:25 PM
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    I love the idea of a kind of shambolic festival of hundreds of bands and artists taking over a city for the weekend ala SXSW. Of course, it's a long way from that.
    Yea precisley! That kinda DIY vibe to a set up like this always attracts my attention!
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    8/18/2006 3:30 PM
    That could be what'll happen in 5 years if it keeps going. Not just Irish bands...you could have a thousand bands from all over Europe descend on Dublin for a weekend. Europe doesn't really have an equivalent to SXSW, so why not aim for that kind of level? It'd be madness tho! Edit; nowhere near enough decent venues.
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    8/18/2006 3:44 PM
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    Regarding industry involvement, it's inevitable that if a bunch of unsigned bands playing over a short period of time will generate interest from labels and scouts. It's not a bad thing. Irish bands have spent years complaining about not being able to get noticed by labels. Sometimes I think people hint at HWCH as a lamb to the slaughter kind of thing - look at all these poor innocent musicians getting led down a dark alleyway by Sony/BMG. That's bullsh1t in my opinion - everyone wants to get their tunes out there and getting a record deal is the easiest and best way to do it, be the independent or major.
    Who are Sony/BMG leading down a dark alleyway? And how are they doing it (if in Ireland??)
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    8/18/2006 3:48 PM
    you don't need amazing venues, just loads. Most of the SXSW stuff is in bars anyway. You'd just need 20 places TBMC Olympia Tripod Crawdaddy Village Whelans Cobblestone Eamon Dorans Spirit Boom Boom Room Radio City Pravda The Hub The Mezz Kennedys Sugar Club Meeting House Square Anseo Voodoo Bleu Note my bedroom easy!
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    8/18/2006 3:53 PM
    what are the acoustics like in your bedroom Una? nudge nudge wink wink etc.
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    8/18/2006 3:59 PM
    unfortunately for my flatmates they are FANTASTIC
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    8/18/2006 4:01 PM
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    I hope that the festival gets bigger and bigger - with the focus always on unsigned bands and new talent - until it gets international recognition. I love the idea of a kind of shambolic festival of hundreds of bands and artists taking over a city for the weekend ala SXSW. Of course, it's a long way from that.
    its not just a long way, una, its another planet!! theres nothing on earth like SXSW - gigs morning, noon, night and all over again. crazy, crazy stuff. dublin would never be able to do something like that for a gadzillion reasons. HWCH is good at what it does but it has changed a lot of late. i expect the Bud Rising tie-in to cause a lot of problems too
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    8/18/2006 4:02 PM
    what kind of problems? (apart from crap beer)
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    8/18/2006 4:03 PM
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    unfortunately for my flatmates they are FANTASTIC
    Excellent, hopefully HWCH takes note of your suggestion and we can all see the making of sweet sweet music in your boudoir.
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    8/18/2006 5:35 PM
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    hard luck Unicron
    Cheers. Wasn't expecting to get much out of it anyway had we got in. Maybe to meet a few bands we thought were cool and could play the odd gig with. Anyone who expects HWCH to be a launchpad for them (unless their band is s**t hot in which case they'll already be known about) is kidding themselves.
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    8/19/2006 3:50 PM
    Pretty good line-up. 79cortinaz 8Ball A Band Called Wanda a lazarus soul Aleko alias glee AllStarCharge ANGEL PIER Annette Buckley Ashley Sheehan and The Mute berkeley Betamax Format BillColeman Boss Volenti Butterfly Explosion Channel one Cormac O Caoimh Couse and the Impossible Cowboy X Dae Kim DCPakt Declan de Barra delorentos edgar heaton envelope. Eric Eckhart ginosko giveamankick Glenwash Gordon is a Mime Ham Sandwich Hope is Noise Iain Archer Jenny Lindfors Joe Chester KILL CITY DEFECTORS Les Bien Lost lotus lullaby Matt McGinn me in the park Michael Knight Mighty Stef Moth Complex My Corduroy my invention myp et jeep Niall Laylor Nigel Place Noise Control NOVASTONE Orphan Code Pat Barrett Patrick Freyne and his Bad Intentions Pier Nineteen Pilotlight Pinky Pugwash Queen Kong Red Rose Caf#65533; Redkid Robotnik Scott Maher SICKBOY Simple Kid Star Belgrade Star Turtle Story of Hair SuperJimenez Tadhg Cooke The Balducci Lift The Beat Poets The Bleedin Bleedins The Chapters The Heathens The Immediate the last post The Marshals The Racket the radio The Ruby Tailights The Shakes The Star Department The Things the tides the urges twinkranes Una Healy Valerie Franics I want to see Butterfly Explosion, The Star Department, The Marshals, The Immediate, twinkranes, Sickboy, Simple Kid, The Last Post, Patrick Freyne and The Ruby Tailights. And hopefully be pleasantly surprised by some of the rest.
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    8/19/2006 3:59 PM
    Hijack - butterfly explosion have a gig tonight if you wanna get a preview. I know it's raining but I promise it will be dry inside the Temple Bar Music Centre. So it's doors at 8, Sat 19th (tonight) for a highly affordable €6. We headline with a club to follow. x
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    8/19/2006 4:03 PM
    Illyad, it's the Longford branch of yer fanclub here. Can't make it tonight, but good luck!
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    8/19/2006 4:08 PM
    a lazarus soul Aleko Btterfly Explosion Channel one DCPakt envelope. giveamankick myp et jeep Pinky Pugwash SICKBOY Story of Hair The Things twinkranes Una Healy Valerie Franics Theres my list recommendations - with the ones in Red a definite DO NOT MISS! I sure there's a deadly few others I hope to be introduced to - but obviously i dont know them yet!
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    8/19/2006 6:33 PM
    jeez, Pugwash made the list. TW has no cause for complaint for the first time in his life! no walls or sack though - bet there will be wigs on the green there
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    8/19/2006 7:52 PM
    For next year...how does one go about trying to get in?
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    8/19/2006 9:07 PM
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    For next year...how does one go about trying to get in?
    You apply . You do so on their website, you needed 3 songs demoed (demo'd?) this year.
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    8/20/2006 6:45 AM
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    jeez, Pugwash made the list. TW has no cause for complaint for the first time in his life! no walls or sack though - bet there will be wigs on the green there
    Me complain? Never.....
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    8/20/2006 10:39 AM
    Thats a quality line up and all for 20 odd notes... a bargin
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    8/20/2006 11:41 AM
    I'd highly recommend catchin any of the following.. Butterfly Explosion Dae Kim Envelope Giveamanakick Glenwash Pinky Star Belgrade Simple Kid The Immediate Bone of contention here...who should have got in but didn't?? It's hard to know who applied but I can't believe Stagger Lee & a few others aren't there.
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    8/20/2006 6:59 PM
    i'm delighted that Queen Kong got in. apparently they have added a sax player to their already recently expanded lineup. i haven't seen them in ages. Giveamanakick are the best band in the lineup i've seen. looking forward to checking out some other random bands i've heard good things about like Sickboy.
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    8/20/2006 7:11 PM
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    Bone of contention here...who should have got in but didn't?? It's hard to know who applied but I can't believe Stagger Lee & a few others aren't there.
    Ah Stagger Lee didnt appply - so thats why we aint in there!
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    8/21/2006 10:30 AM
    Some good bands in there, well worth the 22 bills.
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    8/21/2006 10:40 AM
    Acts I will make a point of seeing: DC Packt Mighty Stef Aleko CH1 Really strong line up this year. Can't wait! 22 bills is a snip.
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    8/21/2006 1:53 PM
    Any idea when tickets are on sale ? hwch.net says the 15th of Aug via Ticketmaster, but its not up on the site yet.
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    8/21/2006 2:01 PM
    It will prob be on sale by the end of the week - that date is just a provisional time so it appears on line
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    8/21/2006 2:05 PM
    I'll only make it to the Sunday gigs because I shall be out of ze country. Hopefully these bands will be playing then: Aleko Channel one Cowboy X delorentos Ham Sandwich KILL CITY DEFECTORS Les Bien Lost myp et jeep Noise Control Queen Kong SICKBOY The Bleedin Bleedins The Immediate
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    8/21/2006 3:49 PM
    8Ball Aleko alias glee Annette Buckley berkeley Betamax Format Butterfly Explosion Channel one Couse and the Impossible Cowboy X Dae Kim DCPakt Declan de Barra delorentos envelope. Ham Sandwich Hope is Noise Jenny Lindfors KILL CITY DEFECTORS Les Bien Lost lotus lullaby me in the park Michael Knight Mighty Stef Moth Complex my invention myp et jeep Orphan Code Patrick Freyne and his Bad Intentions Pier Nineteen Pilotlight Pugwash Queen Kong Red Rose Caf#65533; Redkid Simple Kid Star Belgrade The Beat Poets The Bleedin Bleedins The Chapters The Immediate The Racket The Ruby Tailights twinkranes if i see 10 or more of this list i will be happy enough there is such a good line-up this year a few great acts missing in action but sure you can't have the world. that bud thing will be quite an issue though its such a poor excuse for a beer
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    8/23/2006 11:48 AM
    Tickets now on sale .... but not at advertised prices. http://www.ticketmaster.ie/promo/1675 3day for €25 1day for €12
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    8/23/2006 12:43 PM
    does anyone know what venues are gonna be used? will it be the same as last year?


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