'Feels like a coronation...'
Rolling Stone
St. Vincent's (aka Annie Clark) self-titled fourth album was named Best Album of the Year by The Guardian, as well as receiving over a dozen Top 10 year-end accolades from The New York Times, TIME, New York Magazine, NME, Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone who said the album “feels like a coronation”.
In 2011 St. Vincent’s album Strange Mercy, was hailed as “something to behold” by Pitchfork. During this time she completed work with David Byrne on their collaborative album Love This Giant, another critical smash that was dubbed “marvellous” by the New Yorker and “magical” by NPR.
Coming off a massive 2014 with performances captivating Festival audiences across the globe and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction TIME hailed her album as “one of the year’s most adventurous albums”, Rolling Stone praised her “fiery guitar solos”, and NPR Music named her the No. 1 best concert of the year.
The 5-piece Dublin band, Little Green Cars, enjoyed great success with their Number 1 debut album Absolute Zero. The band burst onto the scene in 2013 with their first three singles, The John Wayne, Harper Lee and My Love Took Me Down to the River to Silence Me to great critical acclaim.
Named Irish Act of the Year 2013 by The Irish Times, the band is currently recording their second album due for release later this year.