Found 47 matches.
Music | News
81% | 12 Oct 2006
Hard Working Class Heroes festival offers free CD
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Discovering Ireland's next big thing has become even easier, with a showcase CD available to all HWCH ticket holders.
Music Review | Single
80% | 20 Sep 2005
Where No One Knows
Shilpa Ganatra
Gusty atmospherics and a driving melody are the order of the day with Dublin’s Ginseng, one of the many bands to grace the Hard Working Class Heroes festival. Sadly, they seem to realise the Verve-esque chorus line is the only part going for the title track and thus repeat it ad infinitum. Like a funny joke told over and over again, it quickly turns from entertaining to tedious.
Music | News
77% | 5 Jun 2008
Sons & Daughters curate 'Invasion' at Hard Working Class Heroes
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Scottish rockers Sons & Daughters have been confirmed for the 6th annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival this September.
Music | News
56% | 24 Aug 2007
Hard Working Class Heroes: The Scandinavian lineup
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Dublin is bracing itself for a latter-day Nordic invasion next month.
Music | News
54% | 21 Jun 2006
Calling all bands! Are you a Hard Working Class Hero?
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The established Irish festival for new Irish bands is asking up and coming bands to submit their demos. The chosen ones will get to perform in this year's festival.
Music | News
53% | 1 Jul 2009
Hard Working Class Heroes want your applications
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Calling all bands and photographers, send your entry forms in for this year's festival
Music | News
53% | 8 Jun 2007
Are you a Hard Working Class Hero?
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Organisers of the 5th annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin are looking for new Irish bands to feature in this year’s line-up.
Music | Interview
52% | 14 Nov 2005
Featured writer: Tanya Sweeney
Tanya Sweeney
She's the queen of sharp writing, but what's the story behind her wondorous prose?
Music | Interview
50% | 26 Aug 2004
Inside Track Column: Special K
Roisin Dwyer
News from the domestic front.
Music | Interview
48% | 4 Jan 2005
Phil Udell: From Rags to Riches
Phil Udell
The Rags are just one of the new breed of Irish band that’s ready to take on the world.
Music | News
47% | 11 Oct 2006
Delorentos + Simple Kid to support BellX1
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Dublin foursome Delorentos and lo-fi merchant Simple Kid have been annouced as support for BellX1's forthcoming nationwide tour.
Music | News
47% | 7 Aug 2008
Next Club NME line-up revealed
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The latest in the weekly series of rockin' Club NME gigs will feature the Hot Sprockets, Kill City Defectors and Distractors.
Music | Interview
47% | 11 Oct 2004
Coronation Street
Phil Udell
Getting funky reggae grooves heard over the din of the capital’s rock bands is no easy task, but Dublin ska kingpins King Sativa are continuing to fight the good fight.
46% | 25 Feb 2009
The Revellions
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Music | News
46% | 24 Sep 2008
New Amusement to support British Sea Power
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Dublin act New Amusement will support British Sea Power on their upcoming date at the Academy.
Music | Interview
46% | 20 Sep 2005
The Inside Track
Roisin Dwyer
News and gossip from the domestic front with Roisin Dwyer.
Music Review | Live
45% | 17 Sep 2008
Hard Working Class Heroes Festival 2008
Naomi McArdle
Returning to vintage mode of several venues for year six Hard Working Class Heroes 2008 in Dublin from 12-15 September was the finest installation yet.
Music | Interview
44% | 24 Nov 2006
Eric the king
Kilian Murphy
How Eric Eckhart quit his swish job, sold his house and cars, split with his girlfriend and burned his picket fence in order to pursue his creative vision.
Music | News
44% | 17 Sep 2004
Hard Working Class Heroes declared a huge success
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The organisers of Hard Working Class Heroes have been speaking to hotpress.com about the success of the event
Music | Interview
44% | 12 Jul 2007
An Offaly big adventure
Kilian Murphy
From Sister Sledge to The Spikes, plus non musical attractions such as massage, fortune-telling and art exhibitions, Castle Palooza promises a festival in the conventional sense of the word.
Music | News
44% | 25 May 2004
Heroes welcomed again in 2004
The Hot Press Newsdesk
August is shaping up to be the month for alternative Irish talent with the return of Hard Working Class Heroes and the Mor festival...
Music | News
43% | 8 Sep 2008
Hard Working Class Heroes reveals day-by-day breakdown
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Dublin's HWCH band showcase has just revealed the breakdown of acts playing each day over the coming weekend, with Fight Like Apes added to the bill for this Saturday.
Music | Interview
43% | 24 Sep 2007
Paving Not Drowning
Stephen Errity
When The Concretes's lead vocalist Victoria Bergsman left the band earlier this year, it fell to drummer Lisa Milberg to step up to the mic.
Music Review | Live
43% | 5 Oct 2007
Hard Working Class Heroes Festival at Tripod, Dublin
Kilian Murphy
Over three days, the cream of up-and-coming Irish and Scandinavian talent gave it their all. Killian Murphy picks out those that shone brightest. Click here. for live gallery.
Music | Interview
42% | 27 Sep 2007
The Boys From 'Brasil
Stephen Errity
From starting out playing accordions to supporting the La’s and parting ways with their record label, Hybrasil have a lot of stories to tell.
Music | News
42% | 4 Aug 2004
Hard Working Class Heroes line-up announced [updated]
The Hot Press Newsdesk
La Rocca, Fair Verona, Iain Archer and the emerging Irish supergroup The Radio are just some of the 100 artists performing at next month's event
Music | Interview
41% | 6 Nov 2009
Blues Explosion
Colm O Hare
Having built up a solid reputation on the gigging circuit, blues outfit Ali and The DTs have just released their debut album. Harp player Christian Volkmann discusses the details of their unique sound with Colm O’Hare.
Music Review | Live
39% | 4 Nov 2005
Delorentos live at Whelan's, Dublin
Steve Cummins
From the off, Delorentos are in stunning form. Whelan’s has rarely seen a night like it.
Music Review | Live
39% | 27 Oct 2009
Hard Working Class Heroes Festival
Celina Murphy
Academy 2. Within these pulsing walls, Heritage Centre introduce new track ‘The Boss’ by lamenting a seven week absence from the Irish stage.
Music | News
39% | 31 Jul 2008
Hard Working Class Heroes announce full line-up
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Northern hopefuls Fighting With Wire and rising Dublin electro act Robotnik are among those set to play this year's HWCH festival, with the full line-up just announced.
Music | Interview
39% | 19 Jan 2005
Ones to Watch- 2005
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Hot Press selects 13 – lucky for some! – of the Irish bands and artists most likely to set the rock world alight in 2005. Remember these names...
Music | News
38% | 23 Aug 2005
The inside track
Roisin Dwyer
News and gossip from the People's Republic with Roisin Dwyer.
Music | Interview
38% | 8 May 2006
Band and deliver
Steve Cummins & Shilpa Ganatra
Never mind the naysayers, Dublin 2006 is spilling over with white hot talent. Steve Cummins and Shilpa Ganatra run the rule over the capital's new breed.
Music | News
37% | 25 Sep 2009
Planet of Sound
Roisin Dwyer
News and gossip from the domestic front
Hot Features | Fashion
36% | 14 Jul 2008
Dali Wags
Celina Murphy
As front woman of up-and-coming Kilkenny quartet Dali, Deirdre Doyle knows how to achieve a rock star look on a musician’s wage.
36% | 10 Jan 2006
Soundtrack of our lives 2005: Tanya Sweeney
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Annual article: As you’ll all privately admit to yourselves, the Pussycat Dolls’ single towered over all else in 2005.
Music | News
34% | 25 Aug 2008
For Crayon Out Loud
Roisin Dwyer
News and gossip from the domestic front with Roisin Dwyer
Music | News
34% | 16 Oct 2009
Hard Working Class Heroes hits the streets
The Hot Press Newsdesk
It's all gloriously, wonderfully free!
Music | News
34% | 19 May 2006
The Inside Track
The Hot Press Newsdesk
News and gossip from the domestic front with Roisin Dwyer
Music | News
33% | 7 Sep 2005
The Inside Track
Roisin Dwyer
News and gossip from the domestic front with Roisin Dwyer
Music | News
32% | 6 Sep 2007
Hard Working Class Heroes: Headline acts announced
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The headline acts for the three nights of the Hard Working Class Heroes festival have been revealed.
Music | News
32% | 25 Jul 2006
Hard Working Class Heroes: Last chance to play!
The Hot Press Newsdesk
If you keep meaning to enter your band to play Ireland's premier showcase, the Hard Working Class Heroes festival, now might be a good time!
Music | News
30% | 2 Sep 2005
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Broadcast | Audio
28% | 21 May 2009
WHAT A CORKER!
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Hot Press – in association with Cork 96Fm – introduce a prime selection of juicy cuts from nine of Cork's finest acts.
Music | News
27% | 18 Oct 2006
UK industry invade Dublin for showcase weekend
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hard Working Class Heroes festival proved to be a huge success, with full houses for virtually all of the Dublin city centre showcases.
Music | News
27% | 1 Jul 2005
Hard Working Class Heroes panel announced
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Not content with bringing you the cream of new Irish and overseas talent, this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes festival has rounded-up some prominent industry names to participate in its workshops and panel discussions.
Broadcast | Gallery
27% | 22 Nov 2009
Hard Working Class Heroes '07
Exclusive live shots from last weekend's Hard Working Class Heroes festival
