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#IndieMusic #MusicSky @GILDEDALM.com PR for indie record labels like 4AD,Rough Trade, Partisan,Mute,XL,PIAS ,Heavenly, Matador,Sub Pop ,Young,City Slang in🇮🇪 http://linktr.ee/GildedALM https://bsky.app/profile/gildedalm.com

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 12d

The @gildedalm.com #AlbumOfTheWeek is Ad Astra by ASH
on the awesome Fierce Panda label

🇮🇪 December
5 - Mike The Pies,Listowel
6- Spirit Store,Dundalk
7- Róisín Dubh,Galway
9- Cyprus Avenue,Cork
10- Dolans Warehouse,Limerick
11- The Academy,Dublin
13- Ulster Hall,Belfast

👂⬇️
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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 17m

5pm>🇮🇪📻📥
ADMT
BAR ITALIA
DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT
DARKSIDE
🇮🇪SEAMUS FOGARTY
GORDI
JOSEPH KAMARU
LALA LALA
MARSY
NIGHTMARES ON WAX
NoSo
OLIVER SIM
NALA SINEPHRO
🇮🇪SODA BLONDE
sunn O)))
SWORD II
reissue DAVID GRAY
remixes DISGUSTING SISTERS
GWENNO
⬇️👂
bit.ly/GildedSpotify

Spotify – Web Player

bit.ly

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The Divine Comedy @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social · 3h

The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon discusses his masterful new album Rainy Sunday Afternoon, soundtracking Hollywood smash Wonka, and collaborating with Robbie Williams - Paul Nolan for @hotpress.com
Read here: www.hotpress.com/music/the-di...
#TheDivineComedy #NeilHannon

The Divine Comedy: “I mean, everything you go through is part of the next record. But also, there are a few songs that date back as far five to 11 years” | Hotpress

The Divine Comedy’sNeil Hannon discusseshis masterful new album Rainy Sunday Afternoon, soundtracking Hollywood smash Wonka, and collaborating with Robbie ...

www.hotpress.com

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 1h

incoming

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Matador Records @matadorrecords.bsky.social · 2h

new from bar italia - "omni shambles"

from 'Some Like It Hot', out this Friday

stream / purchase : baritalia.mat-r.co/omnishambles

presave / preorder 'Some Like It Hot' : baritalia.mat-r.co/somelikeithot

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrG...

omni shambles

YouTube video by bar italia

www.youtube.com

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 2h

youtu.be/BdcyxrUNfLo?...

Queens of the Stone Age: Running Joke / Paper Machete | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

youtu.be

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 3h

MITSKI: THE LAND screens NEXT WEEK! 💡

Experience this one-of-a-kind, daring and theatrical production on our big screen!

Book now 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/mitski-the-land/

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Foggy Notions @foggynotions.bsky.social · 6h

Second date on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/the-big-star...

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 18h

360 mins of agony

Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 18h

That was the longest 360mins of international soccer ever
#IrelandvArmenia #IreArm #IrelvArm

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Gilded ALM @gildedalm.com · 22h

✨
𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒

on your 𝐓𝐕
this weekend!
📺
𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧…𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙
this Sunday 19 October
BBC Two @ 10pm

✨
𝘈𝘓𝘓 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘐𝘚 𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘙
out now
on #CitySlang
open.spotify.com/album/0oqLmx...

#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #musicsky #sprints #music

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Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social · 21h

“sunn O))) gave extreme focus and care to each step and aspect of the recording, each tone and level of saturation, each gain stage and speaker, each arrangement and harmonic. The Pacific Northwest forest is our guide."

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 23h

#Top13 New @gildedalm.com 🎶at 🇮🇪📻7-14th Oct '25

1 🇮🇪 SPRINTS
2🇮🇪 FONTAINES DC
3🇮🇪 a lazarus soul
4&13🇮🇪 JUST MUSTARD
5 TANITA TIKARAM
6,8,9🇮🇪 DIVINE COMEDY
7🇮🇪 SODA BLONDE
10 THE CHARLATANS
11 BRÒGEAL
12 BLONDESHELL

👂
bit.ly/GildedTop13R...

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Frank Nieto @fdnieto.bsky.social · 1d

A really great review for the "magnetic" new @flockofdimes.bsky.social album, The Life You Save, by Laura Snapes for @pitchfork.com.

The Life You Save is out now on @subpop.bsky.social.

Flock of Dimes: The Life You Save

Read Laura Snapes’ review of the album.

pitchfork.com

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 1d

sunn O))) sign to @subpop.bsky.social

for the known universe (includes Cork)

new maxi 12”

'Eternity’s Pillars' b/w 'Raise the Chalice'
& 'Reverential'

is available now on two limited vinyl colours
and at all streaming providers

New 📽️'s⬇️

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Eternity's Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential - YouTube

"Eternity's Pillars" by sunn O))) from 'Eternity's Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential' (Release Date: October 14, 2025) Order Album / Stream Now: ht...

www.youtube.com

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John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social · 1d

On Oct 31st I'll be in Listowel in Ireland with Richard Jobson (Skids) where we will be talking about our punk rock lives...last few tickets here... mikethepies.com/gigs/an-even...

An Evening Of Spoken Word With John Robb - Mike the Pies

Delighted to announce the debut of An Evening Of Spoken Word With John Robb with a Special live interview with Richard Jobson (The Skids) at Mike the Pies on Friday, 31st October 2025. A night you don...

mikethepies.com

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 1d

Told you

#TylerBallgame on Later With Jools

"Tyler Ballgame got his hopes up"

@roughtraderecords.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=coJw...

Tyler Ballgame - Got a New Car (Later... with Jools Holland)

YouTube video by BBC Music

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Gilded ALM @gildedalm.com · 14d

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𝐎 𝐂 𝐓 𝐎 𝐁 𝐄 𝐑

𝟚 𝟘 𝟚 𝟝

\\\

𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘓𝘔
𝙣𝙚𝙬
𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩
𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘

/// ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ
tr.ee/GildedSpotify

\\\ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ
tr.ee/GildedYouTube

/// ɢᴏ ᴏᴜᴛ
tr.ee/GildedGigs

\\\ ꜱɪɢɴ ᴜᴘ
tr.ee/GildedNewmus...

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#October #music
#independentmusic
#IrishBluesky #speirgorm #gigs
#Dublin #Cork #Limerick #Galway

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The Waterboys @waterboysmusic.bsky.social · 1d

A very good read!
www.spin.com/2025/10/the-...

The Waterboys’ Mike Scott Is a Completist, Not an Obsessive (He Swears)

Mike Scott of the Waterboys doesn’t like to use the word “obsession” to describe his particular affliction. When it comes to the creative artists who have

www.spin.com

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Bon Iver @boniverwi.bsky.social · 1d

"from Day One..."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2b...

Bon Iver - Day One (feat. Dijon & Flock of Dimes) [Official Video]

YouTube video by BonIverVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 2d

KATHERINE PRIDDY
@katherinepriddy.bsky.social

These Frightening Machines

New LP out 6.3.26
on Cooking Vinyl

first single

'Matches' 📽️🔥⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hw6...

LIVE 🇮🇪 24.1.26
Tradfest at National Stadium, Dublin
+ more 2026 dates to be announced

Katherine Priddy - Matches (Official Video)

YouTube video by Katherine Priddy

www.youtube.com

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The Charlatans @thecharlatans.bsky.social · 2d

Deeper And Deeper on Later... with Jools Holland, watch the full show back on iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 2d

SODABLONDE
Dream Big Live with the National Symphony Orchestra
out 12.12.25

🇮🇪 in December

Bank Lane, Waterford (13)
Cyprus Avenue, Cork (15)
The Set Theatre, Kilkenny (17)
Vicar Street, Dublin (18)
Róisín Dubh, Galway (20)
Dolan’s, Limerick (21)

📽️⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBCE...

Soda Blonde - Dream Big (Live with the National Symphony Orchestra)

YouTube video by SodaBlondeVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Gilded ALM @gildedalm.com · 5d

🟧
𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘
is on TV this weekend!

📺
𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧…𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙
this Sunday 12 October
BBC Two @ 10pm

🍊
his debut album
~ 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 ~
is out 30 January 2026
on @roughtraderecords.bsky.social

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The Charlatans @thecharlatans.bsky.social · 3d

Later... with Jools Holland, tonight! Tune in on BBC Two from 10pm

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 3d

If you knew her, you’d miss her, nice to see all the #KirstyMacColl birthday love around.