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I picked up a copy of Foggy Notions yesterday, which I recommend to anyone for the excellent Secretly Canadian sampler on the cover. Is this a brand new venture? It covers a few interesting bands though it's quite mainstream indie and the writing/reviewing is a bit patchy: two and a half stars for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah? In the end, I've read stuff as good or better by our Dublin-based writers!

Yeah, that would've been the first issue you picked up. I haven't had a decent read of it yet, though I flicked through it and it looked good. It's a welcome addition to the Irish music media though, its main rival is the shitrag known as HotPress

I know someone connected with this so I shan't be critical of it but Neon's right. The Irish magazine market is in desperate need of something like this. Hot Press, like much of the Irish media (particularly The Irish So-Called Independent), has just become one huge noticeboard for Irish commercial interests, so much so that reviewers and columnists are being severely edited or cut out altogether if their opinions threaten advertising revenue. The more voices present, the fewer instances there will be of these appalling curbs on press freedom.

Also, it goes without saying, the more openings for talented "Dublin-based writers" like us. (cheers, Ged!)

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