Feb 14
Buy Our Music Here
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You can now buy digital versions of our music here on our website. Just go to the Music page to check it out!
We will be adding to this soon with physical copies of our albums!
Jan 29
Loose to Rock for Haiti
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Republic of Loose will play the Rock for Haiti in the Academy on Friday February 5th, in association with UNICEF. This event is organized by Phantom fm.
The Loose are proud to be able to give their help to the fundraiser.
They will play a 30 min acoustic set.
Jan 27
Saturday Night Show
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We’ll be performing on the Saturday Night Show, this Saturday 30th Jan, RTE One at 9:40pm.
It’s the opening night of a new show presented by Brendan O’Connor.
Update: you can view the show here:
www.rte.ie/player/#v=1065333
We’re at the end of the show
Jan 22
Live at the Academy
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Live at the Academy December 2009
Dec 02
Republic of Loose in Q Magazines 'Albums Of The Century'
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This months Q Magazine includes the 100 albums of the century as nominated by a host of musicians, Authors, comedians, politicians, DJ’s and Actors.
Republic of Loose’ ‘Aaagh!’ has been nominated by Author Irvine Welsh.
The Trainspotting author went on to say – “It’s a great, fun, party album. They’re a party band – there’s loads of them onstage. It’s got one of the greatest songs of all time in Comeback Girl and one of the most fantastically twisted love songs in The Idiots”
Q magazine added “Ruminations on semen and sodomy…”
Sep 29
Republic of Loose to play first Dublin headline of 2009.
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Republic of Loose have announced their only Dublin headline show of 2009. The Loose will see the year out with a gig at The Academy on Tuesday December 22nd. This will be the bands first headline show in Dublin since their sold out show at the Academy on December 23rd 2008.
Jul 28
Loose cover Michael Jackson at Oxegen
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The pegs of the Green Spheres tent were truly shaken Loose at Oxegen this year. Arriving on stage at 9.30pm and playing for just over an hour, the band mixed it up with tracks from their 2nd and 3rd albums. With one reviewer describing the gig as “worshiping at the alter of Republic of Loose” another review described how “Comeback Girl lasted about three weeks and induced utter pandemonium” Finishing the set with a cover of Michael Jacksons ‘Wannabe Startin’ Something’ the BBC’s ATL review went on to say “There have been some cod tributes to the late Jacko already at this festival, but ‘Wannabe Startin’ Something’ is the genuine article, the lineage and musical debt obvious – but repaid in full”
Gig review by CLuas.com
Gig review by the BBC
Republic of Loose Oxegen Setlist 10/07/09
Aaagh!
23 Things I Dont Like
Shame
I Like Music
13 Shots
Drop
Awful Cold
I’m Greedy
Break
Comeback Girl
You Know It
The Steady Song
Wann Be Startin’ Somethin’
Jul 28
Mik Pyro on Michael Jackson
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In a recent interview with Hotpress magazine
Mik spoke about his respect for the late artist, who he refers to as “the best singer who ever sang on record”.
Pyro, whose music was heavily influenced by Jackson, spoke eloquently about his respect for the singer, and his belief that his genius was never truly realised.
“The thing about Michael Jackson was there was a complete fusion between form and content,” he says, “The calibre of his artistry I don’t think will be recognised for hundreds of years, even though he was perceived as being great in his time: the levels of his achievement in terms of what he did with his dancing, his singing – but also as a songwriter and musician and producer.
“I would have loved to have heard him working with Timbaland or someone of that calibre. That’s the real tragedy for me, I would have just loved to have heard him make an album with more intelligent, cutting-edge producers, ‘cos the only people you could compare him to in the 20th century were people like Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Miles Davis. He was far beyond Elvis.”
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