If you’re determined to attend this year but are finding the €240 price-tag a little limiting, why not try your luck with these:

Electric Picnic Forum
Electric Picnic Myspace
Heineken Music on Facebook
WarChild
Hotpress
Entertainment.ie
Entertainment.ie / Bacardi
Bacardi Facebook
Tower Records
Festival Annual
RTE 2fm / Nokia
Bootcamp Ireland
Pigsback.com
O2 Blue Room
Day & Night Magazine

Subject: europe confusion

Body: hello,

i just wanted to clear up some information about some shows that i am not playing but i am listed as playing. i will not be playing in europe in september. unfortunately, some of the possible shows got listed as confirmed and advertised. this has resulted in a major bummer as i cannot make these shows. i hope to make it back to europe again soon, but i do not know when that is. my apologies to everyone who was looking forward these fictional shows. this time, it honestly wasn’t my f*ck up.

dan

The full schedule for next weekend’s Indiependence Festival is now online – check the festival’s webpage for the full line up.

Now onto this week’s competition and this week’s question!

Which beer brand sponsors Indiependence?

Competition is now closed.

To win one of the two pairs of weekend camping tickets up for grabs this week email theguesslist[at]gmail[dot]com with ‘Indiependence Giveaway #4‘ (please note the number) as the subject line and be sure to include your answer, name and address.

This week’s competition closes at 9m tomorrow, Saturday July 25 and two winners will be drawn at random from all correct entries. The Competition is open to over-18’s only, judges’ decision is final and winners will be notified by email. Good luck!

Good news for organisers and punters alike – Indiependence has secured an on-location campsite for the duration of the festival this August bank holiday weekend.

This week the festival organisers announced that they will not charge any extra for the campsite. Anyone with a €59 weekend ticket purchased from ticketmaster, even where these tickets state “weekend non-camping” will be given access to the campsite. The site is adjacent to the festival arena and car parking facilities are less than 5 minutes walk away.

All €59 weekend tickets purchased from ticketmaster will allow access to the campsite. Any festival goers who bought €39 day or special offer early bird tickets will be able to access the campsite by paying a supplement on arrival at the site.

Now onto this week’s competition and this week’s question!

Which Indiependence headliners recently released the album ‘Dark Days/Light Years’?

Competition is now closed.

To win one of the two pairs of tickets up for grabs this week email theguesslist[at]gmail[dot]com with ‘Indiependence Giveaway 3‘ (please note the number) as the subject line and be sure to include your answer, name and address.

This week’s competition closes at 9am next Thursday, July 23 and two winners will be drawn at random from all correct entries. The Competition is open to over-18’s only, judges’ decision is final and winners will be notified by email. Good luck!

And remember, we still have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway to followers of @guesslist on twitter. Watch out for your cue to win – we will give the first cue to win at some stage over the next 7 days…

First and foremost congratulations to our first week’s winners Joe and Fiona!

We’re giving away another two pairs of tickets this week, details are below.

As Indiependence does not have an official festival campsite itself, a number of private groups have stepped up to offer accommodation for punters over the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

TO Park is a privately run new camp site that will accommodate 300 festival goers over the August bank holiday weekend. The site encompasses some proper flushing toilets, breakfasts in the mornings and a free shuttle bus daily and at night to and from the festival site located just 4 miles away. The cost of weekend camping at TO Park is €20 per person with your festival ticket.

To book your camping place at TO Park, just contact Ballyhoura Development on O63 913OO or e-mail your details to info[at]ballyhoura[dot]org. All you need is the number on the back of your festival ticket and your credit card or laser details, your credit card and laser will just be used to hold your spot as you will pay on arrival at TO Park. The site will open at 6pm on Friday July 31st and close at 6pm on Monday August 3rd.

Meanwhile, the four star Charleville Park Hotel is located just 30 minutes from the Indiependance festival site and they are offering a special festival offer for the weekend. For just €90 per person sharing, you will get two nights Bed & Breakfast with access to the leisure centre and spa facilities. The hotel will also be providing a free bus service daily to and from the festival. Contact Charleville Park Hotel on O63 816OO for details or log onto charlevilleparkhotel.com – please quote your festival ticket number when booking.

Now onto this week’s competition and this week’s question!

“Which famous Cork venue has a stage named in its honour at Indiependence?”

To win one of the two pairs of tickets up for grabs this week email theguesslist[at]gmail[dot]com with ‘Indiependence Giveaway 2‘ (please note the number) as the subject line and be sure to include your answer, name and address.

This week’s competition closes at 9am next Thursday, July 16 and two winners will be drawn at random from all correct entries. The Competition is open to over-18’s only, judges’ decision is final and winners will be notified by email. Good luck!

And remember, we still have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway to followers of @guesslist on twitter. Watch out for your cue to win…

* Competition is now closed and winners have being notified. Thanks to all our entrants! *

Summer’s well and truly here and that, of course means music festivals. While a plethora of events will be vying for you attention this year, few can claim to have as much bang for your buck as the Indiependence Festival taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

From its humble origins as a free open air town event to an award winning showcase for the very best in emerging Irish talent, 2009 sees Indiependence take to a new green field site on the outskirts of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, complete with three stages, the Bavaria Stage, the Cyprus Avenue Arena  and The Red Bull Village all packed to the brim with must-see acts including Super Furry Animals, Ocean Colour Scene, Fight Like Apes, Delorentos, The Blizzards, RSAG, Fred, The Frank & Walters, Villagers and many many more.

Mitchelstown will be the epicenter of a party on the August weekend, with all bars in the town granted a bar extension to keep the festivities rolling into the small hours.

The ethos of the festival has always been to promote good music and provide value for money for the punter. With this in mind two-day weekend tickets for Indiependence cost just €59, while day passes cost €39.

With thanks to Shane and the gang at Indiependence, Guesslist has 10 pairs of weekend tickets to give away between now and July 24. Starting today we will have weekly giveaways every Friday on the blog to win one of two pairs of tickets. Meanwhile, over on our twitter account (@guesslist) we will invite Twitter followers to stake their claim to one of two pairs sometime over the next four weeks.

To get things rolling here’s this week’s easy question:

In what town is Indiependence held every year?

To win one of the two pairs of tickets up for grabs this week email theguesslist@gmail.com with ‘Indiependence Giveaway‘ as the subject line and be sure to include your answer, name and address. This week’s competition closes at 9am next Thursday, July 9 and two winners will be drawn at random from all correct entries. The Competition is open to over-18′s only, judges’ decision is final and winners will be notified by email. Good luck!

More information on indiependencefestival.com | Event page on last.fm

I’ve had Woods sitting in my “worth a bit of a listen” pile for awhile, but once I finally sat down and gave them some attention I felt a sense of guilt for having neglected them so long.

They seemed instantly familiar; touching on elements of The Byrds, the Velvet Underground and The Stooges; sounding like some sort of a 60′s psych / folk /garage / jam band supergroup. The songs are lazy, joyously messy and full of sweet vocal melodies, layered with splurges of hissy electric guitars and feedback.

This is already a perfect candidate for my sloppy summer sounds as the Irish climate starts to perk up and I go through my seasonal folkish phase (I’m not sure why this happens, last year it was James Blackshaw and Hush Arbors).

Woods – To Clean

Woods – Rain On

Songs of Shame is the 4th LP by Woods and is released on April 20th.

No date seems to be confirmed just yet, but it has taken place on the last weekend in May in previous years.