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08/07/2009

Headgear are working on album number 3 at present, we'll post more info as we have it. In the meantime you can get a new song, 'Where Is Home?', which features on a new album of Limerick talent, curated by Noel Hogan, called 'Tone List'. 'Tone List' will be available from iTunes and record stores from Friday July 10 and is available now from the Gohan Records online store. For more information log on to the Gohan Records website.

21/08/2008

Headgear will perform at this years Hard Working Class Heroes festival. You can ketch them at Eamon Dorans on Sunday September 14th at 8pm. Entertainment. ie are sponsoring the download chart for this festival and you can download our song 'The Emergency position' for free at entertainment.ie and help us to move up the charts.

We are delighted with our new videos for 'The Emergency Position' and 'To Heaven' made by the "budding" director Dominik Kosicki. We think he definitely has now budded and is springing shoots at this point. Watch the videos online and see what you think. We shall have them up on this site soon.

Headgear's 10" limited single 'To Heaven/A Singsong In The Sky' is available now. Buy it it online at Rough Trade

Rough Trade had this to say....

"Pretty much exclusive to Rough Trade stores in the UK (though available in many places in their native ireland i'm sure), this is a limited 10" release from the wonderful headgear. 'To Heaven' brings to mind traces of Later Massive attack and maybe even Grandaddy. A simple melody that builds and builds into something quite special. 'A Singsong In The Sky' turns up the rock factor more and stands alone as a festival anthem in the making."

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22/05/2008

Headgear's 10" limited single 'To Heaven/A Singsong In The Sky' will be released in the U.K. through the Rough Trade stores on 25/07/2008. It will also be available from that date in Road Records, Dublin and Plugged in Cork, and from selected stores throughout Ireland. You can now also watch the music video for 'To Heaven' on YouTube.

Rough Trade had this to say....

"Pretty much exclusive to Rough Trade stores in the UK (though available in many places in their native ireland i'm sure), this is a limited 10" release from the wonderful headgear. 'To Heaven' brings to mind traces of Later Massive attack and maybe even Grandaddy. A simple melody that builds and builds into something quite special. 'A Singsong In The Sky' turns up the rock factor more and stands alone as a festival anthem in the making."

Buy it it online at Rough Trade

The D10 festival was a huge success this year, where Headgear entertained about a thousand happy clappers on Saturday night after a feed at the Riverfest. Limerick is now officially the city of love!

13/02/2008

The release date for Headgear's new single 'To Heaven' has unfortunately been moved back to Friday 21st March.

However, the good news is that 'To Heaven' will now also be released on vinyl. It will be available in vinyl record stores throughout Ireland and in Rough Trade stores in London as well as through Rough Trade's Online Store and Martha's own online store right here at marthadigs.com.

The single mix of 'To Heaven' will also be available as a free download for 24 hours beginning at 9a.m. Friday morning at www.myspace.com/headgearmusic (sorry for the delay!).

11/01/2008

We are most chuffed to report that to wrap up the year, The Irish Independent chose Headgear's 'Harry Truman' as 2007's BEST IRISH SONG. Read the original article: Local Heroes: How The Irish Fared in 2007

On February 11th Headgear will release their new single 'To Heaven'. The track has neen remixed for release and this new version will be available as a free download on that date and that date only from midnight to midnight onHeadgear's MySpace page - you can download direct from the MySpace music player so remember to check in on the 11th to get your free copy. After the 11th the single will be available for cash money from all the usual online stores.

31/12/2007

Just a quick note to say thank you for all your support in 2007. Happy New Year and have a great 2008 - Headgear

"If this place is gonna go, I want to go with it, 'cause if I lost it, it would kill me in a week anyway". - Harry Truman, May 1980.

04/12/2007

Headgear's 'Flight Cases' album has been short listed for album of the year by the Irish Indie webzine cluas.com. You can vote by visiting http://www.cluas.com/poll/2007/best-album-vote/

02/11/2007

Daragh and Breifne will play an acoustic version of Harry Truman on 'The Last Broadcast' next Wednesday night, November 7th on RTE2 television. Daragh will also attempt a (brief) conversation with Dave Fanning. The show starts at 11.15pm.

31/10/2007

You can now download the current Headgear single 'Harry Truman' for just for just €0.99 at www.downloadmusic.ie. To buy, text 'music 595' to 57501. The cost of the download will be charged to your mobile phone and login and password details will be sent via text to your mobile phone. You can then login and download the track to your computer from www.downloadmusic.ie. This mobile download service is only available in the Republic of Ireland at the moment.

16/10/2007

After a short Irish tour the Headgear "Live Experience" is safely back in its' flight-case where it can do no further harm. As a thank you to all those to came out so sing along we have some alternate mixes of the current single 'Harry Truman' available as free downloads. Get them in Martha's new download center. And if you haven't already done so, please sign up to our mailing list and we'll keep you up to date with an occasional email.

09/10/2007

You can now watch the 'Harry Truman' music video here on marthadigs.com. The video was directed by MTV's Eugene O'Connor, who also directs RTÉ's hit TV series Killinascully, and was shot around the mountains of county Tipperary near the village of Kiloscully where Killinascully is also filmed. And on BBQ duty for the day was Killinascully creator and writer Pat Shortt. Aside from making a mean lamb burger and starring in the critically acclaimed Irish movie Garage, Pat also plays saxophone on 'I'll Make It Up To You', the b-side of the 'Harry Truman' single, as well as on several other tracks on the 'Flight Cases' album, including 'Icarus Girl' and 'The Man Who Flew Into Space from His Apartment'. The 'Harry Truman' video is available as free download - get it for your iPod. You can buy the 'Flightcases' album in our online store or at iTunes..

03/10/2007

We've added a mailing list. Please take the time to sign-up if you would like us to keep you up to date with Headgear happenings. It's been a busy September for Headgear. The music video for 'Harry Truman' has been completed and we'll have it up here for you to watch on marthadigs.com in just a few days. For now here's the 'Harry Truman' music video...just for old times' sake.

24/09/2007

Hot Press magazine gives Headgear’s 'Harry Truman' Single of the fortnight.

"The engrossing 'Harry Truman' squeezes the finest drops of Limerick-based musician Daragh Dukes' vast talent into one song. The second single from 'Flight Cases', released to general acclaim earlier this year, the track is so beautifully couched in watery piano keys and haunting grooves that several listens will be required to get to grip with the pulsating effects that every note of the song produces." - Hot Press, September 2007

29/08/2007

Headgear play two stages at this years Electric Picnic in Stradbally. Check the Headgear Tour page for details where you will also find dates for a short Irish tour to coincide with the release of Harry Truman.

20/07/2007

Harry Truman is to be the second single release from Headgear's 'Flight Cases' album. The single was mixed by Ali Staton and will be available as a download only release from Monday, September 24th.

12/06/2007

More Headgear live shows are planned for the Summer/Autumn months in support of the new album Flightcases. Dates shold be announced soon, so check back with us. A new remixed version of Harry Truman will be the second single release from Flightcases. It will be available for download later this month. We'll post the release date just as soon as it's been confirmed.

27/04/2007

Flightcases the second full length album from Headgear is released today and is available from all good record shops and on-line music stores. The first single Airborne is also now available as a download release.

23/04/2007

Finalized dates for the Headgear album release tour have been posted. The Galway show has been cancelled for now and the tour will kick off instead in Limerick. Headgear are also confirmed for a Saturday slot at the Dinner's Ready music festival at the East Point Business Park near the Point Depot in Dublin. Headgear will play Saturday, June 2. More details will be posted closer to the date.

03/04/2007

Dates in Sligo and Carlow have been added to the itinerary for the upcomingHeadgear tour starting May 10th.

'Flightcases' is released in Ireland on April 27th and will be available from all goodrecord shops and on-line music stores. The first single 'Airborne' will also be available as a download release from April 27th.

28/03/2007

The Headgear Media Pack is now available for downlaod. The pack includes photographs and press release. We've also added photos from the McGarrigles show earlier this month to the gallery at Shanacloon.

27/03/2007

The date for the Dublin show has changed. Headgear will now play Crawdaddy in Dublin on Thursday, May 17th and not Wednesday 16th as originally scheduled. Full details of all upcoming dates can be found on the Headgear Tour page.

15/03/2007

The venue for Headgear's Limerick show has been changed from Dolan’s Warehouse to the Trinity Rooms.

09/03/2007

Dates announced in May for Galway, Limerick, Cork, Dublin and Belfast for Headgear album release tour, with a possible Sligo date to be confirmed. Visit the Headgear Tour page for details.

The new Headgear album 'Flightcases' will be released April 28th, 2007. You can check out preview tracks 'Harry Truman' and 'The Man Who Flew Into Space From His Apartment' at Shanacloon.

26/02/2007

We're spring cleaning here at marthadigs.com, which means emptying out the liquor cabinet and shinying up our web-site ahead of the new Headgear album 'Flightcases', which is due for release in in April.

Ahead of the release we have a couple of preview tracks available for listening at Shanacloon.

31/01/2007

'Flightcases' the new album from headgear will be released in April. The release will be accompanied by a nationwide tour. Dates will be posted when confirmed.

20/01/2007

Headgear begin a pre-release warm-up tour with a handful of dates around Ireland, starting with Limerick's Unfringed Festival on 31/01 Upstairs at Dolans. Full list of upcoming dates on the Headgear Tour page.