As predicted, 2008’s headline act at the BOI National Student Music Awards on 24th April has been revealed as Monaghan’s vaguest achievers The Flaws. Shaping up for a productive year with a slew of parties and a new tour beginning in Donegal on Feb 8th before results for Meteor awards and the Choice Music Prize nominations are announced later in the month, The Flaws’ local postie must be getting fit under the weight of good-luck cards!

Twelve regional qualifiers for the Students’ Music Award will be announced on February 15th, so get your skates on if you’re a college band with a brand of style: CD/MySpace-link entries are open until 12th February. Lotus Lullaby are confirmed as special guests at the Cork heat, with more to be announced soon.

Were you at The Village last year when to see Saviours of Space wow the crowd? Fancy showing past winners Delorentos how it’s really done? Well, the heats for the National Student Music Awards have been announced and it’s time to get your demos in….
Organisers have confirmed the regional heats as:
Thur March 6th UCD
Thur Mar 13th NUIG
Wed Mar 19th Cyprus Avenue, Cork

The best will be selected to compete in the finals in Dublin later in the year.

Last year The Blizzards strummed and sweated their way through a headline slot. No news yet on who’ll do the honours next year…I’d love it to be last year’s contenders The Kinetiks but am thinking The Flaws may be more likely…

The prizes are feckin’ brilliant:

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