Fourteen bands will be announced as semi-finalists of the Road To V competition this morning and Galway’s own Blasterbra are among the lucky few!
Over 2,000 acts applied for a chance to join the V 2008 festival line-up and will now compete in London and Liverpool to decide on a final pair who’ll feature on the line-up. Previous winners include The Young Knives and Bombay Bicycle Club, while this year’s headline acts of the festival itself feature Muse, Kings of Leon, The Chemical Brothers and The Progidy. Blasterbra compete in the Islington Academy in mid-May and will also be filmed on the night by sponsors Channel4, who continue to record the Road To V with a specialised show fronted by Carl Barat of Dirty Pretty Things, newly-announced as a competition judge alongside four other British industry luminaries.

Since I saw them battle the Galway corner of the National Student Music Awards, Blasterbra acquired a new drummer and spent the time rehearsing their undergarments off. They’ve a highly appealing sound drawing attention from many musical camps, holding snazzy tunes My Sweetheart The Punk and Quiet You under their belt. Now it looks as though progress has cemented a solid grounding for the trio, ready as they are to commit force and reckoning to their musical direction. Off you go to London guys, we’ll be rooting for you…have a blast!