Ever since seeing Conor O'Brien perform, 6 months ago in a packed upstairs bar of Doyles Pub, I became interested in his band, Villagers. I'd never heard of them before that, and I've heard nothing BUT them since! The played Crawdaddy last October, have performed on Jools Holland, and are currently on tour in Europe.
Ireland Tour Dates
Cypress Avenue, Cork, May 20th €12
Roisin Dubh, Galway on May 21st €10
The Button Factory, Dublin on May 23rd €15
Harmonic, the Marquee, Cork (with Grizzly Bear, Midlake and Camera Obscura) on June 25th. €35
Becoming a Jackal is released today on 7″ with the track Twenty-Seven Strangers. (Buy it )
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Female Friday
Heathers are playing in Tower Records,Dublin, tomorrow, 17th April @ 4pm for Record Store Day if anyones about town. Well worth checking out I think! They're on tonights Late Late show if you fancy a taster.
They're also on tour this summer and play:
Whelan’s, Dublin on Thursday June 3rd
Dolans(Upstairs), Limerick on Saturday, June 5th
Roisin Dubh, Galway on Saturday June 12th.
Cyprus Avenue, Cork on Thursday June 24th.
All tickets are €8, and can be bought here (in the coming days).
A year old, and it's not in Irish on their album Here, Not There (released Jan 2010), but nonetheless one of my favourites...Maggie.
They're also on tour this summer and play:
Whelan’s, Dublin on Thursday June 3rd
Dolans(Upstairs), Limerick on Saturday, June 5th
Roisin Dubh, Galway on Saturday June 12th.
Cyprus Avenue, Cork on Thursday June 24th.
All tickets are €8, and can be bought here (in the coming days).
A year old, and it's not in Irish on their album Here, Not There (released Jan 2010), but nonetheless one of my favourites...Maggie.
Indie/Folk
Sooooo Joshua Radin plays the Academy on April 26th.
I dunno when I first discovered Joshua Radin but I remember it was the song Closer.
But this post isn't about Joshua it's about Lissie....who will be supporting him on tour.
Lissie Maurus,born in Rock Island, Illinois, on the banks of the Mississippi River, has the voice, the songs and the image to be huge in 2010. Her first release, Why You Runnin’, pitches her midway between the ethereal spookiness of Jesca Hoop or Neko Case and the commercially copper-bottomed country-rock lilt of Sheryl Crow and solo Stevie Nicks. The EP captures what makes Maurus so compelling: a clear-as-a-bell singing voice, a knack for melody that sounds effortless, a direct line to a song’s emotional core, and a talent way too big for just one canyon.” - Sunday Times Culture
Click the play icon to listen to, right click title and click "Save Link As" to save as mp3 file.
Lissie - Little Lovin'
Lissie - Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Cover)
An Introduction to Lissie (iTunes)
In Sleep (released April 5th) is the first track off her debut album
I dunno when I first discovered Joshua Radin but I remember it was the song Closer.
But this post isn't about Joshua it's about Lissie....who will be supporting him on tour.
Lissie Maurus,born in Rock Island, Illinois, on the banks of the Mississippi River, has the voice, the songs and the image to be huge in 2010. Her first release, Why You Runnin’, pitches her midway between the ethereal spookiness of Jesca Hoop or Neko Case and the commercially copper-bottomed country-rock lilt of Sheryl Crow and solo Stevie Nicks. The EP captures what makes Maurus so compelling: a clear-as-a-bell singing voice, a knack for melody that sounds effortless, a direct line to a song’s emotional core, and a talent way too big for just one canyon.” - Sunday Times Culture
Click the play icon to listen to, right click title and click "Save Link As" to save as mp3 file.
Lissie - Little Lovin'
Lissie - Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Cover)
An Introduction to Lissie (iTunes)
In Sleep (released April 5th) is the first track off her debut album
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Kate Nash is back!
(click album artwork to download)
1. Paris
2. Kiss That Grrrl
3. Don't You Want to Share the Guilt?
4. I Just Love You More
5. Do-Wah-Doo
6. Take Me to a Higher Plane
7. I've Got a Secret
8. Mansion Song
9. Early Christmas Present
10. Later On
11. Pickpocket
12. You Were So Far Away
13. I Hate Seagulls
Album leak, release date is next Monday. Grab it today or it's GGGOOONNNEEE! :)
First single off the album is Do-Wah-Doo, the video is here.
**TICKET ALERT**
Tickets on sale from Friday 16th April
Chris Brown - Live At The Marquee, Cork,15/06/10
Iron Maiden -The O2, Dublin, 30/07/10
Blondie - Vicar Street, Aughrim Hall (Antrim), and Live At The Marquee,Cork, 22/23/24/06/10
Electric Picnic (Deposit Event) - Stradbally 3/09/10
Keane - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 23/06/10
Jean Michel Jerre - The O2, Dublin, 04/10/10
James Vincent McMurrow - Whelans, Dublin, 17/06/10
BBC ...... a different kind
Indie/Alternative
It's been a couple of years since I was told to listen to Bombay Bicycle Club, and I never got around to it properly, until recently.
Bombay Bicycle Club are an indie rock band from Crouch End, London. The band is composed of Jack Steadman (lead vocals, guitar, xylophone), Jamie MacColl (lead guitar, backing vocals), Ed Nash (bass guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Suren de Saram (drums, guitar, backing vocals).
The band were asked to play the opening performance of 2006's V Festival after winning Channel 4's "Road to V" competition. Following the release of two EPs and their debut single "Evening/Morning",the band have recorded their debut album, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose.(iTunes Store link)
They're on Irish soil in May when they support Foals at the Academy on May 14th, well worth checking out I think!
Download their EP here
It's been a couple of years since I was told to listen to Bombay Bicycle Club, and I never got around to it properly, until recently.
Bombay Bicycle Club are an indie rock band from Crouch End, London. The band is composed of Jack Steadman (lead vocals, guitar, xylophone), Jamie MacColl (lead guitar, backing vocals), Ed Nash (bass guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Suren de Saram (drums, guitar, backing vocals).
The band were asked to play the opening performance of 2006's V Festival after winning Channel 4's "Road to V" competition. Following the release of two EPs and their debut single "Evening/Morning",the band have recorded their debut album, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose.(iTunes Store link)
They're on Irish soil in May when they support Foals at the Academy on May 14th, well worth checking out I think!
Download their EP here
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
"Steady feet, don't fail me now, gonna run till you can't walk."
Electronic/Indie
My new favourite band of the moment is Fenech Soler hailing from Kings Cliffe in the UK. Having released two singles, The Cult Of Romance and Lies, they stormed onto the blogsphere after doing a remix of Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood. Recently, the band’s vocalist Ben Duffy was featured on the track Paper Romance by Groove Armada taken from their latest album Black Light.
They play Crawdaddy next Friday 23rd and with tickets being a recession busting €8 you'd be foolish to miss it!! (unless that is, you're like me and going to see Brandi Carlile in the Academy, then it's not your fault!)
Fenech-Soler - Stop And Stare.mp3
Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood (Fenech-Soler Remix).mp3
Speaking of Marina and the Diamonds here's a taste of the forthcoming UK tour visuals, shot on Hollywood Boulevard, and is also Marina's very own entry into the Robot Re-Make video competition! - more details on the competition here.
'I Am Not A Robot' is released in the UK on 26th April 2010 via 679/Atlantic. The single can be pre-ordered from iTunes
**This is not the official video for "I am not a robot", that would be here.
My new favourite band of the moment is Fenech Soler hailing from Kings Cliffe in the UK. Having released two singles, The Cult Of Romance and Lies, they stormed onto the blogsphere after doing a remix of Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood. Recently, the band’s vocalist Ben Duffy was featured on the track Paper Romance by Groove Armada taken from their latest album Black Light.
They play Crawdaddy next Friday 23rd and with tickets being a recession busting €8 you'd be foolish to miss it!! (unless that is, you're like me and going to see Brandi Carlile in the Academy, then it's not your fault!)
Fenech-Soler - Stop And Stare.mp3
Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood (Fenech-Soler Remix).mp3
Speaking of Marina and the Diamonds here's a taste of the forthcoming UK tour visuals, shot on Hollywood Boulevard, and is also Marina's very own entry into the Robot Re-Make video competition! - more details on the competition here.
'I Am Not A Robot' is released in the UK on 26th April 2010 via 679/Atlantic. The single can be pre-ordered from iTunes
**This is not the official video for "I am not a robot", that would be here.
"A brilliantly bold, robust work, showcasing real development."
Punk / Rockabilly / Blues
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The Shadow of an Empire (2010)iTunes Link
Tracklisting
Protection Racket
Catacombs
Coat Hook
Genocide Matinee
Violent Demeanor
Lines written in Winter
House Detective
Little Nancy
Lord Help My Poor Soul
The Shadow of an Empire
As with most Irish artists. iTunes album link(above) + 2 track download (here).
Fionn Regan, Irish singer-songwriter who hails from Bray, Co Wicklow enjoyed a warm response from the media and general public alike with the release of his ‘Hotel Room’ EP in 2004, which highlighted the captivating rawness of both his songs and his performance in a way that was both refreshing and inspiring. Better still, Regan has repeatedly proved that he can better his records when he plays live.
Citing his musical influences as Leadbelly, Howling Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, The Pixies and Nirvana, Regan has drawn comparisons to Young, Woody Guthrie and John Lennon. He has supported the likes of American Music Club, John Prine, Turin Brakes and rising newcomers Joanna Newsom and Willy Mason, to name but a few. Turin Brakes’ Olly Knights has said that Regan’s “ability to paint weighty and sublime imagery with words is untouchable and very rare, yet it’s combined with a sweet charm that renders all cynicism impotent.”
Musically adept and with something genuine and affecting to say, Fionn Regan is growing up in public and for that we should all be thankful. At this rate, by the time he’s 30, he’ll be a national treasure.
“A playful authenticity, sparse eloquence, you can’t fault the voice ”
NME
A brilliantly bold, robust work, showcasing real development and the kind of graceful erudition that places Regan squarely ahead of the curve.
BBC Review
After folky troubadour beginnings, his second album keys into the rollicking energy of vintage rock 'n’ roll, while also forging a unique, observational and genuinely beat-poetic lyrical vocabulary. Terrific stuff.
Telegraph****
Likened to a young Bob Dylan by those lost for a better way to describe a talented singer-songwriter-His material certainly stands up to the test
Mail on Sunday****
(Lastfm+Fionnregan blog)
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Tracklisting
Protection Racket
Catacombs
Coat Hook
Genocide Matinee
Violent Demeanor
Lines written in Winter
House Detective
Little Nancy
Lord Help My Poor Soul
The Shadow of an Empire
As with most Irish artists. iTunes album link(above) + 2 track download (here).
Fionn Regan, Irish singer-songwriter who hails from Bray, Co Wicklow enjoyed a warm response from the media and general public alike with the release of his ‘Hotel Room’ EP in 2004, which highlighted the captivating rawness of both his songs and his performance in a way that was both refreshing and inspiring. Better still, Regan has repeatedly proved that he can better his records when he plays live.
Citing his musical influences as Leadbelly, Howling Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, The Pixies and Nirvana, Regan has drawn comparisons to Young, Woody Guthrie and John Lennon. He has supported the likes of American Music Club, John Prine, Turin Brakes and rising newcomers Joanna Newsom and Willy Mason, to name but a few. Turin Brakes’ Olly Knights has said that Regan’s “ability to paint weighty and sublime imagery with words is untouchable and very rare, yet it’s combined with a sweet charm that renders all cynicism impotent.”
Musically adept and with something genuine and affecting to say, Fionn Regan is growing up in public and for that we should all be thankful. At this rate, by the time he’s 30, he’ll be a national treasure.
“A playful authenticity, sparse eloquence, you can’t fault the voice ”
NME
A brilliantly bold, robust work, showcasing real development and the kind of graceful erudition that places Regan squarely ahead of the curve.
BBC Review
After folky troubadour beginnings, his second album keys into the rollicking energy of vintage rock 'n’ roll, while also forging a unique, observational and genuinely beat-poetic lyrical vocabulary. Terrific stuff.
Telegraph****
Likened to a young Bob Dylan by those lost for a better way to describe a talented singer-songwriter-His material certainly stands up to the test
Mail on Sunday****
(Lastfm+Fionnregan blog)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
One way or another
BLONDIE comes to Ireland!
Live at Vicar St
22nd June 2010
Live at The Marquee, Cork
24th June 2010
Tickets on sale this Friday 16th April at 9am ( €49.20)
Blondie will be giving their fans the experience they've been waiting for with a combination of new music from their upcoming album and classic hits.
Blondie are soon to release their first album in six years, "Panic of Girls'" and is set to be what fans have been craving. "We are really proud with the body of work on Panic of Girls. The album is a combination of numerous musical styles. We have been in the studio for a long time now so we are excited to get out on the road and debut the new songs live for our fans," says front woman Debbie Harry.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (2006), music, style and pop culture icons and best selling recording artists, Blondie emerged from late '70s new wave punk scene in New York City and defied easy categorization. They wrote great rock hooks and brilliant, ironic lyrics. They had the hippest clothes and the coolest hair.
Debbie Harry went from the pages of Punk magazine to the cover of just about every mainstream publication on the news stands. With multiple #1 smash hits like "Heart of Glass," "One Way Or Another," "Call Me," "Rapture" and "Maria," the band has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
Monday, April 12, 2010
It's a HUGE beach party up North!
Never mind Oxegen, Glastonbury, or PukklePop! This is the festival of the summer!
Sea Sessions - Bundoran, Co.Donegal!
Three days of sea, surf and songs,...oh and sexy accents! ;) and all for €80!!!
Fred - The Lights (buy)
Andrew Weatherall - Feathers (buy)
Cathy Davey - Reuben (buy)
Director - Reconnect (buy)
The Frank and Walters - Funky Cold Medina(Tone-Loc Cover) (buy)
Daivd Kitt - Move It On (buy)
David Holmes- 69 Police (buy)
And for the more active theres
Sea Sessions - Bundoran, Co.Donegal!
Three days of sea, surf and songs,...oh and sexy accents! ;) and all for €80!!!
Fred - The Lights (buy)
Andrew Weatherall - Feathers (buy)
Cathy Davey - Reuben (buy)
Director - Reconnect (buy)
The Frank and Walters - Funky Cold Medina(Tone-Loc Cover) (buy)
Daivd Kitt - Move It On (buy)
David Holmes- 69 Police (buy)
And for the more active theres
- BMX Relentless Display
- Skate Competition at the festival skate area
- Relentless Mountain Bike assault course
- Tag Rugby
- Power boar racing display
- Stilt Walkers
Radio GaGa (Lady that is)
For the Gaga fans....
(Click image to download)
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance - The Remixes.
Tracklisting :
1. Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Fix)
2. Bad Romance (Kaskade Remix)
3. Bad Romance (Bimbo Jones Remix)
4. Bad Romance (Skrillex Remix)
5. Bad Romance (Grum Remix)
6. Bad Romance (Richard Vission Remix)
7. Bad Romance (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)
For those of you that don't already (is there anyone?) have this album :
(Click links to download)
Lady GaGa Fame Monster Explicit Version
Lady Gaga-The Fame Monster Deluxe Edition 2CD.
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance - The Remixes.
Tracklisting :
1. Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Fix)
2. Bad Romance (Kaskade Remix)
3. Bad Romance (Bimbo Jones Remix)
4. Bad Romance (Skrillex Remix)
5. Bad Romance (Grum Remix)
6. Bad Romance (Richard Vission Remix)
7. Bad Romance (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)
For those of you that don't already (is there anyone?) have this album :
Lady GaGa Fame Monster Explicit Version
Lady Gaga-The Fame Monster Deluxe Edition 2CD.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Cover Song.
This is a cover song that EVERYONE should have in their library!! It's one of very few covers that I think is better than the original.
Download HERE
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Robyns new single Fembot for download HERE
No video released yet, but this was the text/video teaser
Download HERE
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Robyns new single Fembot for download HERE
No video released yet, but this was the text/video teaser
Soundtrack Sunday
(Click image to download) 1.Speed of Sound - Bell, Chris [Guitar/Big Star]
2.Lover - Banhart, Devendra
3.Middle Management - Bishop Allen
4.Ottoman - Vampire Weekend
5.Riot Radio - Dead 60s
6.Fever - Takka Takka
7.Xavia - Submarines
8.After Hours - We Are Scientists
9.Our Swords - Band of Horses
10.Silvery Sleds - Army Navy [2]
11.Baby You're My Light - Hawley, Richard
12.Very Loud - Shout Out Louds
13.How to Say Goodbye - Tiernan, Paul
14.Last Words - Real Tuesday Weld
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01.The Harshest Place on Earth
02.Walk Not Alone
03.The March
04.Found Love
05.The Egg Arrives
06.The Mothers' Second Journey
07.Arrival at the Sea
08.Walk through Darkness
09.First Steps
10.The Dangers Remain
11.Reunited
12.Going Home for the First Time
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