Music from Down Under!

So! The ARIA's (Australian Record Industry Association awards) are taking place this weekend, so taste some Australian ear candy! :)

Lisa Mitchell,finished 6th place on Australian Idol when she was only sixteen. Three years later she produced Wonder, a debut pop record that outshone the releases of the Idol contestants that she lost to. This year she’s nominated for Best Female Artist.



Check out this cool clip of Dan Sultan, John Butler and Missy Higgins performing a cover of Paul Kelly’s “From Little Things Big Things Grow.” The camera work is a little shaky, but worth sitting through.



Sia, is an Australian-born, NY-based singer-songwriter who blows my mind. This year she’s nominated for Best Female Artist, while her fifth studio album, We Are Born is nominated for Album of the Year and Best Independent Release.




Birds of Tokyo are one of the greatest alt-rock acts that Australia has produced in the last decade. They’re nominated for six (!) ARIA awards, including Best Album and Best Rock Album for their self-titled 3rd record, Birds Of Tokyo.



And because you can't mention Australian music without mentioning: MISSY HIGGINS....

The Book

This is quite interesting....." For thirty-six weeks, a sketchbook was sent in random order between four artists, two in Brooklyn, two in Belfast."

This will warm the cockles of your heart!

Meet FreddeGedde.

The only way I can explain how it feels to watch this is: you know that feeling you get when you come home from college and have your first dinner back home? That feeling you get in your mouth as you eat your favorite homemade meal after months of cafeteria fare? It’s like that, but in your brain and heart.

If you like this video. You should check this out.

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Clashes between the Guards and student protestors in Kildare St, Dublin yesterday.

Disturbing in parts...



From Panti

Semi Precious Weapons

There is a thin line between awesome and annoying when it comes to cockiness. Mick Jagger, awesome. Kanye West, annoying. Semi Precious Weapons walk this thin line on their sophomore album, You Love You.

Let it not be said that Semi Precious Weapons’ singer Justin Tranter has a self-image problem. From everything he sings on You Love You, it seems he has quite a high opinion of himself. On “Semi Precious Weapons”, he sings “I can’t pay my rent but I’m fucking gorgeous/tell me something I don’t know”.

The group obviously has a splash of glam that you can only gain by touring for a year with Lady Gaga. But the most important aspect of their music is that it is catchy as hell. You have to hand it to Semi Precious Weapons, You Love You delivers some of the best braggadocio I have heard this year and somehow manages to not be annoying. Their album might not make history, but their songs surely should make some party mixtapes.

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Semi Precious Weapons - Semi Precious Weapons
Semi Precious Weapons - Magnetic Baby

Buy the EP here. Follow SPW on Twitter and Facebook.

Defend The State Pension

Older & Bolder, an alliance of eight of the country's leading organisations representing and working with older people, has announced that it will be running a Nationwide lobby this weekend (November 4-6) to 'Defend the State Pension' and is urging people to join the campaign.

Older & Bolder's Project Director, Patricia Conboy, stated "It is clear that cutting Ireland's pension bill is very much 'on the table' in December's Budget so we need to make clear to the decision makers and the wider public what impact such a policy would have on older people. We are asking people to go to their local TDs clinics to discuss their concerns and to sign our petition either online or by calling our offices on 01 8783623."

Superbama

Record Label V Indie Release

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Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon have confirmed that they will headline Slane Castle on Saturday 28th of May celebrating 30 years of concerts at the historical Co. Meath venue.
TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRI 5TH NOV @ 8AM

Kings Of Leon's highly acclaimed fifth album 'Come Around Sundown' became their third consecutive album to debut at #1 when it topped the Irish and UK album charts on release.
Come Around Sundown is the follow-up to the hugely successful Only By The Night, which sold over six million copies worldwide and garnered four Grammy Awards. It's yet another bold and expansive statement by the Nashville, Tennessee-based quartet who, in the last two years, have become one of the biggest bands in the world; also one of the most creatively restless.

CHECK OUT LORD HENRY MOUNTCHARLES ON SLANE 2011 HERE


Links
www.kingsofleon.com
www.ticketmaster.ie
www.youtube.com/user/slanecastle2011

Some Jay Brannan

Jay Brannan - Goddamned

1 Can't Have It All 3:57
2 Half-Boyfriend 4:07
3 American Idol 3:45
4 Death Waltz 3:54
5 At First Sight 3:49
6 Housewife 3:30
7 Goddamned 5:43
8 Home 3:50
9 Bowlegged & Starving 3:57
10 On All Fours 4:27
11 String-a-long Song 4:52

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Jay Brannan is a Texas born singer, actor, and songwriter. After finding homes all over the country to live in, and briefly attending University of Cincinnati’s acting school, he decided to plant his feet down in New York City.

Brannan was cast in 2003 for the movie Shortbus, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. He contributed the song Soda Shop to the film’s soundtrack, which he stated was his “first professionally recorded track”.

Relatively new to the music world, he has released several songs on iTunes and on his myspace page, has become extremely popular thanks to his YouTube profile, and has been keen on maintaining a self-produced, low-key website.

His songs hold many of the same universal themes other artists acclaim to, but with a more fresh, realistic, sometimes vulgar, understanding. This has made him a hero to other gay men and general audiences alike.

A Gentle Reminder

(Click image for tickets)

She plays Vicar Street, Dublin the following night. Tickets here.

Monday the 6th is music mayhem.

Angus and Julia Stone play Dublins Tripod 

and

Arcade Fire play the O2. 

I've two standing tickets for the Arcade Fire gig if anyone needs some, pop me an email.

University Offers Class on Lady Gaga

Mathieu Deflem, a professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina, is offering a class on Lady Gaga:

The synopsis for the course reads: “The central objective is to unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga”.

Prof Deflem, 48, who has met the singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, on a number of occasions, said: “We’re going to look at Lady Gaga as a social event. Other people say that Gaga’s the new Madonna. I see it more like there’s people who have this very individual thing. Frank Zappa had it. Prince had it. Miles Davis had it. Jimi Hendrix had it. And Lady Gaga has it.

Link   Professors Website

Meanwhile, I'm off to see her play the Odyssey, Belfast tonight, bring it on! :)

A webbage dump.

Travel Safe Activities

Fainting Kittens

Goat Bagpipes

Baby cage anyone?

Hangover Chair!

People are awesome

They Might Be Giants

Lesbians at work perhaps?

Birdhouse roofing tile

And incase you've been living under a rock...Will Smiths daughter...

Official video-worse again

Aram strikes again!

I'm loving German artist Aram Bartholl 's new creation 'Dead Drops'.  He stuck five USB flash drives into walls around New York City and invited people to download from or upload content to them.

In the past he has filmed people living out their World of Warcraft characters, made a giant Google Maps marker, and placed CAPTCHAs in real life.

Joe Cocker returns

Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks (2010)


01. Hard Knocks
02. Get On
03. Unforgiven
04. The Fall
05. So It Goes
06. Runaway Train
07. Stay The Same
08. Thankful
09. So
10. I Hope

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'Hard Knocks' is the twenty second album in 40 years from legendary singer/songwriter Joe Cocker OBE and his first for Columbia Records. Produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox Twenty, Santana) the album sees Cocker delivering nine brand new songs all delivered in his trademark bluesy growl. A cover of the Dixie Chick's 'I Hope' rounds off the album.

Christopher Dallman

Christopher Dallman - Race The Light
1 Motel Room 3:00
2 This Is Calm 3:23
3 Mistake 2:47
4 Green Camaro 2:48
5 The 7th of September 3:19
6 Nighttime In the City 3:37
7 Brand New Lover 4:12
8 Over My Head 4:02
9 Hollow High 3:40
10 Driving to You 4:17
11 Dragonfly 3:13

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Singer/Songwriter Christopher Dallman was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI, where he was alternately the shy-guy sleeping in the back of the classroom and the star of the school play.

He bummed around Boston for a couple years before landing in NYC, where he frequented such esteemed venues as The Living Room, The Bitter End, and Cb’s Gallery. After 5 years in the city culminating with the release of his debut album ‘Race the Light’ on Treasure Records, Dallman headed west to Los Angeles where he currently resides.

Christopher has toured theaters, clubs, and colleges NATIONWIDE as well as OVERSEAS, sharing the stage with such notable artists as Amos Lee, Jonathan Rice, Ellis Paul, Gregory Douglass, Ollabelle, Julia Darling, Rachael Sage, and Casey Stratton.

Happy Halloween

1. This is Halloween - The Nightmare Before Christmas

2. Monster Hospital - Metric

3. Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters

4. Magic Spel ls - Crystal Castles

5. Thriller - Micheal Jackson

6. Black Cat Bone - Laika

7. Zombie - The Cranberries

8. Walking With a Ghost - Tegan & Sara

9. Spiderwebs - No Doubt

10. I Put a Spell on You - Hocus Pocus (film/bette midler)

11. Vampire - Antsy Pants

12. Monster Mash - 1973 Film (cuts out a bit early, sorry!)

13. Miseria Cantare - The Beginning - A.F.I.

14. Addams Family Theme Song - 1964 TV Show

15. Ghost Town - The Specials

16. Cemetary Party - Air

17. I Died So I Could Haunt You - Stars

18. Very Scary Halloween Sounds

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Cause Everyone Needs A Ghost Mix

01 No Ghost - The Acorn

02 Ghost World - Aimee Mann

03 The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells

04 Ghost - Damion Suomi

05 Ghost of a Good Thing - Dashboard Confessional

06 The Ghost That Kept On Haunting - Far

07 Ghost Town - First Aid Kit

08 Ghosts (Live) - Florence + The Machine

09 Ghosting - Freelance Whales

10 As A Ghost - Horse Feathers

11 Chasing A Ghost - The Morning Benders

12 Ghost Town - Shiny Toy Guns

13 I Died So I Could Haunt You - Stars

14 Enchanting Ghost - Sufjan Stevens

15 Ghost In The Night - Chrisopher Blue

16 Ghosts Under Rocks - Ra Ra Riot

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