Monday, August 29, 2011
Some Cavan talent!
The Strypes hailing from Cavan are a four piece band, consisting of Ross Farrelly, Josh McClorey, Peter O’Hanlon, Evan Walsh.
They may be young but they've got taste (and style!), with inspirations such as The Kinks, The Beatles, The Who and Billy Boy Arnold among others. Their debut single is a cover of The Beatles 'You Can't Do That' - complete with a wonderfully authentic video - and you can grab it now from iTunes.
They play the Retro Revival Club (Sweeneys Bar, Dame Street) in Dublin on Saturday October 1st.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Presenting Crystal Fighters:
Crystal Fighters are an English/Spanish electronic band who formed in Navarra, Spain in 2007.
They are Sebastian (lead vocals, guitar), Gilbert (electronics, guitars, txalaparta, percussion) and Graham (guitar/ txalaparta), plus Laure and Mimi (vocals).
The group took their name ‘Crystal Fighters’ from an unfinished opera which Laure’s grandfather had penned during his final months of insanity. Laure came across the manuscript while clearing out the reclusive old man’s remote home in the Basque countryside. She quickly became obsessed by the intriguing scrawls within it and shared it with the others. Captivated by its seemingly prophetic contents, the band took on the name and formed in an attempt to expand upon the wild and deranged spirit of the old man’s writings.
Crystal Fighters’ style is a fusion of genres – fast progressive dance music joined by the melodies and dances of traditional Basque folk, alongside synthesisers, bass-driven wonk-funk, with beats fuelled by early 80s Spanish punk and experimental electronica from bands such as Aviador Dro, Las Vulpes and Dulce Venganza. Basque music informs much of their songwriting: the riff on ‘Champion Sound’ is lifted from the Basque folk piece ‘Sagar Dantza’ and ‘In The Summer’ draws upon music heard at the Carnival of Lantz in Navarroa.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Dionne Bromfield + Mark Ronson sing Valerie @ V Festival
We are glad to see that Dionne Bromfield is recovering after the passing of her godmother who launched her career and aided her throughout. This is a lovely little rendition of the Mark Ronson cover of “Valerie” at the V Festival.
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