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.
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