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."

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