This week's Love song comes from one of my favourite Irish songwriters Dr. Millar. For anyone reading this from outside Ireland you may know Dr. (Sean) Millar as the bank maneger who gives Glen and Marketa their loan in Once!
Sean has released three great albums, the last album from 2002 was Always Coming Home which is right up there as one of my favourite Irish Albums ever. That album brought moderate popular success to accompany the critical success that Sean enjoyed since 'The Bitter Lie' debut album.
Recent news from Sean is that he is planning an October tour, releasing new material on cassette and appearing on RTE regarding this:
"i'm delighted to say that my songcycle/musictheatre piece silverstars has been chosen for the 2009 dublin theatre festival i'm thrilled were just finishing casting at the moment and i'm finishing the last two pieces for it its exciting -and very hard work- i was on the six o clock news talking about it tonight,wow"
Every so often there's a night where there are a possible five quality gigs taking place around my area and it becomes a real dilemma to pick the right gig!
All of the below gigs take place on Friday August 7th
Brian Canavan & Bill Coleman - Bewleys Cafe Theatre
The PAY WHAT YOU LIKE gigs continue with a headline show in Bewleys on Friday 7th August. Free in - pay on the way out. Support will be from Bill Coleman
The above video has clocked in 38,000 hits so far on YouTube! Well done Brian!
Or maybe you could go to the On/V Magazine Launch night in the Backroom, Navan?
And the proceeds of this gig goes to charity!
Or how's about checking out another blog favourite The Angel Pier promoting their new single in Whelans?
"So we're releasing our new single 'Align The Seas' on the 7th of August on Delphi Records.
To celebrate we're putting on a gig in Whelans & inviting you to be our guests. Freshly minted copies of our 'Align The Seas / Belong' Limited Edition 7" (hand numbered with free digital download) will be available on the night. Incredible.
Support on the night comes from The Murder Clues."
The band have also made a couple of tunes freely available through their website:
There is a Charity Fundraiser in support of Brainwave The Irish Epilepsy Association been held in Krystal Nightclub on August 7th. Its called the Horse Show Hustle and its taken place during Horse Show Week.
Appearing are
David Kitt The Chapters History of Harry All Star Charge
Tickets cost €30
Another option is to check out Sean Needham play support to the Arrow in the Sky boys in Boyles, Slane! But you can only go to this after you have gone to the Sessions night on Thursday 6th!
Here is Sean Needham's new video which is too funny!
This weekend is an immense weekend for Irish music in terms of the future. As we all know we can only have good independent music festivals if they have the ability to make money. Here's hoping all four festivals this weekend breaks even and continues into the future!
Le Cheile - Oldcastle, Meath July 31st - Aug 2nd. There's a free gig on the Sunday featuring Funeral Suits and Neosupervital amongst many others that I'm looking forward to. I also got tickets to Heritage Centre and Ian Whitty for the Bank Holiday Monday.
I kinda regret going to Ikea today and maybe I would have contributed to the debate. However I have read all 100 plus comments and the only opinion I have is that I am even more convinced that the future lies with finding music blogs you associate with. In this blog I write about bands I like. I ignore requests for reviews from artists I dont particularly like. I will not review an album here and say it's shit! I don't have any hidden agendas or allow my opinion be clouded by geography or associations.
Here is Van Cleef recorded last weekend in the Phoneix Park.
Here is Joy Booth recorded in the Band Wagon a few weeks back!
The latest video on the site is Doris:
Sept 23rd sees Elder Roche release his album Nobody Knows after his single release of Diamond which lead to sold out shows in Dublin.
Catch Elder live on these dates:
31 Jul 2009 20:00 Cork X SW Fringe Festival Cork 9 Aug 2009 20:00 Upstairs in Whelans Dublin 11 Aug 2009 21:00 Ruby Sessions, Doyles Pub Dublin 15 Aug 2009 20:00 Conary Hall Wicklow 16 Aug 2009 20:00 Upstairs in Whelans Dublin 20 Aug 2009 21:00 Near FM Dublin 22 Aug 2009 15:00 Bruxelles, Philo Tribute Dublin 28 Aug 2009 21:00 McCarthys Bar, Dingle Kerry 2 Sep 2009 21:00 New Music Club Clonmel, Tipperary 17 Sep 2009 21:00 One Take Sessions Kilkenny
In another sign of downward ticket costs for gigs The Blizzards play Olympia this December for the price of two kebab meals in Zaytoom!
"We're delighted to announce that we'll be playing Dublin's Olympia Theatre on Saturday 12th December.It will be our biggest headline show to date & one we're really looking forward to !! Over 14's will be allowed if accompanied by an adult - Tickets are €23 & €20 incl booking fee & will go on sale this Thursday More details to follow soon"
Celine Carroll's new Single, 'Sweet Heart of Mine' has been greatly received by all the major and regional radio stations, here in Ireland. It's a nice slice of Dublin Summer pop that should be played constantly on Radio 1, Country Mix and in the UK, Radio 2. Celine has recorded two albums to date and Sweet Heart of Mine is from her new album 'Such A Beautiful light'.
Here's how you download 'Sweet Heart Of Mine'!
Just check out the downloadmusic.ie widget on her MySpace ..The Single is also available on iTunes especially for my USA friends!!
A reminder as well that Jerry, Mundy and Shane McGowan are the main acts for the Voodoo Charity Gig this Wedsnesday night. Tickets are just €20 and it's a great cause!
Breathe No Line on the Horizon Get on Your Boots Magnificent Beautiful Day Mysterious Ways I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Angel of Harlem In A Little While Unknown Caller The Unforgettable Fire City of Blinding Lights Vertigo I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight Sunday Bloody Sunday Pride (In The Name of Love) MLK Walk On Where the Streets Have No Name One --- Ultraviolet (Light My Way) With or Without You Moment of Surrender
The very best thing about music blogging is finding that one amazing song nestled in an album by a new artist. Pearse McGloughlin has just released his debut album called Busy Whisper and it's a great album. It will be in my "best of" lists for 2009.
Pearse from Sligo has a voice I compared before on the blog to Neil Halstead from Slowdive and that is very much in evidence throughout the album. The songs are well crafted compositions full of beautiful melodies. A wide range of instruments such as violin, cello, double bass and dobro are used sparingly and effecively. The inclusion of the guitar chord changing sound is also highly effective in creating a 'live' feel to the record. The lyrics are highly thoughtful and like the best of writers, Pearse has the ability to gently bring you along the crest of his thoughts.
For me the most defining moment of the album is that one great song I mentioned above. I'm not going to offer it as my sample because I think it's that good it's worth paying money for! 'Passion Song' is a song that when I go to the Purple Sessions next Friday I'll be hoping as a music fan he plays. 'Passion Song' takes four minutes to build up to the key melodies and has a catchy repetative line 'You Are All There Is Now' as it's outro. This song is an equal to anything Glen Hansard or Damier Rice has written. If I were to offer Pearse a suggestion it would be to do a single radio edit of the tune and get it out there.
You can't but be impressed by the show these lads put on for your cash. I wouldn't be the worlds biggest U2 fan but I adore songs like Bad, Ultra Violet, Pride and many more that appeared in the set tonight.
Breathe No Line on the Horizon Get On Your Boots Magnificent Beautiful Day Elevation Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of Desire (Bono and the Edge acoustic) [Dedicated to Damien Dempsey & Glasvegas] The Auld Triangle One Until the End of the World Unforgettable Fire City of Blinding Lights Vertigo I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight Sunday Bloody Sunday Pride (In the Name of Love) MLK Walk On Where the Streets Have No Name Bad > 40 (Tease) > Fool to Cry (Tease) > 40 (Reprise) --- Ultraviolet With or Without You Moment of Surrender
DEAF FUNDRAISER Dublin Electronic Arts Festival present
The Jimmy Cake Dark Room Notes Spilly Walker Boxcutter Channel One Thread Pulls Sarsparilla Patrick Kelleher & his Cold Dead Hands
MEETING HOUSE SQUARE (with temporary roof & full bar for evening) Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Friday 21st August 6.00pm sharp! Tickets €10.00 Shops: Road Records, Fade St, D2 and City Discs, The Granary, Temple Bar, D2. Spindizzy, Georges St Arcade, D2 (no booking fees will be charged) Online: www.tickets.ie (plus a minimum charge of .95c)
DEAF comes out of hiding a little early this year with a special fundraiser event in Temple Bars’ Meeting House Square, which will be temporarily roofed for the night. Due to difficulties this year in securing sponsorship & cuts in arts funding, we’ve decided to take a DIY approach & with the generous support of the artists who will all perform for free. We are hoping to make a small dent into this years festival budget. Also supporting DEAF are our long-time acquaintances; Phantom 105.2FM, Micromedia, Tickets.ie, Road Records, City Discs & Spindizzy Records – all have wavered their charges for this show & are offering their services for free - to everyone we are extremely grateful. We have also specifically kept the ticket price down as its not only ourselves feeling the current pinch – the way we look at it for 10 euro you get to see 8 bands, that’s 1.25euro per band, not bad!
We would like to thank Temple Bar Cultural Trust for supporting the festival & enabling us to stage such a unique event in Meeting House Square, and we’re delighted to avail of the temporary roof which will be in place for the night, so no matter what kind of ‘summer’ evening comes our way the show will still go on!
Volunteers: We are looking for volunteers to help out on the night & at the festival so if you’re interested please get in touch.
ARTIST BIOGS:
The Jimmy Cake
Following on from their critically acclaimed third album Spectre and Crown, The Jimmy Cake have returned with a new set and a new sound. Reduced from a cast of hundreds to a slimmed down six piece, we find the Jimmy Cake’s music equally stripped back: where once there were strings, accordion and tubas there is now the esoteric appeal of vintage synths and tightly coiled, pounding rhythms. The main players came together in the late 90’s as Das Madman, broke up in 1999 and reformed in 2000 as The Jimmy Cake. They have released three albums: ‘Brains’, ‘Dublin gone, everybody dead’ and 2008’s ‘Spectre & Crown’ as well as one EP: ‘Superlady’ on their own Pilatus imprint. http://www.myspace.com/thejimmycake
Dark Room Notes
Dublin electro-pop quartet Dark Room Notes fusion of dance, electronic and indie influences has been picking up fans in Ireland and abroad since the release of their debut "We Love You Dark Matter" in April.*Dark Room Notes will play the Electric Picnic on September 5th and 6th, dates in London and Warsaw at the end of September and an Irish tour throughout October. "An impressive beast bubbling with dramatic hooks, alluring textures and a bundle of smart electro rock tunes." - Jim Carroll, The Ticket* www.myspace.com/darkroomnotesireland
Spilly Walker
Spilly Walker emerged in 2007 on the Donal Dineen curated Foggy Notions compilation Small Hours Summer Mornings. The song “Let the Freak Come Out at Night” was an awesome marriage of pop-craft and electro intensity. It soon became apparent that Spilly Walker had more bangers where that came from when they took the stage at the Electric Picnic in the Foggy Notions tent and treated us to forty minutes of immense Ibiza synths and disco soul tracks with huge choruses and emotive singing. The debut album is near completion and should see the light of day late October 2009. Expect disco, soul, electro, lush beats and party anthems with the distinctive vocal stylings of Spilly and some surprise guests.
Boxcutter is Barry Lynn, a producer and musician from Northern Ireland. Now on his 3rd album under that alias, titled "Arecibo Message", it was released in April of this year, again on the Planet Mu label, following on from 2007's "Glyphic" and 2006's "Oneiric". Critical response was overwhelmingly positive, with iDJ awarding it 10/10, and Mixmag's Joe Muggs describing it as an "awesomely coherent and original album" and "the first great dubstep LP of '09". Playfully referencing Barry's background in astronomy, the LP was inspired by the SETI transmission of the same name, a binary description of humanity sent into space in 1974, and is defined by spaced out analogue sounds and deep basslines tied into a post-garage framework. One of the LP's stand-out tracks, "A Familiar Sound", a collaboration with electronic soul duo Kinnego Flux, was released on limited edition vinyl on Barry's new imprint Kinnego records earlier in the year.Since then he has been played a number of packed shows all over Europe to enthusiastic crowds, and has a short tour of the US west coast planned for the Autumn. http://www.myspace.com/barrylynnmusic
Channel One
Channel One are a band from Dublin. The band uses a mixture of electronic and live instrumentation to create their sound. Channel One does rock/electronica on an epic level. There is also some very fine shoegazing sounds with huge blasts of layered guitars taking over in a similar style to Mogwai. They create a beautiful tumult, all scrawling synth, insistent rhythms, corrosive guitar and narcotised vocal. Their sci-fi lullabies are infused with a raw punk spirit, music that manages to sound simultaneously filmic and familiar whilst remaining disturbingly alien. http://www.myspace.com/channelonesound
Threadpulls
Thread Pulls are an experimental two-piece with the drumbeat at their core. Thread Pulls became the first Irish band to be invited to play at the celebrated All Tomorrow's Parties festival. After releasing four EPs on 9-pt records as a three piece, they stripped down to the duo of Gavin Duffy and Peter Maybury, and spent the following two years developing their upbeat progressive sound which meshes trumpet, electronics and treated vocals with a no-wave inspired mix of repetitive bass and drums. Thread Pulls are now recording their début album. Peter also makes electronic music as Hardsleeper and in Rainfear. Gavin plays occasionally with Karl Him and Electronic Sensoria Band. http://www.myspace.com/threadpulls
Patrick Kelleher and His Cold Dead Hands
Dublin-based Patrick Kelleher is a 24 year-old musician hailing from Glendalough in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. His music varies from brooding, tense electronica to jaunty acoustica to 8-bit dance-floor ditties, but always with a twist of something ethereal or idiosyncratic. His songs are often premised on a mixture of live instrumentation, drum machines, cheapo voice-sampling yamaha keyboards and vocals that are, at times, heavily distorted. Some (perhaps lazy) comparisons could be made with six-foot hairy male Si Schroeder, Montréal-based floozy Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy, with distinct echoes of the beautiful Kate Bush. http://www.myspace.com/patrickkelleher
Sarsparilla
In 1997 Damien Lynch AKA Sarsparilla decided that, rather than sit around and listen to John Carpenter soundtracks recorded off the TV with a ghetto blaster, he could actually attempt to make some tunes himself.* Influenced by 90’s Warp records and eighties Electro and Hip Hop, he concentrates less on software and more on outboard gear and classic drum machines.* Sarsparilla has been with the Alphabet Set since its inception and releases his 2nd full length album for the collective early Autumn entitled 'Slave to the Cat Gang' http://www.myspace.com/sarsparillamusic
It was a great decision by HWCH to get bands to create a page on a new website http://breakingtunes.com/ and based on popularity and quality, the bands will be picked for the September showcasing festival!
Here's how the bands are doing:
The top 20 Most Viewed Bands are:
1.) TALULAH DOES THE HULA 2.) LAST DAYS OF DEATH COUNTRY 3.) BRIAN CULLEN'S LOVE BULLETS 4.) FIGHT LIKE APES 5.) GORBACHOV 6.) SWEET JANE 7.) PING PONG 8.) FLOYD SOUL AND THE WOLF 9.) AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR 10.) GHETTO AMARETTO 11.) VAN CLEEF 12.) DARK ROOM NOTES 13.) BLASTERBRA 14.) A FUTURIST THEATRE 15.) THE AMBIENCE AFFAIR 16.) BIGGLES FLYS AGAIN 17.) DISCONNECT 4 18.) GOATBOY 19.) SUBPLOTS 20.) THE ANGEL PIER
While the top 20 tracks played so far are:
1.) ESMIRELDA / GORBACHOV 2.) VC - 12 / GORBACHOV 3.) FRIENDS / GORBACHOV 4.) BAD BOYFRIEND / TALULAH DOES THE HULA 5.) ABSINTHE / FLOYD SOUL AND THE WOLF
6.) LIGHTS. / GHETTO AMARETTO 7.) VENOM / LAST DAYS OF DEATH COUNTRY 8.) OTHERWISE IT WILL BE THIS WAY FOREVER / BRIAN CULLEN'S LOVE BULLETS 9.) RED EVER / GHETTO AMARETTO 10.) GIVE IT A CHANCE / FLOYD SOUL AND THE WOLF 11.) JAKE SUMMERS / FIGHT LIKE APES
12.) METEORITES & WHITEJACKS / GHETTO AMARETTO 13.) BOTTLE OF BOOZE / FLOYD SOUL AND THE WOLF 14.) HELLO HELLO! / PING PONG 15.) TAKE ME HOME / SWEET JANE 16.) WILD / NO DEAD SPACE 17.) PRINCE / VAN CLEEF
18.) TIP OF THE HAT, PUNCH IN THE FACE / AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR 19.) TRAIN OF THOUGHT / NO DEAD SPACE 20.) ALWAYS COMFORTABLE IN DISGUISE / NO DEAD SPACE
Sunday 02 August Creans: 11:00 Fight Like Apes 10:10 Ever27 9:20 The Distractors
Caffreys: 9:30 Little Palace 8:45 Joy Booth 8:15 Ray Heffernan
Naper Arms: 7:20 Sickboy 6:35 Neosupervital
5:50 Funeral Suits 5:05 Hoey & The Mussels 4:20 Not Squares 3:45 History of Harry 3:10 Funzo 2:35 Keith Burke 2:00 Paper Tank 1:30 Gillian Tuite 1:00 Michael Paterson
Monday 03 August Creans: 11:00 The Barleyshakes 10:00 Noise Control 9:10 Ian Whitty 8:25 Heritage Centre
7:40 The Van Winkles 7:00 Eskimo Kid 6:20 6ft Small 5:50 Ruairi Coogan 5:20 John Stewart
Michael who is a native of Co. Meath, relocated to New York City, where he has spent the past 7 years making a name for himself in the live music scene. He is a founding member of the innovative FairplayCollective, a union of like-minded artists who support each other in all aspects of making and performing music. Other artists in the Collective are Mark Dignam, Brendan O'Shea and Jenna Nichols.
He has shared the bill with artists such as The Swell Season and The Frames, Paddy Casey, Dead Can Dance, Declan O’Rourke, and Foy Vance.
Live in New York is available from Amazon mp3 downloads. Physical CD is available from CD Freedom. The CD will soon be available through the usual online music outlets (iTunes, Rhapsody, Emusic, Napster, and CD Baby).
Michael will return to Ireland in August for a show with Little Palace as part of the Le Cheille Festival in his hometown of Kells.
Here is Michael in Little Palace performing Man Overboard.
Ruby Tuesday is the feature where I blog about an artist new to my radar and this week it's the turn of Bobby Noonan.
"I really like you but you f***ing wreck my head!" Yep been there with that opinion! I usually think this about a member of my family! Anyway...
Bobby Noonan sent me his debut EP "I Broke It" for review and he told me to be brutally honest because I'm the first blogger/reviewer to shred his work to bits!
"I Broke It" contains four and a half charming atmospheric pop tunes. I say a half because the final tune "Lullaby" is sung very softly and would present the only negative about the EP. The other tracks are warm acoustic tunes not too far from the style of Elliot Smith or the new material from Ollie Cole. Bobby Noonan has that voice that demands attention when he sings. His lyrics are thoughtful; I especially love the imagery and cartoon references of "Little Red Hen". The EP on a whole is a great body of work showcasing the very impressive talent of Bobby Noonan.
I'm really not too sure how you go about buying the EP. Send Bobby a message on MySpace or go to one of the gigs below!
30 Jul 2009 20:00 Mulligans Irish Music Bar Amsterdam 27 Aug 2009 20:00 One Take Sessions Kilkenny, Kilkenny 6 Nov 2009 20:00 Crawdaddy Dublin, Dublin 2 Dec 2009 21:00 Brazils cafe bar Clonmel, Tipperary
"Voodoo Ball featuring Shane McGowan and Jerry Fish in aid of Haiti charity Press Release from Haven Some of the top musical talent Ireland has to offer are coming together in aid of the poorest country in the western world – Haiti. Shane MacGowan and Jerry Fish are just two of the names that will be taking to the stage at the Button Factory on the 29th of July in a benefit gig for Haven, a new international NGO building houses in Haiti.
The gig, “Hope for Haiti – Voodoo Ball” will also feature The Mighty Stef, Spellbound, Steve Fanning (from the Last Tycoons) and Candice Gordon. All proceeds from the night will be going to Haven, a new charity which is building homes and hope in Haiti. One of the musicians on the bill, Candice Gordon, is travelling to Haiti at Halloween with Haven to take part in “Build it Week”. She is one of 250 Irish volunteers the charity is recruiting to take part in this week long house build. Tickets cost €20 and are available on tickets.ie and at the door of the Button Factory. Doors open on the 29th of July at 8pm and the gig will kick off at 8:30."
Today is a really important day for me personally. Alot of people look to the Stars for inspiration right? Anyway this cover version of a Ryan Adams song is quite possibly the best thing The Corrs have ever done! Bono sings with them. The U2 machine hits Dublin this weekend. If you are in Dublin this weekend remember there are some seriously good gigs on elsewhere!
Blog favourite Ian Whitty is releasing a new single from his excellent debut album called City Friend. It will be available as a download only through i-tunes and downloadmusic.ie . To download using your telephone devices you can text 3430 to 57501 (or 3430m to 57501 for straight to mobile download) to get the track from downloadmusic.ie. All stations have the song so just request it if you want to hear it on your very own radio.
August 1st: Cork x South West Festival. Skibbereen.
August 2nd: Indiependence Festival. Mitchelstown.
August 3rd: Le Cheile Festival. Oldcastle Co.Meath.
August 14th: Birr Vintage Week Festival. The Chestnut Birr, Co.Offaly.
Sunday's Summer Song is the weekly feature where I post a sample about all things Summer. A few weeks ago the Duckworth Lewis Method released a bunch of tunes all about Cricket and the Summer. I seen the performance in Tower a few weeks back and I was hugely impressed by the quality of all the songs played. The album is full of beautifully crafted pop tunes from start to finish. I love how Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh look like they are having a great time making music they love about their passion for cricket! And it's paying off for them as the album broke into the UK top 40 with very little promotion!
"Finding the Sun in an Irish Summer is something akin to playing Russian Roulette!"
DAVID GERAGHTY announces Irish Tour to coincide with his second solo album The Victory Dance released on 28 August 2009
BellX1’s David Geraghty released his debut solo album Kill Your Darlings in 2007, to huge critical and fan acclaim. The album was nominated for a Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year and in both Best Irish Album and Best Irish Male in the Meteor Ireland Music Awards. September 2009 sees Geraghty return with his second solo offering The Victory Dance, set for release on his own imprint Decal Records. The ten track collection was recorded in West Cork, mixed by Tim Martin (Terence Trent D’Arby, The Waterboys and Kirsty MacColl) and engineered by Greg French (U2, Van Morrison, Brian Eno and Placebo).
The Victory Dance releases in Ireland and on-line on Friday August 28th, 2009 on Decal Records through ESD. The lead single Tuesday’s Feet will be released online on Friday August 14th.
The Victory Dance Tour:
Saturday 5 September Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co. Laois Wednesday 9 September The Pavilion, Cork Friday 11 September The Roisin Dubh, Galway Saturday 12 September Upstairs, Dolans, Limerick Sunday 13 September De Barra’s, Clonakilty, Cork Tuesday 15 September The Spirit Store, Dundalk Wednesday 16 September The Button Factory, Dublin
Singer-songwriter Roesy is back touring Ireland next month in the run-up to his next album scheduled for release in the near future. I knew Roesy was good but in the last few months I have been listening to his music and rich lyrics more and more. You will find me at a Roesy gig in the near future.
July 18th 2009 @ 20:30 Roesy Art Exhibition & Gig, Bru na Bo, 33 Scudder Avenue, Northport, New York USA
(Limited seating available, please RSVP by email: brunabostore@gmail.com or phone: 631 239 6764 before July 15th)
August 13th 2009 @ 19:00 Roesy Art Exhibition as part of Birr Vintage Week launches at The Chestnut, Green St. Birr Co.Offaly IRL (Runs until August 23rd)
August 14th 2009 @ 21:00 The Vine, Wexford IRL
August 15th 2009 @ 20:00 The Corkscrew, Gorey, Co.Wexford IRL
August 19th 2009 @ 19:30 Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, as part of Birr Vintage Week Co.Offaly IRL
August 20th 2009 @21:00 De Barras Clonakilty Co.Cork IRL
August 23rd 2009 @ 20:00 Dolans Limerick IRL
August 26th 2009 @ 20:30 Cyprus Av. Cork IRL (Tickets from The Old Oak, 113 Oliver Plunkett St. or tickets.ie)
August 27th 2009 @ 20:00 Whelans Dublin IRL (Wav Ticket Box 1890 2000 78 and ticketmaster.ie)
However ....... on the day we get to see this report which will breakdown the Celtic Tiger I have to urge you to check out Bill Coleman's next single "Welcome to the Breakdown" over on his MySpace.
There’s been an overwhelming amount of support across all the social networking websites over the last week, with alot of established artists offering their support for the cause for Our Lady’s Hopsital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Ireland.
Mark Geary, Colin Devlin, Cactus World News, Luan Parle, Gavin Glass, Minus Circus, Bill Coleman, Fiachna O Braonain, Leanne Harte, The Kinetics and The Coronas have all signed up to help raise awareness and have also donated a track for sale directly through the website, which will be launched on 1st September 2009. 100% of money raised will go straight to the hospital.
There’s many more major artists rumoured to be getting involved, and we can’t wait to tell you the good news, so please check back regularly. If you are a songwriter, or in a band, and would like to submit a song for consideration, we would love to hear from you."
I think this is a very worthy cause and the fact that such heavyweight Irish acts have got involved shows how important this concept is! Fingers crossed for maybe a charity gig or a physical CD release in the future!
The artist submission deadline has been announced, 31st July 2009. If you would like to contact us with a track for consideration for the project, then please contact noel [at] musicboxforlife.com
Arrow in the Sky is fast becoming one of my favourite bands on the scene. They have great tunes, strong melodies, amazing musicians and a work ethic second to none. Here is footage of their EP Launch party in Whelans last week.
Kudos to Ronan, Jim and Niall for their coverage of the festival on their blogs/sites over the weekend. There were times last week where I was fuming I never even considered going. Especially when sitting in Connemara with a big centre page of band stage times and circling the bands I'd have gone to see. So sad!
Some of the best clips I have found from Irish Artists are below:
This post is copied from the old blog Mixtape4melfi about an act playing the next Sessions night in Boyles on August 6th. Other acts are Groom, Joy Booth, Peadar King and Van Cleef.
This is the 3rd part of a feature called Ruby Tuesday where i plug a new artist and hopefully give a small helping hand to get their music out there!
Dayo is a Jazz-Folk influenced Singer-Songwriter with immense talent from the same music stable as John Martyn, Van Morrison and Nick Drake! The three tunes on his MySpace show real maturity in his voice and in his belief that he is making worthwhile music. Dayo is still in the recording and editing process for his debut album due out around Christmas. I urge all my readers to check out his MySpace and add the guy! He is quote "fookin techno thick extraordinaire" but he can write and sing a decent tune!
2FM gathered the best of Irish and International acts in their 'Heineken Green Room' at Oxegen to perform a song live on air. Here are some of the best clips:
I found The Pale's single from 1994 called In Me a few weeks back in Dublin's best charity shop for music on Parliament Street. The b-side is their take on the 1970 Mungo Jerry classic 'In The Summertime'. Enjoy!
I'll be back blogging properly on Monday but I want you to check out this video clip from Bill Coleman's set in Boyles on Friday 3rd July. Great music, super crowd, magical moments.
Following the example of the main two Music blogs based in Ireland here and here I've decided to summarise 2009 with a mixtape.
A big thanks to everyone visiting my little page and for the few comments I been getting. The hit counter seems to be increasing and the comments justify the pleasurable effort I put into the blog so again a big thanks for them!
Just a little reminder that I won't be posting anything on this blog until Sunday 12th July. If you can make it to Boyles tomorrow night we have a superb line-up of Bill Coleman, Henrietta Game, Arrow In The Sky and Mickael Lenel.
1400: The Artane Boys Band and The Brilliant Things 1500: The Coronas 1635: James 1805: Lily Allen 1935: The Script 2110: Snow Patrol 2310: Blur
Saturday July 11 1400: Saw Doctors 1510: Squeeze 1620: The Blizzards 1730: James Morrison 1855: Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2025: Elbow 2155: Bloc Party 2330: Kings Of Leon
Sunday July 13 1400: Ocean Colour Scene 1515: Calvin Harris 1630: Lady Gaga 1745: Paolo Nutini 1905: The Specials 2035: Razorlight 2210: The Killers
Festival Line-up Announcement, Oxegen 2009 Oxegen: IMRO New Sounds Stage Breakdown
Friday July 10 1400: Prowler 1450: Stone Motion 1545: Home Star Runner 1640: The Brilliant Things 1735: Ruth Anne Cunningham 1830: Cashier No. 9 1930: The Joy Formidable 2030: Heathers 2130: David Kitt 2230: The Flaws 2325: Yes Cadets 0025: The Mighty Stef
Saturday July 11 1400: Distractors 1455: Jenna Toro 1550: Carosel 1645: Angel Pier 1740: Nightbox 1835: Joe Echo 1930: St Vincent 2025: General Fiasco 2125: Director 2225: Codes
2325: And So I Watch You From Afar 0025: Cap Pas Cap
Sunday July 12 1400: Susie Soho 1450: Bone 1540: Andrew Hozier-Byrne 1635: The Jades 1730: The Chakras 1825: Blood Or Whiskey 1930: Broken Records 2025: Wintersleep 2125: Villagers
2220: Dark Room Notes 2315: Concerto For Constantine
Festival Line-up Announcement, Oxegen 2009 Oxegen: Hot Press New Bands Stage Breakdown
Friday July 10 1400: Truffle Shuffle 1500: Priscilla Ahn 1600: Carolina Liar 1700: Mumford & Sons 1800: Dinosaur Pile Up 1900: The Hours 2000: Iain Archer
2100: Metronomy 2200: Spinnerette 2300: Pulled Apart By Horses 0000: O Emperor
Saturday July 11 1400: Seven Days 1500: Will And The People 1600: Howling Bells 1700: In Case Of Fire 1800: Passion Pit 1900: Hockey 2000: Little Boots 2100: Sneaky Soundsystem 2200: Patrick Wolf 2300: Go Audio 0000: The Airborne Toxic Event
Sunday July 12 1400: Box Social 1500: Phenomenal Handclap Band 1600: Bombay Bicycle Club 1700: Wallis Bird 1800: The Maccabees 1900: The Virgins 2000: Wild Beasts 2100: The Chapters 2200: Camera Obscura 2300: The Twang
Festival Line-up Announcement, Oxegen 2009 Oxegen: Dance Arena Breakdown
Friday July 10 1400: Tom Middleton 1500: Gordo 1530: Burns 1620: Japanese Pop Stars 1710: Evil 9 1805: Frankmusik 1900: Aeroplane 2000: Crookers 2130: Swedish House Mafia 2330: Deadmau5
Saturday July 11 1400: Louis Osbourne 1445: Bitches With Wolves 1530: DJ Philth 1630: Don Rimini 1730: Popof 1830: Dr. Lektroluv 1930: Digitalism 2030: Annie Mac 2130: Boys Noize 2300: Tiga
Sunday July 12 1350: Scott McNaughton 1430: Hudson Mohawke 1520: Nialler 9 1600: Fever Ray 1700: Kissy Sell Out 1800: Yussek 1900: Bloody Beetroots 2000: MSTRKRFT 2100: Miss Kittin & The Hacker 2200: Felix Da Housecat
Festival Line-up Announcement, Oxegen 2009 Oxegen: Red Bull Music Academy Stage Breakdown
Friday July 10 1400: 202s 1515: Lukid/DJ 1645: Special Guest 1800: Johnny Moy/DJ 1930: M83 2100: Ladyhawke 2220: Chloe/DJ 2320: David Holmes/DJ 0010: Arveene
Saturday July 11 1400: Jamie Woon 1500: Rizm/DJ 1555: Defcon 1725: Messiah J & The Expert 1835: Colm K/DJ 1950: Tinchy Stryder 2115: Crystal Castles 2245: Mano Le Tough 2345: DJ Tu-Ki
Sunday July 12 1400: Ruari 1455: RSAG 1645: Goldielocks 1755: Telepathe 1900: Casio Kids 2005: Of Montreal 2145: Florence And The Machine 2215: Onra/DJ 2305: Mikki Dee & Mystro/DJ
Festival Line-up Announcement, Oxegen 2009 Oxegen: Heineken Green Spheres Stage Breakdown
Friday July 10 1400: The Dirty Epics 1520: God Is An Astronaut 1650: Dreadzone 1820: Fight Like Apes 1950: Mogwai 2125: Republic Of Loose 2315: 2 Many DJs
Saturday July 11 1400: Fred
1450: Gary Go 1545: Daniel Merriweather 1650: The Saturdays 1800: Regina Spektor 1915: Pete Doherty 2025: TV On The Radio 2145: Pet Shop Boys 2350: Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club
Sunday July 12 1400: Iglu & Hartly 1455: Noisettes 1600: That Petrol Emotion 1715: Friendly Fires 1830: Foals 1945: Jason Mraz 2105: Glasvegas 2235: Manic Street Preachers
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2015: Fun Lovin’ Criminals 2150: Pendulum 2335: Keane
Saturday July 11 1400: Red Light Company 1500: The Gaslight Anthem 1615: The Game 1735: Eagles Of Death Metal 1905: Maximo Park 2035: The Mars Volta 2205: Doves 2335: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sunday July 12 1400: The Horrors 1455: You Me At Six 1600: Starsailor 1710: White Lies 1820: Katy Perry 1940: Ting Tings 2100: Jane’s Addiction 2250: Nine Inch Nails
Another cracking poster for Rory Grubb's mini Irish tour to promote his debut album. Looking forward to catching him in Whelans on 21st July.
A reminder that this charity event is happening tomorrow night in The Sugar Club.
Alternatively you can go check out Nell Bryden & Joy Booth in Boyles in Slane tomorrow night. I think Joy is one of the best new talents we have in this country and Nell is playing Boyles on the back of a reported great performance in Whelans.
This looks like it might be a great night!
New additions to the Electric Picnic line-up include Julie Feeney, The Lost Brothers and One Day International.
Colin Devlin plays The Sugar Club on September 11th. I caught Colin's gig before Christmas in Whelans but missed the Feb gigs he did around the country. Looking forward to Sept 11th!
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