Mixtape: Irish Halloween Anthems!

I wasn't going to do a Halloween mix but seeing as this is an Irish festival which has gone global it seems only right to share some spooky songs with a loose Halloween connection!


The Cranberries - Zombie:

Zombie Live by The Cranberries


The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra - Devil & Me:

03 Devil & Me by bplo



David Hope - See The Ghost:

See The Ghost by David Hope


The Ambience Affair - Devil in the Detail:

The Ambience Affair - Devil In The Detail by The Certain Three


Miss Paula Flynn - Ghost in my Car:

Ghost In My Car by Miss Paula Flynn



Arrow in the Sky - Ghost Town:

Ghost Town by arrowinthesky



Owensie - Dark Place:

Owensie: Dark Place by OOAL


Roesy - Shake The Devil Down:

Shake the devil down - 'Colour Me Colourful' (N4 Records 2006) by roesymusic


Fia Rua - Darkness:

Darkness (Demo) by Fia Rua


Fionn Regan - Violent Demeanor

HVNLP75CD Fionn Regan - Violent Demeanour by heavenlyrecordings


Entheos - Ghost on the Stairs:

Entheos - Ghost on the Stairs by briankilloran


The Pogues - Whiskey You're The Devil:

The Pogues - Whiskey You're the Devil by kizen6

Amhrán Gach Lá - Julie Feeney

To celebrate Halloween I'm sharing a song from Julie Feeney's 2009 album 'Pages' entitled 'Monster':

'Monster' from 'pages' by Julie Feeney by Julie Feeney

If you wish to help Julie finance her next album there's a Fund:it page available with a whole array of great rewards! My favourite reward is the €1400 reward where Julie will perform(any repertoire, any number) at your wedding ceremony with accompaniment! That's class!

http://www.fundit.ie/project/julie-feeney-next-album

Amhrán Gach Lá - SJ McArdle

SJ McArdle is releasing a new single – “At The Same Time” which is out now on iTunes.

Listen to the single here:

At The Same Time by SJMcArdle

Tour Dates:

December 3rd – McHugh’s, Drogheda
Double Bill with Jamie Lawson

November 9th – Spirit Store, Dundalk – downstairs show

November 2nd – Roisin Dubh, Galway
Triple bill round robin with Josh Johnston and Keith Mullins

November 1st – The Space Inside Arts Club @ Wicklow Sailing Club, Wicklow Town
Triple bill round robin with Josh Johnston and Keith Mullins

Amhrán Gach Lá - Smith & Reilly

I do love this music and poetry version of WB Yates' September 1913 which is on the debut album by Poet Stephen James Smith and Singer-songwriter Enda Reilly.



Enda's vocals compliment Stephen's recital of the famous poem and is available on the album 'Arise & Go':

Tour Dates:

31st October Imagine Festival Brown Bread Mixtape, Waterford
5th November Nighthawks @The Project Charity Gig
26th November Caca Milis Cabaret Wexworlds

Buy The Album: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/enda-reilly-stephen-james/id472791407

More info: http://www.facebook.com/SmithandReilly

Amhrán Gach Lá - Damien Rice

Damien Rice covers U2's "One", due for release, as a free cover mount cd, with the October 25 edition of Q Magazine.

Marking Achtung Baby's 20th anniversary, the full track listing for AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered is as follows:

01. Zoo Station (Nine Inch Nails)
02. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
03. One (Damien Rice)
04. Until The End Of The World (Patti Smith)
05. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Garbage)
06. So Cruel (Depeche Mode)
07. The Fly (Gavin Friday)
08. Mysterious Ways (Snow Patrol)
09. Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around The World (The Fray)
10. Ultraviolet (The Killers)
11. Acrobat (Glasvegas)
12. Love Is Blindness (Jack White)


03-Damien Rice One by fagnermorais

Amhrán Gach Lá - Shaz Oye

The considerable talent that is Shaz Oye has released a new single in aid of Concern. You can buy the brilliant song 'Heaven Can Wait' for a simple donation of €2 or more from the Concern Site here:

Here's a clip of the track to check out:

01 Heaven Can Wait (Clip 1) by shazoye

More info: http://www.shazoye.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - Foy Vance

This looks like an amazing gig taking place next week in Belfast!

Foy Vance is joined by his closest musical friends – as the headline act of the night. Full line-up includes


Foy Vance & Friends
Lowly Knights
Rams Pocket Radio
Ben Glover
Anthony Toner
Katie and the Carnival
Southern
Captain Cameron


In case you've forgotten has amazing Foy Vance is .....


Foy Vance "Indiscriminate Act of Kindness" by Natniss

http://www.foyvance.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - The Koubas

I love the concept behind this music festival happening in Dublin city centre on Saturday 30th October. Oxjam 2011 Wrap party consists of 30 bands, 10 venues and 1 low price of a fiver!

The bands playing on Saturday are:


7 Summits
Bi Polar Empire,
Cocophone,
Elavator,
EleventyFour,
Fiach,
Fox E. & The Good Hands
The Hot Sprockets
Junah,
Katie and the Carnival,
Louisiana 6,
Leaders of Men
Me and the General,
She's a Beauty,
The Dying Seconds,
The Fibbs,
The Gandhis,
The Koubas,
The Rockets,
The Raglans,
The Sazzy Katz,
Saint John The Gambler
Tom Cooney
You Can Call Me Frances

and special guests!

Continued on to The Sunday Roast 12am start

Champagne Animal
Hassel Merchants

The venues around the Dame Quarter are:

Bankers
Dame Lane
Dame Tavern
Exchequer
Globe,
Mercantile
Ri Ra,
Stags Head
Sweenys Downstairs
Sweenys upstairs
Sheebeen Chic
Odessa
Ukyio
* out door stage outside the Merchantile


It's an amazing night and one which I'll be doing my best to make! One band I would have to see is The Koubas who are a great little indie band! Love their sound!


08 Stars by The Koubas



The Koubas:

Amhrán Gach Lá - Bipolar Empire

Bipolar Empire are this week's PLAY iRISH artist which is a new project to increase radio play of Irish artists/bands on Irish radio stations. All week you can hear Bipolar Empire's song 'Trip Around The World' at 3.35pm on the Jon Richards show on Galway Bay FM.

Of course you can take a listen to the song here!

Trip Around The World by Bipolar Empire

http://www.bipolarempire.com/

If you're an Irish artist and would like the opportunity to be featured on PLAY iRISH here are the criteria for selection:

PLAY IRISH Artist A - criteria for being chosen

Artist must:

* Be a member of IMRO ( or any collection society) http://www.imro.ie/
* Be a member of RAAP - http://www.raap.ie/
* Send a copy of their album/single to Nielson Music Control (for monitoring)
* Create a Breaking Tunes profile www.breakingtunes.ie
* Have an up to date website / facebook page with upcoming live dates /releases/instores/links to purchase music/ contact tel no. for one member of the team and where possible a Galway show to promote
* Announce their involvement to their fanbase in advance
* Agree to send X copies of their album to Galway music businesses and media to increase profile in Galway that week
* Agree to travel to Galway in advance to record a live session and quick sixty interview
* Artist to join the PLAY IRISH facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PLAY-iRISH/122894994457178

Album Review: Lisa Hannigan - Passengers

Lisa Hannigan is one of Ireland's best songwriters. Her second album 'Passingers' contain a number of amazing tracks which can only be admired and adored. Unfortunately theses wonderful tune sit among the ordinary!

Lisa Hannigan joins with James Vincent McMorrow and Villagers to raise the bar even higher in terms of musical composition, instrumentation and style. 'Passengers' is a deep artistic album which contains some great tunes that deserve your attention.

These include the epic opener 'Home', the current single 'Knots' and the sublime gorgeous 'Paper House'. In fact 'Paper House' is one of my favourite songs of the year. The vocals, strings and lyrics of 'Paper House' create a wonderful charming song. The other song I love is the love song 'Nowhere To Go' which almost deserves a review on it's own.


With all this positivity 'Passengers' you would think that it should be my album of the year. I find that some of the songs go nowhere in particular for me. A song like 'A Sail' brings to mind looking at a Monet on a wall and admiring it without being able to delve into it and really appreciate it's beauty. Even Ray Lamontagne's cameo fails to entice me on the track 'O Sleep'. Sometimes the lyrics get lost when the vocals get intense and for many of the songs I'm not a 'Passenger' in the song's journey.


However, 'Paper House', 'Nowhere To Go' and 'Home' are still epic tunes that you need to check out!

Lisa Hannigan - Passenger [10 out of 12]

http://www.lisahannigan.ie/

Lisa Hannigan- Knots by MMMusic

Amhrán Gach Lá - Emmett Tinley

Emmett Tinley is back with his second album which is self-titled and available on itunes and to buy online here: http://www.massmarketrecordings.com/?page_id=420&category=1&product_id=4

Tracklisting:

Takes a long time to heal
Wherever you are
Marvellous day
In my life
Sooner or later
Nothing in between
Same bright heaven
I want to receive you
Floating out
Here comes the morning


Here's the beautifully recorded 'Takes a Long Time to Heal' from the 2 Meter Session with Emmett Tinley recorded on October 9th 2011 in the Amsterdam based studio LeRoy.



Stream the whole album here: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/45217378#luisterpaal.45217378

Tour Dates:

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Luxor Live
21:00
Willemsplein 10
Arnhem 6811 KB
NL
Price: € 12,50

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

Theater Kikker
Heaven presents - 14:00 - 19:00
Ganzenmarkt 14
Utrecht NL
Price: € 15,-

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Paradiso
20:00
Weteringschans 6-8
Amsterdam 1017 SG
NL
Price: € 10,-

Amhrán Gach Lá - Lisa O'Neill

Can there be a better way to spend the Friday before Halloween than in the company of Lisa O'Neill's haunting folk sounds in Whelans of Wexford street? She'll be with a full band and supported by the under-loved Barry McCormack & excellent Bunnoscoinn.

More details here: http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/5107


Here's a great tune from Lisa's 2009 debut album called 'I'm Gonna Get Me to the Road'

Lisa O Neill - Im Gonna Get Me to the Road by IASCA

http://www.facebook.com/Lisaoneillmusic

Amhrán Gach Lá - Jukebox Gypsy

Jukebox Gypsy are touring all over Europe this Autumn in support of the release of their third album called 'Live at Bog Lane Theatre'.

One of the 'out-takes' is this version of a Dylan classic with a bit of 'Hi-Di-Hi' in there for a laugh! Dylan purists beware!

Subterranean Homesick Blues by Ben Blance

See Jukebox Gypsy live:


Sun. 30th Oct Caf-Vino 'Open Podium' (3 - 5pm) Amsterdam, NL Krugerplein 23, 1092 KA Amsterdam


NOVEMBER

Date Venue City Address

Fri. 4th Mulligan's Amsterdam, NL Amstel 100, 1017 AC Amsterdam
Sat. 5th Mulligan's Amsterdam, NL Amstel 100, 1017 AC Amsterdam
Mon. 7th International Songwriter's Evening Munich, DE Heppel & Ettlich im Drugstore, Feilitzschstr. 12, 80802 München
Tue. 8th Kennedy's Munich, DE Sendlingertorplatz 11, 80336 München
Thu. 10th 'Lichtspiele' at Ars Musica Munich, DE Plinganserstr. 6, 81369 München
Sat. 12th Kennedy's Munich, DE Sendlingertorplatz 11, 80336 München
Mon. 14th Ars Musica Munich, DE
Plinganserstr. 6, 81369 München

Wed. 16th House Concert Offenburg, DE
Sat. 26th O'ceallaigh Irish Pub Groningen, NL Gedempte Kattendiep 13, 9711PL Groningen
Wed. 30th 'Society of Exiles' at Pooca Bar Hamburg, DE Hamburger Berg, 22767 Hamburg


DECEMBER

Date Venue City Address
Thu. 1st Freundlich und Kompetent Hamburg, DE Gertigstrasse 57, 22303 Hamburg
Fri. 2nd Real Music Club (supporting Cody Canada) Lauchhammer, DE Wehlenteichweg 1, 01979 Lauchhammer

http://www.jukeboxgypsymusic.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - Windings

COMMUNION LAUNCHES ON OCTOBER 28TH AT ACADEMY 2

The evening will feature an enviable line up of young artists, including Scotlands Admiral Fallow who have steadily been gathering an impressive fan base since the release of their debut album Boots Met My Face, earlier this year.

Support on the night comes from Irelands very own ‘Windings’ and ‘Our Little Secrets’ ringleader Rhob Cunningham.

Tickets priced €15.00 including booking fee are on sale now from 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide.

24hr hotline Tel: (ROI) 0818 719 300
Over 18’s ID essential. Doors open 7.30pm


Here's a free download from a collection of Windings back catalogue available through bandcamp! Cathedrals is a really nice tune!

Amhrán Gach Lá - Cathy Davey

Cathy Davey is this week's 'PLAY iRISH' artist which is a project set up by An IASCA [Irish Association of Songwriters, Composers & Authors] supported by Galway Bay FM, Roisin Dubh, Monroes, HMV Galway, Breaking Tunes, 2 U I Bestow, Bell Book & Candle, IMRO, & RAAP.

This means for this week Cathy Davey's song 'Bad Weather' will get these fine benefits:

- will be played every day at 3.35 for one week on Jon Richard’s show (3.30pm)
- Cathy Davey has a quick sixty interview aired on Mon and Fri
- has other news / releases/ interviews aired Tues, Wed, Thurs
- has a live session aired on Keith Finnegan show on a Friday (10am – 12pm)

Artist A will be promoted throughout Galway that week - on Galway Bay FM, by Galway media, within Galway venues, bars and record stores, on the front of BreakingTunes.ie, on 2UIbestow blog, and on everyone’s facebook pages – more to come.

Listen to the song Cathy Davey's 'Bad Weather' here:


Cathy Davey - Bad Weather by 2uibestow

https://www.iasca.ie


PLAY Irish is a project to increase access to playlists for Irish Artists on Irish Radio with IASCA working with local radio and local music businesses to bring a supportive audience to the supportive businesses.

To get involved with PLAY IRISH go here for more details: https://www.iasca.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124&Itemid=97


PLAY IRISH Facts

* All artists will benefit from being a PLAY IRISH artist
* Other stations will pick up on the artist plays through Nielson Music Control / media
* Jon Richards chooses all artists, gig of the week, album of the week, and news
* Artists will have to pass a number of criteria, please make sure you pass these BEFORE approaching Jon Richards
* Artists do not have to be members of IASCA, but we would obviously prefer if they were as they are benefitting from an IASCA project which is funded by members who are Irish songwriters, composers and lyricists.

Album Review: Maria Byrne & The Broken String - Little Basement

'Little Basement' is the debut album from London based Corkonian Maria Byrne and it's a wonderful collection of inoffensive singalong songs which brings a warm glow into my life.

Charming, delicate and honest are three words I'll be using a lot to describe Maria Byrne's fabulous debut album 'Little Basement'. It's probably my most listened to album so far this year as I was fortunate enough to get a sample copy way back early in the Summer. The singalong chorus 'All You Need' has been the soundtrack to my family's Summer when played in the car.

The standout track is the warm charming 'Winter'. I love the slow piano introduction and the heartbreaking lyrics.
"Won't you come with me, closer on my pillow, won't you come with me, keep me warm in the Winter".
So simple, yet honest and full of warmth. I also love the strings at the end of the track. If there was any justice in the world this song would be all over the radio!


Winter - Maria Byrne & The Broken String by maria_byrne


The other amazing song from 'Little Basements' is 'Once Upon A Time in London'. The track resonates around Maria's vocals and lyrics with the instrumentation lifting the lyrics to the fore. It's a gorgeous track.

The lead single from the album is 'Home' which is an up-tempo good time folk song and can be bought here. Other tracks of note include 'Jack', the title track and the already mentioned catchy as anything 'All You Need'.

All You Need - Maria Byrne & The Broken String by maria_byrne


Little Basements is an honest, delicate, charming album which has the ability to bring colour into an Autumn day in Ireland!

Maria Byrne & The Broken String - Little Basement [11 out of 12]

http://www.mariabyrne.com/

Maria headlines Upstairs in Whelans on Thursday October 27th with support from comedian Maeve Higgins. Full details here: http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/5249

Amhrán Gach Lá - Seven Days

Seven Days headline a mighty line-up in Sweneys this Friday in the latest 'Love Ceol, Hate Racism' gig:

This is a seriously good line-up with a free in, donation welcome cover charge!

Here's a really good tune from indie rockers Seven Days.


Outside by sevendaysireland

Amhrán Gach Lá - Saccade

Last week Dublin rock band Saccade finally got round to launching their debut album called 'Force of Habit'.

In a very crowded market of Irish rock bands Saccade's album hits many high points. In particular the radio friendly singles 'Last Tango' and 'See How They Fly' elevate Saccade above the hundreds of ordinary bands out there. Here's the quality single 'Last Tango':


Saccade - Last Tango by RisingStars


More info:

http://www.facebook.com/stateofsaccade

Buy the album here: http://www.reekus.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - I Am Not Lefthanded

The big new from the 'I Am Not Lefthanded' camp is that they've left London for a shot at the West Coast of the USA and I'm delighted for them. They are still busy preparing their debut album and this move is all about making the most of life in the present. I wish the band every success and I'm looking forward to hearing about and reading about their adventures!

Alone (it's not so bad) by I Am Not Lefthanded

http://www.facebook.com/iamnotlefthandedeither
http://twitter.com/iamnotdaniel
http://twitter.com/iamnotkathryn

Amhrán Gach Lá - Storyfold

Storyfold released 'The Battle' taken from their debut album 'Rocket Science' recently and is available on itunes. Here's the wonderful video for the song featuring the artistic talents of Barry 'Jazz' Finnegan.



Storyfold play The Grand Social tonight with another great band The Riot Tapes:

http://www.facebook.com/storyfold

http://www.facebook.com/TheRiotTapes

Amhrán Gach Lá - Clancy [covers Beyonce]

It's with great pleasure that I'm able to share a new track from Paul Clancy whose life was tragically cut short early in 2010. Here's a free download of the lead single from a new EP by Clancy and it's a version of Beyonce's Halo!




More info here: http://www.facebook.com/ClancySongs

Buy the EP here: http://clancysongs.bandcamp.com/album/ep

Album Review: Shayne Thomas Byrne - Magnolia

Strong debut album from Mullingar's Shayne Thomas Byrne. Magnolia consists of seven varied tracks of the highest quality in the folk/rock genre.

The album kicks off with a short piano track leading into the title track. I admit the album doesn't begin well as the lyrics describe dancing with Nancy Spain and drinking Whiskey in the rain! I'm thinking .... oh-no is this a poor Mundy/Damien Dempsey tribute! Thankfully that thought disappears before the end of the track as the song develops into an enriching story of love and loss with a great chorus and fantastic backing vocals.

The next three tacks are sublime. The Long Road Ahead, Walk Away and in particular Always are songs of great depth and they feature the wonderful vocals of Kathleen Mahon. Her contribution on the track 'Always' invokes comparisons to Natalie Merchant.

Always by shaynebyrnemusic


It must be said that Shayne's vocals are limited but pleasing on the ear. His lyrics are well tuned and the musicianship is excellent throughout. For me the best track on Magnolia is the moody 'Telescopic Conversations' which just rolls on nicely with some wonderful guitar rifts from around the three minute mark.

Telescopic Conversations by shaynebyrnemusic


'Magnolia' is a gutsy debut which has it's special moments [Always and Telescopic Conversations] and it's dodgy moments. The songs are well written but the main vocal style lets the lyrics down on some tracks. There's a lot of promise shown here but I'd have loved an extra couple of tracks on the album. As it stands 'Magnolia' feels more of a mini-album or long EP. In general 'Magnolia' is an album you should check out!


Shayne Thomas Byrne - Magnolia [8 out of 12]

http://www.facebook.com/ShayneThomasByrne

http://soundcloud.com/shaynebyrnemusic

Amhrán Gach Lá - Eleanor McEvoy

Eleanor McEvoy is currently on tour in the UK supporting her new solo album entitled 'Alone'. It's like a 'Best of ..' in an intimate format and includes all her best songs like Sophie, Just for the Tourists and Only A Woman's Heart.

Buy the album here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alone-Eleanor-McEvoy/dp/B005DRNXZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311675131&sr=1-1

Have a listen to two of the tracks here:

You'll Hear Better Songs by noblepr


"Harbour" by Eleanor McEvoy by noblepr


Tour Dates: UK with Sharon Shannon


Tuesday 18 Band on the Wall Manchester

Wednesday 19 Rescue Rooms Nottingham

Sunday 23 Glee Club Birmingham

Monday 24 Thekla Bristol

Tuesday 25 Union Chapel London


IRELAND

NOVEMBER

Friday 4 The Helix, Dublin

Thursday 10 Hole in the Wall, Kilkenny

Eleanor McEvoy is one of the most entertaining musicians to follow on Twitter and can be found here: http://twitter.com/#!/eleanormcevoy

Amhrán Gach Lá - I Draw Slow

I'm going to be at The Venue Theatre, Ratoath this Saturday night to see the amazing 'I Draw Slow'.

Check out this video entitled 'Swans' recorded 'live' on a hill in south Dublin in one take with 5 microphones, directed by Hugh O'Conor.



http://www.idrawslow.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - Shouting at Planes

Cavan's 'Shouting at Planes' are playing the 'Hooley in the Park' festival this weekend in Mullagh, Co. Cavan. It's not a bad line-up but at €25 a tad expensive!

Here's the press info: "‘The Stunning’ will headline on the Saturday evening with support from Republic Of Loose, The Flaws, Ham Sandwhich, Riptide Movement, TKO, Shouting At Planes, Sa La V plus many more. Gates open at 3pm with the first band taking to stage at 4pm. ‘The Stunning’ will take to the stage at 10pm. Full bar facilities will be on site (subject to license). Tickets for Oct 15th are €25 + booking fee’s and are available from ticket master outlets nationwide or from the box office on site from Sept 7th"

Oh on the Sunday for €20 you get to see Jedward & lots of other x-factor wannabees!

To The Sea - Shouting At Planes by Shouting At Planes

http://www.facebook.com/shoutingatplanes

Amhrán Gach Lá - Kiernan McMullan

On Thursday night while Dublin music fans were celebrating the opening night of Hard Working Class Heros, Kiernan McMullan was performing in Boyles of Slane.

I can genuinely say that Kiernan is the most talented guitarist and songwriter I've met. His performance was simply phenomenal and if there's one act you must check out from reading this blog let it be Kiernan McMullan!

'Like' him here: http://www.facebook.com/kiernanmcmullanmusic
http://kiernanmcmullan.tumblr.com/

Introducing: A Mix of New Irish Bands #4

Every fortnight I'm going to share the new music I find with you in a compilation Mix post. This is number four and features some particularly good bands!

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Wiltz

Wiltz is a fine Wicklow three piece instrumental post-rock band who have put their debut self-titled EP onto bandcamp for free downloading! WHat I hear you say ANOTHER instrumental post-rock band from Ireland? Yeah but I like this music in a 'God is an Astronaut' style!




https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wiltz/191899940843389


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Fidil

Donegal's traditional Irish band Fidil was formed in 2008, after the launch of the critically acclaimed duet album of the same name by Aidan O’Donnell and Ciarán Ó Maonaigh. Their bringing gutsy Irish trad into a whole new era!

Fidil - Hudi's by IASCA

http://www.fidilmusic.com


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Allie Bradley

Belfast's Allie Bradley makes enriched radio friendly pop and has two EPs released already. Think on the lines of an Irish Amiee Mann. Allie is definitely someone to check out live in the future.


Elliott by Allie Bradley


http://alliebradley.tumblr.com/

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The Needables

I love the band's bio: "The Needables are Beat and Floyd Needable, both former fishermen, both former members of a cartoon themed barbershop quintet, and both men living lives of blissful ignorance, who, on two non-simultaneous occasions, woke up to the realisation that the strings of their hearts made a kinda country twang." Brilliant! An Americana Irish rock band are few and far between and The Needables are a very good band indeed!

Beauty From A Kiss by The Needables

http://www.theneedables.com/


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Declan Kelly

There is a place in this world for instrumental music like this produced by Galway's Declan Lynch. That is all!

Krakatoan Rebuttal by DeclanQKelly

http://www.declanqkelly.blogspot.com/


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Like There's No Tomorrow

LTNT is the solo band/album by Anthony Mackey, usually found in Ireland's stubborn hard rocking rock band Large Mound. Listening to the album brings to mind US indie band nostalgia. For fans of Yo la Tengo, early REM, They Might Be Giants etc. http://ltnt.bandcamp.com/

Like There's NO Tomorrow - Last Chance by anthonymackey

Buy the album: http://ltnt.bandcamp.com/

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Fear of Folk

It's a bit tricky to write about 'Fear of Folk' as info on the band is a pit patchy and I only have one mp3 [sent directly to me] to make judgments. The track while not making me enthusiastic shows that the band 'Fear of Folk' has a a great future in the American/Country genre!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fear-of-Folk/197877423592919?sk=info#!/pages/Fear-of-Folk/197877423592919?sk=wall

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My Pilot

I've a habit of leaving the best until the very last! The music on My Pilot's first two EPs interest me greatly. My Pilot is an alternative rock band but there are some sublime sounds within the EPs such as my favourite 'Innocent Grace':

My Pilot - Innocent Grace by My Pilot

http://www.mypilottheband.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - Jape

Jape is part of this wonderful Irish extravaganza in New York at the end of October!

Here's a new song from Jape's recently released new album Ocean of Frequency:

Jape - You Make The Love by Jape

Amhrán Gach Lá - Wonder Villains

The new EP from Belfast's Wonder Villains is pretty poptastic! I especially like the 'Fight Like Apes' feel to the second song '33':





Wonder Villains is touring with General Fiasco in the next few weeks. Here's the tour poster which states that their gig in The Academy 2, Dublin on Oct 22nd is at a reasonable €10. In reality if you want to book tickets you need to cough up a dis-proportionately higher €15 in comparison to seeing the band in cities like Manchester or Birmingham!

Great tour poster!

Links:

http://www.generalfiasco.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/WonderVillains/

Amhrán Gach Lá - Mic Christopher

Your weekly cover comes from Mic Christopher with The Frames performing 'Suspicious Minds'.




From today get your tickets here for this: http://www.ticketmaster.ie/The-Frames-tickets/artist/748835

Copied from The Frames Newsletter:

"HOWINEVER - the frames together with our friends, the mary janes -
would like to announce that we will be having a mic christopher night
in vicar street on november 29th. its just mad to think that this
year will be the 10th anniversary of mics death. we want to mark it.
we want to sing his songs. we want to gather together with friends and
remember. to be really honest with you, i dont know precisely how it
is going to work on the night, but im sure it will all come together
in proper order. it will not be a frames gig as such, or a mary janes
gig - but both bands will effectively be backing various singers
(glen included) who will sing either mic solo songs, or mj's songs or
relevant cover songs, or indeed, anything that springs to mind in
connection to our friend... hope that makes sense and is enough of a
description to whet your appetite!! all proceeds from this gig are
going to be given to the irish fragile x society, so your support will
be doubly, triply and more-so appreciated.
tickets will go on sale on friday, 7th oct at 9am from ticketmaster
ok? tix will be 26 yo yos"

Amhrán Gach Lá - The Aftermath

While looking through bandcamp for more free music to be included on my new blogging venture; http://freeirishalbums.wordpress.com/ I came across this freebie of an album from The Aftermath:

Here's one of the three hit singles from the album:




Download the album here: http://theaftermath.bandcamp.com/album/friendlier-up-here

http://www.facebook.com/theaftermathband

Amhrán Gach Lá - Alice Jago

Congratulations to the following RAAP / RTÉ Radio Breakthrough 2011 shortlist



Category: Pop, Rock or Dance

•Cocophone
•The Fallen Drakes
•O Emperor



Category: Country, Roots or Folk

•Alice Jago & Band
•Henrietta Game
•Ciara Sidine



Category: Classical

•Sharon Carty
•Aoife Ní Bhriain
•Evin Kelly



Category: Traditional Irish

•The Full Set
•Úna Monaghan
•The Bonny Men

These bands were chosen from almost 800 entries to the RAAP / RTÉ Radio Breakthrough 2011 bursary competition. The overall winners will be announced at a special gala concert in RTÉ Radio’s Studio 1 on Thursday 13 October as part of RTÉ Big Music Week.

There's a beautiful tune 'Born Stubborn' from Alice Jogo's album of the same name available for streaming through bandcamp and here:

Mixtape: HWCH 2011

While I won't be attending HWCH 2011 I do hope the 100 bands get a positive experience from the weekend. Here's my pick of the best songs you could hear this weekend.


Thursday 6th October


The Workmans Club

8.00 - 8.30 Youth Mass

False Starts by Youth Mass

8.45 - 9.15 Red Queen Contest
9.30 - 10.00 Go Panda Go
10.15 - 10.45 Howlin Dowlin
11.00 - 11.30 Land Lovers
11.45 - 12.30 Bitches With Wolves


Button Factory / Today FM vs 2FM

7.40 - 8.10 Deaf Joe
8.20 - 8.50 Sounds of System Breakdown
9.00 - 9.30 Spies
9.40 - 10.10 We Cut Corners

We Cut Corners 'Go Easy' by The Delphi Label

10.20 - 11.00 Funeral Suits


Twisted Pepper

7.45 - 8.15 Nanobot
8.30 - 9.00 Simon Bird
9.10 - 9.40 Lorem Ipsum
9.50 - 10.20 Mail Order Messiahs
10.30 - 11.00 The Holy Roman Army


Shebeen Chic

9.30 - 10.00 Karrie
10.15 - 10.45 Conor Walsh
11.00 - 11.30 Water Cycle
11.45 - 12.15 Elaine Mai

Elaine Mai - IOU by echoparade


The Grand Social / IMRO vs IASCA

7.30 - 8.00 Beyond Olden Acre
8.15 - 8.45 The Followers Of Otis
9.00 - 9.30 Cat Dowling
9.40 - 10.10 The Dying Seconds
10.20 - 10.50 Windings
11.00 - 11.30 Daithi


Mercantile

9.00 - 9.30 Ross Breen
9.45 - 10.15 Moscow Metro
10.30 - 11.00 Overhead, the Albatross
11.15 - 11.45 Henrietta Game

08 I paint things of beauty by GoodSeedPR

00.00 - 00.30 Cfit
00.45 - 01.30 Little Xs for Eyes

Little Xs For Eyes - Rubble of Love by echoparade




Friday 7th October


The Workmans Club

8.00 - 8.30 Morning Claws
8.45 - 9.15 Yeh Deadlies
9.30 - 10.00 No Monster Club
10.15 - 10.45 Grand Pocket Orchestra
11.00 - 11.30 We Are Losers
11.45 - 12.30 Le Galaxie


Button Factory / Richter vs DMS

7.00 - 7.30 Owensie

Aliens - Lar Kaye (Adebisi Shank) remix by owensie

7.35 - 8.05 Tenaka
8.15 - 8.45 Bats
8.55 - 9.25 Toby Kaar
9.35 - 10.05 Squarehead
10.15 - 10.45 Enemies


Twisted Pepper

8.15 - 8.45 Carried By Waves
9.00 - 9.30 The Infomatics
9.45 - 10.15 Zombie Computer
10.30 - 11.00 Sleep Thieves


Shebeen Chic

10.00 - 10.30 Empy Trees
10.40 - 11.10 People On Holiday
11.20 - 11.50 Clubfoot
12.00 - 00.30 Eleventyfour
00.45 - 01.15 Cars Love Girls


The Grand Social

8.00 - 8.30 Fallen Rule
8.45 - 9.15 Mackerel The Cat
9.30 - 10.00 Miracle Bell
10.15 - 10.45 Goatboy

For your Love by Goatboy

11.00 - 11.30 Pearse Mcgloughlin
11.45 - 00.30 Autumn Owls


Mercantile

9.00 - 9.30 More Than Conquerors
9.45 - 10.15 Superblondes
10.30 - 11.00 Futures Apart
11.15 - 11.45 Zealots
00.00 - 00.30 The Dirty 9s
00.45 - 01.30 The Kanyu Tree

Radio (Daithi Remix) by The Kanyu Tree


Saturday 8th October


The Workmans Club / OTR vs Nialler9

8.00 - 8.30 The Depravations
8.45 - 9.15 The Danger Is
9.30 - 10.00 Cloud Castle Lake
10.15 - 10.45 Moths
11.00 - 11.30 Last Days of 1984
11.45 - 12.30 Tieranniesaur


Button Factory

7.10 - 7.40 Amidships
7.50 - 8.20 Seeping Into Cinemas
8.30 - 9.00 Groom
9.10 - 9.45 Ghost Estates

Forever Or Never by GHOST ESTATES

9.50 - 10.20 House Of Dolls
10.30 - 11.00 The Gorgeous Colours


Twisted Pepper

7.10 - 7.40 Luasa
7.50 - 8.20 The Violet Roadkills
8.30 - 9.00 Junior85
9.10 - 9.40 The Casanova Wave
9.50 - 10.20 Datadrip
10.30 - 11.00 Bantum


Shebeen Chic

10.15 - 10.45 Time The Revolator
10.55 - 11.25 Charles Hurts
11.35 - 00.05 Ginnels
00.15 - 00.45 Hello Moon
00.55 - 01.30 The Crayon Set


The Grand Social

8.00 - 8.30 Come On Live Long
8.45 - 9.15 The Debutantes
9.30 - 10.00 Low Sea
10.15 - 10.45 Leaflog
11.00 - 11.30 Biggles Flys Again
11.45 - 00.30 Alarmist


Mercantile

8.30 - 9.00 Boy Lights Fire
9.10 - 9.40 More Tiny Giants
9.50 - 10.20 Kid Karate
10.30 - 11.00 Drunken Boat




11.15 - 11.45 Ginola
00.00 - 00.30 Turning Down Sex
00.45 - 01.30 The Minutes

Amhrán Gach Lá - Red Queen Contest

Red Queen Contest are one of the best bands in Ireland right now. They have the songs, the energy, the dual vocalists and are amazing musicians. They are allowing their song 'Lay Me Down' be available as a free download in anticipation of their HWCHs slot this Thursday in the Workmans Club.

Get the free download here:

More info: http://www.facebook.com/redqueencontest

http://www.reverbnation.com/redqueencontest

Amhrán Gach Lá - Mob Fandango

The weekly Sunday afternoon/evening sessions gigs called Saucy Sundays in The Grand Social is celebrating their first birthday on Sunday week October 16th.

It's such a great line-up which should cost you a tenner plus! Organisers Lisa McLoughlin and Joey from The Hot Sprockets work really hard every week to bring together a line-up of similar quality at the fine venue The Grand Social! Here's to many more years!

This is a track from the Mob Fandango who'll be great fun live on Oct 16th:

Mob Fandango - Ghetto Life by RisingStars

Amhrán Gach Lá - Junah

When Junah get round to releasing their debut album it'll be filled with great songs. The band have been serving their apprenticeship over the last five or six years performing live, releasing a debut single and in recent months recording live performance videos of the band for YouTube.

Here's the latest video to make it onto YouTube; 'Walk in Line' is an amazing song with one hell of a great drumbeat.



http://www.youtube.com/user/Junahonline

http://www.junah.com/

Amhrán Gach Lá - Pugwash

Pugwash is an Irish band who deserves the limelight they currently find themselves in. However as someone who would like to listen to their new album 'The Olympus Sound' before I buy it I'm at a massive loss. The band have only old songs on Soundcloud, no bandcamp, the bare bones of a facebook page and their website doesn't work properly. However the band are hoping people pay a tenner plus to see the band live!

I'm not a person to highlight poor PR but I do feel that the band need to roll with the times and allow their album be streamed somewhere other than itunes to enable bloggers to discuss and share their music in a free and legal way!

Even on Youtube the best I can find is this studio footage of the band with Neil Hannon and Ben Folds!



Tour Dates:

Here's one of the old songs on Soundcloud:

Pugwash - It's Nice to Be Nice 1 by ElaineMcCann