New video for Tapes 'n Tapes off Walk It Off
Apr 30, 2008
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Joker redoes Dark Knight trailer
The Dark Knight viral campaign rolls on with this gem. one winner was chosen from the audience to take home a 35mm print of The Dark Knight movie trailer. But it turns out the The Joker had defaced the 35mm print.
New Six Organs Of Admittance Video - "Goodnight"
check out there previous video for "Shelter From The Ash" (in the read more) also also directed by Cam Archer
Sugarlips Returns!
The mighty Sugarlips is returning to Dublin next weekend with a killer lineup of up-and-comings to rock the Boom Boom Room's latest venue.
The Boom Boom Room 2 has been steadily growing at it's home in Murrays on O'Connell street, and Friday May 9th sees Sugarlips host a night of madness in new surroundings.
Hoovers & Sledgehammers, Patrick Kelleher & The Wet Dreams, and Saviours of Space all feature on the tantalising lineup.
Doors are at 8, and admission is a paltry 5 euro.
Stay tuned over the next two weeks for extensive profiles of the lineup, mp3s, videos and all the updates you could possibly need.
Hoovers & Sledgehammers on myspace
Patrick Kelleher on myspace
Saviours of Space on myspace
Richter Collective's April 5 Bands Podcast Online..
April addition of 5 Bands Podcast is online now, this month they are joined by Rupert from Bats
Tracks featured:
1. Neon Blonde - "Headlines" Remix (Adam Clarke)
2. Themselves - "Revenge of the Fern"
3. Down I Go - "A Wasp In a Jar"
4. Hymie's Basement – "21st Century Pop Song"
5. Circle Takes the Square - "In The Nervous Light of Sunday"
get it here
Free Foggy Notions Gig
This Friday (May 2nd) sees a kickass Foggy Notions show hit the Andrews Lane Theatre, at the excellent price of 'Free'.
Giveamanakick & Dry County will play the Dublin venue, with doors at 8, and a club after the show til late.
The date also sees Giveamanakick release their new album, Welcome to the Cusp, which judging by the track below, promises to be quite good.
Radiohead: "All I Need"
Radiohead have teamed up with MTV's EXIT campaign for a new music video aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking. the video will premiere on MTV on Thursday.
Del Toro Wants LOTR Cast for Hobbit Movie
In a very smart move (and one guaranteed to rally the fanboys around him from the get-go) Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro has indicated that he doesn't want to recast any characters which have already appeared in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, reffering to the original casting as 'perfect'.
The only characters which I can think of that recur are Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Gollum (Andy Serkis), Elrond (Hugo Weaving), and obviously Bilbo (Ian Holm)... but I only read the comic-book version, so I'm probably missing some.
UPDATE (30/4):
McKellen has signed on, apparently.
And the Song of the Day Is...
... the excellent Pocketknife remix of Joanna Newsom's Book of Right On.
Click for mp3
Pocketknife is one half of an kickass underground duo (the other half being Cousin Cole) who are responsible for 'Tambourine Dream', an album of understated indie folk remixes. An interesting idea which has come off pretty well, it also features remixes of tracks by Beirut, Iron & Wine, Nick Drake & Neil Young.
Check it out here.
More Scarlett Does Waits
So we're gradually getting more and more on this Scarlett Johansson covers Tom Waits album, and track two comes with a video. And David Bowie.
It's Scarlett's version of Falling Down, which first appeared on Big Time, Waits' live album. To be honest, I was more impressed by Anywhere I Lay My Head, but you can decide for yourself. Here's the video and mp3:
Falling Down:
Click for mp3
Tom Waits' version (for comparison purposes):
Click for mp3
5 Second Review: Islands- Arm's Way
Excellently esoteric Canucks return with their sophomore effort- but will it please as much as 2006's Top 10-reaching 'Return To The Sea'?
Pros:
- When they want to, they can still make seemingly off-kilter numbers into major crowd pleasers. For example....
- Creeper is weird, but great. Particularly the middle section.
- There's a strange funky, Stevie Wonder thing going on in some parts. And a strange pirate-y feel with some of the tenor-sax. Which is good. (I don't really know what I mean by pirate-y, that's just what I hear. Am I crazy? Maybe...).
- Nick Diamonds still knows how to write a pop song, which is commendable.
- The epic madness of Vertigo is really excellent.
- Kudos has to be given to the character of the whole thing.
Cons:
- The strings are pretty consistently poor. The two violin players seem to be content with (and at times quite excited about) playing the most bloody obvious thing they could possibly play. Opening track The Arm is a particular offender. The song's hook is on strings, and is so clichéd it makes me want to immediately skip the track.
- It appears that Diamonds has pushed his quest for choruses too far, with some songs being ruined by the presence of a segment whose only purpose is repetition (Pieces of You). And it sticks out like a sore thumb.
- Much as it's a shitty thing to compare new albums to old, this album really suffers from the lack of a Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone or a Rough Gem.
- Filler filler filler filler. There's quite a bit.
Not quite a great follow up. In fact, I can't help but be disappointed. It appears that maybe the band's focus as a unit may have lost some of the crazy eclecticism that made their previous album such a delight. There's still whispers of greatness though, so hopefully the kinks will be ironed out for album three.
Listen:
Pieces of You
Click for mp3
Islands on myspace continue reading>>
New Dark Knight Trailer
The Joker's Monday night scavenger hunt ended with a cinema screening of the new Dark Knight trailer, and one hunter was good/bad enough to take a camera into the cinema with them. So here's your first view of the new trailer courtesy of the folks at Trailer Addict (a proper high-definition version is to be released on Sunday):
Apr 29, 2008
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FULL Glastonbury Line-Up
I fucking knew I should have waited until the full line-up was announced because as per usual its the smaller stages that have all the goodness on it.
Full complete line-up after the jump and if I might draw your attention to the Park Stage on the Saturday night where I will be setting up residence with the back to backness of CSS, Battles and MGMT.
All those doubters can finally shut the fuck up. This is what an amazing and diverse line-up is supposed to look like
Friday June 27
Pyramid Stage:
Kings Of Leon, The Fratellis, Editors, The Gossip, The Feeling, KT Tunstall, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, The Subways, Kate Nash
Other Stage:
Panic At The Disco, The Enemy, We Are Scientists, Foals, The Hoosiers, Ben Folds, Vampire Weekend, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Hilltop Hoods
John Peel Stage:
Jamie T, The Cribs, Reverend And The Makers, The Kills, MGMT, The Ting Tings, Young Knives, Lightspeed Champion, Make Model, Glasvegas, Patric Watson, Royworld
Jazz World Stage:
Jimmy Cliff, Estelle, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Candi Staton, Alabama 3, Phantom Limb, Mankala
Park Stage:
Pete Doherty, Dizzee Rascal, John Cale, Edwyn Collins, The Duke Spirit, Operator Please, Sons And Daughters, Santogold, Beggars, Magic Wands, Island Line, The Langley Sisters
Acoustic Tent
Seasick Steve, Sinead O'Connor, Newton Faulkner, Arno Carstens, Eddi Reader, Camille O'Sullivan, Eleanor McEvoy, Devon Sproule, Acoustic Stage Blues Club with Grainne Duffy
Avalon Stage:
Sharon Shannon and Big Band, Xavier Rudd, Hazel O'Connor, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Ron Sexsmith, Frank Turner, Kissmet, Hobo Jones And The Junkyard Dogs
Left Field:
John Byrne, David Ford, Frank Turner, Beans On Toast, Alabama 3, The Holloways, Kate Nash, Jenners Field, Charlotte Campbell, Dance For Life, Tawiah, Hebe Jones, Buddha Tears, Dockers MC, Brit School Presents – Dance For Life
Queen's Head:
DJ Tayo's Tracksuit Party, DJ Smash 'n' Grab, Kate Nash, The Script, Young Knives, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, The Holloways, Captain, Babel, Team Waterpolo
The Glade:
Steve Hillage's Mirror System, Dreadzone, Tayo, Freefall Collective, Nick Warren Sunset Set, Sian Evans and Simon Kingman, Dr. Meaker, Clive Craske, Simon Atkinson and the Ben Marcato Trio, The Charles Hazlewood All Stars
Dance Village East:
Fatboy Slim, Roisin Murphy, X-Press 2, Hercules And Love Affair, Cicada, 20/20 Soundsystem
Dance Village West:
Booka Shade, James Zabelia, The Count and Sinden, Freestylers, Infadels, Zion Train
Dance Lounge Ozomatli, N Dubz, Djs Queens Of Noize, DJ Pete Gooding, Kid British, DJ Beardyman
G Stage:
Stanton Warriors, Utah Saints, Soul Of Man, Drum Monkeys, Beber and Tamara
Pussy Parlure:
House Meat Disco, Yard Dogs Road Show, Soul Train, Martina Topley-Bird
Saturday June 28:
Pyramid Stage:
Jay-Z, Very Special Guest TBC, Manu Chao, The Raconteurs, James Blunt, Crowded House, Seasick Steve, The Hold Steady, Shakin' Stevens
Other Stage:
Massive Attack, Hot Chip, Elbow, Duffy, The Wombats, Neon Neon, Black Kids, The Golden Silvers, The Travelling Band
John Peel Stage:
Biffy Clyro, The Futureheads, Band Of Horses, Black Lips, The Courteneers/The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, British Sea Power, Holy Fuck, The Teenagers, Hilltop Hoods, Emmy The Great, Dogtanion
Jazz World Stage:
Ethiopiques, Buddy Guy, Imagined Village, Joan Armatrading, Eric Bibb, Massukos, The Blessing, Bedouin Jerry Can Band
Park Stage:
CSS, Battles, MGMT, Music Through Unconventional Means, Kool Keith and Kutmaster Kurt, Alphabeat, St Vincent, Jape, Eugene McGuinness
Acoustic Tent
Gilbert O'Sullivan, The Swell Season featuring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers, Seth Lakeman, Andy Fairweather-Low and the Low Riders, The Gilmore, Sid Griffin and the Coal Porters, Emily Maguire, Acoustic Stage Blues Club with Grainne Duffy, The Travelling Band
Avalon Stage:
The Proclaimers, Will Young, Alabama 3 unplugged, The Handsome Family, The Wurzels, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, Bacalao, Malarchy, One String Loose
Left Field:
New York Fund, Lazy Habits, Reverend And The Makers, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Neville Staple, The Krak, The Mentalists, Rock Against Racism, Cars On Fire, Flykiller
Queen's Head:
DJ Sean Rowley, DJ Annie Mac, The Pigeon Detectives, White Denim, Ron Sexsmith, Teddy Thompson, The Duke Spirit, Modern Skirts, Edenheight
The Glade:
Squarepusher, Mark Broom, Massonix, DJ Donna Summer, Six By Seven, Danny Howells, Cassette Boy and DJ Rubbish, Radioactive Man, Robert Logan, Rob Hall, Symmetrik, Vexkiddy
Dance Village East:
Unkle, DJ Eddie Temple Morris, Roni Size Reprazent, Simian Mobile Disco, Kid Sister, A-Trak
Dance Village West:
Dj Dave Seaman, Black Dog, Nicky Holloway and Trevor Fung, The Grid, Atomic Hooligan, A Skillz
Dance Lounge:
DJ Format, Audio Bullys, Cadence Weapon, Nightmovies, Natty, Trojan Sound System
G Stage:
Pendulum (DJ set), Roland Bastard, Beat Torrent, The Japanese Popstars, Sub Focus
Pussy Parlure:
We Don't Play, Yard Dogs Road Show, Healer Selecta inc. Sound System, Size 9, Healer Select
Sunday June 29:
Pyramid Stage:
The Verve, Leonard Cohen, Goldfrapp, Very Special Guest TBC, John Mayer, Gilbert O' Sullivan, TBC
Other Stage:
Groove Armada, The Zutons, The Pigeon Detectives, Mark Ronson, Scouting For Girls, Jack Penate, Newton Faulkner, Black Mountain, Hoodoo Gurus
John Peel Stage:
The National, Spiritualized, Crystal Castles, Brian Jonestown Massacre,
The Stars, The Courteneers/The Black Keys, Rocket Summer, Friendly Fires, The Whup, Yeasayer
Jazz World Stage:
King Solomon Burke, Eddy Grant, Dub Colossus, Asere and Billy Cobham, Balkan Beat Box, Almasala, Portico Quartet, Sense Of Sound
Park Stage:
My Morning Jacket, Tunng, Vetiver, Caribou, Laura Marling, Mystery Jets, Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl, The Cave Singers, Alberta Cross, Mumford and Sons, Alan Tyler and The Lost Songs of Littlefield, Redbridge Brass Band
Acoustic Tent
Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega, The London Community Gospel Choir, Stackridge, Tom Baxter, Tift Merritt, Foy Vance, Acoustic Stage Blues Club with Grainne Duffy, Amsterdam, Lazenby
Avalon Stage:
Katie Melua, Blazin' Fiddles, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, John Tams and Barry Coope, The Baghdaddies Big Band, the Family Mahone, Rafven, Nuala and The Alchemy Quartet, Prison Love
Left Field:
Night Of Treason, Neck, Billy Bragg, Dirty Pretty Things, The Bluetones, Build A Band – Youth Music, Jail Guitar Doors (film), Phill Jupitus, Left Field Rally with Tony Benn, Carnival Collective
Queen's Head:
DJs The Voguettes, Soulsavers, Elbow, Noah And The Whale, Florence And The Machine, Congregation, Dengue Fever, Dawn Kinnard, the Cock'n'bullkid, Ladyhawke
The Glade:
Eatstatic, Tristan, Lucas, Flip Flop, Regan, ZubZub, Aliki, Pathaan
Dance Village East:
Kosheen, DJ Annie Mac, Sam Sparro, The Black Ghosts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Dance Village West:
Derek May, System 7, Kraak and Smaak, Lee Coombs, The Whip
Dance Lounge:
Annie, The Presets, Punks Jump Up, Ladyhawke
G Stage:
Magnetic Man, Caspa and Rusko, Appleblim, Basecleff, Moody Boyz, Digidub
Pussy Parlure:
Generals HiFi, Balkan Beat Box, Kokolo Ray, Ipek, Loungeclash
update on tonights Japanese New Music Festival
Tsuyama Atsushi has been hospitalised with a lymph node infection and will not be able to perform at tonights concert. Yoshida Tatsuya & Kawabata Makoto have been performing the last few nights of the Japanese New Music Festival on their own, and the reports are that the shows have been magnificent! Instead of 7 sets, the guys will be performing four extended sets, details in the read more.
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Akaten
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Ruins alone
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Kawabata Solo
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Acid Mothers Temple SWR ( as a duo with sampler and Bass loop)
KAWABATA MAKOTO solo
Kawabata Makoto is best known for his speed-demon noise-fuzz guitar in Acid Mothers Temple, but he is also widely active as an unparalleled drone guitarist. Drawing upon a huge reservoir of original techniques including metal glissando and bow-work that can summon up the sound of a string ensemble or orchestra, his work in this area cannot be simply categorized as minimal, drone or experimental. You'll find it hard to believe that a single guitar can create sonic worlds of such meditative and elegant depth.
RUINS ALONE (Yoshida Tatsuya solo)
Yoshida is one of the most innovative drummer/composer/improviser in Japan's new music scene. pioneer of Drum & Bass duo RUINS was founded by Yoshida in '85 . Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension, wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never sounds like they are only two players. now RUINS had no bassist and currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE. playing RUINS songs with sampling bass.
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest, most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. Releases have appeared on labels around the world at an amazing pace, and the magnificence of their live performances is already being whispered of as legendary. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation yet. featuring Kawabata and Yoshida from Ruins. their crushingly acute freakout sound will pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.
JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring Acid Mothers Temple & Ruins
TUESDAY APRIL 29
WHELANS OF WEXFORD STREET
DOORS 8pm
TICKETS €16 FROM CITY DISCS, SOUND CELLAR, SPINDIZZY, WAV BOX OFFICE 1890 200078 & ONLINE AT www.tickets.ie/umack
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Feist: "I Feel It All"
Feist was on The Colbert Report last night and played her new single "I Feel It All"
she also did an interview on the show which is in the read more section
STEVEN POWERS a.k.a. ESPO DOES DUBLIN
more pics in the read more and a little info on espo too
ESPO (Stephen J. Powers) is a New York City graffiti artist. His name is an acronym for "Exterior Surface Painting Outreach."Powers is from Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood; he graduated from Robert E. Lamberton High School in 1987 and took classes at the University of the Arts. He moved to New York in 1995. He painted on storefront grates in Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant, TriBeCa and the South Bronx, covering the entire grate with white or silver paint and writing his name over it.Powers painted in daylight, wearing street clothes; he told the New York Times in 1999 that when passerby asked what he was doing he would tell them, "I'm with Exterior Surface Painting Outreach, and I'm cleaning up this gate"; the official-sounding name was enough to ward most people off. Powers targeted shops that appeared to be out of business and grates that were already heavily vandalized, describing his graffiti as a public service. In 1999 he said that he had painted around 70 grates. In December 1999 Powers was arrested for vandalism while he was in the midst of organizing a protest against Rudolph Giuliani; he charged that the arrest was politically motivated. A New York Times editorial criticized the Giuliani administration for its secrecy in the case (while dismissing Powers as "a noodge and self-promoter, one of those deliberately annoying characters whom most of us could do without"). He stated in 2000 that he had given up graffiti; his studio art has sold for as much as $20,000. He is the author of a book on graffiti's history, "The Art of Getting Over," published by St. Martin's Press in 1999. He has also designed clothing for Marc Ecko, Nike, and Calvin Klein. He is living and working in Dublin on a Fulbright Scholarship.
New CSS song
The new song by Cansei de Ser Sexy has been made available on their website today.
Rat Is Dead (Rage) is the first single from Donkey, the second album from Brazilian band Cansei De Ser Sexy. It will be released on July, 2008.
The song has a kinda harder feel to it then most on the last record but the dance ability is still there strong, so is a catchy chorus
enjoy
MP3>cansei de ser sexy - rat is dead (rage)
Apr 28, 2008
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The Presidents of the United States of America rock Tripod
For all of you who dismissed The Presidents of the United States of America back in 1996 as joke band, then...good for you. However hopefully you'll have taken the correct stance of laughing WITH them and not AT them. The Presidents know exactly how silly they are and they revel in being as silly as possible and doing it all for the benefit of us.
From the get go its clearly obvious that The Presidents are going to have as much fun as possible regardless of what the crowd thinks. Luckily the crowd is seriously down for that and pogo's along to even the slower songs (few and far between). At one point a couple come onstage and the guy proposes to the girl. Does she accept? What kind of bitch would she be if she didn't. Normally this would come across as cheesy and shit but in the Presidents world its all part of the fun.
Musicwise naturally they crack out all the hits. 'Kitty', 'Dune Buggy' and 'Lump' are launched in the main part of the set while 'Peaches' and 'Kick out the Jams' finish it off. Encoring with 'Video Killed the Radio Star', 'Candy' and 'We're not gonna make it' they actually manage to restore me to life after one of the worst hangovers of recent memories.
Click after the jump to see a reminder of how awesome they were and are
5 Second Review: The Jimmy Cake, Spectre and Crown
6 uears after their last full album 'Dublin gone, Everybody dead', The Jimmy Cake finally return after numerous line-up changes.
Pros:
- The Jimmy Cake are awesome. I've always thought so and I always will.
- The Jimmy Cake live are an awesome proposition.
- The epic scope of this album is a pay off to what they've been buildling up to for years.
- The addition of Who-like Synths on tracks like 'Hugs for Buddy' add a new flavour.
- The chaotic mish-mash of instruments that normally infuse their tracks isn't as much in evidence on this album as it was on the last which could piss off a few people who loved them for that very reason.
- At first few listens it doesn't appear to be as amazing as 'Dublin Gone, Everybody Dead'.
- Thats pretty much it for the cons.
continue reading>>
Glastonbury line-up announced (mostly)
Some crud in here but enough to keep me interested for the whole weekend and only three of the main stages are here.
Afer the jump for full line-up
June 27:
Pyramid Stage
Kings Of Leon
The Fratellis
Editors
The Gossip
The Feeling
KT Tunstall
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
The Subways
Kate Nash
Other Stage
Panic At The Disco
The Enemy
We Are Scientists
Foals
The Hoosiers
Ben Folds
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
Vampire Weekend
Hilltop Hoods
John Peel Stage
Jamie T
The Cribs
Reverend And The Makers
MGMT
The Ting Tings
Young Knives
LIghtspeed Champion
Glasvegas
June 28
Pyramid Stage
Jay-Z
Very Special Guest TBC
Manu Chao
The Raconteurs
James Blunt
Crowded House
Seasick Steve
The Hold Steady
Shakin' Stevens
Other Stage
Massive Attack
Hot Chip
Elbow
Duffy
The Wombats
Neon Neon
Black Kids
The Golden Silvers
The Travelling Band
John Peel Stage
Biffy Clyro
The Futureheads
Band Of Horses
The Courteneers/The Black Keys
Vampire Weekend
The Teenagers
June 29
Pyramid Stage
The Verve
Leonard Cohen
Goldfrapp
Very Special Guest TBC
John Mayer
Gilbert O' Sullivan
TBC
Other Stage
Groove Armada
The Zutons
The Pigeon Detectives
Mark Ronson
Scouting For Girls
Jack Penate
Newton Faulkner
Black Mountain
Hoodoo Gurus
John Peel Stage
The National
Spiritualized
Crystal Castles
Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Stars
The Courteneers/The Black Keys
Rocket Summer
ATP vs pitchfork stage-times
stage times in the read more
FRIDAY MAIN STAGE
WEEN - 9PM - 12AM
SEBADOH - 7.30PM – 8.
30PM
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - 6PM - 7PM
THE CLIENTELE - 4.30PM - 5.30PM
Doors - 4pm
FRIDAY 2ND STAGE
HOT CHIP DJS - 1.30am - 5am
GLASS CANDY + DJS - 12.30 – 1.30AM
REDD KROSS - 10.45pm - 12am
FUCK BUTTONS - 9.15pm - 10.15pm
SHIT AND SHINE - 8.00pm - 8.45pm
CAR SICK CARS - 6.45pm - 7.30pm
MAN MAN - 5.30PM – 6.15PM
JAY REATARD - 4.15pm - 5pm
Doors - 3.45pm
SATURDAY MAIN STAGE
HOT CHIP - 11.00pm – 12.30am
LES SAVY FAV - 9.30pm – 10.30pm
THE BLACK ANGELS - 8.00pm – 9.00pm
LOS CAMPESINOS - 6.30pm - 7.30pm
YEASAYER – 5pm - 6pm
BON IVER - 3.45pm – 4.30pm
Doors - 3.15pm
SATURDAY 2ND STAGE
DJS - 2am - 4am
VARIOUS PRODUCTION DJS - 12.30am 2am
BLACK LIPS - 10.30pm – 11.30pm
DEERHUNTER - 9.00pm – 10.00pm
DIRTY PROJECTORS - 7.30pm – 8.30pm
HOWLIN RAIN - 6.00pm – 7.00pm
BORN RUFFIANS - 4.30pm – 5.30pm
TIMES NEW VIKING - 3.15pm – 4.00pm
EVEN - 2.00pm – 2.45pm
Doors - 1.30pm
SUNDAY MAIN STAGE
HARMONIA - 11pm – 12.30am
GIRLS AGAINST BOYS - 9.30pm – 10.30pm
THE HOLD STEADY - 8pm – 9pm
OF MONTREAL - 6.30pm – 7.30pm
BLACK MOUNTAIN - 5pm – 6pm
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - 3.30pm – 4.30pm
JENS LEKMAN - 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Doors 2.30pm
SUNDAY 2ND STAGE
DJS – 12.
15am - 3am
CARIBOU - 11pm – 12.15am
MEAT PUPPETS - 9.30pm – 10.30pm
NO AGE - 8pm - 9pm
WOODEN SHJIPS - 6.30pm – 7.30pm
PISSED JEANS - 5.00pm –6.00pm
MARISSA NADLER - 3.30pm - 4.30pm
APSE - 2.15pm – 3.00pm
Doors - 1.45pm
not too many clashes in it so im very happy and a 3hous set from ween fucking hell yes
An Evening with Daniel Johnston and friends
with Sparklehorse, Scout Niblett, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair of Half Japanese
July 27-28 Dublin, Whelans. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 2.
Supported by a stellar cast of musicians, performing a medley of their own songs, tributes and covers, before gracing the stage together as Daniels backing band.
cant believe i missed him twice last year now i can make it up to myself
Prince Covering Radioheads "creep" At Coachella
the purple one ripping it up for seven minutes sorry about the cloverfield style video , best one on youtube, (don't think it will be allowed to stay up long anyway)
Apr 27, 2008
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Free tickets to The Minutes Live in Crawdaddy
Because we love you all so much here and we love to give you free stuff for free we are going to give away some free stuff for...um...free.
The Minutes are a three piece from Dublin who have gigged all over the shop in various incarnations until forming their current band a year or so ago. They've just been signed to Universals digital platform with whom they are releasing their debut single “Harmonic” which is, as the old saying goes, catchy as fuck.
To celebrate this release of single-ness they will play Crawdaddy on the 7th of May and they've given us two tickets for the gig. So do the whole click here thing and enter your name and email address and whoever gets picked out of our top hat (of doom) will get to go there gratis.
Click here for their Myspace and below for some tuneage.
The Minutes - Ukraine
Dark Knight Viral Campaign Rolls On
The Joker's internet hub whysoserious.com has been updated with details of a worldwide 'treasure hunt' to take place tomorrow night (Monday).
The closest to us is London, so I certainly won't be making it along, but for those who do, I'm sure some surprises will be in store. To coincide with this latest stunt, the theatrical poster for the film was released on the site (that's it above- click for cool hi-res).
For treasure hunt details check out the read more.
From the Joker:
Gather with 300 of your closest friends at this exact spot on April 28th.
You'll need to be in contact with a partner-in-crime who has online access to relay your instructions once you're there. These instructions will give you the TRAIL to follow, but be sure to look both ways when crossing the street; we wouldn't want you to make an unscheduled visit to the ER now, would we?
Put on a smile and plan to spend about an hour or so bonding with your fellow clowns.
Here's a list of the locations (courtesy of the imdb message boards):
* Boston: George Washington Statue in the Boston Public Garden at 5:30pm EDT
* Philadelphia: Warehouse on 4000 block of Main St (check Google Maps) at 5:30pm EDT
* New York: Center of Bryant Park at 5:30pm EDT
* Toronto: Center of Nathan Phillips Square at 6:30pm EDT
* Chicago: Northwest fountain in Olive Park at 5:30pm CDT
* Dallas: Northway Christian Church on the corner of Airline Rd and E NW Parkway at 5:30pm CDT
* Kansas City: Northeast corner of Sprint Pkwy and W 117th St, across from the Sprint Nextel Corporation (may be inside the compound) at 5:30pm CDT
* Seattle: Amphitheater in Victor Steinbrueck Park at 5:30pm PDT
* Los Angeles: Courtyard on the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave at 5:30pm PDT
* San Francisco: Center of Hillside Park at 5:30pm PDT
* London: Center of St. James's Square at 9pm GMT
* Sao Paulo: Center of west section of Parque Ten. Siqueira Campo at 9pm (GMT-3)
Apr 26, 2008
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Dan Deacon picks the egoeccentric Hangover Mix Vol. 14
This week's special guest for the egoeccentric Hangover Mixtape is none other than Sonic Warrior Dan Deacon.
Prepare for the madness.
Tracklisting and download link in the read more.
Click to Download
01 Tonight You Belong To Me- Bernadette Peters and Steve Martin
02 Out on the Weekend- Neil Young
03 Love Hurts- Roy Orbison
04 Radio Music 1956- John Cage
05 Thirty Seconds (of silence)
06 Imitating the Sounds of Birds- Robert Filliou
07 Booji Boys Funeral- Devo
08 Suzanne- Weezer
09 Sabilulungan- Suara Parahiangan
10 Waterloo Sunset- The Kinks
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Check out Dan's soundtrack to fellow Baltimore resident Jimmy Joe Roche's crazy Arnold Schwarzenegger video-art-piece here.
Dan and his already legendary live show are due to return to these shores in the coming months for Foggy Notions' brand new summer fest, which is absolutely not to be missed.
Stay tuned, we'll keep you posted.
Dan Deacon on myspace
Apr 25, 2008
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Metallica = Hyprocritical fucks
So after all that bullshit that Lars "shitface" Ulrich stirred up over downloading Metallica's music for free he has now turned around and said that "We're looking at how we can embrace everything, We want to be as free players as possible. We've been observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor [of Nine Inch Nails] and in 27 years or however long it takes for the next record, we'll be looking forward to everything in terms of possibilities with the internet."
Bandwagon jumping mother fucker
Weezer album art and track-listing
As has been reported elsewhere, the new Weezer album is out on June 30 and new single "Pork and Beans" is out now. Ste put up the track before but here it is again below and check out the artwork to the right. Really not digging Rivers' new look but the good news is that after a shakey start 'Pork and Beans' rocks like a motherfucker
Full Tracklisting after the jump for anybody who hasn't seen it already.
'Troublemaker'
'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)'
'Pork and Beans'
'Heart Songs'
'Everybody Get Dangerous'
'Dreamin''
'Thought I Knew'
'Cold Dark World'
'Automatic'
'The Angel and the One'
Guillermo Del Toro To Direct The Hobbit
Pan's Labyrinth & Hellboy director Guillermo Del Toro has finally signed on to direct Tolkien's The Hobbit.
This bodes well for the adaptation, which is already set to be guided by Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh in executive producer roles. The book will be split into two movies, both helmed by Del Toro, and shot in New Zealand with the Weta effects team behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Don't hold your breath though, the preliminarily release dates aren't til late 2011 & 2012.
Indie-Rock Hilarity
Physics of a Unicycle has some great Human Giant sketches, taking a pop at indie-rock and hipsters everywhere.
Which is always funny.
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Music to get messed up to...... 2
Another mixtape of music to get messed up to. (first one can be found here)
tracklisting and download link in the read more
1.Seventeen Years - Ratatat
2.Mr Milk - Errors
3.On Board - Friendly Fires
4.Big Big Big Big Big - Dan Deacon
5.Gum - Cornelius
6.Sex Raptor - HORSE the Band
7.How U Feelin? (feat. Doseone) -Peeping Tom
8.Trick For Treat Ft. Spank Rock And Sean Tillman -Neon Neon
9.A.M. 180 - Grandaddy
10.Lamb And The Lion - The Mae Shi
11.Girl U Want - Devo
12.Hurly / Burly - Man Man
13.Life During Wartime (Live) -Talking Heads
14.The Mercury Craze - Subtle
15.When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution
16.Why Bother? - Weezer
17.Snook Adis - Boom Bip
18.There's Always Room on the Broom - Liars
19.2A. Glory In Itself 2B. Egyptian - Gang Gang Dance
download here
so any suggestions for the next mixtape ? so set up a poll (below) a heavy mixtape, a hip hop mixtape , up coming gigs mixtape or just a random mix ?????
the choice is yours!!!!!
and come back this weekend for an extra mega amazing special guest hangover mixtape
Apr 24, 2008
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1000th Post- Woo Hoo!
"New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become."
- Kurt Vonnegut
Thanks to everyone for reading!
5 Second Review: Slash's Autobiography
Slash spills all about Guns, Roses and how much of a prick Axl Rose is.
Pros:
- The inside scoop from one of the key members of one of the most debauched bands there ever was.
- Easy-going tone that gives you the feel of having a conversation with the man
- Juicy gossip about the break up of one of the biggest rock bands in the world
- Sex, sex, sex, drugs, drugs, drugs. Always interesting to read about other people's hell
Cons:
- Sometimes he leans too much on the "thats just my opinion" cop-out when bitching about Axl
- One gets the feeling that there's more stories of women and drugs that are being swept under the rug
- Written before the Velvet Revolver seperation so its fairly lacking on the bitching for that particular corner of his life
- As is typical with most rock biographies, unless you're playing the music while you're reading, then being told about the making of the music isn't as interesting as the stuff that inspired it.
McDonalds Co-Opts DEVO's Energy Dome
Devo recently discovered that they has once again unwittingly intersected with mainstream pop culture.
McDonald's fast food restaurants are offering a series of American Idol TV show themed toys in their children's Happy Meals. One of the toys is named "New Wave Nigel", who sports an orange jumpsuit, punk shades, and an unmistakable DEVO Energy Dome. Flipping a switch plays a DEVO-esque song (which sounds a bit like a mutated version of DEVO's Doctor Detroit.)
Was DEVO ever contacted by McDonald's, American Idol, or anyone else involved in making and distributing this toy wearing their trademark headgear? Of course not.
Click herehere to see a video clip of it
i kinda want one
egoeccentric's Idiots Guide To The Lisbon Treaty
One of our sporadic politics posts, and probably the heaviest one yet, but I reckon this is fairly relevant. Bear with me...
I've been pondering this one for some time. It's really important that we understand the Lisbon Treaty before we go to vote on it in June, but it's an awkward bugger to understand.
I've tried to trawl through all the material on the subject (which is a bloody lot) in order to try to give it a summing up that you wouldn't need a degree in politics to understand.
As is the way with these things, they're tough to write without bias. I've tried to do so, but all the same a healthy skepticism is urged.
Just so you know where I stand, I started neutral but I'm now swinging towards Yes. I'm not a fan of any particular party so I have no agenda. Questions are welcomed, and I encourage anyone interested to check out information for yourself (RTE have a good section on it here).
Ok, so lets get started...
Background
The EU is essentially held together by a series of treaties between countries on various issues. As time goes by we have to update of these treaties to make them relevant & more effective. So the Lisbon Treaty is basically taking existing treaties (Masstricht, Rome etc) and crossing out some things, rephrasing others and inserting some new bits.
The point is to streamline the EU and make it 'more efficient' or 'better equipped to deal with challenges'.
At the moment we're working under a system designed for 17 states, but in fact there are 27 states involved. So the system needs to be updated in some way.
The initial plan was to do up a European Constitution, which was drawn up... but rejected by France & the Netherlands in 2005. It's rejection was more than likely due to campaigning by groups that were protective of the countries' individual sovereignty, and anti-globalisation movements.
Following this rejection, work was started on re-drafting the Constitution into a more acceptable form... the Lisbon Treaty.
So what's it all about?
The treaty has several functions. It's effectively summing up all the other treaties and making them all neat and tidy. The idea is to establish exactly the purposes of the EU, its aims, and how it functions.
And yes, there are some changes.
For example:
What the hell does all that mean?
Ok, lets looks at these main points:
1. The way in which decisions are generally made will be changed.
You'll have to excuse the jargon on this one. Qualified Majority Voting (QMV) will become the main way decisions are made (when opinions aren't unanimous).
This method is designed to fairly represent based on population, but at the same time allow for fears of smaller countries that they might be bullied by the bigger states. There's lots of provisions to ensure that this doesn't happen, like if four member states are against a contested proposal, no matter how big or small those states are- the proposal is shot down. This way smaller states aren't at risk of losing their voice.
How QMV is worked out is a very maths-y process, which isn't my strong point, so you can read about it here. All in all the process gets more democratic, and more representative of reality, ie all states have a say, not just the big uns, or the ones who were in first.
2. The EU will be made into a solid legal entity.
This seems to be an economic provision more than anything. The EU will be more effective on the World stage if it's recognised as a legal entity in itself, ie- it will be able to perform better in World markets.
3. The sizes of the commission, and the parliament will be restricted.
The European Comission will be reduced in size from 27 Commissioners to just 18.
This is done purely with efficiancy in mind. It was decided that there wasn't enough tasks to warrant 27 Commissioners, so a Commission of 18 will be more effective than 27, ie- decisions will be easier and faster made. Who sits on the commission will be allocated on a rotational basis, so at any given time there will be 9 countries without a Commissioner.
The amount of MEP's in Parliament will be capped at 751, for pretty much the same reason- you can't get things done with thousands of Ministers all vying for attention. The seats will be allocated proportionately based on population.
4. National parliaments will be given a greater roll.
For the first time, EU proposals will have to be run by National Parliaments before they're approved. The individual parliaments will be able to give their views on proposals well before they're passed, and if enough parliaments are opposed to the change it'll be amended or withdrawn. This gives us a bit more control of things, and eases some fears of the whole 'random bureaucrats in Brussels' thing.
5. Introduction of 'Citizen's Initiative'.
Another step in the same direction- for the first time regular citizens will be able to propose European legislation by producing a petition with a million EU signatures (which sounds a lot, but isn't really).
6. The Charter on Fundamental Human Rights becomes legal.
The Charter on Fundamental Human Rights does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a great document which sets out standards of human rights. Right now it has no legal standing, merely a guideline, but Lisbon makes it legal. This means it can stand up in court. So if you reckon your human rights are being breached in some way, you can go to an Irish court on the basis that it breaches this EU charter.
Our own Irish constitution is particularly kickass on human rights anyway, so we pretty much already have the benefits that this provides, but that's not the case for all 27 countries in the union.
Things you've probably heard or are wondering about:
There is a thing in the treaty called the 'Solidarity Clause', which says that member states are compelled to help another member state if it falls victim to a natural disastour, terrorist attack, etc. BUT... the treaty explicitly states that individual countries foreign policies are respected. Which means that Ireland's neutrality will be preserved. So there's no risk of anyone being conscripted into a super-european army.
Yes. For the first time the environment is focused on. The treaty adds to the aims of the EU the intention to preserve the environment, and recognises the threat of climate change. By adding this to the unions aims, it allows Europe to actually do something about the issue.
Yes and no, but mostly no. First off, it's not just Ireland who'll lose a commissioner, every country will, so we're not being picked on- it's just fairer that way. Secondly, and more important- the nature of the commission is that commissioners are not representatives for their own country, but all countries in the union. On entering their post they have to swear an oath saying they'll be motivated only for the good of the union, not the country of their nationality. So even if Ireland had a commissioner in 24/7, it wouldn't mean more of a voice for Ireland.
I reckon I've covered most aspects of the treaty here, at least the ones that seem to be most controversial, but it's totally worth having a look into it yourself.
If anyone has any other element which the want cleared up, or any questions on it, ask away via comment or email and I'll do my best to answer.
The most important thing is to actually get out and vote, be it yes or no, as this will affect all of us in some way or another (this means you, Bob, you buffoon). Do it!
Click here for the add-on to his post: 'More Idiot's Guide to the Lisbon Treaty'
Video of the Day
... is Radiohead live on Conan, yet performing from London for happy Co2 levels. This is House of Cards:
David O. Russell Does It Again
Director David O. Russell makes good movies. He's responsible for Three Kings, and the excellent I (heart) Huckabees. He's also got a bit of a reputation for being a tad difficult to work with.
Huckabees was famously marred by outtakes leaked online with Russell, Lily Tomlin & Dustin Hoffman all at each others throats (see read more). It now appears something similar has happened on the set of O. Russell's new film, 'Nailed'.
James Caan (pictured above, amid mature discussion with O. Russell) has quit the flick after a reported on-set bust up with the director, apparently sparked by Russell's demanding that Caan both choke and cough at the same time for a particular scene. Hmm... I wonder how long it'll be before O'Russell 'never works in this town again'.
Read on for amusing footage of the Huckabees rows.
Apr 23, 2008
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Nine Inch Nails: "Discipline"
you can download the song from the official NIN official NIN site
She & Him [ft. Yo La Tengo]: "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"
She & Him(him being Matt Ward and she being Zooey Deschanel) playing on Conan O'Brien with Yo La Tengo as their backing band
Watchmen Contest
update...
only read the rules after i posted it is only open to the US (sorry still a great idea)
Director Zack Snyder is offering you the opportunity to create "Veidt Enterprises" TV commercials that could end up in the feature film WATCHMEN, scheduled to be released in theaters on March 6, 2009.
Zack will choose up to 20 videos to include in the movie, and those finalists will win $1000.
Check out the contest now on YouTube
sample in the read more
Apr 22, 2008
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Shame Corner
Via UnaRocks...
US Presidential Candidates Talk Trash on WWE:
Oh the shame.
At least Obama had the best soundbyte.
Conor Oberst's Solo Spot Explained
Being a big Bright Eyes fan, an eyebrow was raised at seeing Conor Oberst on the Electric Picnic bill. Bright Eyes is essentially 'The Conor Oberst Show', so a solo spot seemed odd. I was expecting a one-man-and-a-guitar kinda thing, but that is apparently not the case.
Oberst has in fact recorded a solo album, backed up in a Bright Eyes fashion by a group of his mates (including M. Ward & Rilo Kiley's Jason Boesel) who are being called the 'Mystic Valley Band'. It's this setup that Picnic goers will be seeing.
The album, which I can only assume that it's to be titled Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, was recorded in Mexico, and produced by Oberst with help from Now It's Overhead's Andy LeMaster. It's due to released on August 4th.
It seems a lot of their tracks are available to check out on youtube (click), but for mp3 tasters and a full album tracklisting check out the read more...
Here are two tracks from Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band's performance at SXSW last month.
Let Them In:
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Cape Canaveral:
Click for mp3
Album tracklisting:
'Cape Cañaveral'
'Sausalito'
'Get-Well-Cards'
'Lenders In The Temple'
'Danny Callahan'
'I Don’t Want To Die (In The Hospital)'
'Eagle On A Pole'
'Moab'
'NYC -- Gone, Gone'
'Valle Místico (Ruben's Song)'
'Souled Out!!!'
'Milk Thistle'
Convinced? Tickets for Electric Picnic are still available here.
Mates of State - Get Better
the new video from Mates of State's upcoming release, Re-Arrange Us
Apr 21, 2008
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Rock My Boat
Dntel's new video for the song Rock My Boat from last year's album Dumb Luck
Dntel - Rock My Boat
music I can't get out of my head
This weeks music I can't get out of my head is the entire album White Wonder by Crayonsmith. Having seen the guys play live many a time I thought I knew what to expect from the album, I was pleasantly surprised when I put the cd on to find that it was far far better then I expected. It's a joy to listen to and is a very well crafted piece of music. The production on the songs is amazing and I really can't fault the albums at all.
I urge you to go and buy it and listen and see what I mean.
check out the little sneak preview of crayonsmiths new video in the read more
Death From Above Meet Justice
This is the kickinest kickass remix I've heard in ages, and whaddaya know, it's by Justice. It's their remix of Blood on our Hands, by Death From Above 1979, whom I shall be making a concerted effort to listen to more of from this week on.
Enjoy:
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Dark Knight Viral Campaign
The viral advertising campaign for the new Batman movie has probably been the most elaborate and involved campaign of its sort so far. I've been following it vaguely for a bit, and it's gotten to the stage it just has to be written about. Because it rocks. A lot.
As if people aren't already hyped up about the new movie (which is released on the 25th of July), the ingenious folks over at Warner Brothers have been teasing fanboys with an elaborate network of websites for months now. For a full list, and an idea of how insanely meticulous this whole thing is- keep reading.
Here's a complete list of all known viral sites so far- some are more elaborate than others, and most have clues or links that have directed people to other viral sites. As far as I can tell, all email addresses and phone numbers quoted are legitimate. Give em a shot and see what happens....
Why So Serious?
The Gotham Times
The Ha Ha Times
I Believe In Harvey Dent
I Believe In Harvey Dent Too (try highlighting the page)
The Clown Travel Agency
We Are The Answer
Concerned Citizens For A Better Gotham
Citizens For Batman
Maiden Avenue Report
Gotham Cable News
Gotham Police
Gotham PD Internal Affairs Department
Gotham PD Major Crimes Unit
Gotham National Bank
Gotham City Rail
Acme Security Systems
Gotham Victims Advocate Foundation
Joker's Vault
Rent-a-clown
A Taste for The Theatrical
Gotham Election Board
Dana Worthington
Trust Garcetti
Saint Swithuns Church
Gotham Cabs
Joseph Candoloro
Kinsly Travel
Remembering Gina
Gotham Ferries
Gotham City Clerk
Betty's House of Pies
Rossi's Deli & Grill
The websites are pretty cool as is, but the best thing about this viral campaign is that it's spilled out into reality too.
For example, when people who submitted photos of themselves in Joker make-up to the Joker himself via Rory's Death Kiss were rewarded with 25 copies of The Gotham Times in the post (pics here).
On December 3rd, a list of locations showed up on whysoserious.com with instructions to show up and identify yourself as 'Robin Banks'. The locations were all bakeries, and the first to show up at each one was given a cake with 'Call Me Now!' and a phone number written on it (see pics below). Inside the cakes were Gotham P.D. evidence bags containing a note, a mobile phone with charger & a joker playing card. Calling the number got you through to Rent-a-clown, and a message told callers to await further instructions.
On April Fools day, clowntravelagency.com was updated with a similar list of locations. This time the first to get there got a case containing a phone, charger, playing card, note and bizarrely, a bowling ball.
The sites and the clues keep popping up- the latest being the message from the Joker pictured below. Follow his instructions and check it out.
If this isn't the single greatest work of advertising genius of all time, then I shall find a hat and eat it. Lets just hope the movie lives up to all this hype...
Thanks to Rope Of Silicon for help on the epic list of sites, and Firstshowing.net & Empire Online for info & pics.
One last timewaster- Click here to see if you're Joker henchman material.
