New Marnie Stern music video for the song "Transformer" off her new album This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That which is out 7/10 on Kill Rock Stars.
Sep 30, 2008
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Transformer
Cats*3,H4H,Jogging(ex Coldspoon Conspiracy) & Qi(ex Puget Sound)
LOWER DECK PORTOBELLO
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2nd
DOORS: 8.30
COST: €9 BEFORE 9 €10 AFTER
(Cats and cats and cats will be doing our regular feature, the hangover mix this weekend)
CATS AND CATS AND CATS
Cats and cats and cats stagger their trademark brand of catchy math rock with folk inspired post rock sections. Starting in early 2005 when friends Ben (Vocals, Guitar) and Tom (Bass, Backing Vocals) met Doug (Drums) at the University of Hertfordshire. Their debut EP, Victorialand, picked up some great reviews and the attention of the UK experimental rock underground. Never being ones to grow musically stagnant, Cats expanded their line up to include Adam (Guitar) and Eve (Violin) to record 2006’s mini album Sweet Drunk Everyone. The new direction split opinion with a weighting towards a fuller, more ambitious post rock sound. Extensive touring followed with the band sharing stages with their heroes Youthmovies, 65 Days of Static, Foals and Blood Red Shoes and performing twice at 2007’s Glastonbury Festival.
Cats x 3 were soon gaining label interest and, after releasing a split single for Wolf Party records, decided their next release would be with Big Scary Monsters records. BSM has been releasing consistently innovative and inspiring records for years and the label seemed like an obvious choice for the band. The split EP with Oxford’s This Town Needs Guns (Sept ’07) was a storming success and received rave reviews from the likes of NME, Rock Sound and Drowned in Sound. Huw Stephens invited both bands to record a Radio 1 Session which was aired in early October.
Currently the band are halfway through writing their first full length album due to be recorded in July 2008. As ever, Cats have made things interesting by inventing a list of 12 rules which the album must follow, dictating aspects such as song length, language and instrumental arrangements. The band will be releasing a very limited edition vinyl on Irish label, The Richter Collective on the 2nd of October.
Cats and cats and cats myspace
HOORAY FOR HUMANS
Hooray for humans are a four piece mathy/indie/popy band from county cork. Signed to Smalltown America and Out on a limb records.
hooray for humans myspace
JOGGING
Jogging features ex members of much missed Dublin DIY indie band, Coldspoon Conspiracy and current members of Crayonsmith.
QI
Qi is an experimental two piece made up of Jon and Ror formely of dublin trio, Puget Sound.
Don't bogart the Cobain
Award winning Berlin based artist Natascha Stellmach is set to smoke Kurt Cobain's cremated ashes,Cobain's ashes will be rolled into a joint to be smoked at the completion of the exhibition.
Stellmach somehow acquired the ashes of Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain (when asked how she got them she said "That's confidential and kind of magic. They came to me. And I am setting him free”), and has transformed the grunge icon’s remains into an installation investigating suicide and the power of desecration.Stellmach's work comprises a "death cycle" of five pieces, and the conclusion presents a joint containing Cobain's ashes, which is held in an antique case engraved with the work's title (seen above.)
Set Me Free is on until October 11, at Gallerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin. More at galerie-wagner-partner.com
what do people think about this ? art or just plain sick leave your view in the comments
Boldly Going Where People Have Gone Before
Ahh, covers... if they're not good, they're always interesting.
Here's some good ones for your Tuesday:
Birds & Batteries- Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
Why?- Close To You (The Cure)
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly- D.A.N.C.E.(Justice)
The Subways- Staring at the Sun (TV on the Radio)
And, for the sake of it, something interesting:
Ben Gibbard- Thriller
Yes, that Ben Gibbard, as in Death Cab, Postal Service, etc.
And, yes, that Thriller.
Sep 29, 2008
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ACOUSTICS
Minus The Bear has announce the release of ACOUSTICS, an exclusive seven track EP available this fall/autumn. The self-released EP via Tigre Blanco Records will be available in two formats and feature newly recorded acoustic versions of fan favorites from the Seattle quintet's prolific career and one new track entitled “Guns & Ammo.” Beginning October 7th, ACOUSTICS will be sold digitally via online outlets such as iTunes, Amazon and Emusic. Physical copies of the EP will be sold exclusively on the bands headlining tour beginning in Spokane, WA on October 8th.
A band known for their unique brand of rock n roll full of finger-taping guitar riffs mixed with memorable melodies and progressive arrangements, ACOUSTICS is an excellent inside look into the band’s history of winning and entertaining a rabid and rapidly growing fan base.
TRACK LISTING:
1.Guns & Ammo (new track)
2.We Are Not a Football Team (from the album, Highly Refined Pirates)
3.Burying Luck (from the album, Planet of Ice)
4.Knights (from the album, Planet of Ice)
5.Pachuca Sunrise (from the album, Menos El Oso)
6.Throwin’ Shapes (from the album, Planet of Ice)
7.Ice Monster (from the album, Planet of Ice)
if you having a tough time trying to imagine what minus the bear sound like acoustic well don't strain yourself too hard because back in July they did a session with the always excellent daytrotter playing acoustic versions of Knights,Ice Monster,Part 2 and Throwin' Shapes which can be heard here enjoy
Sep 28, 2008
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TV On The Radio on Letterman's Fire Escape
Tv On The Radio performing Dancing Choose
Sep 27, 2008
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Lovvers picks the egoeccentric hangover mixtape vol. 36
This weekends hangover mix comes from Nottingham band Lovvers. Lovvers sound is a chaotic mixture of fractured guitar and mangled vocals, redolent of early 90s US acts such as Scratch Acid and Drive Like Jehu. The group features a former member of The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg.
check out what tracks they picked in the read more as well as the dates for lovvers playing in Ireland
01 Boards of Canada - In a beautiful place out in the country
02 Beach Boys - Surfs up
03 Om - At Giza
04 Swamp Rats - I'm going home
05 My Bloody Valentine - sometimes
06 Food - Exeter Opening
07 Replacements - Androgynous
08 Leonard Cohen - you know who I am
09 John Fahey - In christ there is no east or west
10 Linda Perhacs - Chimacum Rain
Click here to download
Lovvers - Human Hair
3 Oct 2008 LOVVERS (Uk, Wichita Records) / BATS / WEIL RATS Boom Boom Room, Dublin
4 Oct 2008 Lavery’s Attic OSCILLATIONS FESTIVAL @ BOPYESTRUM BELFAST
Lovvers myspace
Sep 26, 2008
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Dead Clubs Return
The excellent Dead Clubs Festival returns to Bray this Saturday, with The House of Cosy Cushions, The Almos Funk Band, More Tiny Giants & more.
Always a good night out in Bray. In fact, I think I've said on this page before that it's probably the best night out in Bray you're ever going to have. Tickets are a tenner on the door. Two stages, many a band. Funtimes...
Sep 25, 2008
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Adebisi Shank Album Launch
Do i even have to sell this to people, Adebisi Shank with Kidd Blunt and Realistic Train for a tenner and you get the album This is the album of a band called Adebisi Shank its gonna be ear sex as well as face melting good.
Quest For A Classic Horror Movie
I love scary movies. Probably more than any other type of film. There's nothing better than when pictures on a screen get your adrenaline pumping and genuinely scare the bejesus out of you.
Problem is, it's quite difficult for horror movies to actually get it right. I have no qualms about watching countless amounts of movies which are undeniably awful and were never going to be anything more. In my mind, there's something nice about watching a crappy horror movie, and as any casual movie fan knows these are in no short supply. But finding a genuinely scary and well made scary movie is becoming increasingly difficult. There are many acknowledged classics which actually do the trick, but at this stage I've seen most of them. So an unseen classic is therefore a rare commodity.
Being the stubborn bugger that I am, I refuse to resign myself to a future of hoping that this week's new horror movie will live up to the standards of, say, The Shining. So with that in mind I've begun a quest. There must be at least a handful of unseen classics out there, just waiting to scare us senseless, and I'm determined to find them.
A few ground rules:
I realise I'm setting the bar quite high, but let's not forget we're looking for classics here. It's good to have standards. So we know the kind of thing we're looking for, here's a few examples of what I would consider a classic scary movie:
The Shining
Possibly the greatest horror movie of all time. Artistically amazing, as Kubrick always was. Some jumps, general feeling of unease, gradual creeping terror, leaves food for thought.
Don't Look Now
Undeniably great film, regardless of horror status. Again quite thought provoking, suspenseful, shocking conclusion.
The Haunting (original)
Smart, great story, creates it's own mythology, tension galore, smart scares, fantastic atmosphere.
Ringu
Plays on classic urban-legend style mythology, creates uneasy tension throughout, one of the most spine-chilling reveals in movie history (typically botched in the hollywood remake).
There are several others I'd consider top notch, including a few modern offerings which I reckon have good claim to being classics (or at least modern classics). For example: The Others (plays expertly to genre conventions), Scream (completely fucks with genre conventions) and most recently The Orphanage, which contains one or two scenes that embody exactly what the classic horror movie should be all about.
Ok, so that's the general idea. My plan is to work my way through as many 'classics' as I can and hopefully find at least a few that genuinely deserve that title. If anyone can recommend anything that they reckon deserves to be watched please let me know. Hopefully at the end of this quest we'll be able to crown a few more legends of the genre.
To start, I've made a list of flicks I haven't seen which are reputed to be classics. They'll be watched and judged with the results being reported here. It seems that every list of 'greatest scary movies ever' online comprises the same handful of movies: Psycho, Alien, The Exorcist, The Omen... etc. So it may be hard to track down what we're looking for- classics that remain generally 'unseen' (I realise there may be some on the following list which I really should have seen already, but you'll have to bear with me on that).
Anyway, here's a list of preliminary research targets:
Hour of the Wolf
I've never seen anything be Ingmar Bergman, but he's reputed to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, so a horror movie by him must be good...
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
1920's silent film regarded as one of the first horror movies.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Not quite a horror, but apparently quite creepy.
Repulsion
Early Roman Polanski.
Village of the Damned
Never seen this. Creepy kids are generally effective. The main kid is Martin Stephens of The Innocents fame- that should probably be on the list of established classics...
Jacob's Ladder
Saw this years ago based on it's reputation as a classic scary movie, but was probably too young to appreciate it.
Night of the Demon
As above
Session 9
Modern flick which I would have assumed to be a straight-to-video crapfest, but has a lot of support online as something that's genuinely good.
As I said, there's probably many others out there which I'm not aware of, so do help.
What movie scared the crap out of you most? There's bound to be one...
To get us all in the mood here's an Irish short film which was recommended to me as a smart little taste of suspense and what to do with it. Remember that scary movies should always be viewed late at night and, of course, in the dark.
Sep 24, 2008
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Two new Tim and Eric music videos
Here's one Tim and Eric directed for Ben Folds:
http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=eP9csWhlHWM
And in the read more one Eric directed for Flying Lotus: (warning! x-rated. not meant for youngsters and work viewing)
Dance Floor Dale from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.
The Faint For Crawdaddy
As regular readers will no doubt be aware I am quite the fan of Omaha electro-rockers The Faint (understatement? Possibly...). Hence my excitement at today's announcement that their UK tour in November has become a UK & Ireland tour. According to the band's myspace page they'll hit Ireland for a show in Crawdaddy on Monday November 17th.
No ticket details are available yet, but rest assured as soon as they are they'll be posted here. In the meantime let's all entertain ourselves with one of the best tracks from Fasciinatiion, The Faint's amazing new album (Buy it here).
The Faint- Forever Growing Centipedes
Fresh Born
New Deerhoof video for the song ‘Fresh Born’ off their newest record Offend Maggie. So if you downloaded the sheet music of this song , this is your first chance to hear how it should sound
Deerhoof - Fresh Born
Sep 23, 2008
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El Ten Eleven
They formed in 2003 after bassist and composer Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty had played experimental music together in an organic/electronic four-piece group.
Stylistically, they have been described as atmospheric, putting a much more ethereal spin on the southwestern post-rock/Americana movement than bands like Calexico or The Court & Spark, though less electronic and more organic-sounding than Tortoise or most shoegazer bands. Comparisons have also been drawn to Sigur Rós and The Mercury Program. But this was all before there third album, "These Promises Are Being Videotaped" where they change sound entirely with a shift to electro-dance.
check out their new sound below and in the read more check out two music video from the previous albums (Im a fan of their new and old stuff)
El Ten Eleven - These Promises Are Being Videotaped
(link gone as someone complained about it and whole account was shut down)
El Ten Eleven - My Only Swerving
El Ten Eleven - Hot Cakes
Sep 22, 2008
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Brian Wilson in a black cab
Brian Wilson and four of his band crammed into the back of a black cab , they play a song off Brians new album THAT LUCKY OLD SUN and afterwards break into California girls
Alan Moore On Watchmen: The Movie
The genius speaks.
Click above to check out an interesting LA Times interview with the man behind Watchmen. Undoubtadly Moore has good reason to be vengeful towards hollywood, but as Dave Gibbons (artist behind Watchmen) has pointed out, he has no problem taking the money. So his very vocal naysaying of the Watchmen movie comes across as somewhat redundant.
Unfortunately he appears as something of a grumpy old man. I'll be the first to agree that the man's work has been raped, but that's not to say that it's impossible for someone to finally deliver a satisfying adaptation. Zack Snyder may or may not be the man to do so, but I think I speak for everyone out there in fanboy-land that if he did and it was... then that would rock. A lot.
Sep 20, 2008
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JUSTICE LIVE AT THE AMBASSADOR
No idea how this one slipped by unnoticed, but regardless: possibly the greatest dance band in the world today, Justice, are playing the Ambassador theater on October 26th. Tickets are 28 euros a pop.
Why are they playing a venue so small? Why was the gig not subject to mass publicity? Why despite the fact that they went on sale at 9am today are they still not sold out?
Who cares? Click here to head over to the purchase page, and be happy.
UPDATE:
There seems to be some ambiguity over whether this is a live show or a DJ set. Ticketmaster has it billed as 'Justice live', while on last.fm it's down as a DJ set. That said, being essentially DJs, what's the difference going to be? At their Oxegen slot this summer the lads seemed to be DJing, but that certainly took nothing away from the show. Either way, here's the poster for the tour, which is to promote the release of their first DVD, A Cross The Universe:
David O'Doherty picks the egoeccentric hangover mixtape vol. 35
This weekend our hangover mix comes courtesy of stand-up comedian, author, musician, playwright and recent winner of the 2008 If.comedy award David O'Doherty (or DOD for short). In the readmore see David's picks and a few words on each from the man himself.
1. Winston Churchill’s address to the Nation on the RAF.
Holy shit this is a good start. I never had time for speeches before this. I got it on some Greatest Speeches of the 21st Century compilation. It makes you want to join the army in 1942 and beat the shit out of Hitler. (This will be the theme of this compilation. “Don’t just lie in bed feeling sorry for yourself.! Get up! Cycle to the canal! At least feel sorry for yourself close to ducks!”)
2. Herman Dune: I Wish That I Could See You Soon.
If there is a happier song than this I can’t think of it.
3. Wilson Philips: Hold On For One More Day
One of those songs I got into as an ironic thing but now have listened to a lot. Maybe I’m wrong about this, but I think I really like the accapella bit.
4. Jape: Phil Lynott
“Look at the fucking moon” is my favourite lyric of the year.
5. Loney, Dear: And I Won’t Cause Anything At All
There are some things I will never understand. Like why Loney Dear isn’t fucking huge and people don’t sing his songs on X Factor.
6. Super Furry Animals: Slow Life
If I was ever pulled over by the law while I was listening to this song I would have to remain in the car until this song was over.
7. Phil Oakey: Together in Electric Dreams
In the Pappy’s Fun Club show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year this song played whenever anyone died. Also the video is off the bonerfied hook.
8. Jonathan Richman: I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar
If you don’t like this song I can never get off with you.
9. Len: Steal My Sunshine
I’ve no idea how this happened. Well I do, it’s the break from the disco song More, More, More with (and I think it is appropriate to say this) douchebags badly singing over the top. But somehow it’s not shit! It’s totally amazing!
10. Hard n’ Phirm: Funkhauser
This is the greatest comedy song ever recorded.
Click here to go to download page
David has released one album of his jokes, "Giggle Me Timbers (or 'Jokes Ahoy!')" available from www.trustmeimathief.com
Upcoming shows
18 Sep 2008 7:00 Clifden Arts Week, Clifden Co. Galway
26 Sep 2008 7:00 Pavillion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin
2 Oct 2008 7:00 Vicar St, Dublin www.ticketmaster.ie 0818 719 390
3 Oct 2008 8:00 Birmingham Comedy Festival, The Glee Club www.glee.co.uk
4 Oct 2008 7:00 Sheffield Comedy Festival, Lescar www.sheffieldcomedyfestival.co.uk – Ph: 0845 301 6855
5 Oct 2008 8:00 Lincoln Comedy Festival, Drill Hall www.lincolncomedyfestival.co.uk
9 Oct 2008 8:00 Reading Comedy Festival, South Street Arts Centre www.readingarts.com
12 Oct 2008 8:00 if.comedy Awards Show, The Apollo Theatre, London http://www.nimaxtheatres.com/comedyawards.asp
18 Oct 2008 8:00 Brighton Comedy Festival. www.paramountcomedyfestival.com
18 Nov 2008 7:00 Manchester - XS Malarkey www.xsmalarkey.com 08700 600 100
19 Nov 2008 8:00 Blackburn ’You Must Be Joking’ Comedy Festival www.darwenlibrarytheatre.com PH: 01254 706 006
21 Nov 2008 8:00 Bristol - The Comedy Box www.thecomedybox.co.uk PH: 0117 922 3686
22 Nov 2008 8:00 Bristol - The Comedy Box www.thecomedybox.co.uk PH: 0117 922 3686
24 Nov - 6 Dec 2008 7:00 Soho Theatre, London www.sohotheatre.com 0207 478 0100
7 Dec 2008 7:00 York, York Hyena Lounge Ph: 08707 583219
9 Dec 2008 8:00 Edinburgh - The Stand www.thestand.co.uk PH: 0131 558 7272
10 Dec 2008 8:00 Glasgow - The Stand www.thestand.co.uk PH: 0870 600 6055
12 Dec 2008 7:00 Trowbridge - Arc Theatre www.arctheatre.org.uk
10 Feb 2009 7:00 Leicester Little Theatre (as part of Leicester Comedy Festival) www.thelittletheatre.net
12 Feb 2009 7:00 Canterbury - Gulbenkian Theatre www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian PH: 01227 769 075
14 Feb 2009 8:00 Waterfront Hall Studio - Belfast www.waterfront.co.uk PH: 0844 576 2210
17 Feb 2009 8:00 Cheltenham - Pillar Room www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk PH: 0844 576 2210
27 Feb 2009 7:00 Cambridge - Junction www.junction.co.uk PH: 01223 511 511
Sep 18, 2008
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Will Get Fooled Again
New video for Max Tundra video is for new single "Will Get Fooled Again", out 29th September on Domino
The track is lifted off Max’s forthcoming third album and first for 6 years, ‘Parallax Error Beheads You’, which is released on October 13
Max Tundra - Will Get Fooled Again
Order the limited edition 7" single here:
TV On The Radio For Tripod
This is the gig news I've been waiting months to hear: TV On The Radio are set to play Tripod on November 15th as part of the Heineken Green Synergy festival. I'll admit I was getting a tad nervous as the band announced UK tour dates on Monday, an announcement which would usually go hand in hand with that of any Irish dates, and I was very close to Ryanairing it over for a London or Manchester show. So now there's no need, woo hoo! My wallet can breathe a sigh of relief.
The band's new album Dear Science is currently living in my stereo with no sign of it moving. With my heaping of seriously high expectations on the record, it's somewhat surprising that it has lived up to all of them. Alt-pop at its best, Dear Science is probably TVOTR's best album to date, which is really saying something.
Here's a taste for those who may not have heard it:
TV On The Radio- Crying
Tickets for TVOTR go on sale friday at 9AM. More Green Synergy dates in the readmore...
Herbie Hancock
Wed. Nov. 12th, Tripod, €44.50 & €64.50
Clinic
Wed. Nov. 12th, The Village, €15
Future Of The Left
Fri. Nov. 14th, Whelans Upstairs, €15
Bestival Reunion Tour:
808 State (Live), Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Florence And The Machine, DJ Yoda, Rob Da Bank, The Cuban Brothers, Sombrero Soundsystem
Fri. Nov. 14th, Tripod, €25
Cut Copy & Mercy Arms
Sat. Nov. 15th, The Village, €22.50
Jay Reatard
Sun. Nov. 16th, Whelans Upstairs, €14
Sep 17, 2008
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Ben Kingsley as Ian MacKaye - "Minor Threat"
Ben Kingsley doing his best Ian MacKaye and lipsyncing Minor Threat's classic song "Minor Threat"
Im actually speechless
Sep 16, 2008
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Dull Flame Of Desire
Dull Flame of Desire features Antony Hegarty. This single is out on now. The video was made by the 3 runners up in the Innocence video competition. Each gets a third of the song to direct.
Björk.com had this to say
Björk and Antony performed against green screen in New York then each director was sent the raw footage to edit and create their piece. Christoph Jantos (Berlin) Masahiro Mogari (Tokyo) and Marçal Cuberta Junca (Girona) are the chosen directors. Each director was given their own section of the film, to develop how they wished - on completion the 3 films were edited together in London to make the final music video.
Dull Flame Of Desire by Björk
continue reading>>
Sep 15, 2008
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Floyd Keyboardist Richard Wright Dies
Pink Floyd keyboardist and founding member Richard Wright has died today of cancer. Whilst regarded as a 'fringe' member of the band (Wright only contributed the odd composition, and generally shyed away from the limelight) he was responsible for what is far and away my favorite Floyd track: The Great Gig In The Sky. So in case you need to be reminded of its greatness, here you go:
Pink Floyd- The Great Gig In The Sky
When Music Meets Fashion
Fashion labels seems to have developed quite a knack of convincing decent musical acts to soundtrack their shows, the latest artists recruited being Antony and the Johnsons. The New York band have written a new track entitled Falling Shadows for Prada's fashion week, which can be checked out below:
If that's the mellow side of fashion, Dior Homme have gone the other way by commissioning Justice to soundtrack their Autumn-Winter 09 show. In typical fashion, the Justice lads delivered a storming epic with beats meeting screaming guitars. Entitled Planisphere, the track runs at nearly eighteen minutes, and here it is in it's entirety courtesy of Ohh! Crapp:
Justice- Planisphere
Sep 11, 2008
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This is a review of an album called "This is the album of a band called Adebisi Shank" by a band called Adebisi Shank
Adebisi Shank - You Me
(continued in the read more)
The album was produced by J. Robbins (Government Issue, Scream, Jawbox, Burning Airlines and Channels) in Magpie Cage studios in Baltimore, Maryland, the LP was mastered by TJ Lipple (Guitarist with Aloha) at Inner Ear studios in Washington DC.
First off i just want to say the album is addictive , clocking in at just over 23 minutes its goes by in what seems like half that time and with you hitting repeat to hear it again. the album doesn't have the visceral punch that the E.P. had, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing the album is a more cerebral beast then the E.P. with many of the tracks seemly flowing from one to the other, production wise every note is crisp and sharp and i cant find fault with it at all. Musically it's as terrifying as the E.P. Coming from all directions with unrelenting amazingness from all in the band. Again Adebisi Shank have made another record that defies a decent description and classification , its is a must have and they are a must see band.
Adebisi Shank - Snakehips
Click here to buy album
Adebisi Shank upcoming gigs
12 Sep 2008 20:00 Cleere’s Theatre - Album Release Gig Kilkenny
15 Sep 2008 18:00 Hideaway House W/ Heathers & Find A Way Dublin
20 Sep 2008 20:00 McDonalds Pub - Album Release Gig W/Enemies Wexford
26 Sep 2008 20:00 Boom Boom Room - Album Release Gig W/Kidd Blunt Dublin
4 Oct 2008 20:00 Metro Club @ Fletchers Waterford
12 Oct 2008 20:00 Bakers Place W/Lite Limerick
13 Oct 2008 20:00 Lavery’s Bunker W/Lite Belfast
Adebisi Shank myspace page
Which Song
New song of Max Tundra (Ben Jacobs to his friends) soon to be released album Parallax Error Beheads You, the album is set for a release date of 13 October his first album since "Mastered By Guy At The Exchange" 6 years ago and if the song below is any indication it all has been worth the wait. I'm really really loving this track- tune and lyrics amazing. Thought i was the only person you bought jumpers for 20p.
Palmitos Park
New video for Palmitos Park by El Guincho to tie in with his originally self-released and limited-edition Alegranza! reissued on XL
Sep 10, 2008
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Tiny Little Horse vs Lil' Guy Al
This Tuesday 16th Sept sees the opening of a new show in VERSUS, pitting the poster designs of Tiny Little Horse [IRL] against Lil’ Guy Al [USA]. The show features screen printed gigposters (mostly) for bands such as CSS, Feist, Battles, Ministry, Butthole Surfers, Warlords of Pez, Liars, Melvins, The Raconteurs, Modest Mouse, The Kills, The Dwarves, QOTSA, Mudhoney, Billy Bragg and many more.
Tiny Little Horse are a design collective based in Dublin made up of Illustrators Brenb, Gav Beattie and Chris Judge.
Lil' Guy Al are a group of designers based in the US and features the work of Lil Tuffy, Guy Burwell, Alan Hynes and Christian Sloan Hall.
Doors open at 6:30PM and posters start from €25.
Good Friday In Modern Ireland
Yesterday Judge Mary Fahy of Galway District Court found herself presiding over some interesting charges brought against nine Galway City restaurants.
The nine restaurants were found to have on Good Friday last offered patrons wine with their meals. As booze drinkers countrywide will well know, this kind of carry-on does not jive well with the law of the land. Sure, what would Holy Jeebus say if he heard of such a thing? "You should have stocked up with a few cans from the offie last night", no doubt.
Though well aware of the rules in this regard, Judge Fahy decided to cut the crap and say what all the rest of us were thinking. Branding the prosecutions 'ridiculous' in today's world, she declared that, while the Gardaí were technically right in bringing the cases before the court "I myself think it's absolutely ludicrous that people on holidays especially cannot have a glass of wine with their meal".
Three cheers for common sense!
I'd like to advocate further progress along these lines and call for Off Licenses to be allowed open on Good Friday... but with their already losing a substantial amount of business with the latest licensing laws I'd hate to deprive them of the windfall that always comes with panicked booze purchases on Holy Thursday.
Bloc Party Do It Again
It seems that Bloc Party just can't stop messing with 'the way things are done'. Having rocked the industry boat with the release of Intimacy two weeks ago, the band further shook things up yesterday by announcing the release of their new single.
Talons is to released through Wichita on October 20th, and is streaming online now on BlocParty.com. While recorded with the rest of Intimacy, the song does not feature on the album, presumably just because the band like fucking with people. Kudos.
The song is somewhere in between the new, experimental Bloc Party, and the old guitar anthem Bloc Party. Personally, I'm too happy with the new direction to think that meandering from one to the other is a good thing (give me Mercury over Talons any day), but nonetheless it's still a solid track.
Check it out for yourself:
Bloc Party- Talons
Bon Iver Myspace Sessions
Bon Iver have taken part in Myspace Transmissions, performing four tracks live for the online series. The audio tracks are compiled together for an Ep which is available as a free download from the site (click), where you can also watch videos of the performance.
Here's For Emma:
Sep 9, 2008
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Elbow Win Mercury Music Prize
So the winner of the Mercury Music Prize has been announced and, as is common with this one, it comes after months of uncertainty.
Of all the awards this is one thats never easy to pick, but in this case it's a deserving winner as "The Seldom Seen Kid" is a great album and proof that this band are far more deserving than the underdog status they've had bestowed on them throughout this decade.
Below is them picking up the award and in the read more is some vids, including Guy Garvey dedicating the Mercury win to us right here at egoeccentric (well.. not quite, but close enough).
Elbow "Grounds for Divorce"
Elbow "One Day Like This"
Nine Inch Nails/Queens of the Stone Age NOT playing Whelans
Contrary to what our Rob heard on Newstalk last night, the undisputed dream gig of the year is not taking place on the 1st October in Dublin's premiere Indie music venue.
Now no official denial from either NIN or QOTSA is present nor is it likely to be as it seems what Newstalk heard was the less exciting (although still intriguing) announcement that Jubilee will be playing in said venue at said date. The reason for the confusion is that Jubilee is made up of the session players (the ones who aren't Trent Reznor and Josh Hommes) from NIN, QOTSA and The Icarus Line.
The press release describes their sounds as sounding like "The Replacements, The Stone Roses, Neil Young, Blur, Jane's Addiction, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Verve" which seems like a very interesting proposition although not quite the Industrial stoner rock combo you might expect from a Nine Inch Nails/Queens of the Stone Age collision but doubtless they'll be interesting to check out.
Then again it could also be a mighty ruse and Trent and Josh will show however they'll both have to rush pretty hard afterwards as NIN play in Buenos Aires the next day and QOTSA play in California two days later. Cheers Newstalk for having me woken in the middle of the night with frantic phone calls from fellow bloggers. Lucky I heard about Jubilee playing or I would have been up half the night trying to find out the story.
Jubilee at myspace
Jubilee "Rebel Hiss"
Sep 8, 2008
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More TVOTR, More Greatness
The countdown to TV On The Radio's Dear Science continues, and as more tracks hit the net nothing is done to dispel the notion that this could well be the album of the year.
All signs suggest that TVOTR have delivered a much more focused album, while maintaining the blissfully orchestrated chaos of it's predecessors. Funk, Pop, Jazz, Hip Hop, Electronica, Rock... it's all here, and it's all great.
Here's a taster- the album is released on September 23rd- expect a full review soon...
TV On The Radio- DLZ
And while we're at it, here's a rather interesting mashup by ToTom. It's the kind of thing that has the potential to be disastrous, but somehow comes off quite well (it does, trust me).
ToTom- Wolf Like Rihanna (TV on the Radio vs. Rihanna Feat. Jay Z)
Oh, the madness...
Simpson quiz in the Bernard Shaw
Simspons Quiz in the Bernard Shaw tomorrow the 9th of September
organized by SugarLips and Paul Grant, this one is in aid of The Irish Sudden Infant Deaths Association so come down and put your Simpson's smarts to good use.
to book a table at the quiz, email Paul Grant on paulsimpsonsquiz@gmail.com
Starts 7:30pm
The Bernard Shaw
11 - 12 Sth.
Richmond Street,
Portobello,
Dublin 2
probably the best thing I will see today
Skip ahead to about 1:25 for pure gold
(In the middle of the performance of "Morning Glory" at Toronto's 2008 Virgin Festival, a man suddenly appears on stage and, without warning, pushes an unsuspecting guitarist Noel Gallagher to the floor, causing a halt in the performance for several minutes )
Love how Liam runs off like a little bitch but then when the security have the guy retrained he runs over to punch him
Kraftwerk & Co Moved
Damn these Irish Summers, they show no mercy. Electric Picnic was lucky to escape unscathed from our crappy weather, but the A Day In The Life festival featuring Kraftwerk, Soulwax and others has not been so fortunate.
Set to take place in Wicklow's awesome Luggala Estate, excessive rainfall has made it impossible to prepare the venue in time, and the whole event has been moved to Kilmainham Hospital.
What does this mean? Well, seeing as ticket prices included the fare for a 'magic bus' to bring punters to Luggala, anyone attending will now have €20 refunded on the day of the show. Those who simply decide not to go at all can get a full refund from the usual places.
As for what parts of the show will be affeceted by the change of venue, we don't quite know. The original plan of having the performances in a "specially constructed tent structure" is still on the cards, but it's hard to see how the Body & Soul Area (which would have been a major selling point of the original concept) will still go ahead, at least in a manner akin to what Electric Picnicers know and love.
On a positive note, Vaudeville Circus troupe Lucent Dossier have been added to the lineup following the great success of their recent Picnic appearances. This may prove to be interesting, as I have heard nothing but great things said of these guys. Check out footage of them in the readmore.
Lucent Dossier Promo:
POD press release:POD Concerts announce change of venue for A DAY IN THE LIFE with Kraftwerk due to adverse weather conditions.
Pod Concerts regret to announce that due to extreme weather conditions causing the river at Lough Dan to burst its banks on the Luggala Estate, Co. Wicklow today, the Kraftwerk concert, scheduled for the 13th September will now be held in the grounds of Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin.
With adverse weather conditions forecasted for the forthcoming week making production and build of site impossible, Promoter John Reynolds declared;
"I am personally deeply disappointed that this event can not take place on the Luggala Estate which is one of the most awe inspiring and breathtaking locations in Ireland. However due to the unprecedented rainfall and the nature of the site being a natural valley, the subsequent water logging conditions, have made it impossible to prepare Luggala for a concert for the general public."
Tickets for this event, which will see Godfathers of Electronic Music Kraftwerk performing an incredibly special two hour long set, will still be valid for Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin on 13th September, a unique and historical city centre venue, which played host to the hugely successful Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop and Morrissey concerts earlier this year. Because of the nature of this site, it considerable less vulnerable to flooding and such adverse weather conditions. The ticket price for A DAY IN THE LIFE included a bus transfer to and from Luggala estate, Co. Wicklow, concert holders will now be refunded the bus fare of €20 on presentation of their ticket on the day of the show. Alternatively a full refund is available to ticket holders from their original point of purchase, for those who do not wish to attend Kraftwerk at Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
Though the venue has changed A DAY IN THE LIFE will remain at intimate capacity of 4,999 in a specially installed tented structure. Door times will remain the same opening at 3pm.
Pod Concerts would like to take this opportunity to announce a new introduction to the line up for A DAY IN THE LIFE. Hailing from Los Angeles, Lucent Dossier are the internationally acclaimed theatre collective that wowed Electric Picnickers last weekend with their apocalyptic steamboat providing a unique glimpse into the avant garde tribal culture that has captured the curiosity of the world. Lucent Dossier will be performing twice during A DAY IN THE LIFE in a spectacular purpose built dome.
Sep 7, 2008
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!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Choose The Egoeccentric Hangover Mix 33
This week's hangover mix is curated by !!! (or chk chk chk), one of the world's finest purveyors of dance-punk.
Read on for links and tracklisting...
Click to download mix
Tracklisting:
1. Skyy - Let's Celebrate
2. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Sunshower
3. 10cc - I'm Not In Love
4. Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
5. Gwen Guthrie - Younger Than Me
6. Funkadelic - I'll Stay
7. Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
8. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
9. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line
10. Sylvester - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Click to visit !!! on myspace
Sep 6, 2008
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toto - africa version jape
here's what Richie from jape had to say about the cover:
"i got locked into my house yesterday and couldn't get out until this morning so i decided to record a version of africa by toto..
in my head i was thinking dj falcon meets ariel pink.. it's not too bad.. i have listened to it about 1,500 times since yesterday.. going slightly mad, i was hallucinating last night that the colours on the computer screen were exactly the same as the colours on an amstrad 464 monitor, which is the computer i would have had when this song was out probably.. so it could have been some random time slip or something.. "
Sep 5, 2008
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Soft Airplane streaming
Chad VanGaalen's new album Soft Airplane is steaming in full on his myspace, head over to his myspace and listen its rather good
the album's out 9/9 on Sub Pop
Chad VanGaalen myspace
The Gorgeous Colours Album Launch
The Gorgeous Colours are launching their new album in Whelans on Saturday the 6th gig starts around eight o clock and should be an UNSTOPPABLE night all round , check out their next single "Holy Moley" below
The Gorgeous Colours - Holy Moley
The Gorgeous Colours myspace
Electric Picnic '08 Review
Fun and frolics abound at the latest Electric Picnic which, despite having several worthy acts poached by the cunt of all festivals that took place back in July, still mustered together enough madness to make it easily Irelands music festival of choice.
Click on the read more for my blow by blow account of what the hell I got up to during the day and most importantly who I saw and even more importantly if they were any good.
Friday
Before I embark on this dredge into my memories I'm going to give a spoiler: I saw no bad acts at Electric Picnic. Some were lacklustre but nobody truly sucked which was a bit of a revelation as usually at each festival there's one or two acts who will truly piss me off. A bit like MGMT did at the aforementiond cuntfest.
Having arrived in the early afternoon it was considered pretty good going that I actually managed to get all the way from the back of the Andy Warhol campsite in time to see Jape. Did anybody else notice how fucking annoying it was that they gave the campsites names this year instead of colours. How many times did you hear "What campsite are you in?" "Jimi Hendrix" "Which one is that?". Whats wrong with just simple red, blue and yellow. Causes far too much confusion.
Anyway. Jape. Well if you don't already know that the man has one of the best albums of the year and a class live act then you shouldn't be reading this cause he does on both counts. I found it strangely ironic that the Crawdaddy tent is about ten times bigger than Crawdaddy itself but Jape managed to pack the fucker out and entertain the masses who all sang along in their droves to "Floating" and "I was a man" amongst others.
While stopping to have a mong break after Jape one couldn't help but take in a little bit of yet another reformed Irish act this time in the shape of The Stunning. Not having been old enough back in the early 90's to have appreciated these lads most of the songs were fairly lost on me but its telling how much of a fickle bunch modern audiences are that during their last song ("Brewing up a Storm" naturaly) everybody starts running towards the tent in order to cath a blast of the only Stunning song that they (and I) know. It does happen to be a good one though if a bit of a rip off of "Don't fear the Reaper".
Wander over to Goldfrapp to catch a few minutes. She's good at what she does but she's never exactly blown my skirt up and she seems to be dipping into her folky shit instead of the dancy stuff that everybody likes. Ho hum.
My mate Jono from England turns up out of nowhere. "What are you doing here man?" I say. "All I have to do is inflate the inflatable church at the start and deflate it at the end. Free flight grub and ticket". Bastard. He did however draw my attention to Beardyman playing in the Bacardi live tent. Human beatbox kind of character. Very very impressive sounds coming out of his gob. Doing cover versions of songs while playing all the instuments with his vocals at the same time. Fucking man had some time so spare growing up no doubt.
Wander over for a bit of Digitalism. Good sounds. Pity I wasn't so fucked or I would have stayed longer. Reminded myself to get the album and note next time they're playing.
First must see of the weekend: Sigur Ros. Nothing will make me forgive myself for walking out of them two years ago at cuntfest and go to see Humanzi instead just on the basis of being too hyper for whale music. This will rectify everything hopefully so set up my chair and sit and let the beauty wash over me. I'm not going to say that Sigur Ros get better and better with each album as they're last two haven't been as good as "()" or "Agaetis Byrjun" (they're still great though) but they've got enough quality to fill as sets worth and I pray nonetheless that "Untitled #8" will finish the set which, thank fucking christ, it does. If ever there was a song you'd want playing as the world blew up around you then that would be it. The rest of the night is left hoping just that will happen.
Saturday
Saturday begins mid afternoon with a trip to the Electric Arena where Midnight Juggernauts are halfway through the set. Not being familiar with their work I head on advice and am impressed with their electro rocky sounds. Will be seeing if the album measures up so wait with bated breath guys lest I piss on thee from afar.
The Breeders begin and within two songs have bored the shite out of me so I head over to the Little Big Tent to wait for The Faint. Having been listening to these dudes for about 6 years tensions are rising with their first trip to these shores. Unfortunately this didn't turn out to be the barnstormer that we all had hoped as they appear 25 minutes late only to play for 20 minutes and then bugger off. They cite technical difficulties but we love The Faint so in fairness they could have come out and read the fucking phone book and we would have been happy. Next time though please come and play your own gig and really blow our cockheads off.
A bit of a tent break to prepare ourselves for what is certainly going to be the maddest hour of the weekend as Warlords of Pez follow three sexy nurses toting free vodka shots onto the stage and swing their mighty cocks and balls into our gleeful mugs. I've had to wait long enough to see these mad cunts so I'm going to be a selfish bastard and not tell you what went in just so you can drag your carcasses down to where they will next rape and pillage and see them for yourself. Consider yourselves warned. And shat upon.
Little bit sad I missed Grace Jones but what can one do. Head to the Electric Arena for Underworld? Sure why not. Good sounds. Tent too packed? Too stoned? That would be a yes. Lie on the grass and mong out? Yes please. Underworld prove that they can still pump out a quality crowd-pleaser but unlike The Chemical Brothers who seem to evolve as dance evolves they seem to be still stuck in their mid to late 90's phase. Woody Allen's analogy about the shark moving forward springs to mind but regardless they know how to pack a tent out.
Wander past George Clinton. Not feeling it. Good funky sounds but elsewhere needs attention.
Sunday
On what is normally my festival day for lying around feeling like the population of Morocco just shat in my head I find myself strangely chipper in the morning and what is more, am able to head down to catch my earliest festival slot in 6 years. Despite playing at the ungodly hour of 12.30 Ham Sandwich have managed to almost fill the Crawdaddy tent. A mighty achievement and proof still that this band are rising and rising. Their songs sound great on the large stage and Niamh Farrel shows she has recovered well enough from popping a sprog. The main focus as usual is on Podge and what he's wearing, in this case a bunny suit, and god did I ever envy the stage dive he does halfway back the tent as the band walk off. Top stuff altogether.
Walking back to get some breccie we're treated to the Dublin Gospel Choir on the main stage running through a version of Sigur Ros' "Hoppipolla". Fucking bizarre and how they learnt the words is beyond me.
Back in time to see my surprise hit of the festival. Pivot have brought out one of the best albums this year and its clear from their live show that we're going to hear lots and lots from them before the year is out. Check em out in October when they come back over here. Like a mixture between Battles and God is an Astronaut which you have to admit sounds pretty good.
These New Puritans disappointed however. I like their album a lot and really dig the song "Elvis" but they just don't seem to give much of a bollocks onstage and all look so drippy that I'm worried the next fart somebody lets will knock them over. Shame really. They're not bad per se, just lacking a certain something. Its not Je ne sais quoi but I don't know what it is. Har.
Stick around long enough to see the start of Faust. About ten years ago in my more impressionable days I had the idea of bringing Chainsaws and Black and Deckers on stage and using them as musical instruments. Don't really know or care how they sounded cause the start of if was the lowest in wanky shite and I bailed having no desire to hear the sounds of a cement mixer mixing cement. Tosh.
Sunday being sunday I usually see less bands than usual, but seeing as I saw a huge number the previous days, the fact I saw 4 bands is fucking epic. My Bloody Valentine are the other must-see band of the weekend and boy oh boy do those chaps (and chapettes) know how to make some fucking noise. Its only listening to them now do you realise just how inspirational they've been on music thats out nowadays and as you stand and try to listen to they're 15 minute wall of noise that ends their set you wonder how in the name of God you can stand it. Rumours abound of some pussies falling out of the tent crying and throwing up. These people should not be allowed at music festivals and in fact should not be allowed to live. Smashing stuff.
Wander to body and soul past Sex Pistols. Manage to catch "Problems", "God Save the Queen" and "EMI". Hear Lydon hurling abuse at some angsty prick in the crowd. Doesn't he know who he is. No respect at all. Even if he is a racist bollocks surely thats the point of the Pistols isn't it?
Roll on next year by god.
Cheers to James Goulden and Eddie Ryan at State for the live photo's
Sep 4, 2008
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Sweet Love For Planet Earth (Andrew Weatherall Mix)
Remix of Sweet Love for Planet Earth off Fuck Buttons (Street Horrrsing) by Andrew Weatherall this track will be the b-side on their new single for the track Colours Move also off Street Horrrsing
