Irish duo You're Only Massive recently decamped to Germany to work on new material, and have started the ball rolling with a cracking single, Under the Neon. This is a performance of the afforementioned song live from H8R H8R in Berlin last monday. The track is performed with just vocals, drum pads (SPD-S, yummy), and a distortion pedal; and it comes across very well- with a great little hook on the chorus and the vocal tying in perfectly with the synth. It seems Deutchland is treating these folks well.



Buy the single on iTunes here.

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On Friday August 15th (Tomorrow) You're Only Massive and Queen Kong will present DOT-DASH, a split 12" silver vinyl album (fancy i dont think my vinyl addiction will let me miss getting that).
The concert will be seated and will take place in the Space Upstairs at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin.Admission is 12 euros and includes a copy of Dot-Dash for the first 100 people.

I also got a chance to ask Maebh what was going on with You're Only Massive breaking up
"Megan has left yes yes this is true but You're Only Massive is not breaking up or ending. Au contraire mon frere. When we started we both were on a similar level of messing around - for me, You're Only Massive was also an excuse to hang out with Meg, who's one of the funniest smartest people I know. Since we started though, I've gotten really into the concept and actuality of You're Only Massive. I write every day and think about You're Only Massive all the time, even while dreaming or swimming. Meg is a writer at heart and doesn't really want to do music, whereas I want to grow musically and continue making this kind of work. Also, now we have become friends, we don't need a band in order to hang out, we can just do that".
So their you we can still expect great things from You're Only Massive in the future.

To wet your aural appetite for the Gig tomorrow which you should go to, two tracks off Dot Dash

You're Only Massive - Booty(Buy Me Money)

Queen Kong - The World Is Yours

That good old boy nialler9 also has a post about the gig and another mp3 head over to him to get even more of a fix

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Tonight You're Only Massive and Queen Kong are previewing the album Dot Dash (being launched this Friday at Project Arts Centre at 8.30pm more on that gig during the week) at the opening night of The Joy Gallery.

The whole evening is an evening entitled "Take a Picture It'll Last Longer" and is being curated by Fiona "Fink" Hallinan.

It focuses on ephemeral performance and combines live music, installation, performance and workshops.

It starts at 6pm this evening and will go on until quite late. Meg (from You're Only Massive) will be DJ-ing at the after party.

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You're Only Massive have decided to called it a day and go there separate ways the girls released the news via their , myspace blog you can read it there in Megan's own words im still in shock.

Youre Only Massive SugarShake The Cool Away kilkenny july 07

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This weeks hangover cure comes from Maebh Cheasty (pictured above) of Waterford electro-poets You're Only Massive.

You're Only Massive will be busy in July , with the release Dot-Dash, a split 12" album with Queen Kong, and their gig/performance art piece, Disco-nnect.

Where's the mixtape? What the hell is Disco-necct? Find out in the read more...


Hangover Mix track listing:

1. Captain Beefheart- There Aint No Santa Claus On The Evenin Stage
2. Waiting Around To Die- Townes Van Zandt
3. Sufjan Stevens- John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
4. Leonard Cohen- Take This Longing
5. Leadbelly- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
6. Dr. Octagon- Blue Flowers
7. Screamin' Jay Hawkins- I Put A Spell On You
8. Roots Manuva- Oh Yeah
9. Ellen Allien & Apparat- Way Out
10. Nas- Life's A Bitch
11. The Smiths- How Soon Is Now?
12. Tom Waits- Ice Cream Man

Click for mix

Disco-nnect is... "a guided walking tour around the south docklands that leads to a gig and a party. Beginning at the river, the tour will transform this corner of dublin 2 into a playground; a garden of fun. Your guide will invite you to participate in party games, cheerlead you along, teach you the macarena, introduce you to one another and encourage you to run amok. In an age of reality tv, it is important to note that you're only massive is on your side. They want you to feel good and won't ask you to do anything you don't want to".

The madness runs from Monday June 30th to Saturday July 5th as part of We Are Here 3.0 and tickets are available from www.project.ie or by calling Project Arts Centre on 01 8819600. Check out the Disco-nnect blog here.

Y.O.M. have an array of shows coming up in the next couple of months, lots in Ireland, and one all the way over in NYC for the Conflux Art & Technology festival. Come September the duo will be pioneering a new show based around Cooking & Domesticity entitled It's A Domestic (check that one out here).

For info on all these shows check out You're Only Massive on myspace (Where you can also download the band's new single Grand-Theft Hopkins which documents their beef with, um, someone... ). For now, here's the excellent funky poppness of Sugar Shake The Cool Away:

You're Only Massive- Sugar Shake The Cool Away


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Myself, Conor & Dylan checked out the Foggy Notions X-Mas do in Whelan's last night. The FN folks had laid out a nice spread of mince pies, jellies & Christmas crackers, while the stage was decked with tinsel and the obligatory Christmas tree. The opening band 'You're Only Massive' were pretty interesting, their final song (something about being too cool to dance) was kickass. Hopefully they'll be able to expand their live show in the future, as unfortunately it felt a little bit Karaoke with only the vocals being played live.


Final Fantasy played a very different set to Tuesday night's Vicar St show, treating the crowd to mostly new songs & covers. It got pretty lively at a few stages, particularly during 'This Is A Dream Of Win & Regine' (one of the few omissions at Vicar St), when an impromptu influx of balloons had Owen batting them away with violin & bow as he played. The brief set was rounded off with a spectacular rendition of 'Peach, Plum, Pear'. Owen seemed much more at ease during this performance than his previous one, joking around and conversing with the crowd. All hail the festive spirit, I guess.




Girl Talk was pretty damned energetic for a man playing from a laptop, bopping around like a maniac between sporadically jumping in the air and doing the splits. Nice. We didn't get to hang around for most of his set, but from what I heard it seemed like a night of much crazy dancing was ahead.


So good job, Foggy Notions, a Christmas celebrated in style!

Photos courtesy of Niamh over at 'So It Goes'. Thanks Niamh!

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