Heavy Cork tunes for your heavy Christmas arse
Three newish bands from Cork to listen to today, and why not; You’ve had plenty of “Santa Baby” and Shakin’ Stevens, and that godawful Pogues & Kirsty MacColl song. It’s the start of a new year and everyone’s off booze and staying in. We’re all back to normality and nobody has any cash. The novel sheen has...
Top 5 – Kilian Pettit (ECHOGRAM_)
Slick Cork pop/rockers ECHOGRAM_ have been hiring, firing and perspiring in their tireless effort to crack the States. The band are back from another trip to Los Angeles where they’ve picked up some airplay in California and Arizona with tracks from the album being played at least 3 times a week on LA’s Indie 103.1,...
Cork Live at the Marquee
CORK LIVE AT THE MARQUEE 2013 Just got the press release for Cork Live at the Marquee, and I’m frazzled with excitement to read that the original Trés Hombres – ZZ Top – will be Tube Snake Boogying before my very eyes on a Cork stage. Unbelievable! It’s another one of my hot list. Also...
Boris bring us New Album
Before hitting All Tomorrow’s Parties in the UK later this Winter, Japanese noise-makers Boris play their only Irish show at Whelan’s on Monday December 10. Check out the YouTube link for some pretty awesome shit and info on the band from the promoters below. Boris formed in the early ’90s as a four piece just-for-fun...
Win Kerbdog Tickets
The mighty KERBDOG are playing Cyprus Avenue on November 10th, we’ve got a pair of tickets up for grabs. Go to facebook/wearenoisedotcom and comment on the post to enter!
Office Playlist – Barrytron
Eva Cassidy – Autumn Leaves I first heard Eva Cassidy on (best TV show ever) TOPT2 in 2001 after she had exploded onto the UK airwaves thanks to one Terry Wogan, who had “spun” a “number” of hers on his show to a rapturous response. An American singer/songwriter with a jazzy vocal and a subtley...
Nagasaki Suntans – Shadows on the wall EP
This seems to be one of those reviews where there’s really no point writing anything. It’s something you have to hear yourself. Nagasaki Suntans comprises a ranting curmudgeon with a microphone and his pal noodling on a bass. Songs technically – with structures and hookish parts – but essentially these are humorously vitriolic monologues. Nasty,...
Bad Suits in Pop
Alexander O’Neal Criticize Alex has his head wrecked by the bird in this great 80s disco floor-filler. Not only is she at him over his friends, his ideals and his lifestyle, she even has a go at his ex in the opening few bars. She doesn’t mention his suit but judging by his sweat levels...
I’ll Eat Your Face to totally headline 21:15 to 22:00 slot at a stage at Indiependence
Criminally underrated, talented and highly respected Cork SUPERGRIND duo I’ll Eat Your Face have been confirmed to HEADLINE their slot at the Love Music, Hate Racism stage at Mitchelstown’s Indiependence Festival tonight. “The rumor mill has really gone into overdrive” gushed drummer Barrytron. “But it’s true, we’re going to rock the Love Music, Hate Racism...
Top 5 – North Side Drive (Jonathan Pearson)
It’s tough to come up with only five tracks, but sure that’s what pretty much everyone says at the start of these things, so I’ll leave it at that. What I will do is choose the songs I’ve been listening to the most at the moment, in case anyone gives a shite on where I’m...
VHS RULES OK
When I was very small, I remember there being a Kate Bush video that somewhere in my mind melts into an advert for Hi-Tec shoes. I think the advert with a guy busting up this really gravely, stony mountain and the 1985 Kate Bush single “Running Up That Hill” have cross-pollinated in my brains somewhere...
Jedward Life Sausage
It’s pretty well accepted that picking on blonde brain-donors Jedward is like shooting fish in a barrel. So rich and luxuriant is the parody playing-field that it’s almost tempting to not bother at all; as if insulting and criticising Jedward was so easy it’s almost irony in itself to go through with it as it...
