Efterklang – Interview
Efterklang play two shows in Ireland later this month – Casper Clausen talks to Conor about visiting the Arctic, pick-up orchestras and releasing movies… You began preparing for the new album Piramida with a visit to the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. Why did you pick that location? How did the trip come about? Just after...
Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – Dictionary crimes (Popical Island)
The third album by Mumblin’ Deaf Ro is largely autobiographical, the songs dealing with bereavement, grief and parenthood, among other things, and shows the touch of a true writer. In fact, it might just put the “writer” back into “singer-songwriter”. The songs launch from small, everyday situations, leading to broader emotional and philosophical reveries, much...
Orchestra of Spheres/The Maori John Wayne – Half Moon Theatre, Cork, 31.08.12
Photos: Petr Stary I will attempt, over the course of the next few paragraphs, to convey to you all just how great this gig was. My success or failure at this should not deter you from taking away one simple piece of information – Orchestra of Spheres are a band you need to see playing...
Office Playlist: Paul Buchanan – Buy a motor car
Nice timing. News of Paul Buchanan’s new single, from the acclaimed album Mid Air, ahead of his appearance at Electric Picnic next Sunday Sept 2nd. The video, you’ll either love it or hate it. However, the song you’re bound to love. Elegaic piano, pizzicato strings and Buchanan’s ageless vocal expression of regret, loss, yearning. Superb....
Electric Picnic 2012 Lineup
Electric Picnic have announced the lineup (most of it anyway) for next weekend. Go here. http://electricpicnic.ie/downloads/EPtimetable2012.pdf Straightaway, we can detect weeping and gnashing of teeth as Richard Hawley and Explosions in the Sky conduct a music festival equivalent of Celebrity Deathmatch on Saturday. Dexys also go up against Wild Beasts earlier on that day. And...
Office Playlist: Yawning Chasm – 3 EP
Photo: Brigid Power Ryce The third of four EPs from the now 3-piece from Galway (having added Jimmy Monaghan on drums, to existing duo Aaron Coyne and Declan Kelly), following previous releases Whispered sun and Butterfly and crab. A little birdie told me, even though they’ve expanded their lineup, this EP features only singer Aaron...
Adrian Crowley, New album first cut and Video
Adrian Crowley was in fine voice when he played in Cork in June as part of the Bowerbird event at Triskel Christchurch, which he co-curated. That weekend, he mentioned his new album, which is due out in September on Chemikal Underground (if memory serves, he played a couple of tracks from it, in fact). You...
Office Playlist – Christian Bookshop: ‘Singin’ Freebird’
Sharing is caring, so we thought we’d do a little. WeAreNoise sources just brightened our day by passing this on. It bears no relation to Veritas, don’t worry. Rather it’s a Galway-based duo consisting of Jimmy Monaghan and Aisling Walsh. Other than that, our information is a bit sketchy for now. The tune, though, is...
The Driftwood Manor, in film
Last month, we mentioned Rusted Rail’s tasty triple release of 3″ EPs. That is to say, Cubs, Good Shepherd and The Driftwood Manor were the bands in question. Keith from Rusted Rail has been in touch with some cinematic developments from The Driftwood Manor, as follows. Galway Film Production unit tinyEPICS (http://tiny-epics.com/) have just finished...
Hidden Highways w/ Peter Delaney – Half Moon Theatre, 11.08.2012
With the excellent news that their Debut album Fundit campaign has been successful just announced, Emmet reviews their recent Cork gig With a sound already soothing and warm there was something very apt about Hidden Highways coming off the road into the cosy environs of the Half Moon Theatre during a torrential downpour of rain....
Hidden Highways/Yawning Chasm – Gigs you don’t want to miss
When I think back over the years (there are so many of them), I realise that my life is littered with the gigs I missed. I’m not talking about those familiar out-of-reach gigs – that Féile that you couldn’t get to cos, I dunno, you bought the ticket with your girlfriend/boyfriend and then you broke...
Sacred Animals vs Steffaloo – On Fire (Steve McEvoy Remix)
Dubliner Steve McEvoy unveils his remix of the Sacred Animals track ‘On fire’. The original is pretty strong on the epic scale, a quality not lost in the remix, although maybe dialled down a notch or two. The remix also magics up an ingenious cut-up rhythm from the flotsam and jetsam, and pairs this danceloor-friendly...
