GAC(h) Duine Mini Fest at Galway Arts Centre
Photo: Bríd O’Donovan showshotshare.tumblr.com One of our Galway readers, Anna from the band Dott, was in touch with some info about a festival in Galway on Apr 20th. Some familiar names are included, read on. The Galway Arts Centre are organising their first mini-music festival called GAC(h) Duine and they’ve asked me to curate the...
Al Scorch & The Country Soul Ensemble – Top 5
Grafting literate, character-driven song craft and Mid-American roots with a post-punk DIY attitude, Chicago-based songwriter, performer and instrumentalist Al Scorch charts a new musical topography with a five-string banjo. In his new full-length CD release, Tired Ghostly Town, Scorch delivers jubilant anthems and poignant reflections in 10 songs populated with a cast of vibrant characters....
Office Playlist: MÜTT – The Circuitry
There’s 8-bit in the water this week. We were on about Cove yesterday, originally from Tipperary. Today it’s Galway duo MÜTT. Here’s what they sent us. Hi Guys, We are MÜTT, we are a 2 piece electro band from Galway. we just went live yesterday with our video for our single “The Circuitry”. We have...
Office Playlist: Otherkin – Lockjaw
Nice e-mail from Dublin band Otherkin. Which went like this. Hi We Are Noise, We’re Otherkin, an indie rock band from Dublin. We’re a marketing graduate, a designer and two medical students who write songs about De La Soul and depression. Our debut EP, Broken English, is due in April and we’ve just released a...
The Altered Hours – Sweet Jelly Roll Streaming
News on The Altered Hours front. Their debut single ‘Sweet Jelly Roll’ is now streaming on their soundcloud, check below. It was originally streamed last week by French online mag Crumb who captured the essence of the tune as follows: un excellent morceau qui propose ce même rapport entre atmosphère shoegaze et rock psyché contemporain....
Music Business Course in Belfast
Something different but quite progressive sounding. This event takes place in Belfast later in April and then again from May, but may well be of interest to those of you more inclined to the business end of the spectrum. Managing A Music Business Enterprise Course Comes to Belfast / Free MMBE Taster Session Managing A...
White Hills w/ The Altered Hours, in Pictures – Cyprus Avenue, Cork, 03.04.13
Photography: Simone della Fornace www.flickr.com/softblackstar
Greta Gunn, New EP Launch
Just a quickie before knocking off for the weekend. New EP from Greta Gunn who has hooked up with some Scandinavian types and launch in Whelan’s tomorrow night. Kildare Based Electro-Pop sensation Gretta Gunn will be performing in Whelan’s on Sat 6th April at 8 pm to run in conjunction with the release of her...
Cian Nugent @ Gulpd, Tonight
Just time, and apologies for the lateness, to mention this gig happening tonight in Cork. Read on and get going into town. Cian Nugent & The Cosmos are throwing a big party to celebrate their forthcoming 7″ Single “Hire Purchase” on the legendary Matador Label, as part of their Singles Going Home Alone subscription series....
Ghost Estates – In waves
Mmm. We like this too. Ghost Estates and Twinkranes are putting out a split single for Record Store Day. We’ve just been listening to the Ghost Estates side of the equation and it’s great. Plenty of chorus effects on those guitars for a lovely, shimmering English post-punk effect – kinda Cure-ish but with a bit...
The Altered Hours, New Single details
As you know, The Altered Hours have just embarked on an Irish tour with White Hills (fyi Limrockers, they play tonight in Bourke’s Bar, other dates below). Official details just reach us of their debut 10″ Sweet Jelly Roll. These be the full details. Psych rockers The Altered Hours are set to deliver an EP...
The David Nelligan Thing, New Video
The next promised track from the upcoming album from The David Nelligan Thing has landed. It’s called ‘Reinventing the wheel’ and is a catchy beat-driven piece with a charming circular melody. The album Dark matters comes out on Apr 24th through Bandcamp. Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks and catch The David Nelligan...
