The Lost Brothers – The passing of the night (Lojinx)
The Brendan Benson-produced 3rd album from the brothers gets a large thumbs up from Scott The Lost Brothers The Passing Of The Night is the group’s 3rd album and they have hit a home run. The album begins with the beautiful ‘Not Now Warden’ – all lush and gentle harmonies, minimal percussion, guitars both plucked...
You Kiss By The Book – Family Tree
The album opens with the wonderful ’Railroad’, a song that paints a vivid picture of a small town community which revolves around the hub that is the local train station. The jangly opening guitar riff is punctuated perfectly by bass and drums and the production is excellent throughout. With a slight country vibe, the song has...
Elspeth – Coax (No Dancing)
5-Piece alt-rock band Elspeth have just released their new album Coax. ‘Think Back’ opens the album with some Thom Yorke-style vocals and a Radiohead vibe in general. The group have captured a great live band sound – with grainy and mildly distorted guitars playing open chords to provide that jangly indie edge so beloved of...
The Radioactive Grandma || Self-titled
The Radioactive Grandma - what a fantastic band name. I’ll be honest, with a name like that I was expecting a dish of deepest desert rock – oodles of bass driven fuzz and fuel. Boy, was I wrong. That is not to say I was disappointed though. Focusing on what is predominantly an acoustic rock set-up...
International Top 5 – Scott McGowan
In the latest of our WeAreNoise Staff Picks, Scott gets pretty riff-tastic, it’s fair to say… 1. Metallica – One Taken from their 1988 album And Justice For All… this was Metallica’s first foray into the realm of music videos. In typical Metallica fashion they did it their way choosing perhaps the most unsuitable track...
Irish Top 5 – Scott McGowan
In the latest of our series of WeAreNoise Staff Top 5′s, Scott unleashes some BIG guitar music Ah, Top 5′s. The brain melting, guilt inducing process of narrowing so many down to so few. Anyway, here goes, this is the Irish only top 5…or today’s at least. 1: Don’t Believe A Word – Thin Lizzy...
The Nightingales || No Love Lost
When Birmingham punk band The Prefects split in 1979 some of the members went on to found The Nightingales. Throughout the eighties, despite an ever changing line-up, the band attracted plenty of positive feedback and reviews – notably from John Peel. They disbanded in the late eighties but still played occasional gigs before a full...
Solar Taxi || “Zodiac”
Solar Taxi have just released their new single ‘Zodiac’. It is the first track to be released from their new album Broken Brother’s Secret Bells. The track itself is a thumping disco-beat propelled piece of electronic pop – designed to populate dance floors. The track exudes energy throughout and the vocal delivery is excellent. The...
Silverbacks || ‘Older Women’ EP
According to Wikipedia Dame Helen Mirren has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four BAFTA’s, three Golden Globes, four Emmy awards and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards. At 66, she is still regarded as quiet a looker. And so, in addition to her lengthy list of awards, she also now has the added...
Time is a Thief || “We’re Not Strangers”
Time is a Thief release their new album We’re Not Strangers on Friday. The title track opens the album and kicks in with a modern rock sound, built for MTV 2 and alternative rock channels. Immediately apparent is the powerful sound from the band – we are talking excellent production here – guitar, bass and...
Drunken Boat || “Tied in Knots”
Tied in Knots is Drunken Boat’s 4th album. The band refreshingly avoid the usual string of ridiculous hyperboles used to describe acts these days preferring to regard themselves as “an alternative, rocky, sloppy, folky, noisy band from Dublin”. In my book that’s a good start already. So, what of the music then? Opening track “Breath”...
Logikparty || ‘Oh, Cult!’
Formed in Dublin in 2009, Logikparty describe themselves as a “post punk” outfit and have just released their debut album “Oh Cult”. Opening track ’Anti Omerta’ opens with an uptempo drum beat and a short but interesting riff, there is plenty angst and energy but the song’s chorus falls short in providing the lift and hook that the track...
