Review: Mountains – The Black Mariah, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 08.05.13
We’ve got a full house tonight at The Black Mariah as Plugd Records and Fractured Air pull out all the stops with the mighty Mountains. In tow is Ten Past Seven axeman Rory Francis O’Brien to kick off the proceedings. O’Brien is a pleasure to listen too, his low-lying baritone focusing largely on self reflection...
Mountains, in Pictures – Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 08.05.13
Photos: Rory Coomey http://www.flickr.com/photos/blindedvision/sets/
Thinguma*jigSaw, Final Gig
Andy Wilson was in touch. He happens to be one of The David Nelligan Thing, whose album Dark matters releases tomorrow. However, that wasn’t the reason he e-mailed. It was to do with Thinguma*jigsaw, who, as you may know, play their last ever gig on Saturday night. Read on for Andy’s very interesting background info....
Thinguma*jigSaw Farewell Tour Details
Declan Kelly of Abandon Reason in Galway was on to let us know about the Thinguma*jigSaw farewell Irish tour later this month. We asked him for some background and he sent on this. Thinguma*jigSaw are a ‘splatterfolk’ (their very own artistic niche, subtly combining influences from the darker domains of Irish/British/American/Scandinavian folk-music with contemporary art...
Demdike Stare, Record Store Day Lineup Additions
Some important news to pass on about activities Plugd-related on Record Store Day this weekend, when Demdike Stare are in town. This was the announcement from Plugd HQ earlier. ahoy! got some super special guests confirmed for saturday… In the TDC, Grave Lanterns, Morning Veils, Elll and Rory Francis O’Brien are playing live from 6.30...
The David Nelligan Thing, Album Title Track
The last in the series of taster videos from the new album by The David Nelligan Thing has just landed. It’s the title track and might well be the strongest one we’ve heard yet. It’s also something of a departure from the previous tunes, starting life with a drum machine and lovely soporific bassline, before...
Demdike Stare @ Triskel Christchurch
Another in a long line of landmark shows takes place at Triskel Christchurch this weekend, marking Record Store Day, and brought to you by the people of The Black Mariah & Plugd. English duo Demdike Stare take crate-digging to new lengths and create a closely curated out there music from it. Here’s some bio. Demdike...
Mike Gangloff’s Meitheal Memoir
Photo of Mike Gangloff and Nathan Bowles by Kevin McDonnell Ahead of a return to Ireland next week, Mike Gangloff reflects on how Meitheal came into being… I blame Colohan. Dave’s an instigator, which I learned way back at the 2008 Terrastock Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in the US. Jack Rose introduced us and then...
Raime at Triskel TDC Easter Saturday
The third in the series of gigs under the Stranger banner happens this weekend. The first show was in December with dub techno producer Andy Stott, followed by Cut Hands last month. This Saturday it’s London-based electronic duo Raime, who are on the Blackest Ever Black label. They’ll be joined by Ellll and Haltac Gerrods,...
Seamus Fogarty – Q&A
Seamus Fogarty plays Cork this weekend, in the latest in the The G Man Presents series – here are his answers to Conor’s questions, taking in some unexpected terrain, like the underexplored links between Taxi Driver and Kiltimagh… What’s the view from where you are now? Lots of flats and the occasional tree, the sky....
Top 5 – Seamus Fogarty
Seamus Fogarty plays the first G Man presents gig of 2013 in a couple of weeks at Plugd Records. Seamus took a break from preparations to pick a great playlist for us… Having gone for a run this morning, I opted to pick 5 top tunes to go jogging to. I hate jogging and I...
NOISE Weekender: Wrap up
The morning after the weekend before. I’m going to take my feet out of the foot spa, here under the desk, long enough to put down a few thoughts on the 1st NOISE Weekender. First of all, a few essential thanks. A huge thank you to Jim and Albert in Plugd Records for helping us...
