Hooray! Benoit Pioulard (aka Thomas Meluch) is bringing out a new album in October – according to his official website: i am pleased to annouce [sic] the release of the next benoît pioulard album for the fine folks at kranky. it is called lasted & will be released in cd, vinyl & digital formats as…
Month: August 2010
Plugd to Reopen
Brilliant news! Plugd is reopening! According to an interview in the Cork Independent: Jim tells the Cork Independent that Plugd will be re-opening on Saturday 28 August in the ESB Substation on Caroline Street. But it won’t stay there for long. “Early next year we will be following the Triskel back to their expanded Christchurch…
Carry me home….
Am I mad, or does: http://stereogum.com/455122/teengirl-fantasy-cheaters/mp3s/ Remind you of this: *Major childhood flashback* http://www.myspace.com/teengirlfantasy Teengirl Fantasy’s 7AM is out on True Panther in the US and Merok in Europe – release date, 14 September.
Las Robertas
I love the fact that female-fronted fuzzy garage pop bands like the Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast and Vivian Girls are now ‘en vogue’. For some of us, the love for that sort of music never went away, but others are just discovering how wonderfully brilliant it is. Thanks to the fantastic feminist music blog…
Groom get ready to release new album – here’s a taster…
Album cover designed by Ruan Van Vliet, using photos by Cait Fahey and Jody Miller Dublin band Groom are getting ready to release their latest album, ‘Marriage‘, which is scheduled to drop this month. To launch the record, they have a gig planned for 21 August at the Lower Deck in Portobello, Dublin. I’ve had…
Moon Duo Q&A interview
Moon Duo are the mystical side-project of Erik Johnson from bearded space-rockers Wooden Shjips. With bandmate Sanae Yamada on keyboards, Erik gets to delve further into the hazy world of fuzzy electronic-tinged psychedelia and the results are pretty damn lovely. There’s a real blissed-out feel to their music….like Silver Apples, Moon Duo carry you into…
Listen to the Solar Bears interview on Sweet Oblivion, 2XM
So, y’all know I’m a big fan of Solar Bears – and I was delighted to get to interview John from the band for last week’s show. In case you not familiar with them, Solar Bears are a Dublin-Wicklow based band and fans of Tangerine Dream, Bibio, Cocteau Twins and Russian cult movies will adore…
Make a Pledge for Laura Sheeran
Irish musician Laura Sheeran – one of my favourite musicians at the moment and a woman whose live shows are simply mesmerising – has become the first person in the Republic of Ireland to start a Pledge Music account. This is a way of helping Laura to release her debut full-length album proper as well…
Sweet Oblivion 