File this under ‘essential weird listening’: a recording of a broken fairground calliope playing songs like ‘It’s Not Unusual‘, ‘Moon River‘ and ‘Those Were the Days’. Wonky, off-kilter and gloriously offbeat, the songs sound like they’re being performed by a troupe of drunk clowns. The stuff of nightmares, perhaps, but captivating all the same. I…
Month: November 2010
Ben Sims plays Cork – win tickets
House/Techno fans listen up – more gig news from Cork, and once again from independent promoters: Ben Sims (Theory, Hardgroove- UK) will play Friday 3rd December at The Pavilion, Cork City, Ireland, supported by gig promoter and DJ/producer Jamie Behan (Bastardo Electrico, Subject Detroit). Ben Sims is known as the ‘3 deck master’, ‘the human…
Swear I’m Not Paul’s in the Red
Fellow Irish blogger Swear I’m Not Paul recently recorded a very funny pilot for RTE‘s online show Red, where he waxes lyrical about some of his favourite Irish bands at the moment and tells us about quirky videos on youtube. Have a look at the video here, and if you like what you see then…
Pal Joey to play the Pavilion
More Cork news: one of the city’s club nights, House is a Home, is bringing the esteemed house DJ Pal Joey to the Pavilion venue on December 4th. Sean Galvin and Shane Linehan, who run House is a Home, are two serious record collectors and DJs who are well known in the Cork scene, and…
Sista Mix-A-Lot
Remember mixtapes? It’s strange to think that just a decade ago cassette tapes and by extension mixtapes were a big part of my life, and other music-obsessed teens’ social and cultural lives. When I was a kid, I’d tape myself and my sisters singing and play-acting, or myself and my cousin singing songs we’d written…
Cork Rock City
About a day after I’d submitted my article to the Irish Times on Cork’s underground, I discovered that the Drop-D site was about to release a free download of music by Cork bands. It’s a particularly good omen that Cork has had the national spotlight shone on its music scene twice within the space of…
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths nerds unite! I love this: A presenter with BBC’s Springwatch, Chris Packham, casually slips in one Smiths reference in each of his episodes. If, like me, you feel a warm glow of pride when you watch this, you’re probably very far gone in terms of music nerddom. If you were in Chris’s place,…
Make some Nouveaunoise
Nouveaunoise have their new PANAKA EP up for free download here, and it’s a cracker. Panaka has fuzzy vocals, tinkling synths and a funky drumbeat that will make you want to get off your ass and dance, while the intro to Psychasonic is what would happen if Belle & Sebastian (it’s all in the flute)…
For Your Eyes & Ears: Orange Juice – Rip it Up – Top of the Pops
This Orange Juice video is gold, GOLD I tell you! My favourite bits: *The super-smiley dancers in front of the stage (especially the woman miming the lyrics) *The dancers in spandex and short shorts – especially when they start ripping up sheets of paper (around 2.15mins) *Edwyn’s awful miming (so funny!) and Malcolm and David’s…
Interview: Darwin Deez
Darwin Deez plays the Academy 2 in Dublin tonight, and played Cork last night. So in honour of his visit, here’s a recent interview I did with him for the Evening Echo. Nope, I didn’t ask about his hair… The Evolution of Darwin Deez By Aoife Barry WHAT would music be without Darwin Deez, the…
Sweet Oblivion 