Occasionally Barry Healy pops up to recommend three albums that may be under your radar. Here are his latest selections. zZz – Running with the Beast Don’t let the listless and somnambulist name put you off, in fact Dutch duo … Read More…
Stop what you’re doing. The award for the most joyous album of the month goes to this 11-piece barefooted hippie-folk outfit from LA. Up from Below is a classic analogue-sounding album which sounds like it was recorded somewhere in the … Read More…
If I did a track of the week feature, The Middle East’s ‘Blood’ might well be it (this or The Sound of Arrows). Brittle, beautiful and tinged with melancholic lyrics offset by a literally joyous chorus, ‘Blood’ is a revelation. … Read More…
I met Jennifer Evans at a demo dip day thing I did earlier this year. She had just released an EP which had some promising moments but I felt like she was yet to find her own place yet. She … Read More…
First Aid Kit, those two cute Swedish girls who covered Fleet Foxes last year are at it again. They are asking people via their Twitter profile for suggestions for songs to cover. This is the first one, a cover of … Read More…
Remember those archaic days when you picked up a magazine or newspaper and saw a playlist of what people were into that week. There is power in those subjective charts. No great fanfare or descriptions just ten of the best … Read More…
The sun is blazing today, there are blue skies galore and the Dublin boyos are out in the park incubating their pale raw skin with a mild form of skin cancer. Aah, summer in Dublin. ‘F Kenya Rip’ is a … Read More…
You should have your copy of Season of the Sparks by now, but if not, here’s a reminder as to why you should. Live from the Dublin Mountains with a small hip-amp and all, Adrian sings ‘The Beekeeper’s Wife’. Directed … Read More…
Julie Feeney‘s new video for ‘Love is a Tricky Thing’ directed by Vittoria Colonna. Pages is released on the 5th of June.
Video from the excellent The Nightsaver directed by Asad Raza in which loads of naked people get zoomed in on. Willies and fannies galore so NSFW. Wouldn’t have been my choice for video treatment but what the hey? DavidKitt.com
I thought this might have been a good gig and my it was, and then some. You know when you listen to some spectral folk singer and wonder to yourself whether an artist can do it alone or whether its … Read More…
