Just a quick note to tell you all I’ve put a subscribe by email form in the sidebar. So knock yourself out. You’ll get an email once a day whenever there’s a post. Toodles. Image by David Shrigley Here’s some … Read More…
Sometime Broken Social Scene member and Metric frontwoman, Emily Haines is releasing her first solo record soon as the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. Entitled Knives don’t have your back, there’s a stark contrast here to the energetic … Read More…
I realized that Fujiya and Miyagi were from not Japan when I heard the lyrics to the first song – “Like pixelated scraps of jazz mags in your head lights“. It turns out they are from Brighton. It doesn’t matter.Their … Read More…
It’s nice to come back home every now and again to visit the parents, say hello, meet people you haven’t seen in a while, reaffirm how integral friends and family are to your life. You know..usual stuff. Music is as … Read More…
OK, so it seems it’s Electric Picnic week on the blog, so I thought I would put up some music from bands that are playing the festival this year. We alll know what most of the headline acts are we … Read More…
I’m sure by now, you are all aware of Jamie Lidell’s Multiply album from last year. It was definitely an album that caught me unawares, full of sun kissed rhythms and soulful vocals from a knob twiddler from England. You … Read More…
Next weekend sees the Mantua Lives Festival take place in Ballinagare, Roscommon. It’s a small festival run by a local art collective. There will be 4 stages of quality music as well as live visual art installations and a sculpture … Read More…
I went to a house party last night and stayed up till the Sun decided to get up again. Buckfast was my drink of choice. The result is that today is one of those lazy lie around the house days. … Read More…
My favourite discovery this past week is CSS or Cansei se der Sexy (“Tired of Being Sexy” in Portugese). It’s great electro indie-pop party music from Sao Paolo, Brasil with silly lyrics and baffling song titles like ‘Fuck off is … Read More…
I don’t normally post so many songs at once but I’m in a buoyant mood and I’ve been listening to these songs a lot which may have helped. This music combined with being off work today and a busy weekend … Read More…
Never has a song used the word ‘fuck’ so much and to such good effect. This 1996 Super Furry Animals song is based around a throwaway line from Steely Dan’s ‘Showbiz Kids’ which starts innocuously enough and just explodes into … Read More…
