I love the sense of surprise and apprehension going on in this music video. It feels genuine. It was shot live for Rizlab with all the goings on in the clip chosen via multiple choice by people who watched it live on the interwebs.
I already posted the superior Damu remix of this tune.
Image above courtesy of Nouveaunoise’s artwork.
The annual Nialler9 readers’ poll is back. For the sixth time, I’m looking for your top 5 Irish albums and songs of the year. Lat year’s best album was awarded to Villagers’ Becoming A Jackal and best song went to Squarehead’s ‘Fake Blood’.
You’ll find a comprehensive list of Irish albums released in 2011 at the Choice Music Prize site. That’s not all this year though, I’d also like to hear what your favourite Irish EPs of the year were as well as your favourite new Irish artist or band of the year.
Vote in the Nialler9 Readers’ poll & see my top Irish lists…»
Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks a large number of music bloggers across the world to pick a track to represent their country. The results are posted on all of those blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog.
Ireland is represented by Come On Live Long. The picture above is Canada’s Fevers.
In February of this year, Sleigh Bells came to Dublin and pulverised a Whelan’s crowd who had waited a long time to see them. A year and nearly a week later, Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller will return to play The Academy on Monday February 27th 2012.
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The last of the top 5 new artists guest posts for 2011? I may have one more surprise coming, but for now, here are the choices of another music blog favourite, The Recommender, the Brighton-based blog run by Mike Bradford and one of the best sources for new artists around. Mike shares his top 5 new artists discoveries of 2011.
Read The Recommender’s top 5 new artists of 2011…»
Continuing the top 5 new artists guest posts now. Toronto-based LYFSTYL is one of my favourite Tumblr music blogs of the last year. Here, site editor Mwinyi Topping shares his top 5 new artists discoveries of 2011.
Read LFYSTYL’s top 5 new artists of 2011…»
This is the best remix I’ve heard in quite a while. Balam Acab has turned in some really super remixes lately for Lana Del Rey, Twin Sister and Ghosttown DJs. On this Charli XCX remix, he provides an edifying spectral and warm flip to the original’s dystopian pop bent.
Almost at the home stretch of the top 5 new artists guest posts now. So far we’ve had 14 guest posts with a few more to come this week. The 15th post comes via Veronica Murtagh of the deadly Chicago-based music blog Cream Team. Check out her choices below, then visit her site.
Read Veronica’s top 5 new artists of 2011…»
Highlights: Richter Collective & Popical Island Christmas parties, Night of the Machines 2, Motor City Drum Ensemble & xxxy, Not Squares, Twinkranes and Magic Pockets, Rarely Seen Above Ground, The Rubberbandits Christmas Carols, Ulrich Schnauss, Moths, Toby Kaar and Miracle Fortress…
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of eyes every week.
It was Jim who first brought Alabama Shakes to my attention.Then I got the email that said Rough Trade had snapped them up for their debut album in 2012. Then NPR’s All Songs Considered talked about the four-piece more and it sealed the deal.
‘Hold On’ is the earworm that has been repeating in my brain for the last two weeks. A deftly-simple rock ‘n’ roll song with singer Brittany Howard coming across like a female Jack White. The band have an effortlessly vintage yet full of fresh air sound.
Grab their EP on Bandcamp before they blow up.
After Zane Lowe played the song twice on his show last week, you can now have a listen to a the new single from The Cast Of Cheers‘ second album which was produced by Luke Smith (worked on Foals’ Total Life Forever and was in the band Clor). The band’s debut album (now off Bandcamp) racked up over 150,000 downloads since it was first made available. A new version of their song ‘Goose’ appears on the latest Kitsuné compilation.
