The Middle East announced on their Facebook page a few hours ago that the band are done. Their debut album I Want That You Are Always Happy was released on June 3rd and I had not even got around to … Read More…
Listen to three tracks from the The Middle East’s forthcoming album I Want That You Are Always Happy released on June 3rd through Play It Again Sam. ‘Hunger Song’ is the first single from the album.
Hadn’t seen a mention of this anywhere about from Jim’s Phantom show last week. Spunk Records will release The Middle East’s debut album this year and this is the first single from the album, ‘Jesus Came To My Birthday Party’. … Read More…
A much anticipated show from The Middle East saw a full crowd in The Sugar Club on Saturday night. Perhaps, having seen them twice before and one of those times being particularly memorable, I had overhyped the gig in my … Read More…
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin and beyond. For those not going to Glasto (me included), the gig I urge you to go to in Dublin this week is the fantastic Middle … Read More…
Nine of the bands featured in this podcast also played at South By Southwest this year. That’s just the way it is – the effect the festival has on the proceeding months of the year as bands who went down … Read More…
The final day of South By saw Perez Hilton party overshadow the official part of the festival, but there was still plenty of great music to be caught as long as the band didn’t cancel or move slots which seemed … Read More…
Sometimes….very rarely.. but sometimes, a band surpasses your already high expectations. The Middle East gave me shivers and left me teary eyed just watching them at the Paste Magazine party on Thursday. Heres how. ‘Blood’: Watch ‘The Darkest Side’ live … Read More…
A band that a lot of people are looking forward to hearing more of are The Middle East from Australia. Back in September I featured the brittle and beautiful sound of ‘Blood’. Now, also from last year’s The Recordings Of … Read More…
