Duke Robillard - Bye Bye Blues (mp3) * This song is from blues guitarist Duke Robillard's new album Tales From the Tiki Lounge , which is a tribute to Les Paul and Mary Ford. Buy @ Amazon *mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist's PR rep Duke Robillard Official Site *********************** Kitka - Moma bega prez livade (mp3) * Haunting a capella love song by vocal group Kitka's [...]
Belfast's And So I Watch You From Afar released their debut full length album last year. Check out their track "The Voiceless". This instrumental will blow you away. I had a chance to ask the band a few questions before they make it to our shores. Here's the witty repartee: T.O. Snob: First off, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us.Not a problem, thanks for speaking to us!
Now in its fifth year, the Choice Music Prize for 2010 will be announced in Vicar Street next Wednesday the 3rd of March from 7.30pm sharp. The live event runs in tandem with the judging process which takes place in a locked room nearby where 12 media guys and gals will be trying to decide the best Irish album of the year for 2009. While that is happening, the bands nominated will be playing short live sets before the announcement. Out of the 10 nominated acts the following will be performing: And So I Watch [...]
And so it begins. Every year, we listen to mp3's of every band scheduled to appear at SXSW. We then present you with an A to Z preview of the bands that we think should earn your attention. Whether you're coming down to SXSW (recommended!) or just looking for new music, there's no better time of year. There's a variety of music here, so buckle up for some different sounds. We'll be previewing two letters per day, which'll take us right up to SXSW Music Week. Then we'll give you our picks for the [...]
Belfast's And So I Watch You From Afar will be stateside for SXSW as part of their Euro/American tour. They released their debut full length and EP in Europe last year. RIYL soaring instrumental work, post-rock, and all else drawn to these things. sound: The Voiceless Tour Dates March 11th - The Hide Out , Queens St , Toronto. ( part of CMW) March 13th - Mercury Lounge , Manhattan March 17th – Friends Bar , 6th St , SXSW March 22nd [...]
(via Claire Sloan ) Ireland is basically crushing it this year. First, Two Door Cinema Club take over my iPod and now And So I Watch You From Afar delightfully show up in my inbox. The best way to describe ASIWYFA's sound is to say that they're basically next door neighbors to Explosions In the Sky and right down the block from M83 ... If we were relating them by means of residential metaphors, that is. Anyway, you can catch these guys in Toronto, New York, a few [...]
Great news comes my way from Jim Carroll and his On the Record blog . He announced this morning that eight out of ten cats acts nominated for this year's Choice Music Award will be performing on the night. The show takes place in Vicar Street on March 3rd. Tickets are €27, and for that bargain price, you'll get approximately ten minutes each from all of the following: And So I Watch You From Afar, Codes, Adrian Crowley, Dark Room Notes, The Duckworth Lewis Method, Julie Feeney, Valerie Francis, and The Swell Season. [...]
The line-up for the Choice Music Prize event at Dublin's Vicar Street has been announced, with eight of the ten nominees playing live: And So I Watch You From Afar Codes Adrian Crowley Dark Room Notes The Duckworth Lewis Method Julie Feeney Valerie Francis The Swell Season (full band) Due to prior live commitments in the United States, Bell X1 and Laura Izibor will be unable to attend.The event will be broadcast live on Paul McLoone’s show on Today FM. Tickets for the event are now on sale from [...]
Available now and limited to 200 copies, The Letters EP - the new release from XFM and Choice Music Award Nominated And So I Watch You From Afar. The EP is available only from the Smalltown America online store ahead of its February 8th 2010 retail release, packaged in a matte digipack and features four brand new tracks. Related Choice Music Prize 2009 shortlist announced State's albums of 2009 - 20 to 1 [...]
The ten albums shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize were revealed moments ago on Today FM. They are (in alphabetical order): And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway CODES - TreesDreamInAlgebra Adrian Crowley - Season of the Sparks Dark Room Notes - We Love You Dark Matter Duckworth Lewis Method [...]
Inevitably, as another musical year dawns, we begin to move from the favourites that kept us company the previous 364 days and speculate at which bands might fuel our fire during the next 12 months. As these scribblings are wont to do, we head home across the Atlantic for the third band in this mini-series. Northern Ireland, to be exact, to dig on Belfast boys And So I Watch You From Afar . [...]
Our finest 20 records of the year are the ones that are closest to our collective hearts from a San Francisco band's debut to a Kosmische pile-up between Tangerine Dream, Sunno))) and proggy ambient techno to the return of some French Anglophiles, to our highest charting Irish albums, a band on their 13th release, an icy Swedish enigma and a slew of Brooklyn based bands. Albums of 2009: 75-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-1 [...]
Photo by Rich Gilligan . Below you will find the fourth annual countdown of the top 30 Irish albums as voted by readers and commenters of this blog. There are some surprises in there to me. The number one album on the list actually won by a fair few votes. In a year where there was no clear favourite, it's interesting to see such an album top the list. A few of the albums charted quite highly considering they were only released in the last month or so. Anyway, I hope you discover [...]
The results of the poll are ready to be revealed. First up, the Irish songs of the year as voted by you. A staggering 215 different songs were voted for overall from about 150 voters in total and the resulting top 30 sees multiple appearances from some of the following: David Kitt, Villagers, And So I Watch You From Afar, Hunter-Gatherer, Patrick Kelleher and Super Extra Bonus Party. I'll post the Google Doc showing the number of votes for each song tomorrow along with the album results as well as hopefully contacting the winners of the prizes . Here [...]
Yes, it's still list season. As State kicks off its Top 50 of the year , here are my own top 30 albums of the year in four-page epic form. 30. Channel One - Sound to Light 29. Clark - Totem's Flare 28. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage 27. Micachu – Jewellery 26. [...]
Taken at the almost-secret gig the band played last night in Dublin's Thomas House after Friday's Ulster Hall performance . Apologies for the sound distortion. All I want for Christmas is a Flip HD . Related Posts And So I Watch You From Afar basement gig this Sunday IMTV Video Music Awards - The winners And So I Watch You From Afar live video Nialler9 Interview Podcast [...]
Just two days after their largest headlining show to date in their hometown of Belfast, And So I Watch You From Afar return south for a special and extremely intimate gig at Dublin's Thomas House pub this Sunday night. Capacity is, well, tiny and the only way to get in is by invite. Fortunately, we have two pairs of tickets to give away - just email the title of the band's new EP, due early next year, to giveway@state.ie by 6pm tomorrow (Saturday). Please include a contact number. Related [...]
One of my bands of the year, And So I Watch You From Afar are headlining the Ulster Hall in Belfast tonight but what you may not know yet is that they are also playing a secret show in the basement of Thomas House in Dublin this Sunday. It kicks off at 7pm with The Parks also playing but capacity is limited and it's guestlist-first and then first come first served. I'm offering two names on the guestlist +1 for the gig. Mail me on freebies@nialler9.com with your name and [...]
And So I Watch You From Afar – The Letters EP Ah, sixteen minutes more melodramatic instrumental goodness. And So I Watch You From Afar have had plenty at State HQ falling over themselves to find adequate superlatives for the past year, and their latest EP is no different. Edgy, staccato, and exploring a little subtlety and a lot of thunderous noise, The Letters EP carries on where ASIWYFA’s quite brilliant debut left off, even throwing in an almost ballad-esque intro to ‘D is for Django the Bastard’ before chucking their weight into it. They’ve saved [...]
Anyone sick of lists yet? Me neither. Today sees AU Magazine release their Irish albums of the decade list in which they asked for the public's help and the results are out in the new mag now. Take a look at the top 50 after the jump where a very recent 2009 album takes the top spot. As you'd expect from a Belfast-based mag, the list is fairly Northern-centric but most of the albums deserve to be there. After the top 50 you can see my own personal top 20 Irish albums of [...]
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