
Fat Baby Panda, a 4-piece soft rock band, hail from Limerick and Tipperary and are made up of Bobby Noonan, Bob Cullen, Dave Doyle and Kieran Merrigan. I caught up with the boys last Friday night when they played in Sweeney's bar on Dame Street in Dublin as part of the Love Music Hate Racism Campaign. What do you think of the 'Love Music Hate Racism' movement? Bobby: We love it. It's a wonderful way of ge... Read more..

Baby Panda - Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together [Morrissey] Morrissey has 49 UK top40 hits [33 solo, 16 with the Smiths]

~ Rumskib - "Think Eyes Away" ~ When I reviewed their album ( here ) I described Rumskib as a harsher version of Cocteau Twins, which very much goes for this song. Sharp shoegaze with pretty female vocals that has a bit of an 80s feel to it. I decided to rec it while listening to it when out for a walk the other day, but my enjoyment was rudely interrupted by a bunch of hollering 14-year old boys. So if you're a 14-year old boy, you're not allowed to download this. ~ [...]

Solo projects usually tend to be a capricious affair, either structurally reflective of the main songwriter's prior project or entirely incomparable in delivery and style. While the artists who flourish with a continuation of a previously successful style maintain their dedicated fan following with a guarantee of reasonable sales, criticism may be directed toward the artist for their fear of experimentation and lack of artistic variability. Paul Gonzenbach's solo project, Baby Panda , manages to avoid both stereotypes. As the frontman for the Oakland-based indie quintet, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Gonzenbach proficiently conquered the roles of lead vocalist, guitarist, [...]