  Austra @ Wrongbar: photo by Michael Ligon It's no wonder that I only saw two bands for my second night(on March 12) of Canadian Musicfest as my first night consisted of 6 bands in total, the first three which I reviewed a few days ago . Let's waste no time and continue onward. Next up for the midnight-and-onward festivities was Brian Borcherdt at The Garrison. Borcherdt is better known in most circles as the frontman of sound/beat manipulators Holy Fuck , but his work as a singer-songwriter [...]
  Austra @ Wrongbar: photo by Michael Ligon It's no wonder that I only saw two bands for my second night(on March 11) of Canadian Musicfest as my first night consisted of 6 bands in total, the first three which I reviewed a few days ago . Let's waste no time and continue onward. Next up for the midnight-and-onward festivities was Brian Borcherdt at The Garrison. Borcherdt is better known in most circles as the frontman of sound/beat manipulators Holy Fuck , but his work as a singer-songwriter [...]
Butterfly Explosion are from Dublin, Ireland. It couldn't be more perfect for today, as tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. Before you continue reading, let me inform you that the digital version of the album Lost Trails is available at their Bandcamp for €3, for limited time. Here are some words found at Butterfly Explosion site: The Butterfly Explosion are a band from Ireland that blend powerful spiraling music with delicate vocals to form rich soundscapes of beautiful melodies, gliding between moments of ethereal dreampop and explosive sonic bliss. [...]
Samantha Cardow With festivals come hard choices, and for this year's edition of Canadian Musicfest , getting underway with a handful of events tonight and in earnest as of tomorrow, I am choosing to eschew the club-hopping-ness that typically comes with these sorts of fest and largely plant myself in one place for each evening. Hard choice or lazy choice? A little of both. But just because I am staying put doesn't mean that I recommend others do the same. So by way of festival preview, here's a list of stuff that [...]
Congratulations to the following Irish bands who made it to the next stage of Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition: Irish bands making the cut are: Miracle Bell, Codes, EleventyFour, The Fallen Drakes, Butterfly Explosion, Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, Zombie Computer, Datadrip, The full list of 123 artists are here: http://www.glastonburyfestival s.co.uk/news/emerging-talent-c ompetition-longlist-announced I was a judge representing the 4fortyfour blog: My three picks were: 1. Laurie Cameron - http://www.lauriecameron.co.uk /image/22265 [...]
If you're like me there are two things you love: shoegazer and the Irish. So what can be better than getting both at once? Irish band Butterfly Explosion give you just that. The group are coming to CMW to promote their debut album Lost Trails. You can download their track "Closer" for free here: Performance details: Date: March 10th Time: 2:00am Venue: The Hideout Butterfly Explosion's
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The list of bands performing in Canada during the Canadian Music Fest are Autumn Owls Butterfly Explosion Funeral Suits Halves James Vincent McMorrow Kill Krinkle Club Kormac's Big Band Lost Chord Miracle Bell Preacher's Son Sacred Animals The Dirty 9s Windings Check out the music below: Autumn Owls: Butterfly Explosion: Butterfly explosion-sophia by sanitash Funeral Suits: [...]
I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover) by TheDirty9s I heard this cover live on Friday night when The Dirty 9s played Boyles of Slane and it was immense. The Dirty 9s are close to being the best band in Ireland in my humble opinion! See them on Thursday in The Grand Social . Canadian Music Week's showcase in Toronto will [...]
I've heard from some of our readers that this was one of their favorite albums of 2010, and by listening to it only once, I could figure out why Lost Trails got all the attention it gathered: in short, it's some really good post-rock with some dreamy vocals. This 5-piece from Ireland is has gotten a lot of hype from the likes of The Siren's Sound, but in all honesty, the music was great, the vocals were decent, but putting them together just didn't really do it for me. It had some good stuff, don't get me wrong, [...]
Irish post rock band, the Butterfly Explosion are heading off on a European tour this month, taking in trips to the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Austria supporting God is an Astronaut and will be followed by a one-off show at the Sound City Festival in Liverpool.The tour is as follows:07 May - Kade Zaandam, Holland08 May - Watt Rotterdam, Holland10 May - Gruenspan
My collection of free and legal mp3s is becoming an embarrassment of riches. Here are less than half of what I currently have stockpiled: (artist - song - album + purchase link :: extra info) The Mynabirds - Let The Record Go - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood :: out April 27 JDH - The Crystal Lake - Of All the Things We've Made EP (free DL) :: Grandaddy Cover [...]
( Flickr ) South By Southwest / Austin, Texas / March 15-22, 2010 ( Flickr ) Took me a little bit longer than I would've liked but I finally went trough all the pix I took at SXSW and here's what I believe to be the best ones in the bunch. The list of artists/bands I was fortunate enough [...]
Wie schön, dass es nach wie vor Neuzugänge im mittlerweile schon recht breiten Feld des Shoegaze gibt. Offenbar ist eine meiner Lieblingsmusikrichtungen in den letzten Jahren zu einer neuen Hyperubrik geworden, denn kaum eine Promomail, die mich erreicht, kommt ohne diesen obligatorischen Genrehinweis aus – selbst, wenn die Musik dann tatsächlich gar nichts mit dem, was ich unter Shoegaze verstehe, zu tun hat. Ich meine: Pavement und Shoegaze? Hallo?! Na, egal, heute möchte ich über eine Band berichten, die sich wirklich den sirrenden und flirrenden Gitarrenmeeren verschrieben hat und diese mit Melodie und Atmosphäre à la Boxer Rebellion [...]
Having formed from the remnants of a number of defunct local bands, Sleep Thieves first caught State's attention supporting Midori Hirano in early 2009, a gig the band had the initiative to set up themselves by reaching out to Hirano's management. It was a move typical of the Dubliners, who have been working their way up through the ranks ever since, promoting their subtle brand of electro through a combination of hard graft and well-earned local knowledge. The 'Thieves have been working so hard, in fact, that when State took the chance to catch [...]
The Tweet Review is a review in 140 characters or less: Butterfly Explosion - Lost Trails Dreamy shoegazing debut from gifted Irish alternative band, full of big ambition, mbv-like vocals, love tracks 2,3, 7 and 10 [10 out of 12] Sample Mp3: Insulate Dreams http://www.myspace.com/butterf lyexplosion See Butterfly Explosion Live 20 Mar 2010 20:00 SXSW festival Austin, Texas 21 Mar [...]
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WARNING: This post may cause uncontrollable bouts of severe enjoyment and musical discovery. Also by the time this page loads, SXSW may well be over. /END WARNING Disclaimer - Each year the SXSW organisers have been releasing hundreds and hundreds of songs by the artists who take part in the festival and bundling it up into a torrent for everyone to download and enjoy. It's completely legal as they've been given permission by the artists and labels to offer these songs for free, and this year was no [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Exclusive In February, Butterfly Explosion released their debut album, 'Lost Trails,' which reached the top of several international charts. This Dublin-based band is gaining fans all over the world for its innovative and hypnotizing sound. 'Closer,' the first single from the album, has received extensive airplay and is captivating audiences everywhere. This stellar shoegaze band's solid sound is complemented by honest and delicate vocals. Butterfly Explosion have played to sold-out audiences in some of the world's largest cities and are about to add one [...]
DOWNLOAD: The Butterfly Explosion - "Closer" from Lost Trails DOWNLOAD: The Butterfly Explosion - "Chemistry" from Lost Trails The Butterfly Explosion is a post-rock band out of Dublin, Ireland whose music ranges from shoegazer alt-rock (Ride and My Bloody Valentine are immediate comparisons) to epic post-rock instrumental pieces (here the comparison is to bands like Sigur Ros, Tortise and Explosions in the Sky). Having released two well received EPs over the last few years, The Butterfly Explosion released their first full [...]
This is a band that is up and coming and will be hitting up SXSW shortly. They have some good epic, guitar rock kinds of songs, some instrumentals and some more ballad-y type songs on this record. They remind me a bit of Longwave or a band like that, certainly a good ear for a pop hook and a good ear for matching everything together in a very polished way. Some of the songs on the album work better than others, but I imagine their wall of sound approach would be a good one to check out [...]
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That Sound
A Good Day For Airplay
Coast Is Clear - der Indie-Pop-Blog
State Magazine
Listen Before You Buy
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BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog
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