As torrential rain hits Ireland I'm listening to the best three Irish songs written about Floods! The Divine Comedy - Here Comes The Flood This song becomes my earworm whenever 'The Floods' hit Ireland! The P Affection - The Flood This was the stand-out track on the debut album from The P Affection. The Swell Season - [...]
So, after the giddy nonsense of SXSW and then returning to the rather intense preparations for the third Meursault album, I managed to write a couple of posts last night, I have a gig on Saturday, and things seem more or less back to normal. In random label news we have now - with the exception of a few copies left with our distributors, so you might be able to request one at your local record shop - sold out of the Rob St. John vinyl, but to balance this the CDs have arrived, and I'll get those [...]
The Fishcast is so called because Dolfinz are here recording for our split 123, and erm, well dolphins aren't fish are they, but umm... well it sounded better than The 'Aquatic mammals which look a bit like fish but aren'tcast. Dolfinz played a pretty big drum kit - three toms, three ride cymbals, a double bass drum pedal, and the result was an absolutely frightening racket which must have been shaking the bloody pictures off the walls next door. We're recording the PAWS songs for the split in about ten days' time, and after that I think we'll [...]
There can't be many songs that would leave you feeling joyful, sad and nostalgic all at once. But the Divine Comedy's At The Indie Disco is definitely one of them, if you happen to be of a certain generation and disposition. Simply devastating.
I bought this tape in the Dalston Oxfam shop some time ago. It was a free compilation tape which came with the May 1996 issue of Select Magazine . It's unique because it has a slightly electro rock version of a Moby track that he did for this compilation only - so you can't find it anywhere else. And it's quite good. There is also a track from Cable which was recorded with John Peel which is only on this tape as well. Unfortunately the sound quality is not [...]
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Tweet O'Messy Life are an aptly named band. Life can get pretty messy at times, after all. Sometimes the only appropriate response is to throw your hands in the air and say sod it. If there's one thing that stands out about their music, it's that they don't really seem to give a damn - and that's by far the best thing about it. I can see people might take that remark in the wrong spirit, so let me clarify: clearly, [...]
Welcome to the Panic Manual, where one post about hip hop star du jour Taio Cruz leads to one about reality show band N-Dubz which ultimately leads to a post about the king of UK pop - Robbie Williams . Are we an indie blog or an English teen beat? You decide. This post came because I saw the previous post's song title and thought it was a cover of the Robbie Williams song of the same name. Then I thought about how weird it was that his song had such a dynamic [...]
Download cover song MP3s from five of our favorite CMJ acts: Pikachunes, The Silent Comedy, Robert Ellis, Gem Club, and Zambri!
Balthazar B & The Beatitudes are an eclectic collective of musicians. The former name is a moniker for the Parisian artist Balthazar B. His collaborators, the Beatitudes, rotate between doctors, philosophers, and religious scholars. Maxwell and Ernest Beatitude are core contributors and childhood friends of Balthazar B. Each track on their new album, Like Shrapnel, [...]
Three of Northern Ireland's most respected bands are combining for a special show in aid of the Alzheimer's Society, all performing one of their classic albums in its entirety. Ash ( 1977 ), The Divine Comedy ( Promenade ) and the Undertones ( The Undertones ) will play the Ulster Hall in Belfast on November 3rd, with tickets priced £20 and £22 will going on sale on Thursday 22nd September at 9am from the Ulster Hall box office. Speaking of his involvement, Tim Wheeler of Ash said "my Dad passed away in January this year. He'd been diagnosed [...]
Glossolalia will see daylight shortly. Read my interview with Zambri here. Like Zambri on Facebook. MP3: Zambri - Tonight We Fly
A good showman knows how to disappear in the spotlight. American Music Club - Johnny Mathis' Feet Divine Comedy - Johnny Mathis' Feet (Live)
I received an email from the nice people behind the Boyle Arts Festival taking place in a few weeks. The music line-up is pretty good and offers a wide variety of acts for the Boyle locals to enjoy; Highlights include; Saturday 23rd July- Ham Sandwich 10pm €5 Sunday 24th July - Trigger & The Hitmen FREE Tuesday 26th Juky - Saramai & The Swords FREE Thursday 28th July- The Minutes Doors 9pm ( Local support from 'Race the Flux') €5 Friday [...]
Aaron Shanley is a singer-songwriter from Lisburn, Northern Ireland has received notable ongoing support from the BBC, including BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Ulster. He is a songwriter who reminds me of David Ford or even early David Gray! Photo by Ronan McGrade Aaron has toured extensively in the US, UK and Ireland in 2010, including dates supporting The Duke and The King, The Divine Comedy, Tom Baxter, Midge Ure, Iain Archer and Ricky Warwick and landed [...]
Como habitual, fica por cá o resumo do que de mais importante se passou na minha página alternativa do Facebook. Após um super fim-de-semana alargado, a semana começou com os suecos The Bell e o seu formidável tema "Whatever Did You Say", retirado do seu mais recente trabalho 'Great Heat'. Continuou-se com um tema bem bonito dos Brown Recluse, "Summer Showers", passando por "Neapolitan Girl" dos
Yep, I am off down to London to schmooze like a lickspittle get plastered and see some excellent bands. And to catch up with one of my best and oldest friends. Good times. And to watch the Champions League final. Possibly slightly less good times. I am running the gauntlet of the British Rail ticketing system as well. For those who aren't familiar with this particular challenge, in the UK they try and make it as difficult as possible for you to buy a/ the cheap tickets which they advertise so aggressively (£35 London-Edinburgh return, aye right!) or [...]
Uscirà martedi 10 maggio, su Mescal,.L 'Evoluzione Delle Ombre è il disco d'esordio dei TILT , gruppo emiliano che come un funambolo dall'equilibrio invidiabile si muove sulla linea di confine che separa il pop dal roc. Quasi una zona franca per Luca Ferro (voce), Marco Montanari (chitarra), Luca Vineti (chitarra), Roberto Pinotti (basso) e Paolo Riva (batteria).l loro sound rimanda a Coldplay, Radiohead, Divine Comedy, Blur insomma, la quintessenza del "pop sound" made in UK. Continua a leggere TILT: L'Evoluzione Delle Ombre è [...]
The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon and friends cover Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut album for the JD Set.
2 U I Bestow
A Town Full of Losers
Song, by Toad
Too Much Apple Pie
Dalston Oxfam Shop
Listen Before You Buy
The Panic Manual
Cover Me
Obscure Sound
State Magazine
A Heart Is A Spade
Thee Mightee Kittens
Kraak FM
Indie-eye
Childish Gambino
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Rihanna Gets Nude For Nude
Pictures From Scamp – Day Two: Bob Weir Sits In With Primus
Diplo Blow Your Head 12 MOOMBAHTON 2k12 MIX
Craft Spells
Madonna producer unloads on CD disaster
