Forgotten series: Lyres – On Fyre (1984; 2012 reissue)
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Artist: Lyres
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Founded in 1979, Lyres not only spearheaded the 1960s garage rock revival of the following decade, but the Boston, Massachusetts combo also remained kingpins of the scene. Still active to this day, the band changes musicians faster than a baby changes diapers. But lead singer and organist Jeff Conolly has always been the ringleader of Lyres. Here on the reissue [...]
Reissues are always have a special place in our hearts and it seems that each year more and more labels are digging into the vaults to find classics that needed to be unearthed or gems that simply needed the vinyl touch again. Some labels go well beyond the call of duty (Numero, RVNG we're looking in your direction) and really get the packaging in a state that's equal to the music contained between the sleeves and that will always bump you to the top of our list. Check out the full list after the jump below for our favorite releases [...]
Lyres - Lyres Lyres In the wake of several garage revivals and tangents of late it seems odd that it took this long for someone to round up a proper reissue of Lyres' first two albums. Kind of like The Fall of American garage rock, the band was birthed out of the demise of DMZ and its leader Jeff "Monoman" Connelly cycled three dozen or so members through its ranks over the band's lifetime. Their first is a raw nerve of garage that owes much to The Kinks' early days, The [...]
It seems like it was only yesterday that I picked up a promo CD with the words 'Tear Them Down' written across it. I popped this mystery disc into the CD player at the radio station I used to work at, and low and behold, I enjoyed it. The man behind the mask was David's Lyre (Paul Dixon), and the mask was literal in this case, as every photo I could find had him wearing a lone ranger mask, as if he were a secret member of The Incredibles family. But out of this time vortex, where what [...]
This cheeky little remix slipped right past us when it was uploaded 10 or so months ago but the success of the 2 Bears alongside the release of the debut David's Lyre album this week couldn't have come at a better time. 8 minutes of greatness.
DMZ - "Guilty Child" MP3/download We plumb the mines of late '70s/early '80s music because we yearn for the unmitigated passion of the day, as the kidz of today, while absolutely BURSTing with talent, don't quite have the ZAP-ZOOM-BUMP-ZIP-SMAAAAAASH of ... Continue reading
All skittish keys and flickery vocals, David's Lyre 's new offerings suit perfectly my current favourite activity: shivering. As I rub my hands and mutter terrible curses while waiting for trains, buses, bosses and dates, so Paul Dixon's chamber-pop-rock songs embark on hesitant ascents, wide-eyed pronouncements, maudlin string-downers and sudden, spirited riffs. They feel battered and bruised by the cruelties of life, but still bursting with pluck, wonder, and a fistful of magic dust. The tunes are those expected to form the bulk of a debut album, Picture Of Our Youth , which [...]
We've become good friends with David's Lyre since he featured on a session in the early stages of our channel and again at the Great Escape festival in Brighton as well as loads of editorial posts on the blog containing his unique blend of modern folky music that we've grown so fond of. His album, Picture of our Youth, is due out at the end of this month and so, on an extremely (!!!) cold day on Hampstead Heath in London, we decided to meet up for a pre-album session... 'This Time' is track 2 on [...]
It's a shame when things don't go to plan, and perhaps equally upsetting is just how often that's the case, what with Burns night last week "the best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men gang aft agley" springs to mind... The plan on this occasion revolves around a certain David's Lyre, a band for who we've been predicting big things for quite a while, from being intrigued by their mysteriousness to including them in our Songs Of 2010 it's safe to say we were rooting for them. Given that they were essentially signed to Mercury Records, albeit via Hideout [...]
David's Lyre continues to roll forward with new track "English Roses". "English Roses" balances very well great pop hooks with a bit less pop, spacier instrumental arrangement (Think 00's British guitar music). David's Lyre - Roses David's Lyre ( Facebook ) Rating 8.1
The Lyres feat. Wally Tax : Touch [ purchase original version ] Jeff 'Monoman' Conolly was a huge fan of so-called nederbiet , mid-sixties pop from Holland, and of wild Amsterdam cultband the Outsiders in particular. So when he was invited to play a session for VPRO radio in 1987 with his garage band the Lyres and was informed that übercool former Outsiders frontman Wally Tax would drop by as well, Conolly [...]
We featured the first Advent special presented by David's Lyre last year which saw the artist embark on a festive mission to release a new song every day in the run up to Christmas. It's a mammoth task but he did it marvellously (you can listen to some of the covers here ) and the new Advent started yesterday however this time he's teamed up with students at Central Saint Martin's to create high quality short films alongside more great covers and originals. First in the covering chair is Lana Del Rey with a video [...]
Mp3: David's Lyre - Hidden Ground Mp3: David's Lyre - Hidden Ground (D/R/U/G/S Remix)
The '70s garage rock of DMZ and Lyres won't scratch any new itches, but there's heart to these songs and plenty of solid rock and roll on this generous release. Jeff Conolly was a fiery part of the Boston garage rock scene in the late '70s. He first fronted DMZ, a thrashing rock band that distinguished itself with a bluesy undercurrent and a punk edge. When that band fell apart in 1978, he formed Lyres, an equally charging band that shifted the focus from crunching guitars to bleating organs. Both sides of Conolly's musical world are represented here. We [...]
A warm dark place is at the heart of David's Lyre . Building upon a stellar voice and accentuated with a smattering of industrial sounds and effects is a beautiful piece of dark pop. David Lyre - Hidden Ground Website
Rock Over Boston: Mission of Burma | 01.19.2013
Jan 21, 8:00am
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:: clicky clicky music blog ::[Mission of Burma with Reports at the Sinclair, Cambridge, MA 1/19/2013. Photos by Michael Piantigini.] Mission of Burma: Intertubes | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Reports: bandcamp The Lyres/DMZ: Intertubes | Facebook
No Title
Dec 12, 2012, 9:19am
Raven Sings The Blues
Raven Sings The Blues
Reissues are always have a special place in our hearts and it seems that each year more and more labels are digging into the vaults to find classics that needed to be unearthed or gems that simply needed the vinyl touch again. Some labels go well beyond the call of duty (Numero, RVNG we're looking in your direction) and really get the packaging in a state that's equal to the music contained between the sleeves and that will always bump you to the top of our list. Check out the full list after the jump below for our favorite releases [...]
- adhocfm - F.J. McMahon: The Road Back Home
- CAN - "The Lost Tapes" / "Millionenspiel"
- Colors - Rave It Up
- Loop - Straight To Your Heart
- selftitledmag - Vertebrats – "Diamonds In The Rough"
- Sensations' Fix - Dark Side of Religion
- The Lyres - She Pays the Rent
- The Pows - B/W
Artist: adhocfm Title: F.J. McMahon: The Road Back Home File Name: SoundCloud
Artist: CAN Title: "The Lost Tapes" / "Millionenspiel" File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Alternative
Artist: Colors Title: Rave It Up File Name: SoundCloud
Artist: Loop Title: Straight To Your Heart File Name: SoundCloud
Artist: selftitledmag Title: Vertebrats – "Diamonds In The Rough" File Name: SoundCloud
Artist: Sensations' Fix Title: Dark Side of Religion File Name: SoundCloud Genre: RVNG Year: 2012
Artist: The Lyres Title: She Pays the Rent File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Garage
Artist: The Pows Title: B/W File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Rock Year: 2012
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Nov 13, 2012, 9:17am Raven Sings The Blues
Raven Sings The Blues
Lyres - Lyres Lyres In the wake of several garage revivals and tangents of late it seems odd that it took this long for someone to round up a proper reissue of Lyres' first two albums. Kind of like The Fall of American garage rock, the band was birthed out of the demise of DMZ and its leader Jeff "Monoman" Connelly cycled three dozen or so members through its ranks over the band's lifetime. Their first is a raw nerve of garage that owes much to The Kinks' early days, The [...]
Artist: Lyres Title: She Pays the Rent Link Text: She Pays The Rent File Name: She_Pays_the_Rent.mp3 Year: 1998
David's Lyre – Picture Of Our Youth
Feb 26, 2012, 5:15am
The 405
The 405
It seems like it was only yesterday that I picked up a promo CD with the words 'Tear Them Down' written across it. I popped this mystery disc into the CD player at the radio station I used to work at, and low and behold, I enjoyed it. The man behind the mask was David's Lyre (Paul Dixon), and the mask was literal in this case, as every photo I could find had him wearing a lone ranger mask, as if he were a secret member of The Incredibles family. But out of this time vortex, where what [...]
David’s Lyre (The 2 Bears Remix)
Feb 23, 2012, 8:30am
The Mahogany Blog
The Mahogany Blog
This cheeky little remix slipped right past us when it was uploaded 10 or so months ago but the success of the 2 Bears alongside the release of the debut David's Lyre album this week couldn't have come at a better time. 8 minutes of greatness.
DMZ – “Radio Demos” LP – Munster Records [Album As Art #161]
Feb 16, 2012, 9:53am
The Gumshoe Grove
The Gumshoe Grove
Artist: DMZ Title: Guilty Child Link Text: DMZ - “Guilty Child” MP3/download File Name: DMZ_Guilty_Child.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Garage Punk (Now) Year: 1993
David’s Lyre – Picture Of Our Youth
Feb 10, 2012, 3:15pm
Some Of It Was True!
Some Of It Was True!
All skittish keys and flickery vocals, David's Lyre 's new offerings suit perfectly my current favourite activity: shivering. As I rub my hands and mutter terrible curses while waiting for trains, buses, bosses and dates, so Paul Dixon's chamber-pop-rock songs embark on hesitant ascents, wide-eyed pronouncements, maudlin string-downers and sudden, spirited riffs. They feel battered and bruised by the cruelties of life, but still bursting with pluck, wonder, and a fistful of magic dust. The tunes are those expected to form the bulk of a debut album, Picture Of Our Youth , which [...]
David’s Lyre // Mahogany Session
Feb 7, 2012, 4:30pm The Mahogany Blog
The Mahogany Blog
We've become good friends with David's Lyre since he featured on a session in the early stages of our channel and again at the Great Escape festival in Brighton as well as loads of editorial posts on the blog containing his unique blend of modern folky music that we've grown so fond of. His album, Picture of our Youth, is due out at the end of this month and so, on an extremely (!!!) cold day on Hampstead Heath in London, we decided to meet up for a pre-album session... 'This Time' is track 2 on [...]
David’s Lyre – English Rose
Jan 30, 2012, 4:16am
Hey Man, Check My Band.
Hey Man, Check My Band.
It's a shame when things don't go to plan, and perhaps equally upsetting is just how often that's the case, what with Burns night last week "the best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men gang aft agley" springs to mind... The plan on this occasion revolves around a certain David's Lyre, a band for who we've been predicting big things for quite a while, from being intrigued by their mysteriousness to including them in our Songs Of 2010 it's safe to say we were rooting for them. Given that they were essentially signed to Mercury Records, albeit via Hideout [...]
Artist: David's Lyre Title: English Roses File Name: SoundCloud Genre: alternative/pop
David’s Lyre – Picture Of Our Youth
Jan 29, 2012, 2:49pm
Upside Sounds
Upside SoundsDue to conflicts with him and his record label, Paul Dixon, better known as David's Lyre has decided to go independent and will be releasing his album "Picture Of Our Youth" unsigned. Feeling that his former record label was preventing him from sharing music that his fans could be proud of, Dixon has chosen to release his latest record via bandcamp on a pay-what-you-want basis. Joining an ever-growing number of artists who have started to self-release their work, Dixon embodies the current sentiment that one doesn't need a big record label to share their music, attract fans, or gain notoriety. In preparation for the [...]
Artist: David's Lyre Title: English Roses File Name: SoundCloud Genre: alternative/pop
Artist: David's Lyre Title: This Time File Name: SoundCloud Genre: alternative/pop
Zammuto – “Too Late to Topologize” [Daily MP3 #251]
Jan 27, 2012, 8:18am The Gumshoe Grove
The Gumshoe GroveZammuto - "Too Late to Topologize" MP3/download The Books are no more - which is OK; Lost and Safe wasn't good, and this new material seems fresh - and the indie legions are asking WHY? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYY? It doesn't matter. ... Continue reading
Artist: Zammuto Title: “Too Late to Topologize” MP3/download Link Text: Zammuto - “Too Late to Topologize” MP3/download File Name: Zammuto_-_Too_Late_To_Topologi ze.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Genre: Other
David’s Lyre - English Roses
Jan 25, 2012, 6:17pm
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David's Lyre continues to roll forward with new track "English Roses". "English Roses" balances very well great pop hooks with a bit less pop, spacier instrumental arrangement (Think 00's British guitar music). David's Lyre - Roses David's Lyre ( Facebook ) Rating 8.1
On The Air: Touch
Jan 15, 2012, 10:33am
Star Maker Machine
Star Maker Machine
The Lyres feat. Wally Tax : Touch [ purchase original version ] Jeff 'Monoman' Conolly was a huge fan of so-called nederbiet , mid-sixties pop from Holland, and of wild Amsterdam cultband the Outsiders in particular. So when he was invited to play a session for VPRO radio in 1987 with his garage band the Lyres and was informed that übercool former Outsiders frontman Wally Tax would drop by as well, Conolly [...]
Artist: The Lyres feat. Wally Tax Title: Touch Link Text: The Lyres feat. Wally Tax File Name: u60s9rhsznyuyvh0gx8u.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Genre: Rock Year: 1987
Advent With David’s Lyre 2011
Dec 2, 2011, 7:37am The Mahogany Blog
The Mahogany Blog
We featured the first Advent special presented by David's Lyre last year which saw the artist embark on a festive mission to release a new song every day in the run up to Christmas. It's a mammoth task but he did it marvellously (you can listen to some of the covers here ) and the new Advent started yesterday however this time he's teamed up with students at Central Saint Martin's to create high quality short films alongside more great covers and originals. First in the covering chair is Lana Del Rey with a video [...]
11/3 Daily Download (Jenn Mierau, David Lyre and more)
Nov 3, 2011, 7:53am
Music Under Fire
Music Under FireEvery weekday, MUF offers five (5) daily downloads of free and legal MP3s. We chose these songs for you to discover, download and explore more about the artists behind them. 'Daily Downloads' via Twitter , Facebook or RSS ! (For more information on what our Daily Download is and what they mean to you go here ) Today's Free MP3s: Standing Shadows - Just A Part Of Me [ Artist ] [...]
Quickies: Stephaniesid, David’s Lyre, Julia Easterlin, Blue Valentine, World History
Oct 26, 2011, 5:00pm
Cover Me
Cover MeDownload new covers of songs by the Dream Academy, Rihanna, Pixies, Radiohead, Elvis Presley, and Beck!
- Blue Valentine - Love Me Tender
- David's Lyre - We Found Love (Rihanna cover)
- Julia Easterlin - Break My Body (Pixies cover)
- Julia Easterlin - There There (Radiohead cover)
- Stephaniesid - Life in a Northern Town (The Dream Academy cover)
- World History - Forcefield (Beck cover)
Artist: Blue Valentine Title: Love Me Tender Link Text: Blue Valentine – Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley cover) File Name: LoveMeTender.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: David's Lyre Title: We Found Love (Rihanna cover) Link Text: David’s Lyre – We Found Love (Rihanna cover) File Name: WeFoundLove.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Julia Easterlin Title: Break My Body (Pixies cover) Link Text: Julia Easterlin – Break My Body (Pixies cover) File Name: BreakMyBody.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Artist: Julia Easterlin Title: There There (Radiohead cover) Link Text: Julia Easterlin – There There (Radiohead cover) File Name: ThereThere.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Artist: Stephaniesid Title: Life in a Northern Town (The Dream Academy cover) Link Text: Stephaniesid – Life in a Northern Town (The Dream Academy cover) File Name: LifeinaNorthernTown.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: World History Title: Forcefield (Beck cover) Link Text: World History – Forcefield (Beck cover) File Name: Forcefield.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Genre: Alternative Year: 2011
David's Lyre
Oct 7, 2011, 8:41am
The Sound They Make
The Sound They Make
Mp3: David's Lyre - Hidden Ground Mp3: David's Lyre - Hidden Ground (D/R/U/G/S Remix)
DMZ/Lyres
Oct 4, 2011, 1:58am
PopMatters
PopMatters
The '70s garage rock of DMZ and Lyres won't scratch any new itches, but there's heart to these songs and plenty of solid rock and roll on this generous release. Jeff Conolly was a fiery part of the Boston garage rock scene in the late '70s. He first fronted DMZ, a thrashing rock band that distinguished itself with a bluesy undercurrent and a punk edge. When that band fell apart in 1978, he formed Lyres, an equally charging band that shifted the focus from crunching guitars to bleating organs. Both sides of Conolly's musical world are represented here. We [...]
David Lyre – Hidden Ground
Sep 26, 2011, 8:05pm
Audio Drums
Audio Drums
A warm dark place is at the heart of David's Lyre . Building upon a stellar voice and accentuated with a smattering of industrial sounds and effects is a beautiful piece of dark pop. David Lyre - Hidden Ground Website
Artist: David's Lyre Title: Hidden Ground Link Text: David Lyre - Hidden Ground File Name: Davids Lyre - Hidden Ground.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Genre: Other Year: 2011
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