It's that time of year when every music website, publication and blog (including this one) are busy compiling end of year lists. This time around, I thought I’d shift the focus to the bands and artist's who've played a 'BarryGruff Presents' show this year and ask them for their 'favourite album of 20122, 'favourite song of 20122 [...]
Mp3: North Sea – From The Fire
The North Sea already laid down a marker with a number of sumptuous sneak peek demos over the past 6 months and now the band are releasing their self-titled debut EP. The Dublin 5-piece have something of a predilection for ’80s/’90s indie and it certainly shows, with echoes of The Wedding Present, The Charlatans, The Smiths and The Stone Roses shimmering throughout [...]
So, it’s gig #5 for ‘BarryGruff’ Presents’. This Thursday (April 26th) we've got The North Sea & Death In The Sickroom, entry is FREE as always and judging by the previous gigs, this is going to be a great night! Dublin 5 piece The North Sea made quite an impression over the past 12 months which [...]
Altar Eagle - “Parallel Lives” Back in ‘09, jack-of-all-trades Brad Rose ( The North Sea , Charlatan , Digitalis ) decided to cool it with the skull-crushing noise and start a shoegaze-pop (!) project with wife Eden Hemming called Altar Eagle . We haven’t heard much from the pair since their fantastic Mechanical Gardens LP for Type (hard to believe that was almost two years ago ), but today we got a [...]
The North Sea were formed in 2010 through a collective love of '80s and '90s indie and it certainly shows, with echoes of The Wedding Present, The Smiths and The Stone Roses flickering through. The Dublin five piece have been busy on the live front playing shows across Ireland and the UK including Indiependence, Knockanstockan and Whelans [...]
After last year's long weekend of fun, the Ones To Watch festival is back again next week in Whelan's and The Village from 11th to the 14th of January for four full days. Showcasing the best in new Irish music, Tickets are €5 per day or €10 for a full festival ticke with a free Pint Of Heineken upon entry. More acts are to be announced but here's what we have so far: VerseChorusVerse , Elaine Mai , Hello Moon, Crayonsmith , Wizards Of Firetop Mountain , Lamp [...]
Young, new, indie-electronic band Into The North Sea is impressing me with their song "Throw Away Letters"
A review of an August gig in Edinburgh featuring Cathal Coughlan & birthday boy Luke Haines.
Por Emmanuel Patrone ¿A quién podría importarle, salvo a ratones de biblioteca modernos –si es que esa especie existe- o posmodernos pretenciosos un conjunto orquestal que toca en iglesias y le pone música a poemas de escritores ingleses del siglo XIX? ¿Y quién se cree que es Craig Fortnam , creador, compositor principal y director de esta North Sea Radio Orchestra , que reúne violines, guitarras acústicas, pianos, oboes y clarinetes para una propuesta que mezcla minimalismo, música de cámara del período romántico y folk de tradición británica? “Quiero escribir música que no [...]
The North Sea Radio Orchestra: I A Moon On their last two albums The North Sea Radio Orchestra have combined the classical influences of Vaughn Williams and Benjamin Britten with pastoral English folk – traditional musics meeting in a pop context. That mix is still present on album number 3 (a self-released record on their own label) but they’ve broadened their scope to incorporate other textures - synths and percussion are now overtaking the use [...]
Knockanstockan takes place in a few weeks in beautiful Blessington Co. Wicklow. Knockanstockan is a 3-day Music Festival with over 85 acts taking place between 23rd - 25th July. http://www.knockanstockan.ie/ The vast line-up appearing over the three days is here and you have an opportunity to listen to a track from ten of the bands on the bill: Lineup Absolutely Curtains Aisling Quinn Arrow in the Sky Attention Bebe Band [...]
A hopeful refry of LMYE's ultimately unsatisfying earlier attempts (also this ) at 'curatorial' posting: an aide-memoire compilation of 10 mostly new releases ( plus one for luck) that I've yet to hear but want & mean to, by artists I - &, in some cases, we - rate or am interested in hearing - fixed here against the relentless onward rush of time & tasks, preserved for chewing over later ... [...]
Morning Bride are back with a new single Death Rattle a new album's due soon and if it's on a par with the bands début studio release Lea Valley Delta Blues then it's a going to be a must have, The North Sea is due for release later this month. Hompage Buy Lea Valley Delta Blues @ Zingg Death Rattle by MORNING BRIDE From Lea Valley Delta Blues [...]
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the north sea counting down the days (excerpt) 2010 (française version) Rien ne bougeait. Le téléphone sonnait. Dans la nuit. Il n'est pas là. Parti, il y a des siècles, marchant plusieurs nuits, plusieurs jours, guidé par l'inconnu. A la recherche d'un abri ou d'une étoile. L'abri pour son corps fatigué, l'étoile pour son âme explosée. En son absence, elle se mettait à sa fenêtre, regardait les imperméables aller et venir dans sa rue dont, toujours, elle finissait par [...]
A couple of days ago I discovered, quite by accident, the music of The North Sea. One of the songs in that post , "Ferns Pressed in Paper", a beautifully delicate piece, has since become very popular on the Hype Machine and made me curious about the unique individual behind it. Thankfully, he was willing to answer a few questions and reveal a little of the mystery around him. Q . Can you tell us a little bit about you and your creative process. A . "My name is Brad Rose. [...]
The waves crash ashore, a car beeps on the street; you pause and look, then move on. Life seems like some eternal flow of things, thoughts and feelings, a soundtrack of existence. In such a flow of sounds reminiscent of the works of Michael Brook and Brian Eno, super busy man Brad Rose, under the moniker of The North Sea, weaves his own stream of consciousness. Originally folk oriented, The North Sea is continually evolving, currently dealing with experimental and ambient phases of music. In addition, Rose founded and edits an indie label and an online experimental music [...]
The waves crash ashore, a car beeps on the street; you pause and look, then move on. Life seems like some eternal flow of things, thoughts and feelings, a soundtrack of existence. In such a flow of sounds reminiscent of the works of Michael Brook and Brian Eno, super busy man Brad Rose, under the moniker of The North Sea, weaves his own stream of consciousness. Originally folk oriented, The North Sea is continually evolving, currently dealing with experimental and ambient phases of music. In addition, Rose founded and edits an indie label and an online experimental music [...]
Jul 14, 2007, 8:13pm
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What is most remarkable about Exquisite Idols is it's purity and the uniqueness that comes from that purity. This is, quite simply, the very definition of what it means to express yourself with music. Every song feels as if it wasn't so much as composed but birthed. This type of organic 'free folk' isn't normally my kind of thing, but The North Sea's collaboration with Rameses III and the consistent quality of Type Records made this a purchase well worth taking a chance on. To say that was a rewarding decision is downplaying the undeniable beauty of the [...]
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