Blog: Pascal's Country Sounds

Grimes Tonight

Aug 3, 2011, 3:07pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Upstairs in Whelans with Catscars in support.

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Yawning Chasm

Jul 16, 2011, 6:34am Pascal's Country Sounds

Tomorrow night in anseo, a rare dublin show from Galways native Aaron M. Coyne aka Yawning Chasm . His " The Shadow is That Hidden " EP was one of the best releases I heard last year. Those songs have laid me down into my leaba and gently let the night come in countless times. Truly majestic stuff. Half of the EP can be listened to below. Live Aaron as recruited DeclanQKelly to beef up the sound, [...]

• Yawning Chasm - Yawning Chasm: 3 songs from "The Shadow is That Hidden" EP on Rusted Rail

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RHINO MAGIC - GET GOING Album Launch Friday 10th of June

Jun 7, 2011, 10:26pm Pascal's Country Sounds

///RHINO MAGIC\\\ Fuzzed up laments from the wilds of Wexford, Rhino Magic is Joseph Kielthy recording sounds from keyboards, guitars and the world onto a laptop which is prone to overheating. "Get Going" is a nine song album full of joyous distorted pastel pop. It's the soundtrack to a found hi8 video of a tenth birthday party. Fizzing coke and tayto burps, never ending hazy adventures in roaming sun drenched fields till [...]

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The Joke

Apr 27, 2011, 11:04pm Pascal's Country Sounds

I picked up "What's THIS For...! " on vinyl today. "Exit" is indeed the last song on it.

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Patrick Kelleher/School Tour Split

Apr 14, 2011, 1:49pm Pascal's Country Sounds

CF records (formally Cass/Flick ) have released a split cassette with me (School Tour) and Patrick Kelleher.The thirty one minutes long tape is limited to 100 copies and includes a MP3 download code. The tape can be bought from CF Records Here . You can listen to the whole of my side below and download the first song. School Tour/Patrick Kelleher Split by School Tour And here is one of Patrick's songs. [...]

• Patrick Kelleher - This Room
• School Tour - School Tour/Patrick Kelleher Split

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School Tour/Patrick Kelleher - Mega Muscle Mix

Apr 8, 2011, 7:01pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Photo: Peter ( Wolf ) Sims. Post boss sounds compiled and mixed by Patrick And I for our belfast "brahs" over at CF records. Features alot of dubby bass, overdriven synths songs and summer street jams as well as two songs from the best re-releases Ive hear this year; Chrisma's Hibernation and Harold Grosskopf's Synthesist. School Tour/Patrick Kelleher - Mega Muscle Mix by CF Records Tracklisting 1. Underground - Declan Q Kelly 2. The Gambling Song of the Big Sandy River - John Jacob Niles 3. Circles of [...]

• CF Records - School Tour/Patrick Kelleher - Mega Muscle Mix

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How To Dress Well - Suicide Dream 1&2

Apr 8, 2011, 3:52pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Nightvisions of angels, in silhouette. Peaking lights flashing from behind. Speakers explode with the heavenly howls as they descends. Everything else around falls in on its self. Chest heavy now then light as you fall fast. Faster and faster. The bedroom floor no longer there to break the momentum. Faster and faster. Stratosphering with out care. How To Dress Well has made an album that is truly astonishing, once (if) you (can) get passed all the distortion clipping. I picked up the Tri Angle 's re-release of Love [...]

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New Future Islands

Mar 30, 2011, 7:08pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Another reason to love this Band .

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New Mi Ami

Mar 20, 2011, 7:55pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Better Than Old Mi Ami .

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The Black Lodge, Home To The Finest Coffee

Mar 16, 2011, 5:37am Pascal's Country Sounds

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David O'Reilly's External World

Mar 5, 2011, 8:40am Pascal's Country Sounds

The External World from David OReilly on Vimeo . An incredible short that is a surreal mix of Jam and Fooly Cooly .

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New Katie Kim

Mar 5, 2011, 7:57am Pascal's Country Sounds

A sneak peek of Katie Kim's long awaited second album and it's going to be a double album too. Check out her myspace for other new songs, the Mississippi baptism song "Dimmer" is truly exquisite.

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Princess Dies & Light Asylum

Feb 3, 2011, 3:31pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Princess DIES; a great cosmic abrasions group consisting of Bruno Coviello ( Light Asylum ) and Ashby Lee Collinson. Less Yazoo steeped dark pop drones than Coviello's other exceptional group but equally as engaging. Heart Belongs by Princess Dies by ashbycollinson Reptilian by Princess Dies by ashbycollinson Light Asylum after the jump.

• ashbycollinson - Heart Belongs by Princess Dies
• ashbycollinson - Reptilian by Princess Dies

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Ital - Ital's Theme

Feb 3, 2011, 10:12am Pascal's Country Sounds

Slick disco solo project for Mi Ami' s Daniel Martin-McCormic. "Ital's Theme" single is Ital and indeed the first release out on Amanda Brown's (LA Vampires / Pocahaunted) new weirdo dance 12" single label; 100% Silk .

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New Peaking Lights

Feb 2, 2011, 8:12am Pascal's Country Sounds

New grooves from two piece Peaking Lights . "All The Sun That Shines" is "positive dub", fun and crispier sounding compared to their debut LP on Night People Records , Their second album "936" is out today on Not Not Fun and hopefully it lives up to their debut album whch was one of favourite albums of 09'. Also there is a really great, insightful video Peaking Lights on VBS . which shows how they creating their spaced out sounds [...]

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Children Under Hoof, DeclanQKelly, Magic Pockets -Thursday 27th of January, Crawdaddy

Jan 25, 2011, 12:06pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Children Under Hoof's last show till the launch of a split 12" with Hunter-Gartherer. Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to better yourself by putting the their musical performance into your ears and eyes. In tow, Galway's brightest jewel, DeclanQKelly & the first live outing from Magic Pockets, the new solo project from Ruadhan O Meara {Grey Mayhem, Guilty Optics, Crayonsmith band}. Children Under Hoof DeclanQKelly Magic Pockets Crawdaddy Harcourt Street Doors 7.30 5 Euros Band Info after the jump. [...]

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Re-Up "December Blues" Mixtape

Dec 8, 2010, 10:08am Pascal's Country Sounds

A mixtape from a couple of years back. A soundtrack for those cold nights and long long journeys home. Tracklistngs, vids and links after the jump 01. Come Wander With Me - Jeff Alexander "Come Wander with Me" was written for an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Sung by the actress Bonnie Beecher herself. The whole "Come Wander with Me" episode is available here. 02. Strange Form Of Life - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy [...]

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Nouveaunoise - Panaka EP (They're Giving It Away No.22)

Nov 24, 2010, 4:16am Pascal's Country Sounds

New free two song single (EP) from "Wayssst" of Ireland duo; Nouveaunoise . Jazzy summer noise pop akin to sweet blissful heights The Go Team and Pause era Fourtet. Terrible interview below (Silly presenters) plus live performance of Pyschasonic on Panaka EP . See them live in Whelans this Friday as part of Concern Fastival with The Jimmy Cake, Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands and Clockwork Orange

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Imagination - So Good, So Right

Nov 23, 2010, 5:19pm Pascal's Country Sounds

Three piece from London throw down so spell bounding house grooves over sultry soprano vocals. Take from Imagination's debut LP "Body Talk" (1981).

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Destroy All Movies; Punks In Film

Nov 23, 2010, 3:24pm Pascal's Country Sounds

From the totally rad folks at Everything Is Terrible! . A collection of excellent clips of "Punks" from mainly 80s movies. "Your vocabulary is punctuated by two words: "shit" and "fuck."" - Liquid Sky (1982) Parts two and three after the Jump.

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