Video: Villagers - 'The Meaning of the Ritual'

Last night at the Grand Social in Dublin, a bunch of Irish music bloggers got together to celebrate the best of 2010. Grrom and Melijoann and special guests Ham Sandwich performed on the night, which I assume was a great success. Despite being one of the 26 judges involved in [Read more]

Video for "The Meaning Of The Ritual" by Villagers —one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite albums from last year . Love the lines: "My love is selfish/How it separates the earth/It takes every shiny stone but leaves the dirt/For the cowards in the corner who just don't know what they're worth"

villagers - the meaning of the ritual (home sessions) [there's a serious freeflow to the lyrics of conor j o'brien and thats probably because these songs were crafted as poetry before being set to music. throw in the fact that the villagers are really just one person and you've got one of the more interesting folk releases out at the moment. like the live version? check out the original studio version below!] villagers - the meaning of the ritual http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

Nothing out of the ordinary today, just another cycle of new lo-fi junk that I dish out almost everyday now. On a brighter note I finally got Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out today (thanks San Francisco's Nick Barber!). If anything that's what will confined the rest of my day. I'll start off from the blog which I'm getting most of my material from nowadays, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted . Today they had a highlight on Young Governor , which is admittingly really really good. Here's two single's off of Governor's (Ben Cook) Virginia Creeper [...]

• Crystal Antlers - Andrew
• Young Governor - I'm A Mess
• Young Governor - Virginia Creeper

Ireland's Villagers sit in the pit of your stomach like a cyanide capsule. Once you've taken it, you know what's coming; but there's always that waiting period before you bite the big one. Might as well take the time you've got left to reflect. Villagers is the solo project of Conor J. O'Brien, and he's got some good friends of his collaborating with him, too. Together, they spin some dark alternative folk, and O'Brien's hushed Elliot Smith vocals only add to the music's melancholic aura. This video is for a track from the new Villagers EP, [...]