Equally excellent Dublin bands BATS and Crayonsmith played the closing day of Dublin’s Granby Park in a pallet amphitheatre and gained themselves some new (very) young fans! Photos by Michelle McIntyre.
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David Bowie has unveiled his 100 favourite books as part of a new exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario. A voracious reader, Bowie is said to be a book-a-day kind of guy. His 100 must-read reads were revealed for the travelling exhibit David Bowie Is by curators Geoffrey Marsh and Victoria Broackes. Want to know if you share the same literary tastes of the Thin White Duke? Check out the list below. The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby, 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz, 2007 The Coast of Utopia (trilogy), Tom Stoppard, 2007 Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945, Jon…
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Our gig of the week this week is the wonderfully-titled Oktobersesh, a four-band, riff-fuelled charity show at Banbridge Town Football Club on Saturday, October 5. Set to be headlined by Lurgan garage-blues duo The Bonnevilles, the line-up for the fundraiser also features the mighty talents of hardcore heroes Tied To Machines (above), Co. Down “experimental alternative indie” quartet AudioCavalry and Dromore post-rock band The King Said. Check out the poster for the event (overlooking Abandcalledboy, who had to pull out) below and go here for the event page.
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Released via German label Crosswork Records, Dublin folk singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson is streaming her wonderfully understated new EP, Last Train. A five-track release of delicate, confessional folk including remixes courtesy of Lexer and Rauschhaus, it is the follow-up to the New York City-based songstresses promising debut EP, Sleep Will Set Me Free. Stream Last Train via Crosswalk below.
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Set to feature on a forthcoming double A-Side, Belfast-based surf punk band Sea Pinks are streaming their new single, ‘Exploded View’. Primed for release via CF Records on November 5, the double-single is limited to 100 records and includes downloads of both tracks as well as two separate new songs. You can pre-order it here. Stream ‘Exploded View’ via Soundcloud below.
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Our photographer Ciara McMullan was there to catch Northern Irish alt-rock heroes Fighting With Wire go out with a bang at Cut The Transmission festival in Derry at the weekend. A line-up also featuring Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, the incredible Future Of The Left a total wealth of local talent including And So I Watch You From Afar, LaFaro and More Than Conquerors the one-day event at the Venue made for a more-than fitting farewell party to one of our finest ever homegrown acts. Check out Ciara’s photos from the day below.
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So, let’s talk about Sky Larkin‘s new album, Motto. Fans of the band have been waiting three years for this album and with such a long gestation period between albums, you’d hope that the songs would be the most finely crafted in the band’s repertoire. I’m sure that anyone who is a fan of the band who is reading this is probably praying that the release is worth the wait. I wish I could say it was, but I just can’t. I’m not going to say that I didn’t like this album. I did. It’s a collection of enjoyable, fuzzy pop songs that fit…
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In the second installment of Track Record, Colm Laverty hits up Blane Doherty, guitarist/vocalist with Belfast progressive hardcore/metal band Gacys Threads to have a rummage through his nice and eclectic record collection. Taking us on a trip through the Bee Gees to King Crimson, we get an insight into Doherty’s listening and music collecting habits via both his own thoughts on a selection of his favourite records and Laverty’s accompanying photographs. Missed the first installment in the company of Tree from Belfast prog band Kasper Rosa? Go here. ___ The Secret – Solve et Coagula Love this album. So intense and relentless. I…