Earlier this month we featured the enchanting new EP by New York-based singer-songwriter and vocalist Sorcha Richardson. Nine days on we introduce the Dubliner’s new project CON VOS via the Matt Baron-directed video to the sublime ‘Central Park’. Taken from the upcoming five-track EP Cocoon Bloom, the track clings to summer whilst accommodating for Autumnal psychic ruminations, its stomping, shimmering bass-led march – and Richardson’s vocal in particular – suggestive of a very promising extended play on the horizon. CON VOS are comprised of Richardson and Fortunate Ones, a production/hip-hop duo from Fort Lee, New Jersey. Watch the video to ‘Central Park’ below.
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County Down singer-songwriter Foy Vance has unveiled the video to his new single, ‘Closed Hand, Full of Friends’. The song is the lead track taken from Vance’s second full-length album Joy Of Nothing, released in August via Glassnote Records. Following on from ‘Joy Of Nothing’ and ‘Janey’, it is the third track to be taken from the album, the follow-up to Vance’s 2007 debut full-length, Hope. The piano featured in the video was the focus of a police investigation after police attempted to discover how it was found in the River Tay in Perthshire. Watch the video below.
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Belfast-based electronic rock band Skymas have unveiled their two-track debut EP, Primer. Led by former Skint recording artist Martin Corrigan with Nick Todd on bass and Andrew Dunbar as operator, the trio “aim to build tracks that will affect both the body and brain”. The EP – featuring the tracks ‘This River’ and ‘Hey Porter’ – is the band’s first release on their own label, OBR. Live dates are soon to be announced. Stream the tracks via Soundcloud below.
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Belfast indie-rock band Hurdles have released a stream of ‘Control’, the lead single to be taken from their forthcoming debut EP, Where To Start. With the four-piece set to launch the aforementioned four-track EP at Belfast’s Radar on Thursday night, it marks the band’s first single release since ‘Kaleidoscope’ six months ago. Check out our recent interview the band here and stream ‘Control’ via Bandcamp below!
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Alt-rock demigods Pixies have unveiled the Ondi Timoner-directed video to the latest single, ‘Andro Queen’. Taken from the band’s recent EP-1, the single is the follow-up to ‘Indie Cindy’ – the band’s first single without Kim Deal – released last month. Pixies play Dublin’s Olympia theatre on November 18 and 19. Watch the video for ‘Andro Queen’ below.
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Belfast band Go Wolf have announced that their forthcoming new single ‘Voices’ will feature on the fifteenth compilation by Kitsuné on October 21. According to a blog post on the label’s website, the track “expresses a freshening juvenile pop touch, which effortlessly hits the target. California’s dreaming without overdoing it.” Sounds about right to us, actually. Formed in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke, Kitsuné is a French electronic music record label and fashion label. Go Wolf’s music-making peers in Two Door Cinema Club released their debut, Gold-selling album Tourist History via the label in 2010.…
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As we reported early today (Thursday, October 4) Sinead O’Connor decided to post an open letter, offering advice to Miley Cyrus. You can check that out here. Now, after Cyrus mocked O’Connor’s concerned appeal, O’Connor has posted a second open letter. All we can say is: oh… dear. Read the letter below. “Miley… Really? Who the fuck is advising you? Because taking me on is even more fuckin’ stupid than behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism. You have posted today tweets of mine which are two years old, which were posted by me when I was unwell and seeking…
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Not exactly exempt from her own issues and problems down the years, Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor has released an open letter to troubled U.S. twerk melter Miley Cyus. Written “in the spirit of motherliness and with love” O’Connor’s address to the 20-year old is based around her plea: “don’t let the music business make a prostitute of you” and draws attention to her recent Wrecking Ball video and VMA performance with the aptly-named Robin Thicke. Read the letter below. “Dear Miley, I wasn’t going to write this letter, but today i’ve been dodging phone calls from various newspapers who wished me…
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Ahead of its official release next week on Bodytonic, Dublin-based electronic duo White Collar Boy are streaming their forthcoming second EP, SUUU/TIDE. Comprised of the double a-side single – ‘SUUU’ (featuring vocals from Gemma Dunlovely) and ‘TIDE’ – and two remixes of their former by Frank Bird and Simon B, the release aptly displays Gavin White and Mark Cummins’ eclectic influences in Neu!, Fuck Buttons and Four Tet amongst others. Stream the EP via Soundcloud below.
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Ten years and three full-length albums in, Bristol electronic duo Fuck Buttons have unveiled the video to their new single, ‘Brainfreeze’. Directed by Andrew Hung from the band, it shows both members pulling faces, shirtless, through a warped lens. Cheap and cheerful, eh? Taken from their third album Slow Focus, the single will be released a limited-edition 12″ single via ATP Recordings on Monday, October 7. Watch the video below.