Irish acoustic pop band, Size2shoes is made up of brothers Eoin and Mícheál ó Súilleabháin. Belonging to a family of esteemed musicians, the Limerick natives have received much acclaim for their musical ability and unique approach to their craft. They describe their tracks as "deftly mixing rap, vocal percussion and virtuoso guitars with sharp double vocals and a huge dollop of humour". Accounts of their appearance at Dublin's Sugar Club last November suggest that the duo are more than capable of holding their own in the live arena. Guests joining them on stage on the night included Julie Feeney, nice. Their self-titled debut album described by Hotpress as "a very impressive , musically sophisticated debut…so filled with cheeryliy optimistic good advice that i want to marry them off to relatives”, is available to buy/sample here. Word from their site is that the lads are working on a follow up album so watch this space.Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Size2shoes
Irish acoustic pop band, Size2shoes is made up of brothers Eoin and Mícheál ó Súilleabháin. Belonging to a family of esteemed musicians, the Limerick natives have received much acclaim for their musical ability and unique approach to their craft. They describe their tracks as "deftly mixing rap, vocal percussion and virtuoso guitars with sharp double vocals and a huge dollop of humour". Accounts of their appearance at Dublin's Sugar Club last November suggest that the duo are more than capable of holding their own in the live arena. Guests joining them on stage on the night included Julie Feeney, nice. Their self-titled debut album described by Hotpress as "a very impressive , musically sophisticated debut…so filled with cheeryliy optimistic good advice that i want to marry them off to relatives”, is available to buy/sample here. Word from their site is that the lads are working on a follow up album so watch this space.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
I had to do it after the last post
Without the track, the interlude after two minutes for the Spaniards fighting is worth it alone
Resident Advisor Tunes of the Decade
RA have provided a list of their Top 100 tunes of the decade. Makes for a lot of fun looking up the ones you never heard of. I suppose we could rant about lists like this all day, so critiquing it is pointless. That Metro Area track is fantastic, but the best tune of the last 10 years??? I am delighted that Garnier got the recognition for The Man With The Red Face, which truly is one of those tracks that we should never ever forget.
Anyway enjoy the ranking here
Eoin has also alerted me to their Top 100 albums of the decade
Just for fun, here are a few tracks that did not make it onto the RA top 100 that have made my decade:
*This is not including any remix by Four Tet, or anything off Four Tet's new album. Neither does it include anything by Pantha du Prince. My real top ten would probably be half comprised solely of Four Tet oeuvres.
Anyway enjoy the ranking here
Eoin has also alerted me to their Top 100 albums of the decade
Just for fun, here are a few tracks that did not make it onto the RA top 100 that have made my decade:
*This is not including any remix by Four Tet, or anything off Four Tet's new album. Neither does it include anything by Pantha du Prince. My real top ten would probably be half comprised solely of Four Tet oeuvres.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
BSITWT #92 or An Ode
Four Tet - Sing (mp3)
From the outrageously anticipated There is Love in You record. And yes, it is phenomenal. Is there anyone more important in music at the moment?
From the outrageously anticipated There is Love in You record. And yes, it is phenomenal. Is there anyone more important in music at the moment?
Monday, January 25, 2010
The National new album coming soon
The National will release a long-awaited, and as yet untitled new album in May on 4AD records. On top of that, they have released some dates for a short tour supporting the release of the new album. It's all very exciting, if you live in London, Paris or Berlin. Or America. Or Canadia
6-28 MARCH: KNOXVILLE, TN
BIG EARS FESTIVAL 2010 / TENNESSEE THEATRE
Tickets on-sale now:
http://www.ticketfly.com/
22 APRIL: RICHMOND, VA
THE NATIONAL
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
23 APRIL: RICHMOND, VA
THE NATIONAL
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
06 MAY: LONDON, UK
ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/
07 MAY: PARIS, FRANCE
LE ZENITH w/ PAVEMENT
Tickets on-sale now / FNAC:
http://www.fnacspectacles.com/
Tickets on-sale now / Digitick:
http://www.digitick.com/ext/
09 MAY: BERLIN, GERMANY
ASTRA
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketonline.com/
22 MAY: LOS ANGELES, CA
THE WILTERN
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.livenation.com/edp/
23 MAY: SAN DIEGO, CA
SPRECKELS THEATRE
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.americanmary.com/
27 MAY: OAKLAND, CA
FOX THEATRE
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
02 JUNE: BOSTON, MA
HOUSE OF BLUES
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.americanmary.com/
05 JUNE: PHILADELPHIA, PA
ELECTRIC FACTORY
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
06 JUNE: WASHINGTON, DC
DAR CONSTITUTION HALL
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
08 JUNE: TORONTO, CANADA
MASSEY HALL
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.americanmary.com/
16 JUNE: NEW YORK, NY
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Pre-Sale Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
Friday, January 22, 2010
LCD Soundsystem - Tripod - 20/21 April 2010
LCD Soundsystem will begin their latest tour following the release of a new album (still untitled) in March. News of their Dublin dates leaked on Monday and tickets for the first gig went on sale (and sold out) on Wednesday.Tickets for their second show on Wednesday 21 April go on sale tomorrow morning (Saturday 23 January) at 9.00am. You have been warned! This will sell out.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster (€36.50-€39.50). Do it.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Pantha Claus
Pantha du Prince releases his third record, Black Noise, on Rough Trade this Feb. Collaborators include members of Animal Collective, Panda Bear, !!! and LCD SoundSystem. Prediction #1 for 2010 - this is going to be huge.
Here's some magic from his 2004 Diamond Daze record. How this passed me by I'll never know.
Here's some magic from his 2004 Diamond Daze record. How this passed me by I'll never know.
More Choice Talk...
As mentioned by Ed.Ward below, the Choice shortlist was announced last week - cue streams of incessent bitching and general shiteology that tends to accompany these lists. Anyway, having inexplicably trawled through the guff, three ommissions seemed particularly harsh: Kittser (of course), Hunter-Gatherer, and the amazing Patrick Kelleher. One would have hoped that genuinely innovative records like these would have been picked up by the nation's alternative to the Meteors. Ah well.
If you want see what the fuss is about, pop along to Hunter-Gatherer's hyphen fest with Tune-Yards in Whelan's on Feb 12th. Patrick Kelleher has dates in Galway, Cork and Limerick at the end of Febuary.
If you want see what the fuss is about, pop along to Hunter-Gatherer's hyphen fest with Tune-Yards in Whelan's on Feb 12th. Patrick Kelleher has dates in Galway, Cork and Limerick at the end of Febuary.
Pantha du Prince!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rex Club, Paris, Sat 6th March.
Again, there appears to be no Dublin date!!! Flights folks!!
Again, there appears to be no Dublin date!!! Flights folks!!
Broken Social Scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.brokensocialscene.ca/tourdates.php
Can't get onto the website to buy tickets for the Paris show, hope it is the fault of my laptop, will be trying at work tomorrow morning. There is no Dublin show. As of yet.
Can't get onto the website to buy tickets for the Paris show, hope it is the fault of my laptop, will be trying at work tomorrow morning. There is no Dublin show. As of yet.
| Thursday May 13th, 2010 | London , UK | Brixton Academy |
| Friday May 14th, 2010 | Minehead @ Butlins , UK | All Tomorrow's Parties |
| Monday May 17th, 2010 | London , UK | Heaven |
| Tuesday May 18th, 2010 | Amsterdam , Netherlands | Melkweg |
| Wednesday May 19th, 2010 | Cologne , Germany | Burgerhaus Stollwerck |
| Friday May 21st, 2010 | Paris , France | La Maroquinerie |
| Saturday June 19th, 2010 | Toronto , ON | Olympic Island |
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Ricardo Villalobos - The Academy - 3 April
Ricardo Villalobos makes a welcome return to these shores on 3 April with an appearance at The Academy, Dublin. This is sure to be a sweaty sell out so get your tickets here (€29.50 incl booking fee).Ricardo Villalobos Interview
Nice video
Bradford Cox, of Atlas Sound and Deerhunter fame, teams up with Randy Randall of No Age and Jim Jarmusch for a rendition of Neil Young's Cortez the Killer.
BSITWT #90
B Movie Lightning - Triple Trouble
Galway's very own Mike Smalle, who forms part of Cane 141, also moonlights by the above moniker. I know we traditionally put up a link to a way in which you can get the track yourself on these posts, but I cannot for the life of me locate this track anywhere except on the MySpace of the artist. Depriving you of this track for such a reason just didn't seem fair so I've decided to go for it.
So click on here and listen away. The other track on the website, Take Yourself to the City, is also a beautiful one.
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