Re-Up "December Blues" Mixtape

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

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

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

Imagination - So Good, So Right

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

Destroy All Movies; Punks In Film

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.

Today's Charity Shop Treats: Michael McDonald and The Ink Spots,

Collection of smooth Yacht Rock power jams from ex Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan man; Michael McDonald.





 Michael Mcdonald - Yah Mo B There.Mp3
Michael Mcdonald - I Keep Forgettin'.Mp3
Ink Spots After The Jump

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Great live vids of the last and my favoueire two songs on their 78" debut, "The Scream" which came out thirty two years ago this week.
Vids and mp3s after the jump.

Karen Dalton

Here's some Karen Dalton film footage I hadn't seen before. It's great to she her in action, Karen was one of the truly powerful and honest voices from the late 60's. early 70's American folk scene. I first heard of her through the rousing cover The Drones did of "Are You Leaving For The Country". I picked up her "In My Own Time" album soon after which is well worth seeking out.

Another great vid after the jump.

Pink Flamingos At The Screen Tomorrow Night

I had the (un)pleasure of seeing Pink Flamingos for the time earlier in the year, on a big projected screen in my lady friend house. John Water's 72' debut is trashy, crass and still surprisingly shocking 38 years on. As a part of their "Screen Classics Series", the Screen Cinema on D'Olier Street are showing Pink Flamingos tomorrow night. Don't be out "bee hived" by fellow trash dilettante's at the screening, handbags & glad rags are essential.
A poor quality clip for the "Steak Steeling" scene below.

Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves

The first single from Cher's 1971 self-titled album Cher, which was later renamed and re-released as Gypsys Tramps And Thieves after the success of the single. One of pops finist hits and they certainly don't write them like that anymore.

Cher - Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves.mp3

Pictureplane - Gothstar

At Foggy Notions's Foggy Jam a couple of week back, for me HEALTH's cover of Pictureplane's "Gothstar" was easily the highlight of the night (although I did only catch the last three bands). "Gothstar" contains a neat Fleetwood Mac sample which is cut and cropped, tumbles drunkenly along giving the song an almost exhausted energy, sun stroked and buzzy. Is and along with the accompanied vhs alchemy ritual video, it's hard not to fall for it's charms.

I included a vinyl rip of Pictureplane's remix of HEALTH's "Die Slow" song at 33rpm in a Children Under Hoof Mixtape here, which sounds the "right" speed to these humble ears anyways.
Pictureplane - Gothstar.mp3

I Make Photographs

Looking For Truth With A Pin

(Retards) Discography - They're Giving It Away No.21

Defunct Irish no wave noise merchant; (Retards) have kindly put up their back catalogue up on bandcamp. Some of their discography is a little too self aware and self-consciously weird for me but they still could bang out a tune if and when they wanted to, Check out the links below.

I Miss Renting Videos

This trailer was at the start of a lot of Tartan Video's releases in the mid 90s. I most have watched it over hundred times and it single handedly got me into African music with Zimbabwean Bhundu Boys song "My Foolish Heart" accompanying it. Tartan went bust in 2008 but during their twenty four years they certainly opened my eyes to some of the best films, world cinema had to offer.
"My Foolish Heart" was included in the January Blues Mixtape from many moons ago.

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Re Up - "Hallowing" Mixtape

Photo: Diane Arbus
I was Listening to this again recently and it's jolly well good if I do say so myself.
A haunted collection of treat fun street grooves and trick doom shake disco hell.
Tracklisting and links after the jump.

Skinny Wolves Club Night Tonight

After a few years absence, tonight Skinny Wolves relaunch they lustrous club night at the Workmans Club on Wellington Quay. Opens at Ten and they is no door charge. Except to hear Neue Deutsche Welle, post punk and "Art rocking music to dance to". There's a taster.
Excessive Moonlight WOLF CLUB MIX by Skinny Wolves Club

Tonight, Naked On The Vague

Auzzie gothgarage no wavers Naked On The Vague graced these pages two years ago and now finally they will make their Irish live debut tonight with two Irish upstarts in tow, put on by the always reliable "Skinny Wolves".

Naked On The Vague - Treading Water.mp3

Children Under Hoof - Skinny Wolves Mix

A mix I made for Skinny Wolves's ongoing mix series compiled by bands that are/ have played at their shows. I asked the four other members of Children Under Hoof to give me three songs each that reflected what they think influences their input into the Hoof's "sound". I spent Saturday mixing them together with some film and TV clips, slowed down vinyl rips and songs that get me all hot and bothered.

Tracklist

Rocky Road To Dublin - The Dubliners (Clip From The 68' Documentary, "Rocky Road To Dublin" Dir. Peter Lennon)
Flowers Of Romance (Vinyl Rip @33RPM) - PIL
Weight - Thread Pulls
Oscillations - Silver Apples
Geh Duschen - Malaria!
Glue Man - Fugazi
Omar K - Rainbow Arabia
Die Slow (Pictureplane Remix){Vinyl Rip @33RPM} - HEALTH
Interdependance Dance - Adrian Orange And Her Band
Banana Republic - Boomtown Rats (Clip From Reeling In The Years 1980)
Emerald - Thin Lizzy
Angels Standing Guard Round The Side Of Your Bed - Silver Mt. Zion (A Clip From 07' Film, Mister Lonely Dir Harmony Korine)
De-Orbit - Speedy J
Waiting For A Train - Flash & The Pan
Everyday - Buddy Holly (Clip From The 97' Film "Gummo" Dir. Harmony Korine)
It's You - P.J. Harvey
Turn The Heater On (Peel Sessions) - New Order {Keith Hudson cover}
Street Pharoah - Art Lord And The Self Portraits
C.I.E. Action Figures - Rollers/Sparkers
Mystic Prism - White Rainbow
Walking Blues - Son House

CHILDREN UNDER HOOF - MIX // October 2010 by SkinnyWolves

Download Children Under Hoof's A Collar Can Become A Noose mini LP Here

Children Under Hoof play the next Skinny Wolves show support Auzzie Gothgarage no wavers Naked On The Vague alone with Logikparty this Thursday in Whelans (Upstairs).

Tonight Thread Pulls,Thulebasen, Patrick Kelleher at Block T

After a three days around our wee island, the last show of the "Rhizomes Tour" happens today at Block T in Smithfield.


Not a great example of their "sound" but the video is unnervingly brilliant.


Tonight,
Thread Pulls // Thulebasen // Patrick Kelleher
Block T,
1-6 Haymarket,
Smithfield Square,
Dublin
8 Euros
BYOB

The One, The Only Jan Terri

Illustration By Derek Erdman


Documentary about the original John Maus, Chicago's own Jan Terri. If your not already infatuated by her sincere pop charms have a gander at these pop promos. Even Yo La Tengo covered one of her songs.


Fax My Love.mp3

Irish Children's Tv Can Be Difficult To Present

I normally don't post up funny videos but this is too good not to share. I've watched it four or five times and I still haven't managed to watch it without crying with laughter.

Ilex - Four Song Set For SSTN

If you havent been paying attention to Holly McGowan aka Ilex's soundcloud, here are four great songs she culled together for the wonderful folks over at Second Square to None. Talks of a full length release have been broading of some time now, hopefully it will live up to the hype in my head for it anyways.

Hunter-Gatherer‘s Père Lachaise/Undergrowth 7″ Launch Tomorrow Night

A new release dawns tomorrow from nightflight composer, Hunter-Gatherer after astonishing debut album. In musical support is, the exceptional and rarely seen live Ilex (I posted about her before here) and the of kilter R n B songstress, Meljoann. Providing the visual delights is one Tim Redfern and if thats not enough bang for your 7 bucks you get a free USB key with audio and video encoded inside.

See you in Whelans tomorrow.

The Fleshtones

Holy Spirits - The Afternoon's Blood EP (They're Giving It Away No.20)

Some hauntingly good voice sampling action from NYC's Holy Spirits. "White Walls" is taken from their séance folk ep; "The Afternoon's Blood" which can be downloaded for free from their bandcamp site.

Vietnam Street Songs

Two blind woman creating the most enchanting busking music I've ever heard.

What Olof Dreijer Did Next

Euphoric wave after synthwave helps to keep this eleven minute track up, buzzy and full of breathable bliss. If only more electronic music had as much heart as this, the B side to Olof Dreijer three EP under the name Oni Ayhun.

Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B.mp3

An Indication: Something Is Present

Here is a video of "An Indication: Something Is Present" a shadow puppet play that was a collaboration project between artists Ceara Martyn and Anna Davies. The video was shot live during it's brief three day run in the Joinery last May. I did a live score during each performance and helped animate the intro sequence.

Pylon - Beep

Taken from their 83 record, "Chomp".
Beep.mp3

Today's Charity Shop Treats: The David Essex Album, His Greatest Hits

"Act da Fool" A Film By Harmony Korine

Will Trash Humpers very get a European release? Oh speaking of Trash Humpers you seen Fever Rays new live costumes yet?

P.I.L. For The Picnic

No Wobble, no Levene, no fun? And clashing with Roxy Music, but I'm certainly lured in to seeing them in the chance to hear any of their above gems live.
PIL play the Electric Arena on Friday 22.45 - 00.00
For a handy andy printable highlightable Electic Picnic time table go Here.

Wild Nothings

Jack Tatum aka Wild Nothings as made the album of summer 2010; Gemini. This twelve track LP is full of lush Robin Guthrie guitar dream pop on top of rockin' Flock Of Seagulls's sheer catchyness. Its hard not to be upbeat and freewheelin' in it's presences. The album is more than just homage to the pastel shoegazing forefathers of the 80s, JackTatum has carved out bewitching and endearing song after song that rewards with every repeat spin.
The video for album opener "Live In Dreams" with its datomoshed film fragments of past youth merges with the song beautifully. It's certainly up there with Xui Xui's video for best pop promo Ive seen so far this year.



The Witching Hour.mp3
Chinatown.mp3
Buy It At Your Local Record Store Before It Closes Down.

Ethan Rose - Song One

The vid below is more Ethan Rose ethereal super 8 skateboarding action from Van Sant's "back on form" film; Paranoid Park, accompanied by "Song Two" also from Ethan's debut LP "Ceiling Songs".

Song One.MP3

Dirty Beaches

Montreal's Alex Zhang Hungtai aka Dirty Beaches has been sending me in a daze recently. Eerie soundings like Colder's weirdo younger brother who only listens to B/Film's night surfing anthem "Night Running" on repeat. Dirty Beaches certain help fill void till both said artists release something new (Although Im not holding my breathe for B/Film). Night cycle cinematic loops unpinned by Alan Vega-esque ghostly do wop vocals which groove over the course of his six song enchanting Self Titled Ep. With a extensive back catalog already, include two great 7"s, two releases on my favourite label "Night People", the already mentioned S/T Ep and a full length album "Night City". I (You) have a lot of material to get obsessed over.


Buy both "True Blue" and "Golden Desert Sun" 7"s here.
Shangri-La.mp3
Golden Desert Sun.mp3

Hounds Of Hate Cover Thieves Like Us

London's three piece Hounds Of Hate have the uncanny ability to make their versions of songs even better than the original song, this time a recent Thieves Like Us single. You can watch the original here.

Next Wednesday

Get you demonic dresses cleaned, a night of witchcraft and occult soundings are upon us next Wednesday in the Joinery with Brian Conniffe and Suzanne Walsh pairing up with Damien Donovan and Diarmuid MacDiarmada entow to help out. In support are Children Under Hoof and fresh from doing a tour with stooges sax player, Estel. Alchemical visuals on the night by Dolorosa Delacruz should insure this this will be a fun night.

The Joinery,
Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter
Wednesday 25th August
7.30 pm
€5
B.Y.O.B.

Xui Xui Do It Again

This lucid lustmord nightmare is the most unsettling video I've seen since Harmony and Billy got together. Xui Xui clearly have the nack for a good pop promo. "House Sparrow" is taken from their least album "Dear God, I hate Myself", which is easily one of my favouite releases this year and their most accessible album to date.

Upset The Rhythm's Yes Way Festival

Im playing at almight Upset The Rythmn's Underground Music and Arts Festival; "Yes Way" this weekend. With acts like Hype William, La LA VasQuez, Chora, Gentle Friendly, Ghost Hunter, Fair Ohs, Male Bounding, Way Through Lovvers and Blood Stereo all kick out the yams, its going to be an Epic Joy weekend.



Friday | 18:00 - Midnight | £5
Saturday | Noon - Midnight | £8
Sunday | Noon - Midnight | £8
All three days | £18
More Info on the Yes Way Fest Here

So It's The Summer

Slow Down. from Scott Foley on Vimeo.

The music is from the lush "Evenings" who are simple brilliant in every usage of the word. The dialogue stuff was put in Scott Foley which is originally from Linklater's 95' effort "Before Sunrise".

Cant Handle The Power

First Can (which in fairness is pretty Fun ) now King Crimson, our boy West uses the best. But I think someone should have took him aside and said "Mister West maybe this cheesier than 300, bad Bill Viola shit is wack and not in a good way."

Swedish Police Love The Knife

The Reason I Got Into Ivor Cutler

BBC4's wonderful and insightful documentary on the late, great Ivor Cutler; "Looking for Truth with a Pin" is now up in full on youtube.
More Ivor Cutler on this blog here.

The Screamers

Dirty LA. synth punk from the later 70s, The Screamers release no albums in their four years together.

Pens - High In The Cinema

Road Records is closing, soon to be gone for good. So where do I go now? In ever aspect other than stock Road excelled, surpassing every other in our wee capital. I felt like a vulture in there on monday, picking at the bones of a once health beast. It will be a sad day, come Saturday when the shutters are down for good. Well they have given me one more piece of rockus joy in the form of "LDN" three piece Pens and their debut album "Hey Friend!What You Doing". I would suspect like some of you, I first heard of Pens purely because Amelia from the band drew this righteous tape cover and they form of garage rock isn't a million miles away from Wavves either. Its a little more playful with their casio tones and girl shout shout harmonies but in parts they are L7 mean and certainly not as pop catchy as Williams mini epics. Like all good things their end came and passed, playing their last gig back in June. This Saturday, 24th of July, like Pens, Road too will be over before their time.


High In The Cinema.mp3
Freddie.mp3
Sally Ain't Nobody.mp3

Yawning Chasm

A goosebump inducing live vid of the wonderful Yawning Chasm at possible the best venue I have ever been to and played at The "Fairyfort", Co Galway curated and created by Takashi Kumagai . You can buy Yawning Chasm's "The Shadow is That Hidden" EP HERE.

The next fairyfort show and possible last is this saturday, with Yawning Chasm, Declan Q. Kelly and Music For Dead Birds (solo). More info here.

AVIADOR DRO

Spain's answer to DEVO.

Jocke & Elliot - Regnbågen

Lush Swedish minimal synth from Jocke (aka 240 Interceptor) & (Son of Luke Eargoggle) Elliot. Hopefully Kust Musik are still planning to release it on a two track 12", but I heard that back in 2009 and not much talk since.

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It looks like we can get your grubby paws on this ever soon.

Jugend 85'

Galaxie 500 - Fourth Of July

Tomorrow Night - Logikparty, Children Under Hoof, Fringilla Montifringilla

Upstairs in Whelans host three post something rock n bolder bands that have the right mix of caustic guitars and melodica solos to make this an interesting and rockous night.

Iodine from logikparty on Vimeo.

http://www.myspace.com/logikparty


http://www.myspace.com/childrenunderhoof

http://www.myspace.com/fringillamontifringilla

Eight Euros in (with Logikparty's excellent "Iodine/Good Hood" 7") or 6 without it.
Doors at 7.30

Rhino Magic - Home With You

Fuzzed up laments from the wilds of Wexford. Rhino Magic has made a six song mini album full of joyous distorted pastel pop. It's the soundtrack to a found hi8 video of a 10th birthday party. Fizzing coke and tayto burps, never ending hazy adventures in roaming sun drenched fields till "the mother" calls everyone in for cake cutting and more coke. Like No Monster Club, Hipster Youth and Squarehead, Rhino Magic wears his lofi-pop heart on his sleeve. Is this our summer of Irish noise pop love?

Home With You.mp3
Sunny Days.mp3

These Happenings Are Happening Tomorrow

Lucky Dragons's "Dream Island Laughing Language" LP was one of the best albums of 08. Copy and paste tribal gamalen magic from start to finish. His interactive live show are pretty intense, I had an outer body experience at his last one, (a house show after he played earlier supporting Dirty Projectors), he passes out touch sensitive tentacles and shaman rain sticks in to the audience for them to make the music, ethereal chakra drones and clicks ebbing me up and up till I opened my eyes and saw two lads hitting each other in their heads with the sticks; oh well.
In support for the night is lucky old me (School Tour) and hurdy gurdy druid folk troupe "Woven Skulls".

Lucky Dragons - Givers.mp3
Lucky Dragons - I Keep Waiting For Earthquakes.mp3

The Joinery Gallery,
Arbour Hill
Stoneybatter
B/Y/O/B/
Doors 8.30pm
Adm: 10e

Hope Sandoval - Suzanne at 33 1/3 rpm

I knew I cant be the only one that enjoys records slowed down. Here's Hope Sandoval classic played in the "Ethereal Speed". You can get this song (At normal Speed) on a comp I made a while back called "Summer Blues".

Belgium Cold Wave

Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

An acoustic slice from goth demigods Bauhaus taken from their third LP "The Sky Is Gone Out" from 82'.

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.mp3

Children Under Hoof Launch This Friday

Children Under Hoof are finally releasing something, the first of four releases penned in for the year, this first one is in the form of a five song, yellow c26 which is made up of one side rockin' and the other side full of kosmische soundscapes. The launch is this friday with Special Guess,
Patrick Kelleher,
School Tour,
Catscars.
At The Joinery Gallery,
Arbour Hill,
Stoneybatter,
Co. Dublin
10 Euros In (Including Free "A Collar Can Become A Noose" Mini LP Tape)
Doors at 7.30
Bring Your Own Dang Buckie.
Heres the closing track on the mini album, an eight minute K trip.
Children Under Hoof - Repeat Break.mp3
You can also download the "Breaking The Waves" free virtual 7" here.

Devo+Neil Young= Deadliness

Irish Ambient Mix - May 10' (By Ciaran Hickey)

Photo By Jane Lives
This wonderful mix is fairly relaxing me out after just frying yet another hard drive. At least I havent lost all my recordings like back in December. A pat on the back for Mister Hickey if our paths ever cross.

Tracklisting
01 Donnacha Costello - With Me Still (Pokerflat)
02 Jimmy Behan - Pools (Audiobulb)
03 David Donohoe - In A Glass Of You (Fällt)
04 Boys Of Summer - Coriolis (Munitions Family)
05 Hard Sleeper - Rain Then Red Earth (DEAF CD)
06 Patrick Kelleher - Look I Wore A Tie! (KATIE KIM REMIX) (
Osaka Records)
07 Fovea Hex - While You're Away (Die Stadt, Janet Records)
08 Frózi - Enisle (DEAF CD)
09 Hulk - Photographs (
Osaka Records)
10 Patrick Kelleher - Until I Get Paid (SCHOOL TOUR REMIX) (
Osaka Records)
11 St. Catherine's Home For Lazy Infants - Till Every Motion, Pulse and Breath Be Over... (Slow Loris)
12 iquinn - Carn (Save) (Traum)
13 Fairlights - Summer, Part 2 (Soundcloud Download)
14 Katie Kim - 1 (?)
15 202's - Repeat (SCHFLI Remix)

Listen Here

Patrick Kelleher - Skinny Wolves Mix

"Mega Muscle Mix" from our boy Paddy Kelleher, contain some seriously blissed out italo, kraut grooves and Holger Czukay tip top attempt at a pop song; Blazin'.

1. Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger

2. Valerie Dore - Get Closer

3. Sarsparilla - Pop 'n Rock
4. The Redneck Manifesto - Black Apple
5. The Ex - Leid der Steinklopfer
6. Thread Pulls - Nearly There
7. Scout Niblett - Duke of Anxiety
8. Mount Eerie - The Bottomless Pit
9. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - This Night Has Opened My Eyes
10. Art Lord and the Self-Portraits - Lantern Sigh
11. Fad Gadget - For Whom the Bell Tolls
12. Section 25 - Looking From a Hilltop
13. Holger Czukay - The Photo Song

14. Les Paul - Brazil
15. The Mills Brothers - Paper Doll
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16. Spaceman 3 - So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears)
17. The Durutti Column - Danny
18. Grauzone - Ich Lieb Sie
19. Declan Q Kelly - Simulacrum

PATRICK KELLEHER - MIX // MAY 2010 by SkinnyWolves
Also tomorrow night is the launch party of his Contract Sports 7" on Skinny Wolves Records, He will be playing in Anseo with Peter & Jamie Wolf spinning some records. Free In Also.

"(An Indication) Something Is Present", Shadow Puppet Play

"A collaboration between artists Ceara Martyn and Anna Davies. This project layers together stop motion animation, live puppetry and live music. It is a journey through the monotonous and dream-world alike where the audience is subdued by the world of shadow play and phantasm... The scene is set with a screening of stop motion animation followed by live shadow puppet show, all to be accompanied by ..." School Tour (Aka me). Here is an rough excerpt of what ill be playing.
School tour shadow pup edit by munitionsfamily

Running from 14th through 16th of May, in the Joinery Gallery Arbour Hill,
Doors 7.45???
Show starts 8pm sharp!!!
4 Euros
BYOB

Patrick Kelleher - Untill I Get Paid

Richling Farinella Films 2010... from Rich Gilligan on Vimeo.

A fashion shoot vid from the dude that took the outstanding Nightsaver cover.

Twitter & The Death Of Rock Criticism II: Music Is Math

Wow.

Patrick Kelleher, Hunter-Gatherer, Live In Galway This Sunday

Fag Enablerz

A puck inducing mixture of Dead Kennedys, Jesus Lizard and Warlords Of Pez. Fag Enablerz are a welcomed fresh breeze in a stall stagnate room littered with "alternative" bands that populate our wee island.

Buy their self titled EP via their Myspace.
Fag Enablerz - Half As Mad.mp3
Fag Enablerz - The Watcher.mp3

When I Found The Knife

When I Found The Knife - Images by Boldfaces / Audio by The Knife
The voice over seems to eerily contain lyrics from the Deep Cuts album.

Hounds Of Hate - Sensual Seduction

LDN's Hounds Of Hate covering Snoop Dog's 80's tinted Sensual Seduction. I could watch/listen to this all week, oh yeah right, I have.