Yawning Chasm

Tomorrow night in anseo, a rare dublin show from Galways native Aaron M. Coyne aka Yawning Chasm. His "The Shadow is That Hidden" EP was one of the best releases I heard last year. Those songs have laid me down into my leaba and gently let the night come in countless times. Truly majestic stuff. Half of the EP can be listened to below.

Live Aaron as recruited DeclanQKelly to beef up the sound, adding some "shoegazey guitar" to the mix.  Yawning Chasm is certainly up there with Porn On Vinyl, Patrick Kelleher, Jennifer Evans, Sea Pinks and Katie Kim in the vangaurd of interesting and sincere music coming out of our wee isle.

More info on the gig here.
Buy The EP Here.

RHINO MAGIC - GET GOING Album Launch Friday 10th of June

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Fuzzed up laments from the wilds of Wexford, Rhino Magic is Joseph Kielthy recording sounds from keyboards, guitars and the world onto a laptop which is prone to overheating. "Get Going" is a nine song album full of joyous distorted pastel pop. It's the soundtrack to a found hi8 video of a tenth 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. 

rhino magic - home with you from joak on Vimeo. 
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http://www.nomonsterclub.com/


Though there's a tropical breeze that floats through proceedings, it swirls around what is definitely a dark heart of the jungle. Fuzzy vocals and a whole curiosity museum of instrumentation are all good and well, but the songwriting is completely effortless and witty to the max - Rough Trade


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http://pornonvinyl.bandcamp.com/



"Aidan Wall, a man forcing dreams into mp3 files via the kindly intercession of a nylon-string guitar, his voice and smothering layers of lo-fi fuzz of more the Daniel Johnston variety than, say, the Wavves variety. In ebbs and swells, Wall provides moods that vary from cosy reassurance to panic-attack unease, all with the same, utterly minimal set-up." - Those Geese Were Stupefied


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Tender Objects Presents


Rhino Magic
No Monster Club
Porn On Vinyl
w/ Tender Objects DJs

Friday 10th June
Doors : 8.00pm

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Venue : Hello Operator
12 Rutland Place,
Dublin 1
www.hellooperator.org

Limited Tickets - €10 / €12 with Album & Screen Printed Poster

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Patrick Kelleher/School Tour Split

CF records (formally Cass/Flick ) have released a split cassette with me (School Tour) and Patrick Kelleher.The thirty one minutes long tape is limited to 100 copies and includes a MP3 download code.
The tape can be bought from CF Records Here.You can listen to the whole of my side below and download the first song.

School Tour/Patrick Kelleher Split by School Tour

And here is one of Patrick's songs.
This Room by Patrick Kelleher

Patrick and I with Catscars in tow will be hitting Belfast tomorrow, more info here.

David O'Reilly's External World

The External World from David OReilly on Vimeo.

An incredible short that is a surreal mix of Jam and Fooly Cooly.

New Katie Kim

A sneak peek of Katie Kim's long awaited second album and it's going to be a double album too. Check out her myspace for other new songs, the Mississippi baptism song "Dimmer" is truly exquisite.

More after the jump.

Children Under Hoof, DeclanQKelly, Magic Pockets -Thursday 27th of January, Crawdaddy

Children Under Hoof's last show till the launch of a split 12" with Hunter-Gartherer. Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to better yourself by putting the their musical performance into your ears and eyes.
In tow, Galway's brightest jewel, DeclanQKelly & the first live outing from Magic Pockets, the new solo project from Ruadhan O Meara {Grey Mayhem, Guilty Optics, Crayonsmith band}.

Children Under Hoof
DeclanQKelly
Magic Pockets

Crawdaddy
Harcourt Street
Doors 7.30
5 Euros
Band Info 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

(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.

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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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.