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.
Sick today, yesterday aswell, but you can't be well all the time. I watched this video over a year ago, good to see the song appearing on his new album, which like all his albums is pretty darn great, still its the 12 Crass Covers that holds a special place in my heart. For another good "Black Cab Sessions" vid, cast your eyes on Final Fantasy previewing a new song in this video. Jeffery Lewis & The Junkyard - If Life Exists.MP3 Buy "Em Are I" Cd via Norman Records (UK)
Lush, ramshackled, glitchy, lofi folk pretty much sums up Lucky Dragon schizophrenic sound. You can get their Dark Falcon record from them and read a song by song thingameboo in the link below too.
A 10 minute short story from Arap Strap's Aidan John Moffat of his brill new album. Here's a live vid for a different song from "I Can Hear Your Heart". Good to see somebody else digs the cheapo Bontempi Organs. I have two and a shitty broken drum machine by the Italian company. They're crap but in a good way.
I picked this up for a fiver during the height of summer in Galway a couple of years back. I think they are now no longer, could be wrong. The singer is gone solo, under the alias of "Taken By Trees" anywho. All four songs on this EP are amazing, three of them where later release as singles. Its full of wintery cool but with a warm heart. I don't know why I haven't checked out any of their albums. I must and so should you.
and go here for a vid of what I'm guessing is the album version of "Seems Fine". Ep version is better and is called "Seems Fine Shuffle". But isn't that always the way with alt versions and covers of songs, generally the first version you heard is always our favourite, of course there is expection, Mogwai's version of "Sweet Child Of Mine" is super,Alanis Morissette version of "My Humps". That's a joke, Black Eye Peas RULE OK Buy It Myspace Link In Comments.
Nearly two years ago, I was down in Sound Cellar about to buy a ticket to see The National play their first ever Irish show and the girlfriend and I were heading down the stairs of Sound cellar when she seen on the wall a poster for the show and she noticed the date, 19 of November. She quickly informed me what that was the same date that she was born twenty years previous and we will be in Limerick for her birthday blowout. Natural I was gutted since Alligator was up there with "The Woods" and "Tender Buttons" as one of my favourite record of that year. So two years on and another album out, that can only be described as Classic, my second chance on All Souls Day to see for the first time one of my favouite band. Fuck Yeah.
To celebrate here is their first and worst album, "The National", but considering the pedigree of their other albums, it's only ok. I also put up a while ago the excellent "Cherry Tree" Ep which was a bridge between "Sad Songs..." and Alligator. It still available here. Buy It Myspace Link In Comment.
Photo: Marty Stuart I only got into Porter Wagoner this year after hearing the haunting and truly compelling "The Rubber Room" and was saddened to learn that he died on the 28th off Lung cancer aged eighty. So here's a compilation I put together of some of his songs spanning his whole career from his 54 number 1 hit 'A Satisfied Mind' and it's b -side 'Itchin' For My Baby' to his last single; "Committed To Parkview". That single was written by Johnny Cash and he wanted Porter to record it, so He gave a cassette to Marty Stuart (the producer of the album Porter was making at the time back in 1981), but Marty forgot to deliver the song to Porter and only delivered it when he was helping Porter choose songs for from Wagonmaster album. This year he gain in popularity with that album and he even toured with the "White Stripes".
Tracklisting 01 Committed To Parkview - Wagonmaster (2007) 02 The Rubber Room - The Rubber Room (1972) 03 The Cold Hard Facts Of Life - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (1967) 04 Satan's River - Wagonmaster (2007) 05 Eat, Drink And Be Merry - The Essential Porter Wagoner (1997) 06 Tell Her Lies And Feed Her Candy - The Essential Porter Wagoner (1997) 07 Itchin' For My Baby - A Satisfied Mind 7" RCA Victor 20-6105 (1954) 08 Sorrow On The Rocks - The Essential Porter Wagoner (1997) 09 Sorrow Overtakes The Wine - The Carroll County Accident (1969) 10 Dark End of the Street (with Dolly Parton) - Just The Two Of Us (1968) 11 Family Bible w/ Willie Nelson - Unplugged (2002) 12 A Place To Hang My Hat - Wagonmaster (2007) 13 I'll Go Down Swingin' - The Thin Man From West Plains (1965) 14 Porter and Marty (Men With Broken Hearts/I Heard That Lonesome Whilstle Blow) - Wagonmaster (2007) 15 A Satisfied Mind - A Satisfied Mind 7" RCA Victor 20-6105 (1954) Buy The Rubber Room Myspace
To celabrate the return of Sam Beam aka Iron And Wine to our shores on October 27, at Ambassador Theatre in Dublin. Here is outstanding EP which is heavy in tone compared to his first two albums. I had a ticket to see him back in 2004 when he first and last played Ireland but dEUS reformed and i got a ticket to see them in Paris since a friend of my was living there at the time. But as it turned out both gigs were on the same day, so i had to give away Iron and Wine ticket to my flatmate. Bummer but seeing dEUS for the first time with a head full of trips was chilling to see the least and the little known Joanna Newsom was one of the support acts. Never heard of her before and was completely mystified by her. Ran down the stairs to buy the album straight after see finished just in case it would sell out. Here is a video of the first song I ever heard of Iron and Wine back in 2003. It's on his first album but i got it first on one of those sub pop 5er sampler cds. The vid is directed by Mister Beam himself.
Bill Callahan Aka Smog is playing tonight in Dublin, woo woo hoo. To celabrate here is a 4 track ep I picked up last year. It contains two of the best songs on A River Ain't Too Much to Love "Rock Bottom Riser" and "I Feel Like The Mother Of The World" and also two great great b sides "Bowery" and "Fools Lament". I guess they never made it on to the album because parts sound like other songs on the album but fucking hell Bowery is so so good. Here is the two videos that came with the cd also. The first video has one of my favourite actress in it, Chloe Sevigny. Nice.
A collection of songs previously found on b-sides of singles and eps. It's the first Smog album I bought and still one of my favourites. "I Break Horses" is one of my favourite songs of all time. "A few well placed words, And her wondering heart is gone". Ace and here is the video for the acoustic version of the song.
If you like the close analog tones of most of the tracks from "Buffalo 66 OST" then chances are you will enjoy Vincent Gallo's first proper album. The single, "Honey Bunny" (See Video) is almost like a lullaby and it's simple melody get lodged in your head for days. He really has produced a great record full of rich warm guitar and lush, mournful vocals a la Jackson C. Frank, Lee Hazlewood.
Go Here to watch a live version of one of the instrumental track from the album. Buy It Myspace Link In Comment.
So rich and close Gemma Hayes guitar sounds that it resonated like she is in the room with you. Her First two Eps are arguable the best things she's done. Her first album is slightly more poppy in tone but is still amazing. "4.35am" EP is a darker affair compared to the "Work To A Calm" EP but both have a lush M.B.V. end of summer feel about them. So put the headphones on and find a bit of grass to ly on. I couldn't find any videos for songs from these EPs but she did to a song with Magnet a cover of Lay Lady Lay which is viewable Here. Otherwise here is the irresistible single "Back Of My Hand" of her great first album "Night On My Side" to get a feel for what she's like.
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