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On The Record understands that Morrissey will play a show at Luggala, Co Wicklow on June 28.
Yes, I am still away, but I just could not resist this nugget involving a new site for summer shows and my old buddy, and fellow fan of bespoke tailoring, the Moz.
Wonder how long it will take Hot Plagiarism to lift this story….
As played on Phantom 105.2, Saturday May 10, 10pm-midnight.
The Presets “A New Sky” (Modular)
The Tough Alliance “Neo Violence” (Sincerely Yours)
CSS vs Tom Tom Club “Lets Make Love (Streetlife DJs mix)” (White)
Warrior Queen & The Heatwave “Things Change” (Soul Jazz)
Kid Sister “Girlie Rock (Flosstradamus mix)” (Fools Gold)
Vampire Weekend “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes Remix)” (White)
The Ettes “Marathon” (Self-released)
Port O’Brien “I Woke Up Today” (American Dust)
Chikita Violenta “Laydown” (Noiselab)
The Virgins “Rich Girls” (Anything)
Wilco “Glad Its Over” (Nonesuch)
Arms “Kids Aflame” (Melodic)
El Guincho “Cuando Maavilla” (Discoteca Océano)
Animal Collective “Water Curses” (Domino)
Of Montreal “Gronlandic Edit” (Polyvinyl)
Spaceman 3 “Big City (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve remix)” (White)
Fleet Foxes “Drops In The River” (Sub Pop)
Lykke Li “Complaint Department” (LL)
Florence & the Machine “Girl With 1 Eye” (Moshi Moshi)
Wildbirds & Peacedrums “I Can’t Tell In His Eyes” (Leaf)
Shearwater “Rooks” (Matador)
Deerhunter “Like New” (Kranky)
Windmill “Planning Stopped” (Melodic)
Grizzly Bear “Knife” (Warp)
Final Fantasy & Ed Droste “Possibly Maybe” (Stereogum)
Four Tet “Castles Made Of Sand” (Domino)
Martin Denny “Enchanted Sea” (Liberty)
Voice of the 7 Woods “The Smoking Furnace” (Twisted Nerve)
Zero 7 “This World” (Ultimate Dilemma)
I’m away from the computer screen for the next 10 days or so and will not be updating the blog during this time.
Comments will be updated (big thanks to Conor) so please keep talking amongst yourselves. You can use this post to connect with your favourite randomers, discuss Tom Waits or work out just why there are as many gigs happening in June as in May.
Normal service resumes on May 15. Or May 16. Depends on the weather.
As played on Phantom 105.2, Saturday May 3, 10pm-midnight.
Yacht “Platinum” (Marriage)
MIA “Paper Planes (DFA Remix)” (XL)
LCD Soundsystem “Big Ideas” (Columbia)
Santogold “You’ll Find A Way” (Lizard King/Atlantic)
Crystal Castles “Alice Practice” (Last Gang)
Duchess Says “Rabies” (Alien8)
Simian Mobile Disco “Clock” (Wichita)
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip “Look for the Woman” (Sunday Best)
Flying Lotus “Riot” (Warp)
Oppenheimer “Take the Whole Midrange And Boost It” (Fantastic Plastic)
Born Ruffians “Hummingbird” (Warp)
Magic Wands “Black Magic” (Ark)
Holy Fuck “Royal Gregory” (Young Turk/XL)
Von Sudenfed “Fledermaus Can’t Get It” (Domino)
Gil Scott-Heron “The Bottle” (Strata-East)
Kylie Auldist “That’s Why” (Tru Thoughts)
Goldfrapp “Happiness (Metromony remix)” (Mute)
The Notwist “Alphabet” (City Slang)
David Holmes “McCready Rides Again” (Oh Yeah)
Portishead “Hunter” (Island)
Nick Cave “Into My Arms” (Mute)
Halves “The Lamp Dies….” (Hate Is The Enemy)
Chequerboard “Toy WInds” (Lazybird)
Essie Jain “Haze” (Leaf)
Mara Carlyle “Vietnamerie” (EMI)
Dorothy Ashby “Wine” (Cadet)
Gil Evans Orchestra “Bilboa Song” (Impulse)
Yes, it is beginning to appear that June is the new May. Here’s the full line-up for the first Future Days festival, brought to you by Foggy Notions and Forever Presents, to be held in various Dublin venues in June.
Thursday June 12 - Matmos and Si Schroeder - Andrew’s Lane Theatre
Friday June 13 - Low, Atlas Sound and The Holy Roman Army - Andrew’s Lane Theatre
Saturday June 14 - Dan Deacon, Jape, White Williams, High Places and more - Vicar Street
Sunday June 15 - Bonnie Prince Billy, Baby Dee and Paul Curreri - Vicar Street
Sunday June 15 - Metronomy and Spilly Walker - Andrew’s Lane Theatre (late)
Info on tickets to come. And as if we needed an excuse for this….
The biggest music event of the week was not that Coldplay downplay, but rather the release of Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Further evidence that the record industry is in need of a radical pick-me-up came when the Recording Industry Association of America released its stats for 2007.
The good news: digital formats now account for nearly a quarter of all US music sales, with a headline figure of 809.9 million paid-for song downloads, a whopping 38 per cent increase on 2006.
The bad news: CD sales continue to slip and slide, down 17.5 per cent on 2006’s figures.
The really bad news: while sales volumes may be up, revenue is down 11.8 per cent on the previous year. That means less money in the pot, less money to invest in new bands and less money to pay the wages.
Those seeking a taster for David Holmes’s forthcoming album should check out the new compilation from the Oh Yeah music centre in Belfast.
Holmes has contributed a new track, McCready Rides Again, to the Oh Yeah Sessions ‘08 release.
The compilation also features tunes from the hotly tipped In Case of Fire, The Jane Bradfords, Kowalski, Panama Kings and others. Eight of the tracks were recorded at Oh Yeah’s in-house studio.
There are some shows which are selling out this weather. All tickets for funkmaster Maceo Parker’s gig at the Mermaid Arts Centre as part of the Bray Jazz Festival tomorrow night have been snapped up.
This year’s FeileAfrica fest in Cork runs from May 22nd-25th with shows from Gregory Isaacs, Afrocelt Sound System’s N’faly Kouyate and many others.
Master At Work Kenny Dope will spend the June bank holiday weekend in Ireland with shows at Dublin’s Tivoli (May 31st) and Limerick’s Baker Place (June 1st
Meet my new favourite Mexican band. It used to be Molotov, but it’s now Chikita Violenta. And they sound mighty.
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