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In a controversial move, The Dead Flags have joined Morgan Kelly in his scathing attack on Patrick Honohan with their latest nugget ‘You Got It Wrong’. Well, not really – but the track does share his sentiments!
The Sligo punk popsters (now Dublin-based) have been keeping quiet of late but are ready to make a return to the live circuit with the infectious single.
2010’s acclaimed long-player Gentlemen’s Club met with many plaudits and spawned the lauded singles ‘Let’s Start A Fire Tonight’ and ‘Anymore’. The confection was produced by Frames man Karl Odlum and Steve Rooke of Franz Ferdinand fame.
Their recent hiatus was due to the departure of drummer Kevin Lowery. Freshly revitalised, they take to the national highways and byways for a slew of shows (check hotpress.com for details).
In date for your diary news... the next Nighthawks At The Cobalt will take place on Saturday, May 21 and there are only a few tickets left from the Oxfam Shop on Parliament Street. So get moving! The evening features performances by Eoin Dillon of Kíla, the wonderful Duncan Maitland and beguiling Ann Scott with the usual blend of rib-tickling comedy and reading. Not to be missed!
Dubliners Sweet Jane are off to Liverpool this month for a show at industry festival Sound City before returning home to support Suede at there three Olympia shows. They’ll barely have time to unpack before they’re off again to Singapore for leading Asian industry fest Music Matters. Watch out for new single ‘Where’s Your Money?’ coming your way at the start of June…
There’s a fascinating double-header in Whelan’s on May 29 in the form of Waterford’s Katie Kim and Galway’s Laura Sheeran to mark the launch of their split 7” single on Flaming June Records.
Over the past year Katie has been working with The Waterboys, David Kitt and Donal Dineen. You can expect to hear some gems from her 2008 debut album Twelve which received rave reviews.
If you’re not familiar with Ms. Sheeran, check out her debut EP Music From The Deep Woods available to download at [link]www.thisisopenmusic.com[/link]. If suitably impressed, proceed post-haste to her MySpace page where you can join the pledge campaign to help her release her long-player Lust Of Pig And The Fresh Blood…
In Cork news, John Blek And The Rats are about to bring their folk punk-inspired sonic brew out on the road in celebration of the release of their debut single ‘The Road Will Rise Again’ due later this month. The tour will bring them to the UK for a batch of dates which includes pitstops at The Dublin Castle, Camden and The Windmill in Brixton…
Fellow People’s Republic residents Former Monarchs have just released their debut offering ‘My Friend Has No Job’ which you can sample at
[link]soundcloud.com/formermonarchs/my-friend-has-no-job[/link]. Formed in 2010 from the ashes of local cult acts Burn Us Both and The Avalanche Effect, the outfit draws inspiration from UK underground merchants Reuben and Oceansize…
If resident in The Pale, watch out for a mini-Cork invasion when Zombie Computer and Ladydoll hit the Whelan’s stage on June 18 and 22 respectively…
The legendary Jinx Lennon will release a free album on Bandcamp on May 26. The collection is compiled from tracks that were not used on his last two albums Trauma Themes Idiot Times and National Cancer Strategy. The latest offering is titled Hungry Bastard Hibernia. Catch him live upstairs in Whelan’s on May 26 and in the Camden Palace Hotel Cork on May 27, with Captain Moonlight…
Henrietta Game are launching their new single ‘Sleep Then’ in The Workman’s Club on May 25, followed by their debut album Black Ship in June. The quartet are busy on the festival circuit this Summer, which will see them bring their intoxicating blend of glockenspiel, cello, violin, drum, guitar, harmonium and piano to Sham Rock, Flatlake, Temple House and Lisnaskea…
Dublin blues/funk six-piece The Fibbs are preparing to unleash their new Room 6 EP next month, which they recorded in Elektra Studios. Catch them live in Fibber Magees (where else given their moniker?) on June 3…