Got Soul?

A clever promotional move on the part of Waterford’s Floyd Soul and the Wolf… what journo could refuse a single that lands on their desk titled ‘Give It A Chance’?! The NSMA winners recorded the track with Nashville producer Thomm Jutz, and it can be downloaded for 99c by text, see www.myspace.com/floydsoul. They have a slew of upcoming nationwide dates, check hotpress.com for details. Our own Stuart Clarksaid: ‘Floyd Soul and the Wolf are shit-kickingly entertaining.’ There’s an endorsement if I ever heard one!
Limerick’s We Should Be Dead have just released the superb third single, ‘Zero Point Five’, from their lauded debut long-player. The band will head out on their first US tour before beginning work on the highly anticipated second album. They are being championed by KROQ’s Rodney Bingenheimer (America’s John Peel), who gave a helping hand to The B52s, Blondie, The White Stripes, Coldplay, Oasis and No Doubt early in their ascent…
Dublin’s Vodkopter release ‘A Climbing Young Executive’ on July 24 with an official launch show in The Sugar Club. The debut EP was recorded with Shane Cullen at K9 studios. The band are currently working on their first music video for the song ‘They Need More Love’. The band comprises Gavin Redmond on guitar, piano and vocals, Stephen Parnell on bass and Daniel Geraghty on drums. Gavin and Stephen have gigged at The Ruby Sessions and with their friends Littles Xs For Eyes in The Sugar Club but a slew of new dates with powerhouse drummer Daniel are on the cards…
The very wonderful Story Of Hair have a fab new single ‘Big Melt’ currently available for digital download – check www.storyofhair.com. The track is taken from the forthcoming album Cheap Rate, due in September…
The latest offering from Carlow based artist Jimmy Behan is the ‘In The Sudden Distance’ EP which is available for free download from www.zymogen.net/releases/zym020. The five tracks, ‘Box Of Broken Things’, ‘Embers’, ‘Cathedral’, ‘Downpour’ and ‘From A Height’ deal with themes of change, memory and redemption…
Cork’s The Avalanche Effect have just unleashed their debut EP ‘Do You Think They Can Hear Us?’ The confection was recorded in Data Recording Studios in Kerry with Ross O’Donovan of Tenpastseven and Waiting Room fame. Check hotpress.com for live dates…
Dublin’s The Red Labels (who went down a storm on the IMRO New Band Stage at Oxegen) have just released their first single ‘Fire’. This year the band were victorious in the JD Set Final and came a very impressive second out of 250 in the Phantom Battle Of The Bands. We wish them luck in the King Kong Club Battle Of The Bands on July 19 and look forward to upcoming live dates such as the Castlepalooza Festival in Offaly on August 3 and the Solas Festival in Carlow on August 16…
Also appearing at Castlepalooza are fellow Dubliners Tidal Distric who have just released their ‘Hold The Party Line’ EP. The CD was recorded in The Loft Recording Studio with Ciaran Bradshaw of Muse fame. There is a single on the cards for later in the year and a debut long-player due in Spring 2009…
Following on from their appearance at Glastonbury, experimentalists Ilya K release their debut album Anaesthesia Ad Infinitum on July 18. Expect a full on sonic assault combining tribal rhythms and intricate harmonies with the pop sensibilities of Brian Wilson…
Following on from the infectious ‘The A-Tune’ which impressively was the most requested tune on Phantom FM in 2007 comes Sickboy’s new five-track EP ‘Taken Away In A Car’. The collection was produced by the uber-talented Marc Carolan. The band have shared the stage with The Kooks, The Bravery and Gang Of Four and are a live experience not to miss.