30.08.10
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CHART ACTION:
ALBUMS
37 Villagers – Becoming A Jackal (Domino)
INDIE ALBUM CHART (TOP 20)
3 Villagers – Becoming A Jackal (Domino)
17 Bell X1 – Blue Lights On The Runway (Belly Up)
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One of Domino’s undersung greats, Archie Bronson
Outfit, are in Ireland
this week to play this year’s Electric Picnic Festival in Stradbally,
Co Laois. The band’s current album is Coconut which was released
earlier this year.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Ash release a new single, ‘Change Your Name’ today (Monday 30
August) (the letter ‘X’ in the A-Z singles).
Ash release the compilation A-Z Vol 2 collecting the second batch of 13 singles
along with a host of bonus material. It is
available to pre-order from the band’s site now!
You
can check out all the details on this, forthcoming tour and release dates et al
at the band’s website: http://www.ash-official.com
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Bell X1 have just announced a 14-date
acoustic tour of Ireland
celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the release of their debut album, Neither
Am I.
They
band are looking forward to stripping things back and performing songs from the
entire catalogue as well as debuting some new ones. The band will
be doing a similar tour in the US
in October.
You can check out some examples of their acoustic songs at: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2746424
Bell X1 have spent most of the year writing songs for their 5th
Studio Album -- due for release in Spring 2011.
www.bellx1.com
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Chief will be playing a gig on these shores on Wednesday night – 1
September (Academy 2, Dublin)
Two years ago the four members of Chief finished their stints at New
York University and returned home to the US west coast, their suitcases stuffed
full of soaring melodies, shimmering guitars, lovelorn lyrics and
heart-stopping harmonies.
Written and recorded in Los Angeles
and produced by Grammy winner Emery Dobyns, Modern
Rituals has sunshine seeping through every note. But if California is emanating from every crevasse
then the resulting sound is as universal and world wearied as it gets. The
album is thematic in its tales of romantic disappointments, left lovers and
floundering emotions and the band’s musical touchstones include the great denimed romantics: Love, The Beach Boys, Neil Young and The
Band.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Clinic release a new single, ‘I’m Aware’ on
17 September. It is the first single to be taken from their new album. Bubblegum,
which will make an appearance on 1 October.
The
band have just returned from a triumphant trip to New York where they
played some cracking shows & kicked off the promo rounds for Bubblegum.
You can view clips of the bands performance at Joe's Pub here...
http://bigasslens.com/home/2010/8/25/clinic-joes-pub-819-videos.html
Also you can listen to the band's WFMU session where they played songs from
Bubblegum. The songs are available for download to listen & share.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/08/clinic-live-wfmu-sessions-fresh-vintage-mp3.html
Meanwhile
the band’s classic ‘IPC Sub-Editors Dictate Our Youth’ single will be
the soundtrack to the new Coors Light ad campaign in Ireland from the end of August onwards.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Dirty 9s have been confirmed to play at this week’s Electric Picnic on the
An Puball Gaeilge stage,
which will blend all kinds of entertainment and mischief in the Irish language.
The band release a new single ‘Trouble’ on 17
September and have been confirmed to play Pygmalion on Arthur’s Day on 23 Septbember.
www.thedirty9s.net
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Delorentos continue their summer live activities
before rolling into a series of College shows around the country in September
and announcing a full Irish tour for the Autumn.
www.delorentos.net
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The Divine Comedy have just announced an autumn tour including a date in
the Olympia, Dublin on 30 September (full dates below, all
shows are Neil solo).
The current album is, of course, Bang Goes The
Knighthood (Divine Comedy Records).
www.thedivinecomedy.com
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Electric Penguins release a new album II on 8th
October and it will be preceded by the single ÔHighgate
Hill’. This is the follow up to their debut album Goodbye From The Electric Penguins. The band
will perform at Phantom’s First Friday gig this week on 3 September and will be
announcing their own tour shortly.
www.electricpenguins.com
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The
Fall return to Ireland this week for Electric
Picnic. They recently released a new album, Your Future Our Clutter,
on Domino and will be in Ireland
for Electric Picnic next month. Current single is ÔBury’
and you can check out a rare video at: http://www.burytv.net/Categories/Whats-On/Whats-On/Film/The-Fall---Bury-Pts-2--4-Parental-Advisory/
<http://www.burytv.net/Categories/Whats-On/Whats-On/Film/The-Fall---Bury-Pts-2--4-Parental-Advisory/>
www.dominorecordco.com
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Fiach has confirmed a show in Whelans, Dublin on Thursday 16 September. He’ll release a
new single ÔDignity’ in September.
www.fiach.net
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The Frames will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary with a live show
at Electric Picinic on Saturday. Meanwhile two
classic albums, Fitzcarraldo (1996) and
Dance The Devil (1999), have been
re-issued, each with 5 bonus tracks.
Meanwhile
Glen has announced his own show in Donegal with Mairead
Ni Mhaonaigh and Manus Lunny, it will take place in
Ionad Cois Locha, Dun Luiche on 9 September.
www.theframes.ie
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Jennifer Evans has just revealed a new video for ÔScattered’
from her Salient Point EP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPDBUYwmzLs
Jennifer has been confirmed to play the Body & Soul area at
Electric Picnic as well as a show in The Craft Centre, Kilkenny on Wed 23
September.
www.jenniferevans.ie
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The line-up for this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes Festival (7/8/9
October) have was announced last week and is available on http://www.hwch.net
Full weekend festival price of Û45, nightly tickets Û20.
www.hwch.net
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Owen Pallet releases a new single, ‘A Swedish Love Story’, on
Domino on 24 September. It is taken from the current album, Heartland.
www.dominorecordco.com
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R.S.A.G. have announced a September date (Sat
11th) in The Hillgrove, Dingle.
RSAG
released his 2nd album, Be It Right Or Wrong,
recently on his own A Rare Production labelÉa truly
stupendous follow up to the Choice Music Prize nominated debut Organic
Sampler from 2008. A full schedule of Autumn
tour dates will be announced soon.
www.myspace.com/rarelyseenaboveground
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Josh Ritter has 2 brand new videos available to view:
i.
‘Rattling Locks’ – a photo essay, crafted by Keyboardist and
Producer Sam Kassirer, comprising 120mm medium format
photographs taken on tour in 2009: http://www.youtube.com/dougrice#p/u/1/i2SZV6BiHvg
ii.
‘Lantern’ – from a recent show in Tarrytown, NY.
An unknown fan handed out glowsticks and strict instructions
only to use them during this song: http://www.youtube.com/dougrice#p/u/0/TETVSRuRrDI
www.independentrecords.ie
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On 29 October Domino will release An Introduction toÉElliott Smith on CD and 180 gram
vinyl. This album features fourteen tracks compiled from all seven of
Elliott Smith's albums: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith,
Either/Or, XO, Figure 8, From A Basement on the Hill, and New Moon.
An Introduction toÉ
is, as the title suggests, intended as an introduction to one of the greatest
songwriters of our era. We hope this will enable new generations to learn
about Elliott's music by providing a pathway for people to delve more deeply
into his immensely satisfying catalogue.
http://www.dominorecordco.com
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Tricky
has just unveiled his new website: http://www.tickysite.com.
He has also just launched the video for his forthcoming single, ‘Murder
Weapon’, which is out on 27 August. The video is filmed by Fleur and Manu
in La Salle (Tricky’s boxing club in Paris). Check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fd4nE8OCI
‘Murder
Weapon’ is the first single to be taken from Tricky’s
new album, Mixed Race (Domino), which comes out on 24 September.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Villagers will be back home this week for this
year’s Electric Picnic.
Meanwhile
Villagers’ debut album, Becoming A Jackal,
has been short-listed for the 2010 Barclaycard Mercury Prize ÔAlbum of the Year!! The winning album will be announced
next Tuesday 7 September.
Following
which the band play a show as part of the Open House Festival in the Black Box,
Belfast (Thurs
9 Sept). An Autumn tour of Ireland will be announced very soon.
A
new single, ‘That Day’, will be released from the album on 1 October.
www.myspace.com/villagers
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Wild Beasts’ excellent album Two Dancers has been
short-listed for the 2010 Barclaycard Mercury Prize ÔAlbum
of the Year. The band recently played to a packed tent at Oxgen
and hopefully we’ll see them back here before the end of the year.
www.myspace.com/wildbeasts
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