29.06.09
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NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS
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CHART ACTION:
ALBUMS
54 Bell X1 – Blue
Lights On The Runway (Belly Up Records)
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The Angel Pier
release a new single, ÒAlign The SeasÓ on the Irish Independent label Delphi on 24 July. The 4-piece are 75%
Irish, 25% Canadian and, via their previous releases, have gained a reputation
for captivating live shows and ensnaring pop melodies.
The band will be playing a number of shows around Ireland to co-incide
with the release – including The Oxegen Festival (Sat 11 July) and
Castlepalooza (Saturday 1 August).
myspace.com/theangelpier
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Ash are about to
embark on one of their most ambitious projects to date. Having ensconced
themselves in their own Atomic Heart Studios in New York for the last year,
they will be releasing a 26-song ÒA-Z SeriesÓ of singles from September every
fortnight for a year! The series will be available through shops and from the
bandÕs website: http://www.ash-official.com
(also available as a subscription through the website).
To kick things off the band have released a Mark Hamilton-composed corker of a
song, ÒReturn Of White RabbitÓ.
It is available as a free download right now on the bandÕs website and a
limited edition of 1,000 7Ó are available through mail order and selected
shops.
www.ash-official.com
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Animal Collective released a new
single, ÒSummertime ClothesÓ, on
26 June with a spread of mixes as additional tracks on various versions
(Dam-Funk remix, Leon Day AKA L.D. remix, ZombyÕs Analog Lego mix). It is, of
course, taken from their current Merriweather Post Pavilion album on Domino.
www.recordco.com
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Bell X1 played a fantastic headline
show in The Marquee Cork over the weekend. Their next live outing will be the
Special Guest slot with U2 on 27 July in Croke Park. The band have also just
been announced for a performance at this yearÕs Electric Picnic over the first
weekend of September.
In the meantime the band continue their march around the world in support of
their platinum selling album, Blue Lights On The Runway, which went straight to Number 1
in the Irish Album Charts. They will be playing at various festivals over the
summer (including Hop Farm, Benecassim and Electric Picnic). The current single
from the album is ÒThe Ribs of a Broken UmbrellaÓ.
www.bellx1.com
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The debut novel by Keith Cullen (maverick founder and boss of Setanta Records - The
Divine Comedy, Richard Hawley, Edwyn Collins, The Frank & Walters, The
Chalets) is now available in Ireland published in paperback by Setanta.
ÒGod Save The Village GreenÓ is
a vicious portrait of a London-Irish family at odds with itself. An explicit
kitchen-sink drama set in Barking, London between the mid-1960s and the early
1980s. It centres on dysfuntion, lost opportunities and violent, drunken
reactions in a family thatÕs coming apart at the seams.
http://www.setantarecords.com
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Alela DianeÉ.will be arriving in
Ireland next month to play some gigs. So far confirmed are Crawdaddy, Dublin on
21st, Cyprus Ave, Cork on 22nd and Galway Arts Festival
on 23rd (Special Guest to Bon Iver at the Festiival Big Top).
The hotly acclaimed Nevada native releases her second album,
To Be Still
(Names Records) in Ireland next month co-inciding with her live dates. The
current single from the album is titletrack ÒTo Be StillÓ.
www.myspace.com/alelamusic / http://aleladiane.blogspot.com
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Delorentos have just
released a new single, ÒYou Can Make SoundÓ. It is a taster from their forthcoming album (due
out in September) and, out of the goodness of their heart, the band have made
it available as a free download from: http://www.delorentos.net/youcanmakesound
The band recently finished a sold-out whistlestop tour of Ireland and will
announced details of their new album and some live dates very soon.
www.delorentos.net
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Director have just announced new
shows for the Summer including a headline slot on the IMRO stage at the Oxegen
Festival (Sat 11 July). They will also play in Dungarvan (3 July), and Kilkenny
(10 July) before rolling into a show at Leopardstown, Dublin (16 July) and a
slot at the Indiependence Festival in Mitchelstown (2 August).
The bandÕs new album, IÕll Wait For Sound, went straight into the Irish
album charts at No 11 in May. It was preceded by the single ÒSing It
Without A TuneÓ. You can hear the album
free and in full at: http://www.rte.ie/ie/entertainmentmusic/entry/music_blog_listen_to_new
and watch 2 exclusive videos from the album exclusively on the Irish
Times website at: http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/director/
www.directormusic.co.uk
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Dirty Projectors have just
released a new album Bitte Orca on Domino. They have just announced an Irish show in
Whelans on 16 September.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Domino have released a slew of classic recordings from late 70s US punk band Flipper. Kicking off with the single ÒSex BombÓ on 19 June the following week sees the label issue
the bandÕs four seminal albums, Generic, Sex Bomb Baby, Gone Fishin and Public Flipper
Limited (the last
being a live double album of performances from 1980-1985)
www.dominorecordco.com
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Franz Ferdinand release a new
single, ÒCanÕt Stop FeelingÓ,
this Friday 3 July taken from their current album, Tonight: Franz
Ferdinand. Meanwhile
the dub version of the album is available as a stand-alone release. Mixed by
Dan Carey, it includes an exclusive bonus track – ÒBe AfraidÓ (a version of ÒDream AgainÓ) – that wasnÕt on
the original version (which came as a limited bonus CD with the current album).
www.dominorecordco.com
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Hard Working Class Heroes will
be officially announced in Dublin tomorrow (Tuesday 30 June) with a
festival-esque scoot around the some of the cityÕs finest record shops to eat
pizza and watch a clutch of top emerging bands.
The festival, now in itÕs 7th year, has become an essential on IrelandÕs
music calendar, offering a perfectly encapsulated introduction to IrelandÕs
best emerging talent on the music scene. Full details of this yearÕs festival
will be announced at the launch.
www.hwch.net
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The Any Other City label
(current home of Villagers and New Amusement) have just released the debut
single by Hired Hands. ÒMarie
Antoinette / O ChildÓ which is available
on limited edition 7Ó (500 hand-numbered copies) and digital download.
www.anyothercity.com
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Humanzi have returned with a new
single, ÒBass BallsÓ – and
is already causing a quality stir from a cross-section of the bandÕs previous
naysayers!
The band have been living, writing and playing in Berlin for the last couple of
years. They will release a new album in the Autumn.
www.myspace.com/humanzi
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Junior BoysÕs new album, Begone
Dull Care, has just
been released by Domino in Ireland. The band made a welcome and long overdue
return to Ireland recently for a show in Dublin.
www.dominorecordco.com
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King Creosote (Kenny to his
friends) releases a new single, ÒNo One Had It BetterÓ, on Domino on 14 August. It is taken from his
current album, Flick The Vs which was released earlier this year.
www.dominorecordco.com
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David Kitt has confirmed that he will
headline the IMRO News Sounds Stage on Friday 10 July at this yearÕs Oxegen
Festival. He will also play at Bundoran Surf Festival this week (26 June) and
Castlepalooza in Tullamore (1 August).
Kittser released a new album, The Night Saver, on his own label in March and
his back catalogue is now fully available to buy from his website in both
digital and physical format (full details at http://www.davidkitt.com).
The site also features all sorts of live shows and videos (including the new
video for ÒNo Truth In Your EyesÓ.
www.davidkitt.com
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Cass McCombs has just released
his new album, Catacombs, on the Domino label. ÒDreams Come True GirlÓ is the current single from the record.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Eugene McGuinness has just
released a new single, ÒWendy WondersÓ on Domino. Additional songs include cover versions of The RamonesÕ ÒJudy
Is A PunkÓ and The CoralÕs ÒJacequelineÓ. The single is taken from EugeneÕs current
self-titled second album.
www.dominorecordco.com
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Following a recent live show in Dublin Charlie Parr returns again in September for a weekend of shows
(4-6 September) that sees him playing on consecutive days at the Harvest Blues
Festival in Monaghan before catching a Sunday slot at the Electric Picnic.
His current album, Roustabout, is available in Ireland on
Independent Records.
www.independentrecords.ie
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Josh Ritter returns to Ireland this
week to play The Marquee, Cork (Friday 4 July) complete with a 24-piece
orchestra with Lisa Hannigan as Special Guest.
Having just played a special free show this summer in New
YorkÕs Central Park (in the company of the NY Pops Orchestra) Josh has also announced full details of a special series
of deluxe 2 CD back catalogue releases in Ireland.
Each album has expanded artwork, lyrics and comes with a special bonus disc of
each album recorded acoustically exclusively for these releases. There will
also be exclusive additional tracks and videos all presented in an exclusive
(to Ireland) hardback booklet. Golden Age Of Radio comes with sleeve notes by
none other than Cameron Crowe.
The Golden Age Of Radio is now available and will be followed by Hello
Starling on 3 July
with The Animal Years due in the early Autumn.
www.indepdendentrecords.ie
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Snow Patrol return to Ireland to
headline the first day of the Oxegen Festival (Friday 10 July) at Punchestown
Racecourse.
The band released a new single, ÒThe Planets Bend UsÓ on Fiction/Polydor earlier this month (you can
check out the video at: www.snowpatrol.com). The lead track is a re-worked
version of the song on their current million-selling album, A
Hundred Million Suns.
www.snowpatrol.com
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The Swell Season
(featuring The Frames) have
announced initial details of a new album along with the Irish leg of a
worldwide tour starting in August. Tickets went on sale on Tuesday 2 June
priced at 30 euro (plus booking fees). The Irish shows will take in Derry,
Wexford, Cork, Ennis and Dublin.
The album, whose title is still to be confirmed, will feature 11 brand
new tracks and is planned for release on 25 September. Meanwhile Academy Award
winners Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova will bring their unique live show back
to Ireland to kick off a world tour in celebration of the second album to be
made under the monicker The Swell Season.
Following the Irish shows The Swell Season tour will roll into the US in
September / October and Europe in November / December. There are already plans
to tour Asia in Spring 2010.
www.theswellseason.com
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Tindersticks are
currently preparing to go into the studio to record their 8th studio record.
They will be playing some carefully picked shows and festivals over the summer
(including Glastonbury Festival and Serpentine Session in the Park in Hyde
Park, London).
www.tindersticks.co.uk
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Villagers have just
confirmed that they will headline the IMRO stage at this yearÕs Oxegen Festival
on Sunday 12 July.
Villagers released their debut EP in February on the Any
Other City label. www.myspace.com/wearevillagers
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Robert Wyatt releasaes a box set of all
9 Studio Albums plus the EPs set on 31 July on Domino. In chronological order
the boxed set comprises: Rock Bottom (1974); Ruth Is
Stranger Than Richard
(1975); Nothing Can Stop Us (1981); Old Rottenhat (1985); Dondestan
Revisited (1991/1998);
Shleep (1997);
EPs (1998);
Cuckooland
(2003); Robert Wyatt & Friends, Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th
September 1974
(2005); Comicopera (2007)
www.dominorecordco.com
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James Yorkston releases a new album, Folk
Songs, on Domino on
7 August. You can pre-order the special edition of the album at http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/16-04-09/folk-songs
(where you can also listen to a brand new song) and check out a clip of the
recording of the bonus disc from the album at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSgbAuPRJqc
www.dominorecordco.com
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