CADA – Junk
Any Aphex Twin fans out there?
Then you’ll appreciate the manic weirdness of Dublin producer and “recovering bass player” CADA.
A robotic internet speech tool adds a whole new level to the phrase spoken word while booming asymmetrical beats wake up the neighbours.
The new album Muloc is available on bandcamp and Spotify.
Nick says: Junk rock.
Here’s one for you: what’s your favourite song with a one-word title?
We’re giving away an enticing €25 Golden Discs voucher to a reader with a winning tune below.
Here’s mine.
The winner will be chosen by my imaginary pet Labrador.
Lines MUST close at MIDNIGHT!
Please include video links if possible.
Nick says: Good luck.
Last week’s winner here.
Jane Willow and Dave McGuinnness – Day Is Done (Nick Drake cover)
Today would have been Nick Drake‘s 72th birthday.
Dublin-based, Netherlands-born singer Jane Willow writes:
Me and [guitarist Dave McGuiness did a version of this song at the Whelan’s ‘I Heart Nick Drake’ gig a while ago. Nick is such a pivotal part of my life. I just love him.
Nick says: Not to be confused with Drake Day.
Am looking forward to the Green Party (if in government) abolishing this special higher rate of mileage that applies only to ministers and judges for gas-guzzling cars. There’s no way they could stand over it, is there ;-) https://t.co/4iwgawMBXU
— Ken Foxe (@kenfoxe) June 19, 2020
Anyone?
RA Holmes – I Just Wanna Ask, Y’Know, Can We All Get Along…
An instrumental from the heart.
RA writes:
A depressing lament for the world but with some beauty thrown in. I’m from Dublin. All my own work…
Nick says: Restorative.
Mayo Lockdown – Bohemian Rhapsody
Fish writes:
Thought you might like this! 40 musicians (and a couple of the Mayo GAA football team) from Castlebar [County Mayo] remotely tackling Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody for the St. Vincent de Paul.
In fairness.
Name those Mayo players, anyone?
The votes are in.
Last week, with whopping €25 Golden Discs voucher on offer, I asked for your favourite song that names a specific town or city in the lyrics.
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
Castle Of Dromore by Noel Kelehan Quintet
Theo Kretschmar Schuldorff writes:
Original Irish Jazz from the year of the auld birth – and well worth a try next time the wine and cheeses are out! Such a shame they didn’t keep at it..
Runner-up:
The Dublin Saunter by Noel Purcell
Harry Warren writes:
Encapsulates how Dublin was once upon a time :)
Winner:
Johnsburg, Illinois by Tom Waits
Dylan writes:
Tom Wait’s shortest and most beautiful and unaffected song, to his wife the mighty talented Kathleen Brennan.
Nick says: Thanks all.
Last week: Win NIck’s Voucher
Meljoann – O Supervisor
And now for something completely different.
Brighton-based Irish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meljoann (top) makes a splash with this single from her forthcoming album HR.
Meljoan says:
“O Supervisor imagines impossible ways to escape the claws of Bosses. Can we re-code this crappy reality? This song uses video game tropes and post-colonial, post-Marxist arguments to win the level.”
Nick says: Enter player one.
Good Vibrations: The Play.
From the movie of the same name, Good Vibrations is the story of Ulster Punk told from the perspective of a radical and rebellious Belfast record store owner named Terri Hooley.
Some Old Queen writes:
The play is now available for 24 hours only on YouTube….
This evening.
Walkinstown Roundabout, Dublin 12.
To Hell or Crumlin.
Thanks Ciaran Savage
