Dublin power trio Bitch Falcon turn the amps to 11 for this pneumatic blast of head-shaking metal.
Afghaniscan directed the video of Lizzie, Barry and Nigel at play in the studio.
Singer Lizzie Fitzpatrick explains the message in the song:
“Damp Breath is a story that deals with someone being managed by a person of authority who is potentially seedy in their intentions….
“Would things be easier if they embrace their sexuality and use it their advantage or would behaving in that way quickly create dread, anxiety, self-loathing and a complete abandonment of feminist values which ultimately would results in overwhelming guilt.”
That’s the devious plot hatched by Dublin band Glimmermen in their new video which sees them transported back to the good old days when showbands stalked the ballrooms of Eireann.
Shot by Trevor Murphy, it’s a humorous and nostalgic take on a bygone era.
The album Here I Stand is released next week on vinyl and it contains a digital download code.
Glimmermen are Gav Cowley (guitar and vocals); J Basseti (bass); Phil Murray (drums); Dave Prendergast (trumpet); and Orlaith Gilcreest (sax and vocals).
They launch the album on Thursday at The Bello Bar, Dublin 6 and on Saturday at Tower Records, Dublin at 1pm.
If you are partial to smart indie bands that breathe the same air as Beck and Pavement, then you will want to hear the new single by Tandem Felix.
The Dublin hopefuls’ current line-up comprises David Tapley (top, vocals, guitar), Conor Muldowney (guitar), Evan Keogh (bass), Ena Brennan (violin) and Neil Dexter (drums).
The band name comes from the Latin epitaph on scientist Marie Ampère’s gravestone, which translates as “happy at last”.
Spot the Trinity student!
The smart-as-you-like video was directed by Ror Conaty.
Then you’re in luck as the new single from Irish roots duo Oisin Leech (top left) and Mark McCausland (top right) aka The Lost Brothers is a slow-burning country blues number which was recorded in Brooklyn and features the stellar talents of M Ward on electric guitar and Tony Garnier from Bob Dylan’s band on upright bass, who also co-produced the track.
This is the first taster from the new album After The Fire, After The Rain which is due next February.
Shot in moody black and white in Meath and Tyrone, the video was directed by Ian Lawton.
Last Friday, with two bank holiday vouchers each worth a princely 25 to giveaway, I asked for YOUR favourite song about travelling (by bus, plane, car, train, on foot etc) and why.
You entered in your dozens.
But there could be only two winners:
Runner up:
Anna Kendrick – Cups
Slightly Bemused writes:
Not my favourite travelling song, but one that really means a lot to me. The film – Pitch Perfect (2012) came out at the right time and when we got together, this is the only song so far I have sung with my daughter. She kept correcting me on how it is sung (I cannot sing, so a hopeless act), but still she would sing it with me. As we drove between where she and her mom live and her grandparents she attempted to correct me. One of my favourite road trips with her, although they all were. Corny and all as it is, I love it. I give you the much maligned, but in my heart loved, Cups song by Anna Kendrick…
Winner #1:
Magnetic Fields – Born On A Train
Aidan Curran writes:
Born on a Train’ by the Magnetic Fields, reminding me of a long delayed train to Dublin that finally arrived at Heuston late into the dead of night, after most of us passengers had gone through the Seven Ages of Man during the trip.
Winner #2:
Terry Callier – 900 Miles
F_Lawless writes:
Terry Callier’s soulful voice really commands attention in this 1964 version of the traditional US folk song “900 Miles” The lonely traveller on the way home (Dion does a great version too)…
Prepare to be inducted into the church of Joe Dolan.
How could you resist?
The new video from Dublin indie ensemble Shrug Life is a blast as demon-eyed singer Danny Carroll (top) brainwashes unwitting Dubs into joining his cult.
And the next thing they know they’re donning white robes and performing the Albert Hammond classic made famous by JD…
Composer Philip Glass and his Ensemble, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, performing one of his landmark pieces Music in 12 Parts on stage at the National Concert Hall as they took up a special residency as part of the NCH Perspective Series, where yesterday Glass was set to perform his iconic work KOYAANISQATSI (any excuse) but was unable due to an illness.
We have not one but TWO €25 Golden Discs vouchers to give away to the two best entries who post below with your favourite song about travelling (by bus, plane, car, train, on foot etc) and why.
Carlow-based country blues troubadour Niall Toner(top) has written a poignant lament imagining the last days of the noble four-legged hunter on these shores. (The wolf has been extinct in Ireland since 1786).
Maybe [Green Party leader]Eamon Ryan was listening?
The song is written from the point of view of the doomed craythur and would have fit perfectly in Johnny Cash‘s twilight testaments.
Fiaz Farrelly‘s atmospheric video is also visually striking and the use of a drone as it hovers over the Blackstairs Mountains adds a real sense of grandeur.
