Author Archives: Nick Kelly

The votes are in.

Last week, with a pair of tickets to see Girl Band live at Vicar Street this November on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song by either an all-female band or a female-fronted band and why.

Broadsheet reader ‘Jon Boy’ wins the tix with this impressive and informative answer:

“Has to be ‘Under Your Spell’ by Desire. Desire are essentially a collaboration between the guys from the Chromatics and Canadian vocalist Megan Louise.

You’ll know the song from the movie Drive (2011).’I don’t eat. I don’t sleep. I do nothing but think of you.’

If you can get a chance to listen to their debut album ‘II’, it’s full of similarly blissed out, downbeat disco….”

Thanks all.

Girl Band

Last week: Win Nick’s Free Tix

 

Good times.

Update:

No moves to break deadlock as SIPTU health strike looms (RTÉ)

Gulp.

Dublin Velo [cycle conference] 2019

Gypsies On The Autobahn – Leave It All Behind

Gender identity issues are the forefront of the new video from this four-piece band from Cabra, north Dublin. It’s a theme which seems particularly relevant during Pride month.

Gypsies On The Autobahn comprise brothers James and Dan Smith (vocals and drums respectively) alongside their old school pals Gary Quinn (bass) and Niall Mooney (guitars).

Their second album ‘Suspended’ is out on Universal Music Ireland on June 28.

The band say: “Leave It All Behind is a tragic love story born from self-doubt and longing, where insecurity has forced him to be lost in these ‘mirror episodes’.”

Nick says: Go Gypsies!

Gypsies On The Autobahn

Leigh Michael (featuring Staz Beats) – Fly High: Rapper Vs Seagulls

Bray, County Wicklow-based rapper Leigh writes:

A quick video from myself and Staz Beats. Its a single verse inspired by our feathered friends the seagulls and the mischief they can get up too…

Leigh Michael

EMR – Boy Moon

There are so many talented musicians in this small country beavering away under the radar, just waiting to be discovered. Step forward Eimear O’Sullivan, a singer/songwriter from Skerries, north County Dublin, who records under the moniker EMR.

Having released three EPs and a wonderful Christmas single (no, really), EMR is back with a moonstruck ode to love’s young dream.Unshowy acoustic guitar and minimalist piano set the mood for EMR’s incredibly intimate, yearning vocal. Sweetness follows.

The video (above), with its clips of the gravity-defying Peter Pan, complements the song perfectly.

Check out her website

Nick says: Fly me to the moon.

EMR

Calling all music fans – a radio station playing the very best of music from the 1990s is now up and running on low power at 98.4FM every weekend and broadcasting across north Dublin.

The 90s Network is a radio station playing the hits from the decade that gave us everything from Britpop to boybands.

And they take requests – all you need to do is send a message to Whatsapp at 087 199 90 90.

The station is also available on the app TuneIn Radio or separately on the Google Play store as The 90s Network.

This has been a public service broadcasting announcement.

The 90s Network

“As our community standards explain, we don’t allow nude images of children on Facebook. But we know this a culturally significant image. Therefore, we’re restoring the posts we removed.”

Facebook spokesperson

Houses of the Holy?