3,500 antigen-tested ‘revellers’ attended a one day event featuring Gavin James, Denise Chaila, Wild Youth, Shannon Shannon, Lyra, and Wyvern Lingo. The festival is the fourth in a series of pilot events supported by the Department of Tourism, Arts and Culture.
Ahead of tomorrow’s ‘Pilot Festival’ for 3,500 – ideally vaxxed – people to see Gavin James, Denise Chaila and 2 Johnnies (a comedy act not prophylactics) among others.
Erstwhile Revelino frontman Brendan Tallon (top) makes us swoon with the joyous new single from his debut solo album Love In These Times, out today on Mercenary Records.
The video was shot in Brendan’s home studio and edited by Rory McDonald.
Last week, with a €50 Golden Discs voucher redeemable in any Golden Discs store on offer , I asked for your favourite song about Summer or whose lyrics refer to Summer.
You answered in your dozens – providing a Factor 50-resistant playlist of sun-soaked gems.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman
Stephen Moran writes:
“From the pen of the eccentric incurable romantic that is Jonathan Richman (minus the Modern Lovers here) comes an infectiously sunny ditty “That Summer Feeling”. It’s a sort of American Graffiti like pathos infused homage in song to memories of summers past filled with a mix of nostalgia & regret
“I recall seeing him in Whelan’s about a quarter century ago when a chap requested this classic cut & Richman started strumming the intro. The guy then shouted out could he wait until he got back from the jacks & Jonathan duly obliged & played ” I Was Dancin’ in a Lesbian Bar” while we awaited our hero’s return from his call of nature. “That summer feeling’s gonna haunt you the rest of your life…”
Runner-up:
Summer Wine by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
Sten writes:
“Summer Wine by Nancy & Lee is the perfect song. It’s got the boy/girl duet, a story that keeps you hanging till the end, the double meaning to the lyrics and all wrapped in a crackin tune with duelling Spanish guitars.”
Winner:
The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy
Scottser writes:
“When I was 12 I went camping with my big brother and his mates on the dunes in Portmarnock. There were illicit cigarettes, my first sip from a warm can of Harp and observations on ladyparts that made no sense.
“There was a mission that morning to steal milk, juice and yoghurt from local doorsteps at 5am. There was unlicensed craic. the stereo played The Who, The Stones, The Ramones, AC/DC and, in particular, Thin Lizzy’s ‘Live And Dangerous’. And from that album the one song that captured the freedom, camaraderie and invincibility I felt that night was ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’. Since then, it’s not summer until that album gets played in full, outdoors in the evening with beer in hand.”
Once the lead singer with cult ’90s indie rockers The Idiots, Brian Mooney (top) returned with the masterpiece that was last year’s EP ‘And As For Loss‘.
Now he’s continuing his creative resurgence with How To Make Nothing, which has echoes of John Lennon or Pink Floyd in its plaintive melancholia.
Brian writes:
“Audio recorded on my phone with additions in Logic 2020. James Smith added funky bass and keys. Video recorded in the kitchen on my phone with additions by Delphine Velut.”
Verona Murphy gives her doubts about the figures and models coming from NPHET and demands a peer review of their methods. She then goes on to attack the government for attempting to make vaccines mandatory by stealth through coercive discrimination. #disbandNphet#indoordiningpic.twitter.com/eeRgfyAoDb
Verona Murphy, Independent Wexford TD and President of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA), raises a sceptical covid tone rarely heard in Montrose to host Miriam O’Callaghan’s visible and audible incredulity.
Grunge-pop trio HAVVK soar away on this single from their forthcoming album Levelling, due on September 17.
The video was shot and directed by Tim Shearwood.
HAVVK are Julie Hough (pictured top on Vocals and Bass), Matt Harris (Guitar) and Sam Campbell (Drums). Julie and Matt are also the founders of Dublin-based label VETA Music – home to Maria KellySive, DYVR and St. Bishop, as well as HAVVK themselves.
Julie says:
“Home’ is about the freedom of youth and being oblivious to the protections you have around you. It’s about appreciating the people who have always been there for you even when you were at your worst – even if you weren’t grateful for it – and who’ve helped you get back up again every time. I feel really connected to this song right now.
“Over the past year, we’ve all had our social structures pulled out from underneath us and we’re missing the basic nourishment of human connection. I do miss the obliviousness of normal life (and dancing, and gigs, and hugs!), but I hope I’ll go back to the world a bit more grateful – far less transactional – and really value the humans around me.”
Thirsty boxers Chloe and Liliy are the stars of the show in the new video by Irish dreamwave acolytes A Ritual Sea, which was directed by Niko Bikialo and edited by Donna McCabe.
The single is from their debut self-titled album, due in the Autumn on the French indie imprint Icy Cold.
Donna says:
“Lyrically, the song is about that moment after a heated argument; knowing you’ve both said things you regret, trying to find a way to say sorry, wanting to get back to that feeling of harmony. Musically, we tried to bring that blissful feeling to life.”
The band’s line-up is: Florian Chombart (Lead guitar, vocals); Donna McCabe (Vocals, synth); Nina Ruminska (Guitar); Donagh O’Brien (Drums); Finn McCarthy (Bass).
