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Look at that for a touring itinerary.
Cork/Wexford-based promotion/booking company Merakindie has a March/April jaunt lined up for three solo artists: Paula Cox, Paul Creane and The Man Whom, with a long and detailed list of non-traditional performance spaces alongside venues and theatres in uncommonly-toured towns.
Writes Emma Kelly:
“Although not exclusive to non-traditional music venues, we are choosing to put on shows in those special local independently run businesses who are keen be involved and support the indie culture of Ireland. This tour is all about community and collaboration, and is reflected by the artists themselves, who will be singing on each other’s material. By doing things this way, we want to shine a positive light on independent Ireland.”
Your thoughts on music outside of the main cities in Ireland, and your favourite non-venue music spots below, please.
In case you missed it.
A handy three-and-a-bit-minute encyclopaedia of iconic/frequently-used breaks, beats and samples from throughout the history of looping as a creative device.
Released two weeks ago by the mighty Eclectic Method.
*cue Amen break*
Previously: Lash Up
Lost in France, Irish director Niall McCann’s documentary on the fertile Glasgow indie scene of the 1990s gets a special screening next week at the Triskel in Cork, with a very nice added bonus for those in attendance.
Writes Tina Darb:
Broadcasting live from Glasgow Film Festival to Triskel Christchurch Cinema Tuesday, February 21 Niall McCann’s film ‘Lost in France’ is treated to a unique screening and once-in-a-lifetime gig.
This exclusive cinema event followed is followed by a once-off concert performance broadcast LIVE via satellite from the Glasgow O2 ABC, featuring supergroup which includes Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), RM Hubbert, Emma Pollock & Paul Savage (The Delgados).
From the heart of Glasgow ‘Lost in France’ brings you a story of friendship, memory and making music. Set in the mid-90s Glasgow, the film follows flourishing indie rock band The Delgados who established cult record label Chemikal Underground, heralding a renaissance of independent music in the city that would bring the likes of Mogwai, Arab Strap and Franz Ferdinand to the world.
The time approaches for International Women’s Day, and with it, the called-for national strike to bring attention to the issue of repealing the Eighth. As the momentum for the strike hits the straight, Dublin Digital Radio will be getting behind it with a big show at its HQ.
DDR jock Dwayne Woods writes:
Four days out from International Women’s Day, March 8th, online radio station Dublin Digital Radio present Striking Sounds. An eclectic evening of music featuring some of the best Irish female acts or female fronted acts who are set to perform in solidarity with Strike 4 Repeal.
The fundraising and awareness event will take place on March 4th at Jigsaw, 10 Belvedere Court, Dublin 1.
The line-up is massive to say the least – Everything Shook, BARQ, Naoise Roo and the Gash Collective among others will be mucking in on the night.
Admission is €10, gig is BYOB, all proceeds to Strike4Repeal.
EMO Trump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopDK_jI6DI
Super Deluxe turns Trump’s whiny post election tweets into an early 2000’s EMO song.
Graveyard Dirt – Donegal doom
What you may need to know…
01. Donegal trio Graveyard Dirt are venerable veterans of weighty riffage, as first seen on 1995 demo tape Of Romance and Fire.
02. Reuniting in 2007 after disbanding years previously, the band got straight to work on debut E.P. Shadows of Old Ghosts.
03. Streaming above is the band’s most recent effort, 2015 extended-player My Scourge, My Plague. Available for download solo, or in a discounted bundle with the band’s other digital re-releases.
04. Headlining Galway’s Walpurgis Night VI on Bank Holiday Sunday April 30th, at the Loft Venue, alongside a roll-call of immensely hefty bands, among them TOME, Owlcrusher, Soothsayer, and Genuflection (the artists formerly known as RITES).
Thoughts: Time-honoured and battle-tested doom-metal, seemingly unwearied by the passing of time.
Above: David Axelrod (top); DJ Jus’Me (bottom-right)
Influential composer and producer David Axelrod died (at 83) last week, leaving behind an astounding legacy, including a crucial role in the development of hip-hop via the sampling of many of his works.
Cork cutman Justin O’Donnell, a.k.a DJ Jus’Me, has lovingly assembled a mix for those new to his body of work. He writes:
It’s about 40 minutes worth of classic and massively influential music from the man himself as well as some of his productions for Lou Rawls, David MacCallum, Cannonball Adderly etc. There was a lot more I could have put on here but its a good intro to his music if you’re not familiar. Have a listen… I’m very proud of it.
More wonderful audiovisuals from Spud Murphy’s Guerrilla Sounds studio, home of Ray Wingnut’s Guerrilla Sessions for his show on SPIN FM.
This time: Seán Zissou of Irish-artist webseries The Practice Tapes catches psychedelia duo Xylouris White in full flight. He writes:
“Psychedelic is formed from the Greek word ‘delos’ meaning manifesto, and the Australian word Psycheywolla meaning ‘far out’ and is a perfect metaphor for the fusion of the glorious Cretan lute explorations of George Xylouris and the mesmeric drumming of Jim White.”
Filmed in October of last year, prior to their now-talked about excursion to the Bello Bar in Dublin while on Irish tour.
Previously: Guerrilla Position
Slow Riot – post-punk from Limerick
What you may need to know…
01. Limerick trio Slow Riot have been working away on honing their post-punk/shoegazing haze since the last time we checked in with them (coincidentally on this week last year).
02. They’ve busied themselves in the meantime, with late-2016 single Absent Dreams clocking BBC Radio airplay and earning adoring glances from U.K. and Irish music press.
03. Streaming above is new single Pink December, officially released yesterday on all major online download and streaming outlets.
04. Having done the rounds of the U.K. in the latter months of last year, they’re now hunkered down to finish their debut long-player for the label, due later this year.
Thoughts: A cavernous atmosphere takes an introspective slice of post-punk and makes something more of it, stuck halfway between grooving and sludgy tones.