Diffused, dreamy, mixed media combinations of painting and photography by artist Stev’nn Hall.
White Line Fever – playing Cork, Galway and Kilkenny this month
Here’s what you may need to know…
01. Named for an apparent lack of focus that afflicts long-distance truck drivers (and the Peckinpah-esque truxploitation flick of the same name), Cork’s White Line Fever trade in a proggy, post-rock-inflected strain of folk rock.
02. 2014’s Anomie EP set the tone for their current live show, a concise, yet polished two-tracker that they’ve used as the foundation for their current live sound, to be heard on their upcoming follow-up.
03. Streaming above is the band’s most recent video, Lordship & Bondage, filmed and recorded live at Youghal’s Claycastle Studios, and mastered by Murdock man Aidan Cunningham.
04. The four-piece is playing the rest of a series of spot-shows with alt-rockers Harbouring Oceans and singer-songwriter Míde Houlihan throughout March, hitting the Crane Lane Theatre in Cork on the 18th, and the Brewery Corner in Kilkenny on the 26th. The band also plays Galway’s Citóg night at the Roisín Dubh on the 23rd.
Verdict: Minimalist, yet somehow massive, the band’s recorded output and confident live excursion so far bode well for the future. Check ’em out.
Redmond Scales tweetz:
Spotted in UCD: Despite spelling Tánaiste wrong I don’t see anything wrong with this.
Hashula for AG.
Yesterday: Continuity Healy-Rae by Mick Flavin
TONIGHT, Wednesday March 9: Women Who Rock: i am niamh , Naoise Roo , Hvmmingbyrd, Rosa Nutty, Bern and Rachael Lavelle @ The Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1 (€10)
Nialler9 writes:
A six act-strong all-female lineup to coincide with the week of International Women’s Day featuring folk pop singer Rosa Nutty, avant-classical musician Niamh Parkinson, ambient rock from Naoise Roo and harmony-lead trio Hvmmingbyrd.
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Dublin Lord Mayor Críona Ní Dhálaigh
Louisa McGrath, in the Dublin Inquirer, writes:
Independent councillor Mannix Flynn has put forward a motion to the council’s protocol committee to decommission the title Lord Mayor and replace it with the more inclusive title of Civic Mayor.
“This would be in keeping with a much more democratic description and title. The days of Lords go back to a time when Ireland was under foreign rule and in many respects it is an alien colonialist term,” the motion states.
This motion will come before all councillors for debate at next month’s full council meeting.
Is it time to delete the “Lord” from Lord Mayor of Dublin? (Dublin Inquirer)
Pic: Wikipedia
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Yesterday afternoon.
Opera Lane in Cork city.
Sara Murray writes:
Typical Tuesday in Cork, ya know, walking your ferret.
What you may need to know:
1. A homeless woman (Caoimhe Cassidy) encounters a series of men (all played by Joseph Lydon) who appear strikingly similar to each other.
2. Director Graham Jones shot this microbudget drama Irish Neorealism-style .
3. Or “Nuascannán” as Jones would have it. He’s got a manifesto (put it to the test-o).
4. The whole thing is available now for free on YouTube. No stealing required.
5. Fair play, in fairness.
6. Broadsheet prognosis: I can see my house from here.
Release Date: Out now.
(Mark writes about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Taoiseach Enda Kenny
The fellows in Fine Gael feel,
That it’s time to put backs to the wheel,
They won’t rule on their own,
So they’re lifting the phone,
And offering Martin a deal.
John Moynes
Rollingnews
