Floor Staff – The Guest
“A couple in a loveless relationship struggle to come to terms with the fact that their unwanted newborn is going to be a musician…”
Genuinely unsettling.
At least it wasn’t a drummer
FIGHT!.
Floor Staff plays the Button Factory, Temple Bar, Dublin tomorrow night.
Directed by Bob Gallagher, Produced by Aoife Kelly
Thanks Nialler9 and Saruul Altantuya
“Just like when a butterfly meets a bumblebee…”
Garry O’Brien – Bumblebee.
The second of four snapshots of Dublin accompanied by Dublin singers and bands shot and edited by Ciara Murphy and Gavin Douglas..
Tomorrow: The Botanic Gardens
Yesterday: Portobello
If you could use something Dublin-made, synth-driven yet ‘rockin’ but also containing unusually haunting harmonious overlays and a video preferably shot in Brooklyn.
You’re in luck
Ruairi L writes:
“Roll Pt. II” is the second of 2 videos/singles released this summer from Bantum.
The video is directed by J Cooper and filmed in New York, and the song features Eimear O’Donovan and Owensie on vocals.”
If you fancy dark, forbidding Irish alt rock with epic, dystopian visuals.
Travis Oaks – Last Love Song
Luke Sweetman writes:
“This is a new band called Travis Oaks [Mike Paterson on lead vocals and guitar, Taran Plouzane on lead guitar, Aran Mcgillick on bass, and Killian McCourt on Drums]. It’s a stomper of a track and there also a device that spits flames towards the sky which is not to sniffed at….”
Rude boys especially.
Interskalactic at this Summer’s Body & Soul festival.
Rónán O’Neill writes:
“Interskalactic are a 10-piece band performing first wave, old-school, big band Jamaican Ska. We opened up the Main Stage on the Saturday of this year’s Body & Soul, managed to have great craic, get people up and dancing and also get the whole thing recorded in the process! Hope some people get a buzz out of the video. We’ve a pretty busy schedule for the rest of the year too, so if anyone’s digging the tunes they can check out some tracks and our upcoming schedule on Facebook / Twitter / Soundcloud, Cheers!”
Groom – I’ve Never Been In A Real Fight
A song by a Dublin four piece about a pub crawl down Camden Street, Dublin shot on location..
From the forthcoming Groom album ‘Bread and Jam’ on Popical Island on August 9.
Name those pubs anyone?
Banji- Sharaya J – Clickety Clique Crew, Flava Floors.
They want no scrubs.
Ross Herlihy writes:
“Shot this video with Clickety Clique from Flava Floors Dance Studio [Coburg Street] in Cork at the weekend. Brilliant dancers”
Florence Olivier – Portals.
They’re having a laugh.
Florence writes:
“Question: What’s pink & black and makes pop music? Answer: A gorilla with a pink keytar. Oh, and FLORENCE OLIVIER. This is the latest of Florence Olivier’s Summer-y offerings – presented here with accompanying video jam-packed full of stupid jokes… because everyone knows that stupid jokes are the best….”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtoRzBRZzEo
Hare Squead – Come Outside
Decent and infectious Irish hip hop straight out of Tallaght and Blanchardstown.
From the people who gave you this monstrous ‘jam’ last Summer.
Decent US hip hop in Dublin.
Leon Butler writes:
“With the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis gig just around the corner [July 10 Marlay Park,] here is some of what happened when they played Dublin last. The guys were over for the two sold out night in the O2 we filmed them over the two nights for their tour film.
“This is the cut we put together out of our own material. There is a longer version that explains the origins of the trad music used in Irish Celebration but its 12 minutes which is a bit of a stretch for the web….”
