A brief, charming chat with Reno-born author and musician Willy Vlautin, of Richmond Fontaine, for Galway Film Fleadh conducted by Olaf Tyaransen.
The film of Willy’s debut novel The Motel Life will be screened at this year’s Fleadh, which runs from July 8-13.
Houdini – Nothing Here
A boot camp for the ears for lovers of lush anthemic rock.
Whodini?
Houdini are a young Dublin four-piece – Aaron Cranley Shane Cranley, Ian Cullen and Ciaran “Higgs” Higgins – currently recording an EP with producer and U2 remixer Leo Pearson.
So there.
Thanks Peter Keane
Manhattan Syndrome – Keepsake
John Gallagher writes:
“First single from the debut album of Manhattan Syndrome, a Castlebar [Co Mayo]/Dublin band [Anna Murray, Evan Heneghan, Jamie McHugh, Pearse Healy, Sean Hughes]. Great tune and video.”
First single.
‘Future Tense’ – Florence Olivier
Florence sez:.
“In 2014, three Dublin musicians decided to channel Florence Olivier into short pop-filled bursts. Each of these bursts begins with a movie. Elements of the plot, its characters, or their motivations are thrown into a blender with a healthy dash of synth & melody, then the results are recorded for posterity. There are kernels of these particular films remaining in each Florence Olivier song. See if you can spot them.”
Crikey.
Anyone?
https://soundcloud.com/robsmithireland/dan-le-sac-vs-scroobius-pip-get-better-rob-smith-remix/
Vinny writes:
“Dublin indie musician and DJ Rob Smith [top] regularly spins around clubs and bars around the city. He often plays his own little take on certain popular tracks. For the first time, he’s uploaded one of these said tracks to stream on Soundcloud [above]: his remix of “Get Better” by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip. I know some readers round here quite like DLS vs SP, so they may enjoy this. It’s dancier (is that a word? No? Ok).”
The Late David Turpin – The Hotel
David Turpin writes:
“We’ve made a beautiful and scary video for “The Hotel”, and now face the tricky challenge of getting it seen. Having videos on Broadsheet did wonders for me before, this one involves me being decapitated by my brother…”
Fight!
Jiggy – Stoney Steps.
Bongobob writes:
“New Irish band Jiggy – Daire Bracken (Fiddle), Garry O’Meara (Banjo), Éamonn Galldubh (Pipes), Robbie Harris (Percussion) & DJ Jack (Decks) – Serious toe-tap-ability…”
They write:
“Ireland’s hotly-tipped teen, indie quintet ‘Featuring X’ [Niamh Sharkey, Dara Farrelly, Eleanor Rogers, Sarah McLaughlin and Jenny McKeown from Drogheda]. unveil their official video which pays homage to the iconic 1985 classic Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted to Love’.…”
A VHS to HD transition directed by Gavin Kilduff.
Should you live in or are fascinated by the ‘burbs.
Wild Promises – Ballymore
Cian McCarthy writes:
Thought you might be interested in this video for ‘Ballymore’ by Dublin band Wild Promises. Its made by the very talented Colm Russell and the video is an attempt to capture the understated beauty and poetry of the suburbia….
Bjorn Baillie – A Midnight Musical
Patrizia writes:
“Here’s a great tune (and video..) from Irish artist Bjorn Baillie. It’s from his newly released 1st solo album ‘Vista’ (he’s the former frontman of Irish band La Rocca..) For the week-end that’s in it!. Enjoy!”
Available on itunes here
