Liza Flume – What We Called Love

Sara Corcoran writes:

Dublin based Australian musician Liza Flume released her first music video (above) yesterday. You might recognise the location from Heathers’ Forget Me Knots video. For fans of Lisa Hannigan, Lisa Mitchell, people called Lisa etc.Video is by me.

It’s terribly good.

Sublime Disruption – a mini travelogue by Gareth Nolan.

Lee Hickey writes:

I realise you might not normally do this but Gareth, a friend of mine, spent 8 months travelling and made this pretty extraordinary short film as a record of his journey. Makes for pretty stunning viewing.

Footage from Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Chile, China, French Polynesia, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Tibet, and The United States.

Music: Montana by Youth Lagoon featured on The Year Of Hibernation (Fat Possum Records). All footage shot by Gareth Nolan on a Sony NEX-5, and edited in FCP. Additional colour by Matt Branton; additional sound by Steven Maher

A post-Christmas burst of Irish-made, gloriously doom-laden, trance-like electronica.

The Comedown.

From Lust Lost who say:

We make dark pop music as a two piece based in Dublin.
EP on the way. Here are the visuals we did for our first track.

Ego The Enemy – Harm’s Way Reunion

Jeff Dowling writes:

Featuring a banker at the Central Bank, a politician outside the Dáil and a knife-wielding psycho hell-bent on revenge hunting them down. Plus of course, a healthy dose of rock and roll.

 

Ego the Enemy (Facebook)

Producer: Jeff Dowling; Directors: Evelyn Ryan & Rob Rainsford; Camera: Jeff Dowling; Editor: Evelyn Ryan; Lights: Karl Ellis; Featuring: Joe Lowther. Shot on location in Dublin, Ireland and at Lispopple Studios

Delorentos – The Stream.

Filmed back in the ‘Summer’

Warning: contains
Almost naked runner.
Accordion playing.
A Melodica.
Ridiculously HOT accordion PLAYER.

Delorentos play Vicar St, Dublin, tonight.

Thanks Buzz

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ77z0KR6mc

It’s both festive and soothing.

The Dirty 9s featuring Niamh Doyle – Into The Winter’s Night

Cian writes:

This is one of the songs short listed in the Christmas FM Song Contest. If you like it you can vote for the song by texting SONG E to 57003 with money going to ISPCC. You can find out more about the song contest here. Nollaig Shona!

The Dirty 9s (Facebook)

Vocals: Fergal Moloney & Niamh Doyle ; Strings & Glockenspiel by Keith Brett ; Engineered by Brian Cahill & Jack Prendergast at Elektra Studio ; Mixed by Karl Odlum

Should you require any further distraction.

James Conway writes:

This game works like that game from ‘Friends’ years ago where you had to name the 50 states, but this is with the 32 counties. It might help some get through the Friday afternoon slog.

Can You Name All irish Counties (MoreYouKnow.net)

It seems so cold yet the sun shines.
You’re blessed with a curse, you hurt but still smile

 

Funzo performing Take Some Time featuring Leiko (and the Discovery Gospel Choir)

Produced by Jamie McPeake. Directed by Jonathan Lambert.

Assistant Director: Jebus; Timelapse Photography: Shane Caffrey Production Assistants: Stig McDermott and Woody Murphy; Mixed and Mastered by Collie Collins at Trackhouse Studios; Special Thanks to Alan Newman, Aisling McCormick, Philip McKinley and Toni’s Diner.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBtjQekyN4

The Strypes – You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover

.Sarah S writes:

Kudos and best wishes to [Cavan teenagers] The Strypes who have signed an important record deal [with Mercury, a subsidiary of  Universal Music. This is the band, above, signing the deal in the Clarence Hotel, Dublin]. They are stonkingly good though, fairness.

The Strypes

Bend over and take it?
Nah, I’ll do what Cassius Clay did.

More decent Irish rap.

Campaign LK – Exactly How You Feel

Contains metal riffs and NSFW rappage.

Chikkita writes:

This is Limerick Rappers Campaign LK’s new music
vid. They’re extremely proud of their work. Obviously there’s very strong language so it’s NSFW.

 

Produced by Sean Flynn Directed, shot & edited by Shane Serrano