Deadly Buzz Aldrin – Stories
The chamomile Kraftwerk?
Mellow electronica rules the day on this second video from last year’s Your Move, Space Cadet EP, released on the Soft Landings label.
The video was created by Aniz Duran. A second EP is due in late April.
Nick says: To the Sea of Tranquillity and beyond…
Stolen City – The Tower
In the mood for anthemic pop with a big heart?
Then let me introduce Dublin trio Stolen City. Singer Sean McGrath is joined by guitarist David McCabe and drummer Ian Bailey on their rousing new single.
The video is by Ciaran O’Donnell.
According to the band,
“The Tower was written as a letter by lead singer Sean to his girlfriend Amy to explain that no matter what she has, or will go through in life, that he will be there to help her through it.
With addiction & violence occurring in the home when she was a child, it has had a knock-on affect in her later life leading to PTSD and depression.
“Stolen City hope that this song shows people that no matter what’s going on in their lives or the lives of others close to them that there is always a reason to carry on and someone there to help you through those hard times.”
Amen to that.
Nick says: Tower of strength.
Isaac Jones – Not To Be Demanding
Fancy a living room workout?
Then check out the new video by Dublin soul-jazz boffin Isaac Jones (top centre).
Produced and directed by Conor Ryan, it’s a whimsical tale that complements the song’s smooth groove.
Joining Isaac on this track are Morgan Beausang (drums), Diarmuid O’Connor (lead guitar) and Henry Earnest (bass).
Nick says: Keeping up with Mr Jones.
D Cullen – The Rising Tide
O he does like to be beside the seaside…
Dubliner Darragh Cullen (top) is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter who is adept at crafting epic windswept ballads tailor-made for radio playlists.
The Rising Tide is the title track of Darragh’s new EP, which was produced by Boo Hewerdine. The video was directed by Ian Whelan.
Darragh says:
“I live near a lovely little beach in Shankill, Dublin, and The Rising Tide’s lyrics came from an evening walk down there when the sea was particularly wild. I wrote the lyrics then and there and quickly ran home to put some music to it.
“We ended up filming the music video on that very same beach, about 2 and a half years after writing the song, so we got a lovely full circle moment out of it!”
D Cullen plays Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin, on March 28.
Nick says: A shore thing.
Moon Looks On – Friends Keep Dropping
Dublin city at night.
The new video by Moon Looks On – Sligo’s Stephen Gormley (top) and friends – captures the capital in all its nocturnal splendour.
Stephen is a graduate of the BIMM music school and has joined forces with fellow musicians Aisling Bridgeman, Jack Hussey, Jack Bird, Laura Ryder and Matilda O’Mahony for this project.
Having played at last year’s Glastonbury Festival, Moon Looks On release their debut album later this year.
Nick says: Making (lunar) waves.
First Class & Coach – 2014
Who dares to speak of 2014?
Not this indie quartet who suavely walk the line between The Velvet Underground and The Fall.
Based in Ballydehob, County Cork, the band comprises Reuben Maher, Geraldine Thomas, Jonathan Parson and Andrew McNeilage.
The video is by Jonathan Parson and the song features on their new album The Truth About Honey which is released on vinyl on February 14 and digitally on March 13.
Catch First Class & Coach live in-store at Tower Records, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 on February 14 and later that evening in The Thomas House basement on Thomas Street, Dublin 8.
Nick says: It was a very good year.
Join Me In The Pines – Feels So Heavy
It came from outer space…
Bell X1‘s Dave Geraghty (top) loves a bit of homegrown retro sci-fi as he delves deep into the Irish Film Institute’s archives for his new Join Me In The Pines video which features clips from County Down filmmaker Roy Spence‘s 1975 feature Keep Watching The Skies.
Dave says:
“I was attending a documentary film festival as I had scored the music for one of the shorts. As part of the programme, there was a documentary about Roy and his film work. Upon seeing this, a light-bulb went on in my head. Roy’s pictures and my music could work brilliantly together. So, I edited his twenty-minute film into a narrative that works beautifully with ‘Feels So Heavy’.”
The result is vintage Irish sci-fi soundtracked by Dave’s funkadelic soul. Nice.
The song can be found on the album Monomania. The single launch is in Bloody Mary’s in Dublin on February 29.
Nick says: Scream a little scream…
Blackbird & Crow – A Pox On You
Greetings from our friends in the North-West.
Blackbird & Crow are Maighread Ni Ghrasta (top left) and Stephen Doohan (top right) from Letterkenny, County Donegal and this single is taken from their new album Ailm.
An intense and atmospheric journey into gothic folk noir, A Pox On You is the work of a band confidently exploring musical boundaries.
The video is by Steve McCollum (aka Bill Hazzard).
Catch them live at Dublin’s Grand Social on April 10.
Nick says: Flying high.
Emmet Scanlon & What The Good Thought – Superstore Flowers
If you like the soundtracks to spaghetti westerns you’ll be curious to hear the new single from County Limerick-born Emmet Scanlon (top) and his compadres.
Superstore Flowers has got a twang thing going on. It’s a taster for their forthcoming album Hands.
The video was shot by Liam Delahunty in London’s Dream Machine Music Lab.
Nick says: Say it with flowers.
Fox Jaw – Sun Goes Sideways
Are you sitting comfortably?
Then you will like the new video by Limerick indie rock gurus Fox Jaw which features them… sitting comfortably.
The group’s Shane Serrano directed the promo which also features his bandmates Ronan Mitchell, Morgan Nolan, Kieran J. Sims & Manolis Pates.
Their debut album Breathe In The Strange ‘drops’ on February 21.
A nationwide tour begins in De Barra’s, Clonakilty, County Cork, on February 28.
Nick says: Fox rocks.
