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The Archives
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05.02.13New Irish Sounds: Peter DelaneyThe name: Peter Delaney. The deal: Limerick-born songwriter, photographer and filmmaker Peter Delaney has been releasing music since 2007, when a ukulele-fuelled seven-tracker called Duck Egg Blue earned him support slots with Fionn Regan and The Swell Season. 2013 brings something new, a ten-track home-recorded LP called Witch Bottle, along with an Irish mini-tour and an appearance at this weekend's Camden Crawl Dublin. The sound: sweet, rustic and gorgeously unfussy. Although first and foremost a fan of folk and traditional music, this creaky-voiced crooner could really slink into any genre, so emotive is his delivery and so uncomplicated his technique. The first taster of Witch Bottle comes in the ...
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01.04.1350 Irish Things I Liked In 2012You've probably had enough of End Of Year lists by now, so I'll spare you the ranking and measuring and categorising and commentating that usually comes with any form of musical reportage published at the end of a year. Instead, you'll find a simple collection of EPs, tracks, music videos, performances and remixes made partially, or completely by Irish hands that I doted on during 2012. My initial brainstorm yielded about 90 things, but after telling myself how ridiculous that list would be, I whittled it down to 50 based on how much I listened to said work over the past 12 months. ...
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04.18.12Record Store Day: The Best of IrishHere's something you probably already know; this Saturday, April 21 is Record Store Day. In the unlikely event that you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's what you need to know. 2012 marks the fourth annual international Record Store Day, a kind of Indie-focused pseudoholiday founded in 2007 by record store employee Chris Brown (not that one, silly) in celebration of all things round and shiny that play beautiful music. Since then, the third Saturday in April has bestowed us with exclusive vinyl and CD releases and once-off in-store performances in record stores all around the globe. It's also the only day ...
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11.22.11New Irish Sounds: Hidden Highwaysphoto by Olga Tiernan The name: Hidden Highways The deal: The freeflowing talents of two self-confessed reverb junkies smushed together to make one brilliantly breezy boy-meets-girl outfit. You may know Vertigo Smyth and Carol Anne McGowan already, but for those not yet acquainted, he's a ukulele-loving troubadour from County Clare and she's a smoky folk singer and (rather good) painter from Donegal. The sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA6g8DI41lw Sweet and delicate. I'm feeling particularly charmed by their version of Dean Martin's 'My Rifle, My Pony and Me', from 1959 shoot-em-up western Rio Bravo, which they've just made available for free download (link below). Hidden Highways: My Rifle, My Pony And ...