After months of protesting my dislike for a certain Mr Jamie T, I one day found myself singing Sheila in my head.
Over and over and over and over.
This continued for a number weeks.
It wouldn't go away. No matter how hard I tried.
A friend then donated 'Panic Prevention' to me.
This firstly - saved my sanity, and secondly - despite all my previous efforts, turned me into fan, with the album being on repeat, constantly, for MONTHS.
So obviously, the boy got sommat going on....
(Why I felt the need for the above statement I do not know, please don't judge me)
Now, we have new Jamie T. In the form of 'Sticks n Stones'.
First performed at last year's V, the EP of the same name is set for release on June 29th, preceding the second album...
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Tuesday 19 May 2009
Sunday 17 May 2009
84 Robot House went to the Steam Fair...
Looks innocent enough yeah?
WRONG.
I have some lovely looking blue bruised arms from this.
And very little remaining dignity, thanks to the wind and my choice of dress.
It was quite a lot of fun altogether though, taking into account some very low fireworks, a carousel, organs, candy floss and general uni-family-outing-ness.
I'd definitely recommend.
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Monday 11 May 2009
How unbelievably sexy is this cover:
A sign of things to come no doubt...
The Dead Weather (that is Jack White and Allison Mosshart's wonderfully filthy side project in case you didn't know, and if you didn't, you should be ashamed of yourself) are due to release their debut album on 13th July, and alongside that info they've released details of a North American tour, and some one of shows around the world, including The Forum in London on 24th June...
I personally think I need to get on this case... Exciting...
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A sign of things to come no doubt...
The Dead Weather (that is Jack White and Allison Mosshart's wonderfully filthy side project in case you didn't know, and if you didn't, you should be ashamed of yourself) are due to release their debut album on 13th July, and alongside that info they've released details of a North American tour, and some one of shows around the world, including The Forum in London on 24th June...
I personally think I need to get on this case... Exciting...
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Monday 4 May 2009
Last night I had a dream about everybody here...
On the "How could I forget how good this is?!" buzz, I feel an overwhelming urge to mention Tom Vek.
I also feel quite ashamed of myself, given the fact that I have not, as of yet, mentioned him already.
I will proceed to hang my head in shame.
(The 'forgot' how good he is is a wee bit of a lie, he's always in the back of my head somewhere, I just feel a little disappointed that I didn't put the album on sooner everytime I listen to it)
We Have Sound, his debut album appeared, around this time of year, in 2005. It reminds me of studying for exams, being in the front seat of my Dad's van, Oxegen 2005 with my best friend and my mum, sunburn, polka dot headbands, those 'aquadrop' sweets that I consumed as an alternative to water in the blistering hit of said festival and sneakily listening to the album through the earphones of my Nokia whatevermodelitwasthatlookedlikeanNGagebutwasn't that was one of the first phones with an MP3 player in the back of Geography class.
The single 'I Aint Saying My Goodbyes' was also possibly the first single I bought on vinyl. It's red and very very pretty. It was purchased in Tower Records whilst visiting Dublin with my Mum... I didn't have a record player, I just liked the thought of owning it on vinyl.
I remember being on a night out once, and one of my friends came running up to me when it was playing. Turned out Ed from Editors was DJing. I went to
Getting back to the point, if you haven't heard of, or ever listened to Tom Vek, you should do yourself a favour and Click here, here, and here.
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Patrick Wolf @ Selfridges
I don't think my love for Patrick Wolf needs to be explained as an introduction to this, just check the amount of tags relating to him.
So yes, I get somewhat excited about him.
This led me to taking a very hungover trip into London on Friday to see him perform at Selfridges as part of their 100th birthday celebration "Big Yellow Festival".
"DJ Yellow" kicked things off on the tiny stage (in view of the Cath Kidson concession where all I wanted to do was buy even more patterned re-usable shopping bags to add to my collection), one of the last tracks he played? "Shoes" by Tiga. Which made me quite the happy little bunny.
Mr Wolf arrived on stage, clad in cut-off leather pants (the flies of which remained open for a large proportion of the performance... Accidentally of course...), knee-high black and white socks, Doc-Martin esque boots, black "straight jacket" style shirt with leather braces hinting at a penchant for S&M, bleached hair everywhere.
Over the course of the performance, the crowd (including some highly bemused shoppers) were treated to some 'more illuminated than usual' versions of tracks from his soon-to-be-released album 'The Bachelor', including 'The Vulture' and upcoming single 'Hard Times', alongside some 'Magic Position' era singles 'Accident & Emergency' and, a personal favourite, 'Bluebells'. Throughout which he proceeded to grab a young boy by the hair, grind his rear in the face of a front-row spectator, climb and subsequently throw himself from the modest PA system and use a member-of-the-crowd's seemingly precious Franz Ferdinand plectrum.
Patrick was on top form with the banter, conversing with the crowd in-between tracks, endorsing shoplifting and offering the thought that his music is more suited for "that time when all the lights in your house have gone", which made a welcome change from the last time I saw him at the tail-end of 'The Magic Position' tour.
The set ended with a rendition of Happy Birthday dedicated to his father for his 60th birthday, with a bit of Lady GaGa thrown in for good measure. Obviously.
Have a look at some of the videos that are floating around YouTube.
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So yes, I get somewhat excited about him.
This led me to taking a very hungover trip into London on Friday to see him perform at Selfridges as part of their 100th birthday celebration "Big Yellow Festival".
"DJ Yellow" kicked things off on the tiny stage (in view of the Cath Kidson concession where all I wanted to do was buy even more patterned re-usable shopping bags to add to my collection), one of the last tracks he played? "Shoes" by Tiga. Which made me quite the happy little bunny.
Mr Wolf arrived on stage, clad in cut-off leather pants (the flies of which remained open for a large proportion of the performance... Accidentally of course...), knee-high black and white socks, Doc-Martin esque boots, black "straight jacket" style shirt with leather braces hinting at a penchant for S&M, bleached hair everywhere.
Over the course of the performance, the crowd (including some highly bemused shoppers) were treated to some 'more illuminated than usual' versions of tracks from his soon-to-be-released album 'The Bachelor', including 'The Vulture' and upcoming single 'Hard Times', alongside some 'Magic Position' era singles 'Accident & Emergency' and, a personal favourite, 'Bluebells'. Throughout which he proceeded to grab a young boy by the hair, grind his rear in the face of a front-row spectator, climb and subsequently throw himself from the modest PA system and use a member-of-the-crowd's seemingly precious Franz Ferdinand plectrum.
Patrick was on top form with the banter, conversing with the crowd in-between tracks, endorsing shoplifting and offering the thought that his music is more suited for "that time when all the lights in your house have gone", which made a welcome change from the last time I saw him at the tail-end of 'The Magic Position' tour.
The set ended with a rendition of Happy Birthday dedicated to his father for his 60th birthday, with a bit of Lady GaGa thrown in for good measure. Obviously.
Have a look at some of the videos that are floating around YouTube.
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How many bikes can you fit in a Mini Cooper?
One.
With the aid of a bit of string.
This is what happens when you go to a car-boot sale with a friend with a bike fetish.
Be warned kids.
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With the aid of a bit of string.
This is what happens when you go to a car-boot sale with a friend with a bike fetish.
Be warned kids.
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"How could I forget how good this song/album is?!"
An often considered thought when my iPod decides to play something I - haven't heard for a long time/listened to too much for a certain period of time/reminds me too much of certain things and so on.
And I know for a fact I'm not the only one.
Recently, this has included:
Tullycraft - Twee
The National - Alligator. This reminds me of when I first started work in HMV in Dublin, and all the old crew. Listening to it out of that context however has made it wondrously more fantastic.
Personal highlights:
Secret Meeting
Karen
Abel
As well as the entire rest of the album.
Potential regular feature perhaps? Never know, this might be as successful as my attempt at a regular "my pretend A&R department - MySpace"...
If you're lucky.
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And I know for a fact I'm not the only one.
Recently, this has included:
Tullycraft - Twee
The National - Alligator. This reminds me of when I first started work in HMV in Dublin, and all the old crew. Listening to it out of that context however has made it wondrously more fantastic.
Personal highlights:
Secret Meeting
Karen
Abel
As well as the entire rest of the album.
Potential regular feature perhaps? Never know, this might be as successful as my attempt at a regular "my pretend A&R department - MySpace"...
If you're lucky.
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