Black Rivers new single ‘The Forest’ & self titled album due out on 13 February
NEW SINGLE ‘THE FOREST’ AND SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 13TH ON IGNITION RECORDS
Watch the album trailer here!
Solidly building momentum following the success of debut single ‘Voyager 1’ and free download ‘The Ship’ earlier this year, Black Rivers – consisting of two-thirds of Manchester legends Doves – will release the new single ‘The Forest’ on February 13th on Ignition Records. Their self-titled debut album will also be released on the same day.
Brimming with natural imagery and Northern Soul, ‘The Forest’ – as with the rest of the album – is entirely written and produced by Jez and Andy Williams, and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer.
Since first announcing the formation of Black Rivers this summer, the duo have already established a growing reputation. Introductory track ‘The Ship’ was featured in NME’s On Repeat column and was also selected as a Q Track of the Day, while their first full single ‘Voyager 1’ added to that strong start as it hit the A list at 6 Music as well as the daytime list at XFM. Black Rivers also performed a Saturday Session for Dermot O’Leary’s Radio 2 show.
Their early festival dates at Kendal Calling and Belsonic were followed by a sold-out headline tour in October which included their first London show as well as a homecoming date in Manchester. Black Rivers’ upcoming live shows include headline dates, a special guest tour with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and shows with Elbow:
Catch them live;
3rd March – Belfast, Odyssey Arena (as special guests to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds)
4th March – Dublin, 3Arena (as special guests to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds)
Join Me In The Pines Announce a Theatre tour for February-April 2015
It’s been an incredible first year for Join Me In The Pines who unleashed four beautiful videos for tracks ‘Joy Is A Lion, ‘Golden Guilt’, ‘Should Not Roam’ and lastly ‘At First Light’ from their debut album ‘INHERIT’ available to buy as a digital download, on CD and Vinyl. JMITP toured the length and breath of Ireland and are now delighted to announce a Theatre Tour which will kick off next February, 2015.
Join Me In The Pines began touring in Spring by selling out Dublin’s Unitarian Church and Coughlan’s in Cork. Following on from this success JMITP performed tracks from their debut album ‘Inherit’ around Ireland hitting venues, in Cork, Dublin, Belfast, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Limerick finishing off 2014 in Dingle’s District Courthouse where they played to locals and peeps that were in Dingle for Other Voices. JMITP were also invited to perform songs in the Blasket Centre for the next season of Other Voices TV Show that will air on RTE 2 next Spring.
JMITP’s front man is Bell X1’s David Geraghty who released his debut solo album ‘Kill Your Darlings’ in 2007, to critical and fan acclaim. The album was also nominated for a Choice Music Prize that year. 2009 saw David return with his second solo offering ‘The Victory Dance’. Both of these albums were written and recorded between stints in the hectic Bell X1 touring schedule.
It is a busy year for Mr. Geraghty as he has just completed the film score for “You’re Ugly Too” starring Aidan Gillen. The film is set to premier at the prestigious Berlin film festival in February 2015.
If 2014 is anything to go by, 2015 will be another fantastic year for Dave and Join Me In The Pines. Kicking off on Valentine’s day they will tour Ireland until the end of April.
Saturday 14 February Riverbank, Newbridge, Kildare http://www.riverbank.ie
Saturday 21 February Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul www.tseac.ie
Friday 6 March Birr Theatre, Birr. Co. Offaly http://www.birrtheatre.com/
Thursday 26 March Source Arts Centre, Thurles http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/
Friday 27 March Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork http://www.siriusartscentre.ie/
Saturday 28 March Palace Theatre, Fermoy, Co. Cork http://www.nimaxtheatres.com/palace-theatre/
Saturday 11 April The Model Sligo, http://themodel.ie/
Friday 24 April Glor, Ennis, Clare http://www.glor.ie/
Videos:
http://youtu.be/8ueoc-oDKaQ – Should Not Roam (Which came No.2 in “The Last Mix Tape” best Vids of 2014 poll)
http://youtu.be/uRmLWT8F0g4 – At First Light
http://youtu.be/jybRjdztRJI – Golden Guilt
http://youtu.be/kfSlutlwd0E – Joy Is A Lion
DUKE SPECIAL announces Mandela Hall, Belfast on 15 May & Vicar Street, Dublin on 16 May.
DUKE SPECIAL
Announces Mandela Hall, Belfast on 15th May
& Vicar Street, Dublin on 16th May
New album ‘Look Out Machines!’ due out on 30 March, 2015
Duke Special is delighted to announce that he and his band will play Belfast’s Mandela Hall on 15th & Dublin’s Vicar Street on 16th May and tickets are now on sale (details below). Duke is starting the New Year with a solo tour covering every corner of the country in January & February, before introducing his fans to his 4th studio album and 10th release ‘Look Out Machines!’, which is due out on 30 March. Duke has just released the first single from the album, ‘Elephant Graveyard’ and the animated video is now live at http://youtu.be/B9Y3Oyw-Xyk
The new record was written with collaborators including Iain Archer, Phil Wilkinson, Gary Clark and Boo Hewerdine and was recorded at Echo Zoo studios in the English seaside town of Eastbourne. For this album, Duke teamed up with Pledge Music for a second time to help bring it to life. Back in 2009, Duke Special was one of the first artists to embark upon a Pledge Campaign, raising money for his ambitious “Stage, Book and Silver Screen” project. Within a very quick time the new Pledge campaign reached 100% of its target and with still some weeks left to go it’s already at 116%. The only way to get your hands on ‘Look Out Machines!’ before its official release and ahead of the tour is by pledging for the Empire CD, DVD & New Album Box. The box set includes 2CD’s, 1 DVD & extras; CD1 is ‘Look Out Machines!’ and CD 2 & the DVD contain the best songs performed live at Duke’s 5 nights at the Belfast Empire in 2013; this could be yours by January 15th! See www.pledgemusic.com/projects/dukespecial for more details.
Solo Tour
Thursday 15th January Market Place Theatre, Armagh – www.marketplacearmagh.com
Friday 16th January The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Leitrim – www.theglenscentre.com
Saturday 17th January Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo – www.hawkswell.com
Thursday 22nd January Coughlan’s, Cork – www.coughlans.ie
Friday 23rd January De Barras, Clonakilty, Cork – www.debarra.ie
Saturday 24th January Garter Lane Arts Theatre, Waterford – www.garterlane.ie
Thursday 29th January Arts Centre, Wexford – www.wexfordartscentre.ie
Friday 30th January Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath – www.solsticeartscentre.com
Saturday 31st January Iontas Theatre, Castleblaney, Monaghan – www.iontascastleblayney.ie
Thursday 5th February McGrory’s, Culdaff, Donegal – www.mcgrorys.ie
Friday 6th February Old Courthouse, Antrim – www.antrim.gov.uk/oldcourthouse
Saturday 7th February Downs Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Down – www.downartscentre.com
Thursday 12th February Cunninghams, Kildare – www.cunninghamskildare.com/cms
Friday 13th February The Set Theatre, Kilkenny – www.set.ie
Saturday 14th February The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Wicklow –www.courthousearts.ie
Thursday 19th February Boyles of Slane, Meath – www.courthousearts.ie
Friday 20th February Spirit Store, Dundalk, Louth –www.spiritstore.ie
Saturday 21st February The Music Store @ Donaghy’s, Drogheda – http://www.donaghysbar.ie/
Thursday 26th February Sol Y Sombra, Killorglin, Kerry – www.solysombra.ie
Friday 27th February Roisin Dubh, Galway – www.roisindubh.net
Saturday 28th February Dolans (upstairs), Limerick – www.dolans.ie
Full band Shows
Friday 15 May 2015 Mandela Hall, Belfast http://www.mandelahall.com/node/321
Saturday 16 May 2015 Vicar Street, Dublin www.vicarstreet.ie
Supporting Duke on the solo tour will be VerseChorusVerse (Jan 15-17), SOAK (Jan 22-24, 29-31 & Feb 5-7) and Rams Pocket Radio (Feb 12th -14th, 19-21st & 26th-28th Feb)
Sinéad O’Connor sells out Vicar Street!
VICAR STREET, DUBLIN – SOLD OUT!
“No one writes or performs like Sinead, a fearless and empowering force, a tower of tenderness and strength..This is a Celtic Queen performing on a career high” Irish Mirror *****
“With a voice more expressive and nuanced than it’s been in a long time and a whole new lyrical palette to play with,this is Sinead O’Connor’s Farewell to Arms”. Irish Times ****
“O’Connor enjoyed a career renaissance with her outstanding 2012 album ‘How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?’,and this follow-up is every bit as good, if not better” The Irish Star *****
It has been an incredible year for Sinéad O’Connor from storming the airplay charts
with singles ‘Take Me To Church’ and ‘8 Good Reasons’, her outstanding new album
‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss’ going straight into the Irish Album Charts at #1
(her first #1 album since the release of ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got’ in 1990),
being on the cover of nearly every publication in Ireland and Billboard Magazine,
headlining WOMAD Festival, playing Electric Picnic, selling out her show in
The National Concert Hall, appearing on Bob Geldof’s Band Aid 30 single,
being the first female to ever present The Late Late Show, and to round the year off nicely it has
just been announced that Sinéad’s last gig of 2014 in Vicar Street December 16 has just sold out!
A great year to mark Sinéad’s 30th Anniversary of her career!
‘Take Me To Church’ – http://youtu.be/jMzY_KQIKjU
‘8 Good Reasons’ – http://youtu.be/e8jjudZBWSI
www.sineadoconnor.com
DUKE SPECIAL New video for ‘Elephant Graveyard’ now live!
DUKE SPECIAL
New video for ‘Elephant Graveyard’ now live!
‘Elephant Graveyard’ is out now & available on iTunes,
New album ‘Look Out Machines’ due early 2015 &
Irish Tour Announced for 2015!
The new video for Duke Special’s brilliant new single ‘Elephant Graveyard’ has just gone live!
This video was created by Bill Hazzard of NARTYSTATION who are based in County Donegal (http://nartystation.com). NARTYSTATION are a group of animators, film-makers, actors, engineers, philosophers and musicians. They are best known for their work on Blizzard of Odd and videos for The Pox Men.
‘Elephant Graveyard’ is out now and available on iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/elephant-graveyard-single/id944226292
The highly anticipated new album ‘Look Out Machines’ is set to be released in 2015!
2015 tour dates:
JANUARY 2015
Thursday 15th Market Place Theatre, Armagh – www.marketplacearmagh.com
Friday 16th The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Leitrim – www.theglenscentre.com
Saturday 17th Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo – www.hawkswell.com
Thursday 22nd Coughlan’s, Cork – www.coughlans.ie
Friday 23rd De Barras, Clonakilty, Cork – www.debarra.ie
Saturday 24th Garter Lane Arts Theatre, Waterford – www.garterlane.ie
Thursday 29th Arts Centre, Wexford – www.wexfordartscentre.ie
Friday 30th Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath – www.solsticeartscentre.com
Saturday 31st Iontas Theatre, Castleblaney, Monaghan – www.iontascastleblayney.ie
FEBRUARY 2015
Thursday 5th McGrory’s, Culdaff, Donegal – www.mcgrorys.ie
Friday 6th Old Courthouse, Antrim – www.antrim.gov.uk/oldcourthouse
Saturday 7th Downs Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Down – www.downartscentre.com
Thursday 12th Cunninghams, Kildare – www.cunninghamskildare.com/cms
Friday 13th The Set Theatre, Kilkenny – www.set.ie
Saturday 14th The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Wicklow –www.courthousearts.ie
Thursday 19th Boyles of Slane, Meath – www.boylesofslane.com
Friday 20th Spirit Store, Dundalk, Louth –www.spiritstore.ie
Thursday 26th Sol Y Sombra, Killorglin, Kerry – www.solysombra.ie
Friday 27th Roisin Dubh, Galway – www.roisindubh.net
Saturday 28th Dolans (upstairs), Limerick – www.dolans.ie
Public Service Broadcasting share video for Gagarin, 1st single from new LP ‘The Race from Space’
Share video for ‘Gagarin’ – first single from upcoming second album
The Race For Space LP due Feb 20th
Belfast & Dublin dates announced as part of UK & Ireland tour
Premiering on NPR yesterday, “Trust me, this is the best thing you’ll watch all day…the two unassuming guys behind the band Public Service Broadcasting, don matching spacesuits and bust out a synchronized dance routine that’ll make your heart leap out of your chest with pure joy.”
Public Service Broadcasting today unveil the video for the first single from their upcoming second album, The Race For Space. A brassy, funk-heavy superhero theme song for the most famous man in the world at the time, ‘Gagarin’ reveals a new side to the band – not least their considerable dancing skills.
Once again given access to newly acquired BFI footage, this time of the Soviet space race, PSB’s J. Willgoose, Esq. explained the rationale behind the song: “We didn’t want to be too literal in our interpretation of the material we were given – material that was full of heroic language and a sense of exuberance, with lines like ‘the hero who blazed the trail to the stars’, and ‘the whole world knew him and loved him’. It seemed more appropriate to try and re-create some of that triumphant air with a similarly upbeat song – and when it came to creating the video, the best way we could think of to communicate that sense of joy was to get our dancing shoes on.”
With both a 6-piece brass section and 5-piece string section in tow, ‘Gagarin’ also signals a broadening of Public Service Broadcasting’s sound, making it a somewhat surprising return for this apparently reserved British duo. “We wanted to surprise people, and show that there is a depth and breadth to our musical interests and influences that goes far beyond our first album”, Willgoose continues, referencing the group’s Top 30 UK debut LP Inform – Educate – Entertain, released in May 2013.
‘Gagarin’ is the first single from the new album, and will be available on 1 December as a free download for anyone who pre-orders a copy of The Race For Space, out 20 February 2015. The new album is also available to pre-order as a limited edition clear vinyl, more information can be found here.
The band will play two launch shows at the National Space Centre, Leicester, in the week of release – both of which sold out in under 24 hours – before heading around the world on an extensive international tour. Which includes two dates in Ireland, they will play Mandela Hall on 3rd May & Button Factory Dublin on 5th May.
The video for ‘Gagarin’ is directed by Alex Kemp, produced by Tony Powell and was shot in PSB’s south London homeland.
See PSB live in Ireland on;
Sunday 3rd May Mandela Hall, Belfast
Tuesday 5th May Button Factory, Dublin
Tickets on sale here.
MULLED ‘A Perfect Christmas’ out 12 December
MULLED
‘A Perfect Christmas’
Out 12th December
It’s been a long time since anyone came up with a new Christmas song that’s catchy but not annoyingly so, festive but not too cheesy, pop but with an indie spirit. Maybe Mulled have finally cracked the code?A Perfect Christmas is, at its core, a great little pop song. Written and performed by Mulled -who are Eoghan O’Sullivan of Co. Wicklow and David Graham of Co. Clare – it is set to be released on 12th December and it just might become your new favourite Christmas song.
It was recorded at Orphan Recording in Dublin, where Gavin Glass and Scott Halliday wrapped it in tasteful tinsel and a sprinkling of sleigh bells. The end result has been described online as “a very happy, bouncy, foot-tapping Christmas tune with excellent pop lyrics!” and “one of the finest indie happy Christmas songs heard….it should be considered in indie terms at least as good as the legendary Belle and Sebastian John Peel Christmas session”.
Find the video and more info here: http://aperfectchristmas.net
Listen and download from iTunes, Bandcamp, Spotify and all good digital retailers.
Milky Chance new single ‘Down By The River’, Vicar Street Sold Out & Winners of EBBA!
Down By The River
“Something about that off-the beat rhythm that says summer” Evening Standard
“All about the beautiful acoustic guitar groove” **** Daily StarAlternative electronic sensation Milky Chance announce new single ‘Down By The River’ will be released 5th December through Ignition Records.
After performing to huge crowds at Reading and Leeds Festival (and selling out their first headline show in London at Koko), the band head to Dublin for their debut Irish show at Vicar Street on 5th February, which has just sold out!
Milky Chance’s rise to music’s upper echelons has been unstoppable. Last year in their tiny self-built studio the duo cut their full-length debut ‘Sadnecessary’ and last summer they released it on their own Lichtdicht Records in Europe. Within a few weeks, lead single ‘Stolen Dance’ had reached number one on Hype Machine. To date ‘Stolen Dance’ has received over 84 million Youtube views, and topped the Irish, German, Austrian, Australia, Canadian, Swiss, French and Belgium singles charts. Ireland has been a huge supporter of the band, where as well as having a #1 single, the song was a #1 radio hit and has achieved over gold sales status.
‘Stolen Dance’ continues to build worldwide – particularly in America, where it is currently #1 on the US Alternative radio chart and # 1 on the AAA radio chart.
Milky Chance have won a European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) and are also nominated for the public choice award, you can vote for them here and be in with a chance to win 2 tickets to the EBBA’s and Eurosonic Festival – http://www.rte.ie/2fm/eurosonic/. The EBBAs are about breaking down borders and recognising emerging European rock, pop and dance artists who achieved success in other countries than their own.
New single ‘Down By The River’ will knock you over at first. But when you gather yourself, get back on your feet and listen again, you’ll want to hit the play button a second time. The video for the single has already had over 7.7million views on Youtube and the FlicFlac remix has had over 26 millions views on Youtube.
Live Date: Vicar Street, Dublin on 5th February 2015 – SOLD OUT!
Public Service Broadcasting Share details of 2nd album & Announce Belfast & Dublin dates
Public Service Broadcasting
Share details of second album The Race For Space – due Feb 2015
Belfast & Dublin dates announced as part of UK & Ireland tour
Following the release of a tantalising and atmospheric trailer earlier this month (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udKBXoO2e3U) which quoted John F Kennedy’s famous Rice Stadium address of 1962, Public Service Broadcasting are now excited to reveal full details of The Race For Space LP (Feb 20th 2015 via Test Card Recordings) – as well as their biggest UK & Irish tour to date.
Tickets for the duo’s return at two unique album launch shows at The National Space Centre sold out in under 24 hours, and the band now have their sights set on their biggest tour yet as they jet around the UK & Ireland in April & May 2015. The tour splashes down at the Roundhouse, London on 7 May – all dates listed below.
At Public Service Broadcasting’s uniquely spell-binding live AV ‘Transmissions’ the audience will witness the band weave samples from archive footage around live drums, guitar, banjo and electronics as they teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future – beaming our past back at us through vintage TV sets and state of the art modern video projection devices. Granted unique access to historically important films from the BFI, PSB will go back in time and explore the period when the USA and USSR fought to gain the upper hand in a new frontier – space.
Public Service Broadcasting have quickly developed a reputation as one of the most exciting live acts in the country, wowing audiences over the past two festival seasons with major appearances at Glastonbury, Bestival, Green Man and a whole host of others. Support slots with The Rolling Stones & Arcade Fire at Hyde Park plus touring with the Manic Street Preachers across Europe and an upcoming arena tour with the Kaiser Chiefs scheduled for early next year point to a band at the top of their game.
Before their UK & Ireland dates the duo will be embarking on a global tour, starting in Australia and New Zealand, before moving onto North America. The tour will finish with a string of European dates in May / June 2015 before they hurtle straight into another busy festival season. Additionally Public Service Broadcasting have been invited to be the sole support for Kaiser Chiefs on their UK arena tour in early 2015.
The Race For Space follows Inform – Educate – Entertain, Public Service Broadcasting’s debut album which reached #21 in the UK album charts and was nominated for ‘Best Independent Album’ at the AIM Awards 2013, as well as being The Guardian’s Album of the Week and one of BBC 6Music’s Top 10 albums of 2013.
Listeners will be able to choose which front cover they favour as the band release a double-sided sleeve for The Race For Space.
Tracklisting: 1. The Race For Space, 2. Sputnik, 3. Gagarin, 4. Fire In The Cockpit, 5. E.V.A., 6. The Other Side, 7. Valentina, 8. Go!, 9. Tomorrow
See PSB live in Ireland on;
Sunday 3rd May Mandela Hall, Belfast
Tuesday 5th May Button Factory, Dublin
José González will release his first solo album in seven years, Vestiges & Claws on 20 Feb 2015
José González will release his first solo album in seven years, Vestiges & Claws on 20 Feb 2015 via Peacefrog Records.
“Every age has its turn / Every branch of the tree has to learn/ Learn to grow, find its way / Make the best of this short-lived stay” – José González
It’s the quiet ones we should watch, they always say. Which is particularly astute advice right now, when loud, constant self-declaration and saturated “brand” visibility have become the norm. But above the babble and brightness, some voices will always speak quiet volumes – with calm eloquence and the kind of certitude that comes from valuing the playing out, not just the prize.
Sweden’s José González is just such a voice. He first charmed his way into the UK’s & Ireland’s earshot via the murmurous and elegant, classically finger-picked folk pop of his 2005 album, Veneer, which has since sold over a staggering 430, 000 copies in UK alone & went double platinum in Ireland.. Two years later came In Our Nature, a further exploration of José’s influences (Argentinian Folklore, the ’60s US folk tradition and the British pastoral folk-pop style of the same era), on which he resisted the temptation to beef up his alluringly introvert aesthetic. The albums made the UK Top 10 and Top 20 respectively.
It may be seven years since he released a solo record, but José has been anything but idle in that time. He’s delivered two albums with the band Junip, his more fulsome, electronic-edged, pop project and has toured with both the Berlin/Göteborg String Theory orchestra (in 2011), co-performing 11 reworking’s of his songs, Sidi Touré and played with Malian desert blues troupe Tinariwen (both in 2012). In 2013, Hollywood came calling when Ben Stiller commissioned José to work with Theodore Shapiro on the soundtrack to his remake of ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ and most recently, he’s contributed his version of ‘This is How We Walk On the Moon’ to the Red Hot charity compilation honouring Arthur Russell. Community and collaboration are obviously satisfying in their own ways, but now José is again stepping centre stage solo, with Vestiges & Claws.
Conceived as the natural third part in an acoustic trilogy, Vestiges & Claws is a(nother) hushed and delicate solo set that forefronts the artist and guitarist’s compellingly intimate vocal style and intricate playing technique, but it’s often strikingly rhythmic in nature and cohere’s perfectly, with hand claps and taps on the body of his instrument underlining the songs’ mantric rise-and-fall pattern, while elsewhere, over-dubbed guitar parts and multi-tracked vocal harmonies entwine to sweetly immersive effect.
The title refers to both cultural practices and biological features that survive despite having lost their original function, and to currently useful tools, ie the “claws” of modern life.
Vestiges & Claws was recorded almost entirely by José and self-produced, mostly in his Gothenburg home, using computer plug-ins to achieve a warm, analogue sound. He prefers working alone, mainly for artistic reasons. “There were a couple of things that enabled me to complete this record: one was curiosity, to be able to play percussion and do a lot of harmonies and also to produce and mix the album; the other was aesthetics. I love to listen to Arthur Russell and Shuggie Otis, to music that has been done mostly by one person in their solitary state.”
As José sees it, the record is his personal, “zoomed-out eye on humanity on a small, pale blue dot in a cold, sparse and unfriendly space. The amazing fact that we are all here, an attempt at encouraging us to understand ourselves and to make the best of the one life we know we have – after birth and before death.”
Vestiges & Claws Tracklist: With The Ink Of A Ghost / Let It Carry You / Stories We Build. Stories We/ Tell / The Forest / Leaf Off/The Cave / Every Age / What Will / Vissel / Afterglow / Open Book
Vestiges & Claws Pre-order: http://smarturl.it/iTunesVestigesClaws
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