We received this video request via email from The Shamrock, a Croatian band that was formed in 2007. Enjoy! Click here to view the embedded... Similar posts

Some cover versions of songs from acts associated with Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of The Sex Pistols, to commemorate his death aged... Similar posts

Shellshock Rock Pt 1 A chance find on YouTube - appears to have turned up not long after I did this post on Belfast / Norn Iron punk. Somebody FedEx a case of vintage Buckfast to saintly Japanese person heyohkubo3 and put it on DO Tower’s tab please. Links to the other 5 parts of the doc below : Shellshock Rock - Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6... Similar posts

Alice Dellal for Vogue Brazil March 2010 I love this girl, love her style, her beauty, her attitiude, her hair...She kicks... Similar posts

"This heaven gives me migraineCoercion of the sensesWe are not so gullibleWe all have good intentionsBut all with strings attached... " http://www.gangoffour.co.uk/www.myspace.com/gangoffour... Similar posts

I had a bad feeling about this record, coming as it did after the so-so Decemberunderground. It didn't make much of an impression at first, but after listening to it more closely, Crash Love turned out to be a big step up from the last record. 'Beautiful Thieves' may wind up being one of my favourite AFI songs to date.From my review:To call Decemberunderground an existential crisis might be a bit of an over-statement, but its effects were not lost on the band. Despite broadening their appeal substantially, Decemberunderground divided fiercely both the band’s casual and hardcore fan base. The Despair Faction will always keep the faith, but, even so, many were disillusioned by the changes. Though they’ve never explicitly admitted it, Jade and singer Davey Havok created the side-project... Similar posts

Good bit of work went into this one, but it was well-worth it in the end. A great debut record from a great Irish band: stream Red In Tooth & Claw in its entirety at Sputnikmusic.Virulent post-hardcore combines with the ruthless pursuit of scientific progress on Red In Tooth & Claw, the debut full-length record of Irish five-piece BATS. Emerging from the exciting stable of young acts at underground Dublin label the Richter Collective (Adebisi Shank, Marvins Revolt), BATS make their motives crystal clear from the outset: the first three songs tackle, in turn, theoretical physics, exploding stars and frontal lobe epilepsy, and that's just the warm-up. Might wanna make a pot of coffee before getting into this one.Typical influences like Pixies, Circle Takes The Square and Don Cab are easily... Similar posts

There's something eminently lovable about Frank Turner.First of all, he's a protest singer, but he's not a socialist- a fact he is at pains to point out given the relative oddity of his position. Second, he regularly gets involved in slagging matches with his- how shall I put it?- leftier internet fans. Third, he's actually a pretty good musician. Oh, and he knew Prufrock before he was famous.Turnere's latest foray into pissing off his fans/friends/everyone was a seemingly innocent re-tweet of a hilarious (and insightful) satirical article in the Daily Mash poking fun at file-sharing proponents that quickly got more heated.Later, he gathered his thoughts and wrote this rather measured refutation of the increasing numbers who not only refuse to pay for music, but don't even understand why... Similar posts

Nick: I saw someone walking round in a Clash t-shirt the other day, and I thought ‘I have no idea what they sound like, I know who they are but….’ they’re very in the tradition aren’t they? wow, weird that I picked to do them today so, van Vliet synchronicity. ….something like that. when is this from? 1979. it’s a bit Rolling Stones…. yeah? yeah, bit sharper, less sophisticated, rougher. but I like it. I don’t know if this is a term that works with music at all but it comes across as very honest. I think that’s something they were aiming for, well, authenticity. that’s why it’s instantly sympathetic. mind you, I did hear the forbidden word in one of the earlier songs. my *baby* drove up in a brand new cadillac? no no... Similar posts

Last night a super energized !!! or Chk Chk Chk played to a solid crowd in Whelan's and I was there for a dance off with some good friends. This is the bands fourth time playing in Dublin in the last 4 years and I enjoyed it as much as the last time I caught them which was at The Electric Picnic 2 years ago. New songs were introduced last night which made me a happy punter as well as "the hits" including, Must Be The Moon and the rapturous Heart Of Hearts. Here are some snaps I took of the band and you can check out my Flickr for more.Happy Birthday to both Timo and Gibb @ U:Mack.Nic OfferNic OfferTyler PopePaul QuattroneNic... Similar posts

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Trad Punk…. its trad and punk. If this sounds up your street then Blood or Whiskey are your boys. Class stuff I must admit. I’ve caught em live in a few different incarnations throughout their career and they’ve always gotten that sexy sweat dripping off me by the end… see them at oxegen this year! Shot... Similar posts

While everyone else was off buying EP tickets this morning I was instead hearing news of The Thermals upcoming date in the Academy on June 19th and buying my ticket (€13.60 from Ticketmaster - bargain!). Having been underwhelmed with the line-up for both of the major music festivals I’m instead spending my cash on all the small Dublin summer gigs instead. I’m really looking forward to finally seeing The Thermals live as they’re one of the only bands that succeeds in satisfying my occasional craving for really wonderful low-fi grunge, but these guys have certainly been given a lot of other labels “indie/alternative/post-pop-punk rock” for instance. I’ve been listening to their last album “The Body, The Blood, The Machine” ever since they... Similar posts

Words By Barry Montgomery Ireland has a habit of producing, moany, whining singer songwriters, whereas the North….Fighting With Wire… In Case of Fire… Just some of their exports over the last year. I’m telling ya, the place is bursting to the seams with some of the best fucking rock bands at the moment. But it’s... Similar posts

I was trying to describe the big reveal in this video to a friend in the pub the other day, and failed miserably. It happens between 5.00 and 5.30 but it’s worth watching the whole thing.... Similar posts

Yours truly was the ringmaster behind State's recent review of the BATS album recording fundraiser at the Lower Deck on February 21, as well as the cameraman behind the remarkably shitty image you see above you.I also snagged an interview the following day with frontman Rupert Morris (the other members seem alright with leaving all the speaking to him): more on that in the coming days.In the meantime, enjoy a rather good video of the new track 'Shadowfucker,' recorded at the same show, that I snagged from the gloriously-named Handjob Films on a series of... Similar posts

WORDS: Barry Montgomery Deciding not to associate themselves with the whole “Blast” scene, might have been suicide for many bands, but Mr. Lightweight are still breathing, having apparently survived. Relentless touring up and down the breathe of the country over the last year has seen their Myspace fan numbers soar into the tens of thousands. Fair... Similar posts

P.O.S. - Terrorish P.O.S. the Minneapolis based punk-rapper has had an eventful life. He was the “only black kid at the punk gigs” between the ages of 11 and 16, speed addict by the age of 13 and an alcoholic in his teens. Around 18 he heard one of El-p’s earlier albums and turned his... Similar posts

Donagh is correct in pointing out on a recent post of his that I am the morbid banshee rock obit specialist of this blog. This weather, it seems that the greats are passing away on a weekly basis. Latest in the list I found out about last night through my very own Poison Ivy - Lux Interior, frontman of the Cramps, who died in Glendale, California, last Wednesday. Appreciations can be found over here NME -Hamish MacBain and here Pitchfork - Tom Breihan Having only ever seen the Cramps in the ‘flesh’, as it were, once - I’m not overly surprised that Lux’s body has given up at the relatively young age of 62. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a frontman (or woman) put as much into a performance as that night in the SFX (around the time that unemployment in... Similar posts