Another roundup of great music news for you in one handy place. It saves us hitting publish ten times and saves you clicking 10 different links. It’s win win, except for our traffic figures, but sure we don’t care.
Hefty Horse presents
The third album by You Kiss By The Book is finished and they are looking to raise some money to give it a physical release. They have decided to put on a gig on in The Grand Social with themselves, Mumblin Deaf Ro and Hidden Highways all playing on the night. The gig is on July 11th 2012 and admission is €10 on the night and include a free digital download of the new album.
Hopefully they will raise enough to get it out physically. Doors are 8pm. There will be t-shirts and vinyl available at a discounted price as well.
Little Xs For Eyes
The awesome Little Xs For Eyes will be down in Cork for a headline show with The David Nelligan Thing in July. They will be playing The Roundy on Castle Street in Cork on Thursday 19th July. Admission is just €6 and doors are at 8.30pm with first badn on at 9pm.
Microsoft tag app give FREE single downloads
It’s not an Irish musician but Canadian native Nick Backovic is trying something alternative with the release of FREE promotional singles from his upcoming albums using Microsoft tag app.
The special stickers were put up throughout Dublin City Centre on June 20th and it allows people to scan these stickers using the Microsoft Tag App and directly download tracks immediately. The first single ‘Rant’ is available now. Fans can then rescan the stickers at another point to get the new singles at each release before the album is finally released in March 2013. Nice to see musicians trying something different.
Backovic said,
“I wanted to make the singles not only free, but as accessible as possible to the public by literally taking the music to the streets. The fact that the sticker is shaped like a vinyl record but using modern technology…the rules of the music industry are constantly being reinvented and ideas are needed to push this thing whole forward. I guess I’m just bringing a few of my own ideas to the table but my main reason for doing any of this, being heard.”
Fred and Bob release Anti-Gravity Love EP
Fred and Bob are all set for their second EP to hit your eardrums tomorrow. Their latest EP is called ‘Anti-Gravity Love’, which as aspiring astronauts we totally approve of. It’s a four track EP and it’s just below for your listening pleasure.
Supporting the release will see them at the following locations on a mini tour.
15 June – Citog @ Cellar Bar Galway
19 June – Whelans Upstairs, Dublin
30 June – Auntie Annies, Belfast
Jamie Lawson
July at The Stags Head Raw will feature to awesome Jamie Lawson for an intimate acoustic session.
The gig will be on Sunday July 1st at The Stags Head and admission on the night is €10 and doors are at 8pm. A great chance to see Lawson in a small intimate location.
A Dark Horse
The second song from their forthcoming debut EP, A Dark Horse have a video for their track The Butterflies Are Here. It’s shot in stopmotion and the band says it’s based on the idea of how we change out lives in the unknown, as our past and futures meet to do battle. It’s where our past and futures meet that our hopes, fears and dreams are made. Pretty deep stuff.
Coastal
Belfast based musician Paul Fox is going under the pseudo-name of Coastal and is set to release his new EP ‘Crumble Blue’ on June 25th. It’s an EP that is dark and strained and could name any list of indie acts as influences.
We kindly have the EP streaming below for you to make your own conclusions.