EMI will be releasing a 42 track, double CD epic collection of a song per act from some of Ireland’s best acts around.

The release will go hand in hand with record store day (www.recordstoreday.com) so it should be out April 16th (RELEASE IS DEFERRED TEMPORARILY, NEW RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON). Some of Irelands top acts make an appearance on it including Goldenplec favourites Delorentos, Heathers, Messiah J & The Expert and Fred.

Appearing on the double whammy are Two Door Cinema Club, R.S.A.G, The Minutes, David Kitt, Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club. Patrick Kellegher, The Urges, Dark Room Notes, Le Galaxie, Cathy Davey, The Jimmy Cake, Mick Flannery, ASIWYFA, BATS, Lisa Hannigan, Codes, Halfset, Stellarsound, The coronas, New Amusement, Republic of Loose, Roisin Murphy, The Ambience Affair, Subplots, The Blizzards, Ham Sandwich, The Revellions, Vyvienne Long, The Laundry Shop, Adebisi Shank, Declan O Rourke, Crayonsmith, Valerie Francis, Turn, Oliver Cole.

That to us is just a bit special when you consider just how strong the Irish music scene is when you consider the number of top acts we have here in Ireland.

Tracklisting:

CD ONE /
1. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB I CAN TALK
2. CODES THIS IS GOODBYE.
3. DARK ROOM NOTES LOVE LIKE NICOTINE.
4. MESSIAH J AND THE EXPERT TURN THE MAGIC ON
5. OLIVER COLE WHAT WILL YOU DO?
6. THE BLIZZARDS FANTASY
7. FRED RUNNING
8. THE LAUNDRY SHOP HIGHS AND LOWS
9. DELORENTOS STOP
10. HAM SANDWICH ST. CHRISTOPHER
11. REPUBLIC OF LOOSE COMEBACK GIRL
12. MICK FLANNERY TOMORROW’S PAPER
13. THE CHAPTERS VIDEOTAPES
14. THE MINUTES UKRAINE
15. THE URGES THE URGES THEME
16. THE REVELLIONS AIN’T NO FOOL
17. CRAYONSMITH LOST IN THE FOREST
18. THE JIMMY CAKE JETTA’S PALACE
19. DECLAN O’ROURKE GALILEO
20. JULIE FEENEY MYTH
21. JERRY FISH & THE MUDBUG CLUB BACK TO BEFORE
CD TWO /
1. LE GALAXIE WE BLEED THE BLOOD OF ANDROIDS
2. THE AMBIENCE AFFAIR DEVIL IN THE DETAIL
3. CATHY DAVEY MOVING
4. HALVES MEDALS
5. SUBPLOTS POLTIS
6. HALFSET WORK
7. STELLARSOUND FT PAULA FLYNN LET’S DANCE
8. RÓISÍN MURPHY OVERPOWERED
9. PATRICK KELLEHER COAT TO WEAR
10. VYVIENNE LONG THEY’RE NOT WAVING
11. LISA HANNIGAN LILLE
12. NEW AMUSEMENT LIGHTS GO DOWN
13. RARELY SEEN ABOVE GROUND STICK TO YOUR LINE
14. AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR THESE RIOTS ARE JUST BEGINNING
15. BATS CREDULOUS! CREDULOUS!
16. ADEBISI SHANK YOU ME
17. HEATHERS REMEMBER WHEN
18. DAVID KITT IT’S YOURS
19. VALERIE FRANCIS SLOW DYNAMO
20. THE CORONAS GRACE DON’T WAIT

Some relevent links

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/TWODOORCINEMACLUB
CODES – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CODESOFFICIAL
DARK ROOM NOTES – www.myspace.com/darkroomnotesireland
MESSIAH J AND THE EXPERT – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MESSIAHJANDTHEEXPERT
OLIVER COLE – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/OLIVERCOLE
THE BLIZZARDS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEBLIZZARDS
FRED – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FREDTHEBAND
THE LAUNDRY SHOP – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THELAUNDRYSHOP
DELORENTOS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DELORENTOS
HAM SANDWICH – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HAMSANDWICH
REPUBLIC OF LOOSE – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/REPUBLICOFLOOSE
MICK FLANNERY – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MICKFLANNERY
THE CHAPTERS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THECHAPTERS
THE MINUTES – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEMINUTES
THE URGES – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEURGES
THE REVELLIONS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEREVELLIONS
CRAYONSMITH – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CRAYONSMITH
THE JIMMY CAKE – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEJIMMYCAKE
DECLAN O’ROURKE – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DECLANOROURKE
JULIE FEENEY – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JULIEFEENEY
JERRY FISH & THE MUDBUG CLUB – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEMUDBUGCLUB
LE GALAXIE – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LEGALAXIE
THE AMBIENCE AFFAIR – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEAMBIENCEAFFAIR
CATHY DAVEY – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CATHYDAVEY
HALVES – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/AHOMEFORHALVES
SUBPLOTS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SUBPLOTS
HALFSET – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HALFSET
STELLARSOUND FT PAULA FLYNN – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/STELLARSOUND
RÓISÍN MURPHY – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROISINMURPHY
PATRICK KELLEHER – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PATRICKKELLEHER
VYVIENNE LONG – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VYVIENNELONG
LISA HANNIGAN – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LISAHANNIGAN
NEW AMUSEMENT – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/NEWAMUSEMENT
RARELY SEEN ABOVE GROUND – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/RARELYSEENABOVEGROUND
AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ANDSOIWATCHYOUFROMAFAR
BATS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LEATHERBEATSFEATHER
ADEBISI SHANK – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ADEBISISHANK
HEATHERS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HEATHERSWHATSYOURDAMAGE
DAVID KITT – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DAVIDKITT
VALERIE FRANCIS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VALERIEFRANCIS
THE CORONAS – WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CORONABAND