Setlist: Girls Aloud, 02 Dublin, 3 May 2009

Second of Girls Aloud's two night stand at the O2 Dublin. Anyone have the other setlist or was it the same?

The Promise
Love Is the Key
Biology
Miss You
The Loving Kind
Waiting
Love Machine
Rolling Back the Rivers in Time
B-Stage
Untouchable
Sexy! No, No, No... / Disturbia (Rihanna cover)
Broken Strings (James Morrison cover)
Love Is Pain
Call The Shots
Revolution in the Head
Sound of the Underground
Fix Me Up
Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
Something Kinda Ooooh
---The Show / Wake Me Up / Jump / No Good Advice / Can't Speak French
The Promise Reprise

'Broken Strings'

Live: Hockey at the Academy

I have a bad feeling about this. Not that it'll be a bad gig, but that it just won't happen. Hockey won't be playing the Academy on September 22nd 2009. You know why? They'll be massive by then, the show will have to upgraded to a bigger venue. Maybe the O2. Well, that's what should happen anyway. This is the best band to come out in a long time. Maybe since the Libertines came on the scene. Or the Strokes. Whoever floats your boat. They're as good as them all. (Oh and Passion Pit are damn good too, but you know that by the sheer amount I rant about them). But Hockey are the band of 2009. Everyone is going to love them. Like the way they embraced MGMT. Only these guys are more than just one or two songs. Everything I've heard from them in studio and live has been excellent.

Anyhow, tickets for the Academy gig are €16 and are on sale now. Expect a sell-out.

Download: Julie Feeney - Love is a Tricky Thing

Inaugural Choice Music Prize winner Julie Feeney is about to release her new album, and has made lead single 'Love is a Tricky Thing' available as a free download. Two of my favourite general Irish blogs have it to stream and download, so I'll link to them rather than reposting it myself. It's taken from new album Pages which is out at the end of this month.

Stream it on culch.ie here:
http://www.culch.ie/2009/05/05/julie-feeneys-love-is-a-tricky-thing/

Download it on "This is what I do" here:
http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com/2009/05/download-julie-feeneys-love-is-tricky.html

More info:
http://www.juliefeeney.com/intro.html

Competition: Future of the Left at the Academy

Welsh band Future of the Left will play the Academy 2 on the 17th of May. They supported Fight Like Apes at the Village last year and were tremendous, so no doubt this year's headlining gig will be just as manic!

I have two tickets to the show to give away. All you need to do to win is tell me what your favourite Future of the Left track is and why. Just a simple explanation will do. Post your answers in the comments section or email me at swearimnotpaul@gmail.com to enter. I've had a nice few entries so far, but there's still some time left to enter.

I love this, just for the name:
'adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood':

Download: Akron/Family - River

The new album from Akron/Family is out tomorrow, it's called Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free and is released on Dead Oceans. In order to celebrate this (read: promote), I've got an mp3 download of the song 'River' from the album.

Download:
Akron/Family - 'River'

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/akronfamily

Watch 'Everyone is Guilty':

Album News: The Very Most - Summer EP

Indiecater records have announced the release of The Very Most's second EP of the year. To follow on from their Spring EP, they're releasing Summer. Wonder will it be Fall or Autumn next.

It comes at a great price of two euro fifty, yes 2.50, and can be bought here:
http://www.indiecater.com/2009/05/the-very-most-summer/

I also have a sample of the Very Most - 'You're in Love with the Summer' so you can try before you buy. But at two fifty, what choice do you have?

Download:
The Very Most - 'You're in Love with the Sun'

Download: Dave Matthews Band at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 26 April 2009

Full show download from Dave Matthews Band's appearance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival last week. Thanks to TheNoise for uploading these tunes. They're mp3s taken from the web stream.

Download:
01 - Intro
http://www.sendspace.com/file/b0arox

02 - Grey Street
http://www.sendspace.com/file/c2fm4e

03 - Why I Am
http://www.sendspace.com/file/y1c0cx

04 - Anyone Seen The Bridge? -> (Too Much fake) ->
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xpqv5t

05 - Ants Marching
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5om8bg

06 - #41
http://www.sendspace.com/file/61xu2t

07 - Funny The Way It Is
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ieqthp

08 - Stay (Wasting Time)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/33fvgi

09 - Pantala Naga Pampa -> Rapunzel
http://www.sendspace.com/file/56aua8