Album News: Coldplay - LeftRightLeftRightLeft

Three lefts make a right, right? Draw it out, you'll see what I mean. That's the album cover for the free upcoming Coldplay live album LeftRightLeftRightLeft. Fans at every show on the summer tour will get a physical copy, but the record will also be online for free.

Tracklist:
1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death And All His Friends

Live: Van Cleef at the Village

Van Cleef will be releasing their debut album Supervillianesque on May 29th and to celebrate, they'll be playing an album release party in the Village on Wexford Street. Support from Sarah Gleeson and Mighty Atomics. They'll also be playing a few other gigs which I've listed below. You can download one of the tracks, 'Prince' to sample the tunes. Expect an album review when I get my hands on the record too.

Tracklist:
1. Meet Me in Vietnam (3.32)
2. Scarlett Johansson (3.56)
3. Prince (3.26)
4. One of the Cosbys (3.27)
5. Dodo (3.36)
6. Wolf Tickets & Rules (3.33)
7. Burst Your Bubble (5.07)
8. Iceland (2.31)
9. Wrong Place, Wrong Time (2.32)
10. Work's Not All My Day (3.52)
11. Improvise (4.56)
12. Overload (1.49)

Upcoming Van Cleef shows:
Album Launch May 29th, The Village, Wexford Street, Dublin.
Purty Session May 17th, Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire
Ruby Sessions April 21st, Doyle’s, College Green, Dublin.
Invasion @ The Button Factory April 4th, w/ The Cades.
Supporting Pig March 23rd, Upstairs in Whelan’s, Wexford Street, Dublin

Download:
Van Cleef - 'Prince'

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

Setlist: Morrissey, Leisureland, Galway, 29 April 2009

Fantastic review of the Morrissey gig at Leisureland in Galway during the week over at IndieLimerick. The photo above and setlist below is from the same source. Read it here:
http://indielimerick.blogspot.com/2009/04/morrissey-live-at-leisureland-galway.html


Setlist:
This Charming Man
Billy Budd
Black Cloud
How Soon Is Now?
Irish Blood, English Heart
How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Girlfriend In A Coma
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
When Last I Spoke To Carol
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Let Me Kiss You
The Loop
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Seasick, Yet Still Docked
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores (Not Played)
I Keep Mine Hidden
Sorry Doesn't Help
Ask
I'm OK By Myself
First Of The Gang To Die

Download: Dave Matthews Band - Beachball

Another new song made its debut last night. This time one of the B-Side songs from the Bonus Disc of Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King, 'Beachball'.

Download:
Dave Matthews Band - 'Beachball' (Live 29th April 2009)

'Beachball' Lyrics, transcribed by Fink:
"All the world is like a beach ball
out in space, between the waves
In the hands of laughing babies
all the world is gumball(?) shaped

Hello moon, Hello stars in the sky
Heaven won't you answer me, why?

I ring the bell until someone listens
look upon this burning city
victory, smiles the wicked man
does he feel the weight of every finger
hanging off his heavy hands.

Ring the bell til someone listens
Bring me gold and bring me wisdom
give me scars(?) to bring me grace
wicked wit and when i use it
that's the hopes of those who hate me
Give me love, big as a mountain, oh oh oh, yea.

Ring the bell til someone listens
Melt your words right to my skin
and your smile my flesh and bones
From the mountains i will sing you
through your veins my river flows

I ring the bell til someone listens
Bring me gold and bring me wisdom
give me scars(?) to bring me grace
wicked wit and when i use it
that's the hopes of those who hate me
Give me love, big as a mountain, oh oh oh, yea.

Ring the bell til someone listens
Bring me gold and bring me wisdom
give me scars(?) to bring me grace
and wicked wit and when i use it
that's the hopes of those who hate me
Give me love as big as a beachball, oh oh oh, yea.
Give me love as big as a beachball, yea."

Beachball related, but not the song:

Album News: Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

What's the best thing about the new Wilco album? The names? So come June 30th, when you press play on your iPod the following will be on screen:

Wilco (The Song)
Wilco
Wilco (The Album)

Genius.

Tracklist:
Wilco The Song
Deeper Down
One Wing
Bull Black Nova
You And I
You Never Know
Country Disappeared
Solitaire
I'll Fight
Sunny Feeling
Everlasting

For now, here's 'Wilco (The Song)' on The Colbert Report:

Watch: The Mighty Roars - Elvis Lives

I love the way "Elvis" is an anagram of "lives", that's probably why people still think he's alive. One band who do are post-punk band The Mighty Roars. Their new single is called 'Elvis Lives (and he drinks sale)', the scond part of which isn't an anagram. Well it probably is, but I'm too lazy to figure out what. The single is out June 1st, and is taken from upcoming album ZIP which will be out sometime later this year on One Little Indian.

Listen:
The Mighty Roars - 'Elvis Lives'

Watch:


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

Live: Friendly Fires at the Forum

Alliteration time guys. Friendly Fires at the Forum. Waterford. On May 28th, free gig as part of Heineken's Green Spheres.

You can apply for tickets here:
http://www.heinekengreenspheres.ie/

Watch Friendly Fires - 'Skeleton Boy':

Live: Adrian Crowley at Road Records

FREE GIG ALERT! Adrian Crowley will be playing live at Road Records this Friday, the 1st of May to promote his new album. The gig starts at 5:30, so get there early.

Live: Calvin Harris, Noisettes, Starsailor at Oxegen 2009

More acts announced for Oxegen 2009. Calvin Harris, The Noisettes, Starsailor, perennial favourites The Saw Doctors, The Horrors, Iglu and Harty, The Coronas, The Answer, Spinnerette, and The Blizzards have all been added.

Full lineup, by day, so far:

Friday 10th July

Blur, Snow Patrol, The Script, Keane, Lily Allen, James, Pendulum, Eagles of Death Metal, Ladyhawke, Fight Like Apes, Swedish House Mafia, Crookers, Dreadzone, God is an Astronaut, Tom Middleton, Aeroplane, 2 Many DJs, Mogwai, Ocean Colour Scene, The Hours, M83, Republic Of Loose, Spinnerette, The Coronas, The Answer

Saturday 11th July

Kings of Leon, Pet Shop Boys, Bloc Party, Elbow, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Doves, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Pete Doherty, The Mars Volta, The Game, The Saturdays, Squeeze, Hockey, Tiga, Digitalism, Gary Go, James Morrison, Regina Spektor, Maximo Park, Crystal Castles, La Roux, The Blizzards



Sunday 12th July

The Killers, Razorlight, Nine Inch Nails, The Specials, Lady Gaga, The Ting Tings, Jane’s Addiction, Katy Perry, Manic Street Preachers, Paolo Nutini, Glasvegas, Florence and the Machine White Lies, Jason Mraz, Foals, Friendly Fires, of Montreal, Miss Kittin and The Hacker (Live), Hudson Mohawke, Wallis Bird, You Me At 6, Calvin Harris, Noisettes, The Saw Doctors, The Horros, Iglu and Hartly, Starsailor

Stream: Isis - Wavering Radiant

As I've said before, the new album from Isis, Wavering Radiant is due May 5th, but now you can stream it in full. Great for those experimental music fans among us. This is not for everyone, but if you like it, you'll love it.

Stream it in full here:
http://www.myspace.com/sgnl05

Download:
Isis - '20 Minutes 40 Years'

Download: The Wooden Birds - False Alarm

Magnolia is the debut album from American Analog Set frontman Andrew Kenny under his new guise, The Wooden Birds. You may know Kenny from either AAS or the split EP Home with Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service. That was the record that first turned me on to his music, and I've been following him ever since. The Wooden Birds' first album, Magnolia is due for release on May 12th on Barsuk Records.

Tracklist:
01 False Alarm
02 The Other One
03 Sugar
04 Hailey
05 Hometown Fantasy
06 Choke
07 Quit You Once
08 Never Know
09 Anna Paula
10 Believe In Love
11 Seven Seventeen
12 Bad

Download:
The Wooden Birds - 'False Alarm'

More Info:
http://www.thewoodenbirds.com
http://www.myspace.com/thewoodenbirds

Review: Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Got my hands on the new Manchester Orchestra album the other day, and I enjoyed it so much on first few listens, I thought I'd have to let you guys know about it. They're not actually from Manchester in the UK, but actually from Atlanta, Georgia. Frontman Andy Hull does sound Manc though! Not only are they not from Manchester, but they're also not an orchestra. Instead they're a five-piece indie band that you should be noticing on your radios in the near future. if not, you must be listening to the wrong station. Mean Everthing to Nothing is the band's second album and the follow-up to the brilliantly-titled Like a Virgin Losing a Child.

The song here are much more rough and ready than the predecessor and mark their transgression from somewhat interesting to being an excellent group in their own right. The reasons for that are two-fold. One, they're now older and wiser than their teenage debut, and two, they've got the same producer as the Raconteurs in Joe Chiccarelli.

They said themselves they wanted the album to be a darker record, like Weezer's Pinkerton, and this is exactly what they've achieved. They haven't lost the instant hit of the better parts of the debut, but what they now have is a replayability factor. You'll want to explore these songs further, you'll need them to get under your skin. Opener 'The Only One' and closer 'The River' are fin examples of this. The opening track drags you in before the rest of the album suffocates you with feeling. 'I've Got Friend's is somewhat tongue in cheek and glows in the brilliant refrain of "I've got friends in all the right places / I know what they wan't / and I know they don't want me to stay".

There are many references to Jesus and God and religion on this record, but after hearing it, you'll be further away from the Lord than ever before. For Hull and co., rejection of religion is just as relevant as embrace. But whatever your religious leaning, you can enjoy this gloriously dark record, and I really suggest you embrace Manchester Orchestra sooner rather than later.

Download:
Manchester Orchestra - 'I've Got Friends'

Stream/More info:
http://www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra

Live: I am Not Lefthanded upstairs in Whelan's

I plan on being there next Tuesday, should be great.

Note from the band:

We're delighted to inform you that I Am Not Lefthanded are coming back
to Dublin on Tuesday the 5th of May for another show in Whelans
(Upstairs), doors 8pm.

We're trying something of an experiment in these troubled times.
Entrance to the show is free and you simply pay what you think the
show was worth/what you can afford as you leave. We'd much rather
people came to see us play than be worried about the cost, so if
you're coming, bring a friend along too - we really don't mind if it's
not their thing, it won't cost them anything at all to give us a try.

Musical support comes from the bluesily fantastic Murder Plan with
comedy stylings from Contenders Comedy Collective in between bands.

Free single, videos and other shenanigans available at -
www.iamnotlefthanded.com

Live: Mumblin' Deaf Ro and Michael Stevens at Bewley's Cafe Theatre

Great news, that whistling guy from Naked Camera is to support, oh sorry, it's Michael Stevens, not Jake Stevens. Sorry. Michael Stevens from the excellent Groom is to support Mumblin' Deaf Ro at a very special intimate gig in Bewley's Cafe Theatre on Grafton Street. For those of you who haven't been there, it's a lovely little room upstairs from the cafe itself.

The show takes place on May 15th at a cost of €10.

Tickets can only be bought in Road Records on Fade Street, and just 50 are available. Told you it was special!

Live: Green Day at the O2 Dublin

Green Day return to Irish shores to play dates up north and down south in support of upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown.

Tickets for both shows, at the Odyssey Belfast on 20th of October 2009 and the O2 Dublin on 21st of October go on sale this Friday at 9 a.m. Tickets are from €49.20 for the O2 and £38.00 for the Odyssey.

Last time they played The Point in 2005:

Download: Bat for Lashes - Use Somebody

Did I tell you how great the new Bat for Lashes record Two Suns is? Oh yeah, I have. Well, in addition to that brilliant album, she's also covered Kings of Leon's 'Use Somebody' from their 2008 album Only by the Night. It was recorded on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, and you can download it, and watch the video of it here.

Download:
Bat for Lashes - 'Use Somebody'

Watch:

Album News: Hayden - The Place Where We Lived

Gorgeous album cover alert! Canada's Hayden is set to release his sixth album The Place Where We Lived on May 26th. Hayden is one of my favourite underrated artists, and like last year's In Field and Town, this is sure to make my Albums of the Year list.

Lyrics: Dave Matthews Band - Lying in the Hands of God

This is the last Dave Matthews Band post today I promise! Lyrics for 'Lying in the Hands of God':

Baby i'll be your soldier
Gladly i'll do your bidding
For just a taste of what you're holding
For just a taste you could own me
Save your sermons for someone thats afraid to love
I'll be right here lying in the hands of God

Here it comes dive right into me
Now the floor is the ceiling
If you never flew why would you?
Cut the wings off a butterfly

Save your sermons for someone thats afraid to love
If you knew what I feel then you couldnt be so sure
I'll be right here lying in the hands of God
If you feel angels in your hair
Teardrops of joy run down your face
You will rise

Fill me up now drain me
Skin begins to grow back slowly
Faster until i'm choking
I really should call my mother

Save your sermons for someone thats afraid to love
If you knew what I feel then you couldnt be so sure
I'll be right here lying in the hands of God
If you feel angels in your hair

I am in love with nothing else
Teardrops of joy run off my face
I will rise for someone that's afraid to love
If you knew what I feel then you couldnt be so sure
I'll be right here lying in the hands of God

Now the floor is the ceiling
If you never flew why would you

Lyrics: Dave Matthews Band - Shake Me Like A Monkey

Supposed lyrics for Dave Matthews Band's 'Shake Me Like a Monkey' on forthcoming album Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King.

The thing I like about you
The way you do what you do
The thing i like about you
God and the devil alone could not have made you up

Two must have worked as one together
So good just want to eat you up
Let me like the real thing
Lick your sticky fingers boy and sing for your dinner sing

Come on pretty babe make me lose my mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
forever i'm yours

I can't stop thinking about you
yeah yeah yeah
why would i want to
I like coffee with toast and jelly
But i'd rather be licking from your back to your belly
I think I'm going to

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
forever i'm yours

Cigarettes and coffee broken heart and being lonely little girls
And ponies are the things that go together
Yes and no you have to choose Romeo and Juliet to hang their noose
You and me would go together

Kiss Kiss make a wish
Hope that it comes true
But I ain't waiting for the world to change
Gonna change the world for you

Come on pretty baby make you ose your mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
forever i'm yours

Come on everybody make me lose my mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine

Album News: Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King Track Times

Now we know: there's just one song over five minutes, so no extended jams, and the entire Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King album is 54:06 in total.

Track times:
1 Grux 1:11
2 Shake Me Like a Monkey 4:00
3 Funny the Way It Is 4:28
4 Lying in the Hands of God 5:40
5 Why I Am 3:53
6 Dive in 4:26
7 Spaceman 4:08
8 Squirm 5:32
9 Alligator Pie 3:59
10 Seven 4:17
11 Time Bomb 3:59
12 Baby Blue 3:41
13 You & Me 4:52

Also, deluxe package track info, three more new songs:

Disc: 2
1. #27
2. Beach Ball
3. Little Red Bird
4. Write A Song