Download: Drive-By Truckers - Daddy Learned to Fly

New song by the Drive-By Truckers that they've been playing lately, it could well appear on their new album next year. As for now, I suggest you check out new B-Sides album The Fine Print.

Download:
Drive-By Truckers - 'Daddy Learned to Fly'

Album News: Basement Jaxx - Scars

Basement Jaxx are back with a new album. Scars will be released on October 6th in America, but we get to hear it three weeks earlier over here, on September 18th!

Tracklist:
‘Scars’ ft. Kelis, Maleka & Chipmunk
‘Raindrops’
‘She’s No Good’ ft. Eli “Paperboy” Reed
‘Saga’ ft. Santigold
‘Feelings Gone’ ft. Sam Sparro
‘My Turn’ ft. Lightspeed Champion
‘A Possibility’ ft. Amp Fiddler
‘Twerk’ ft. Yo Majesty
‘Day of The Sunflowers (We March On)’ ft. Yoko Ono
‘What’s A Girl Gotta Do?’ ft. Paloma Faith
‘Stay Close’ ft. Lisa Kekaula
‘D.I.S.tractionz’ ft. Jose Hendrix
‘Gimme Somethin’ True’ ft. Jose James

Live: The Prodigy at the O2

Big gig news this time. Another O2 date. The Prodigy will be playing the renamed Point Depot in December, the 18th to be exact. They'll be playing the Odyssey in Belfast the night before also as part of their Invaders Must Die tour.

Tickets for Dublin are priced €49.80 and €54.20, with ones up north costing £33 and £38. Dublin tickets go on sale next Friday, Belfast ones next Thursday. Take that all in? Good. Now let's enjoy this new video:

Setlist: Lisa Hannigan, St. John's Church, Limerick, 6 August 2009

IndieLimerick has another excellent review up for a recent gig - Lisa Hannigan at St. John's Church in Limerick. Beautiful setting matched by a beautiful performance from the sounds of it. Check out the full review here:
http://indielimerick.blogspot.com/2009/08/lisa-hannigan-live-at-stjohns-church.html

Setlist:
Pistachio
Sea Song
Splishy Splashy
Courting Blues
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan Cover)
Venn Diagram
I Couldn’t Love You More (John Martyn Cover)
Ocean and a Rock
My Pirate Disco
I Don’t Know
Brolly Beats (New Song)
Blurry
Teeth
Lille
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Passenger ( New Song)
Keep it all

Watch his video of 'Ocean and a Rock' too:


There's plenty more over on IndieLimerick. Check it out!

Live: Calvin Harris at the Academy

Fresh from supporting Fatboy Slim at Marlay Park, superstar DJ Calvin Harris has announced a headline Irish date. He'll play the Academy on Abbey Street on November 6th. Tickets priced at €30 go on sale tomorrow morning at 9.

Watch a 1:30 clip of 'I'm Not Alone' from Marlay Park:

Album News: Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Pt 1

The Beastie Boys are back with a new record. Excellent. It's called Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1. It'll be out September 15th, and has a nice long tracklist, and as NAS and Santigold guesting. Could be great.

1. Tadlock's Glasses
2. B-Boys In The Cut
3. Make Some Noise
4. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
5. OK
6. Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
7. Say It
8. The Bill Harper Collection
9. Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (featuring Santigold)
10. Long Burn The Fire
11. Bundt Cake
12. Funky Donkey
13. Lee Majors Come Again
14. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
15. Pop Your Balloon
16. Crazy Ass Shit
17. Here's A Little Something For Ya

Watch: First Aid Kit - Simple Man

The excellent First Aid Kit have done another wonderful cover as part of their Summer Sessions. This time it's Graham Nash's 'Simple Man'. You may remember Nash as one third of CSN and one quarter of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Watch all the Summer Sessions here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jagadambarecords#play/uploads

Watch 'Simple Man':

Live: Sunset Rubdown at CrawDaddy

Sunset Rubdown will be visiting Ireland north and south as part of their upcoming European Tour. They'll be playing Spring & Airbrake in Belfast on September 11th, and CrawDaddy in Dublin on the 12th.

Download:
Sunset Rubdown - 'Idiot Heart'

Watch 'Stadiums and Shrines' live:

Watch: U2 - Vertigo at Croke Park

Bngr was responsible for keeping me updated on the Monday night of U2's three day stint at Croke Park. She has compiled a number of youtube recordings of 'Vertigo' from varying angles at Croke Park, and put them up on culch.ie. It's one of the best posts I've seen in a long time.

Check it out here:
http://www.culch.ie/2009/08/02/map-u2-croker/

And here's the furthest away video:

Album Cover: Muse - The Resistance

The album cover for the new Muse album has been released on an unsuspecting public. And it's not dark and menacing like I expected! What do you think?

Download: Candy Claws - Catamaran

It's been a few days since I've had a download on offer for something other than U2, so it's great that Indiecater has another stellar new release. This time it's Candy Claws, and their excellent In the Dream of the Sea of Life, an album bound to appeal to lovers of Panda Bear and Animal Collective. I have a preview download below, but on the site you can stream the album in full and then buy it for €4!

Download:
Candy Claws - 'Catamaran'

Stream/Buy:
http://www.indiecater.com/candy-claws-in-the-dream-of-the-sea-life/

Watch: Metallica, Marlay Park, 2 August 2009

I promised you some Metallica videos from Marlay Park, and John Walsh has kindly sent in his youtube playlist for your viewing pleasure!

Other Projects: Wii Sports Resort FAQ

As well as writing here, and at Culch.ie, I've also briefly returned to an old passion of mine. Writing guides for computer games. Back in my teen years, I used to do this a hell of a lot, and most of my free time was spent doing it. Explains the lack of ladies in my life back then. Well, it's an easy excuse!

I've written an FAQ for the Island Flyover section of Wii Sports Resort, and you can find it here, under my old pseudonym 'AlaskaFox':
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/wii/game/950923.html

You can also check out the other guides I've written (over half a million words' worth):
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/7818.html

I'm going to use this post as a contact point for the FAQ, so if you have a comment or question, please post it here!

Download: U2 at Croke Park, 27 July 2009

Great news U2 fans, and anyone who was unfortunate enough to miss U2 weekend at Croke Park last weekend. Here's the bootleg of the third and final show from Monday, 27 July 2009.

Setlist:
1. Breathe
2. No Line On The Horizon
3. Get On Your Boots
4. Magnificent
5. Beautiful Day
6. New Year's Day
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Movin' On Up (snippet)
8. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
9. Unknown Caller
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. City Of Blinding Lights
12. Vertigo
13. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Relax (snippet) / Two Tribes (snippet)
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
15. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
16. MLK
17. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
18. Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
19. One
20. 40 (snippet) / Bad / Fool To Cry (snippet)
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21. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
22. With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet)
23. Moment of Surrender


Download:
Part 1
Part 2

To download more U2 bootlegs, sign up for free at U2start.com, it's a marvellous website.

Download: U2 at Croke Park, 25 July 2009

Great news U2 fans, and anyone who was unfortunate enough to miss U2 weekend at Croke Park last weekend. Here's the bootleg of the second show from Saturday, 26 July 2009.

Setlist:
1. Breathe
2. No Line On The Horizon
3. Get On Your Boots
4. Magnificent
5. Beautiful Day / Here Comes The Sun (snippet)
6. Mysterious Ways / Mothers Of The Disappeared (snippet)
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet)
8. Angel Of Harlem / Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (snippet)
9. In A Little While
10. Unknown Caller
11. The Unforgettable Fire
12. City Of Blinding Lights / Rain (snippet)
13. Vertigo / Thunderstruck (snippet)
14. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / O Come All Ye Faithful (snippet)
15. Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
16. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17. MLK
18. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
19. Where The Streets Have No Name
20. One
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21. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
22. With Or Without You
23. Moment of Surrender


Download:
Part 1
Part 2

To download more U2 bootlegs, sign up for free at U2start.com, it's a marvellous website.

Setlist: Metallica, Marlay Park, 1 August 2009

Blackened
Creeping Death
Metallica came to Dublin last night and played a barnstorming set at Marlay Park.

Blackened
Creeping Death
Whiskey In The Jar
Harvester Of Sorrow
Turn The Page
Broken, Beat And Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
One
All Nightmare Long
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Hit The Lights
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Killing Time (w/ Ray Haller on vocals)
Motorbreath
Seek and Destroy

Thanks to Clint for the set corrections!

I'll throw up a video when I get one!