Download: The Raveonettes - Come on Santa

Stop with your dirty mind. It's the equivalent of 'Hurry up Santa'! It's taken from their Christmas EP Wishing you a Rave Christmas, which I've previously promoted. Why? I just love Christmas! That's three mentions of a proper Crimbo in three successive posts!

And isn't that new tree on O'Connell Street horrible?

You can buy the EP here:
http://www.amazon.com/Wishing-You-A-Rave-Christmas/dp/B001KSK53S/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1227621979&sr=1-7

Download:
The Raveonettes - 'Come on Santa'

Album News: an Indiecater Christmas

There's nothing I love more come December-time than Christmas music. And apart from the Wizzard and John Lennon tunes, I love new Christmas music. So therefore imagine my delight when I heard our good friends over at Indiecater Records were releasing an all-new (well except 4 tunes) Christmas compilation featuring some of the finest artists around.

1) The Cloud Room – Melody, Like Snow
2) Nina Hynes – Twinkle
3) Kill Krinkle Club – Songs Of Noel
4) Bill Baird – Christmas In Jail
5) Idaho – Santa Claus Is Weird
6) Venice Is Sinking – The Grey Line
7) Normandy – Merry Christmas, Blogosphere!
8) The Very Most - This Year, Christmas Came November 4th
9) Remington Super 60 – Here Comes Christmas
10) Jape – I Will Cry This Christmas
11) The Specimen – Wish It Would Snow
12) Nonstop Everything - There Is No Santa, Little Boy
13) My Teenage Stride – Is It Christmas Already?
14) Dora Flood – Coastal Winter
15) Loxsly – Santa Got The Spins
16) Track A Tiger – Once In The Wine
17) The Winks – Action Figures

Download:
Nina Hynes - 'Twinkle'

The album costs a bargain-basement €6.50, and can be bought here:
http://www.indiecater.com/

Live: Jason Mraz at the Academy

It's Mister A to the Z, or somesuch. Jason Mraz will play Dublin's Academy on April 9th, his first gig here in years. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, December 4th. It's December, when is too early to start listening to Christmas music, such as Sufjan's Christmas EPs?

I rant, tickets are €33 anywho.

Download: Bruce Springsteen - My Lucky Day

Today is your lucky day. Well all this week actually, as for this week only you can download another new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album Working on a Dream, via both his MySpace and the Amazon page for the new album.

Download it here:
http://www.myspace.com/brucespringsteen?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMLBruceSpringsteen_120108_MyLuckyDay

Watch:

Live: Lily Allen at the Academy

Lily is back next year with a new album and a new Irish show. The woman has been a bit of a musical recluse lately, preferring going to bars than playing in them, but she will return to Dublin to play the Academy on March 16th.

Tickets cost €33 (wtf) and go on sale tomorrow, December 2nd.

'LDN' is still fantastic:

Cancelled: Jay Reatard Again

Lauren and Jim with the 4-1-1 here on Jay Reatard once again cancelling an Irish appearance. Will he ever come across the pond to us? It makes me want to take his album out of my upcoming top 50 (or 60 or 70 I haven't decided yet) list.

Maybe this article by Jim Carroll explains why:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2008/1128/1227739045533.html

This is what we're missing out on:

Torrent: Wilco, Vicar Street, 14 November 2008

Wow, what a great audience. Wilco's Irish date from 2007 is now available for download from etree, and features the following setlist:
Intro
Sunken Treasure
Remember The Mountain Bed
Muzzle Of Bees
You Are My Face
War On War
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Pot Kettle Black
Handshake Drugs
Side With The Seeds
Radio Cure
Impossible Germany
Sky Blue Sky
Walken
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Hummingbird
A Shot In The Arm
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Spiders (Kidsmoke)
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California Stars
Jesus, Etc.
Hate It Here
Heavy Metal Drummer
Red-Eyed And Blue > I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
Outtasite (Outta Mind)

Get it here:
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=520648