Album News: Modest Mouse - New EP

Finally, there's a release date (well release month) for some new material from Modest Mouse. Their upcoming EP, which is due to feature "repolished outtakes from Modest Mouse's last two discs", is due sometime this September.

Songs slated to appear include 'The Whale Song' and 'Satellite Skin'. Johnny Marr is expected to make an appearance, and a song (or two) with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is rumoured to make the cut.

Expect more details in the coming weeks.

Download: The Verve 'Mover'

From 12pm (midday) on Monday, you will be able to download a song which missed the cut for both A Northern Soul and the Verve's forth album (it's called Forth, or perhaps Four depending on the source, but most likely the latter). 'Mover' will be available for free (yes zero euro!) from the band's new website theverve.tv

The track will be available as a free download for one week only, and is a bit of a tease of what's to come. (Or maybe it isn't, it's fourteen years old now!)

Here is the song live over a decade ago:

Album News: Oxford Collapse - Bits

Remember the Night Parties? Of course you do, it was a great album, how could you forget? Well, Oxford Collapse have announced details of their fourth album, Bits, which comes our August 5th in the UK (2nd of August release date in Ireland so).

They've also released a tracklisting for it. Some hardcore fans (and youtubers) will recognize some of these songs from their recent shows.

Tracklist:
‘Electric Arc’
‘The Birthday Wars’
‘Vernon-Jackson’
‘Young Love Delivers’
‘Back of the Yards’
‘A Wedding’
‘Featherbeds’
‘For the Winter Coats’
‘Men and Their Idea’
'John Blood'
'B-Roll'
'I Hate Nobody'

This Week's Gigs: Cork, 28 June - 4 July

Live at The Marquee, Cork

Saturday, 28 June	Christy Moore		20:00	€35-€45
Sunday, 29 June	MeatLoaf		20:00	€59.80-€65.70
Monday, 30 June	Neil Young		20:00	Sold Out
Tuesday, 1 July	Massive Attack		20:00	Sold Out
Thursday, 3 July	Paul Simon		20:00	€10-€12
Sunday, 6 July	Paul Weller		20:00	€52.80
Monday, 7 July	Pink		20:00	€55-€60

Live Recommendations: 27-29 June 2008

Glastonbury is on this weekend. Any other year I'd be staying in glued to every BBC channel (and BBC interactive) watching live and delayed coverage from the stages other than the Pyramid Stage. This year Glasto has a great lineup (yes, even Jay-Z), but the act that stands out most for me is the beloved Neil Diamond. Yes, he's a guilty pleasure, but his most recent albums are fantastic. I never thought I'd see him at Glastonbury! There's plenty of Irish talent at the festival, Jape, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Sinead O'Connor, and... Gilbert O'Sullivan!

If you do stay in to watch it on TV, acts I'd recommend checking out are The Raconteurs, John Mayer, Vampire Weekend, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Neon Neon, Pete Doherty, Laura Marling, Glasvegas and The National.

If you do decide to go out, like me! There's plenty of brilliant (well two) artists playing in Dublin while everyone else is getting mucked to the eyeballs in Pilton, England. Morrissey plays the Royal Hospital Grounds on Saturday, and then Neil Young brings his brilliance to Malahide Castle on Sunday. I'll be there, give me a shout if you see me. (That's if you know what I look like!) The Frames are in support.

Tonight sees the Delorentos play with the Kinetics at The Academy. I've seen them both live, and I must say the wrong band are headlining. If you can, drop in just to see how great unknown punchy music should sound. I'll also be in attendance for the Saving J single release at Tower Records (just off Grafton Street), to see them 'Kick Off' a brilliant instore performance.

I'll be hoarse next week from all this gigging. Who says I don't half enjoy myself?

This Weekend's Gigs: 27-29 June 2008

Friday, 27 June 2008

Autoban	Crawdaddy		20:00	€10
The Cool Kids	Crawdaddy		23:50	€15
Delorentos, The Kinetics	The Academy		20:00	€28
Kathleen Edwards	Whelan's		19:30	€17.50
Offshore	The Village		20:00	€10-€12
Saving J	Tower Records		17:30	FREE

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Boyzone	RDS	Gates 17:00, Show 18:00, Boyz 20:30	€79.50
Morrissey	Royal Hospital Grounds, Kilmainham	20:00	€55
Pierce Turner	Whelan's	20:30	€28
Tidal District	Crawdaddy	20:00	€10

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Neil Young	Malahide Castle	Gates 17:00, Show 17:30, The Frames 18:30, Neil Young 20:30	€81.25
Yurodny	Whelan's	20:00	€12

Live: Kid Sister at Crawdaddy cancelled

The girlfriend of A-Trak (that's Kanye's DJ) was due to play her first ever Irish show at Crawdaddy next month. Sadly this has been cancelled. Not postponed or anything, falt-out cancelled. This is a pity as Kid Sister looks to have a great career ahead of her, if single 'Pro Nails' is anything to go by.

Full refunds are available from all the usual outlets, wherever you got your ticket, ticketmaster and the like.

Her debut album Koko B. Ware is expected later this year. Hopefully after that she'll return to our shores.