Well, this is, er interesting. Paolo Monti has given Last Christmas and Gangnam Style the mashup treatment. I hereby declare my undying love to George Michael but this is either a musical travesty or the work of a warped genius. I haven’t figured it out yet.
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Wham Vs PSY – Last Christmas, Gangnam style: Mashup
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Myles Manley and The Little People: Gotta Get Out Of The Country (Video)
What do you do if you’re driving, touring, going from one place to another? If you’re Myles Manley and The Little People, you come up with ideas on how to incorporate all the video footage you can muster into a video. Very clever. Couple that with a handy sing – a – long lyrics and hey presto!Myles performed an acoustic version of this for nessymon.com earlier this year, have a goo. The track is taken from the album ‘Rocknroll Vicar / Rocknroll Priest’. You can also download the album for free on Bandcamp.
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Tune of the Week 07/12/2012: Croupier
When I heard this, there was only going to be one choice for Tune of the week. This is a quite brilliant cover of ‘Carol of the Bells’ by Wicklow band Croupier.
This is a fantastic cover and at 2.10 it gets you into the Christmas spirit and leaves you begging for more. Inspired. You can get this as a free download from the soundcloud link below.
If you’re around Dublin tonight, the five piece play their last headliner of the year, cleverly titled ‘Christmas Crumble’, in The Workmans Club. Support comes from Benny Smiles and door tax is 8 blips.
– Something extra I thought I put in, last night I sent John Kennedy a link to this track and he played it on X-posure on XFM. Top Bloke!
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Palma Violets: Live at Bruxelles, Dublin – Review
December 4th 2012: Bruxelles: DublinTypical, just typical, you get to a venue for a much hyped band and your phone dies, this means you don’t get any photos or videos of Palma Violets.
Downstairs in Bruxelles, the crowd has already formed and been entertained by Gangs.The venue policy of not serving alcohol while the bands are performing means in-between acts the bar is bustling and smokers have vacated the premises. It doesn’t last long though, just before Palma Violets kick off, the venue is at capacity.
Palma Violets are fresh from their weekend at Other Voices and the choice of Bruxelles as a venue is an interesting one. It has more warmth and light than it’s northside rival, Academy 2 but it too suffers from a lack of stage, meaning the first couple of rows of the audience have prime location.
The band make their way to their instruments through the crowd and the youth appeal of this band is instantly apparent as they are greeted like heroes. Their sound lives somewhere between The Libertines and the post punk sound of The Vaccines.
While there’s nothing outstanding new about their sound, Palma Violets carry out their musical task with such vigor and passion, it’s hard not to take note. Sam Fryer’s garage rock vocals are helped along but the masses who sing along with every word. Bassist, Chilli Jesson, seems to have a desire to get close to every member of the audience, throughout the set, he darts from the stage to the centre of the assembled crowd, instigating moshes to his heart’s content. The pinnacle of the set is the ultra catchy ‘Best of Friends’ from earlier this year, deafening cheers from the audience show their approval. The night wouldn’t be done though, without some crowd surfing. Yes, downstairs in Bruxelles, Jesson is up to his old tricks, putting the heart crossways in the bouncer on duty, who he even manages to get to crack a smile.
Palma Violets have a hell of a lot of potential but perhaps need a little gentle hand of a producer to guide them in the right direction. If they can harness the passion and energy, these guys will definitely be ones to watch.