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Tune of the Week 31/08/2012: Harts

Harts is a solo artist from Melbourne Australia, whose music has been described as ‘fusing Indie Rock with Post-Disco, Electro and Funk, with emphasis on explosive energy and contagious melodies’. He plays all the instruments himself and his first single ‘Back to the Shore’ was also picked up by the legendary Triple J in Sydney.

‘All Too Real’ is his first proper single and is taken from his forthcoming EP ‘Offtime’ which was mixed by Lars Stalfors of The Mars Volta.

I’m really liking this single and going on what ‘Back to the Shore’ sounds like also, it bodes well for the EP. This week’s Tune of the Week is Harts and ‘All Too Real’

August 31, 2012
Villagers: The Waves (Video)

So here’s the new video for Villagers‘ ‘The Waves’ and sound of Villagers has certainly moved on since ‘Becoming A Jackal’, with its electronic twinkly bits and beeps. At the time of writing, I’m not entirely sure what I think of this, the dischord between the vocals and the instrumentation at the start of the track, irks the life out of me. But I love the song when it really kicks in.

It’s available to download on iTunes now and will be available on vinyl in October via Domino Records. No news of a second album release date or title yet.

Villagers will also be on tour with Grizzly Bear across the UK and some of Europe this Autumn. Here are the dates.

17 Oct GATESHEAD, UK The Sage
18 Oct MANCHESTER, UK The Academy
20 Oct GLASGOW, UK Barrowlands
21 Oct COVENTRY, UK Warwick Arts Centre
22 Oct LONDON, UK Brixton Academy
26 Oct OSLO, Norway, Rockefeller
27 Oct STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Berns
28 Oct COPENHAGAN, Denmark, Falconer
30 Oct HAMBURG, Germany, Uebel & Gefahrlich
31 Oct BERLIN, Germany, Astra
02 Nov KOLN, Germany, Essigfabrik
04 Nov BRUSSELS, Belgium, Ancienne

August 30, 2012
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 58 Podcast and Playlist: 29/08/2012

Show 58 featured a chat with Daragh with Codes who are playing in The Workman’s Club tomorrow night – August 30 and also featured the second part of our Sharleen Spiteri feature. The podcast for this week’s show includes Daragh’s interview. Sharleen’s feature will be posted later, so keep an eye out. Here’s this week’s playlist.

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Bastille: Bad Blood
3. Jessie Ware: Wildest Moments
4. Chat with Daragh Anderson from Codes (Part 1)
5. Codes: Guided by Ghosts
6. Chat with Daragh Anderson from Codes (Part 2)
7. Codes: This is Goodbye
8. Spector: What You Wanted
9. Trap Door: Wake Up
10. The Radioactive Grandma: Another Wasted Line
11. Of Monsters and Men: Dirty Paws
12. Foreign Slippers: It All Starts Now
13. Sharleen Spiteri of Texas Feature including
14. Texas: Halo
15. Texas: Put Your Arms Around Me
16. Texas: In Our Lifetime
17. Texas: Black Eyed Boy
18. Kopek: White Collar Lies

The show is broadcast on Wednesdays at 1000 and repeated on Sundays at 2100 and you can listen in full at anytime on the RTE player or by clicking the image below.

August 29, 2012
A Thousand Words: an Exhibition by Mags Harnett at The Copper House Gallery

The fine people at The Copper House Gallery never seem to sit still for a minute. They’ve just announced another exhibition, this time it’s ‘A Thousand Words’ by Mags Harnett. What do we need to know? Here’s some answers.

What is ‘A Thousand Words’?

Thousand Words is a series of images in pen, ink and rain on paper. Each piece is a vibrant palimpsest of time and colour; themes central to the artist’s work. Mags Harnett transcribes thoughts as they flow on to the page in a stream of consciousness style, instinctively linking colour to sound, emotions, the world around her. In this series each piece represents a length of time in life and a reflection of moods or observations. Layers of text in different shades of colour are superimposed on one another to create a palimpsest on each page. These words woven together create a concentration of text and colour.

I don’t know Mags Harnett, who is she?

Mags Harnett worked briefly in advertising in Dublin before going to live in Paris and later Cologne . She read French and German at Trinity College Dublin graduating with an honors degree in 1998 and went on to study Fine Art for five years at l’Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Tours, France, where she graduated with an honors degree in 2005. She joined the Bled group of artists in Saint Pierre des Corps in 2009 and worked as an independent translator and teacher (University Francois Rabelais and L’Ecole Brassart in Tours) before returning to her native Dublin in 2011 where she lives with her two children and works in her studio-attic.

So when is the exhibition on?

A Thousand Words an exhibition by Mags Harnett runs in the Archive, upstairs at The Copper House Gallery from 5th September – 22nd September 2012. Admission is free and all are welcome

There you have it, if you’ve never been to The Copper House Gallery before, it’s situated at St Kevin’s Cottages, Synge Street, Dublin 8. You can get directions here

August 29, 2012