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  • Watch: Other Lives // Live in Concert // [PIAS] Nites

    Watch: Other Lives // Live in Concert // [PIAS] Nites

    OtherLives

    This week on the radio show, I featured ‘Rituals’ by Other Lives as my Album of the Week. I really like this album and how the band have melded organic acoustic instruments with electronic elements and productions. It’s an easy album to listen to and love, it gently drags you in and swirls you around. You can listen to the entire album on Spotify.

    So the trio from Stillwater, Oklahoma were in France recently doing some promo and played a [PIAS] nites gig. The good folk at Arte Concert filmed it and put it on the web for you to enjoy.

    Grab a cuppa and you’re all set!

    Photo from here by Emily Ulmer

  • Goldenplec Magazine on Issuu

    Goldenplec Magazine on Issuu

    GoldenplecMagLast Thursday I was in Dublin for the now regular ‘Goldenbeck’ gig in The Workman’s. This gig though also acted as the launch for the Goldenplec magazine. Yes, the website has gone to print!

    Well done to all the guys who worked so hard to get this together, James, Ros, Sean, Stephen and everyone who contributed, job well done and it smells absolutely gorgeous!

    Anyway there are a few copies in good ole London! I left some copies into Rough Trade East, just inside the door as you go in and I also left some in The London Irish Centre in Camden if you’re after a copy. I have a copy or two left. If you’re in London, let me know and I’ll try to get a physical copy to you.

    Other wise you can always read it on Issuu.

    Goldenplec in Rough Trade EastGoldenplec in The London Irish Centre

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 62 // Interview with Sophie B Hawkins // Dec 31 2014

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 62 // Interview with Sophie B Hawkins // Dec 31 2014

    London Ear 62 - Sophie B Hawkins

    On this week’s show I’m delighted to speak to singer-songwriter, Sophie B. Hawkins. Sophie first came into the spotlight in 1992 with the massive ‘Damn I Wish I was your lover’. Her second album, Whaler, featured Right Beside You and As I Lay Me Down. Fans of Dawson’s Creek, will recognise Sophie’s track ‘Lose Your Way’ as it appeared a number of times on the cult television series’ soundtrack.

    I first got to know Sophie in 2005, she came to Ireland to promote her album ‘Wilderness’. She did a couple of gigs and some radio and instore performances. I organised those, so I was delighted to be able to catch up with her again.

    I think this was a great time to chat to Sophie, she’s recently moved back to her native New York city and is recording new music. I also took the opportunity to play some of her music, here’s what happened:

    1. Sophie B Hawkins: Right Beside You
    2. Sophie B Hawkins: California Here I Come
    3. Chat with Sophie B Hawkins Part 1
    4. Sophie B Hawkins: Sinnerman
    5. Chat with Sophie B Hawkins Part 2
    5. Sophie B Hawkins: Lose Your Way
    6. Chat with Sophie B Hawkins Part 3
    7. Sophie B Hawkins: Betcha Got A Cure
    8. Sophie B Hawkins: As I Lay Me Down
    9. Sophie B Hawkins: No Connection
    10. Sophie B Hawkins: Angel of Darkness
    11. Sophie B Hawkins: Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
    12. Sophie B Hawkins: Strange Thing

    Thanks for listening, You can listen live every Wednesday at 1400 and the repeat of show is aired on Sunday nights at 2100. You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. On next week’s show I’ll be chatting to Jamie Lawson about going on tour with Ed Sheeran.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 62 // Interview with Sophie B Hawkins // Dec 31 2014 by Nessy on Mixcloud

  • Tune of the Week // runaway [Go] – Ashes

    Tune of the Week // runaway [Go] – Ashes

    RunawayGoIt’s been a while since we heard from Belfast based, runaway [Go]. Over the past year or so the band have been working on their debut album, ‘Alive’. As well as announcing the track listing for the album, they’ve also announced a new single, Ashes.

    The track features the trademark runaway [Go] twin lead vocal of Fiona O’Kane and Dave Jackson. One reason that the announcement of a new single / album took a little extra time could be put down to the success of Fiona O’Kane’s solo project.

    Her cover of ‘I Can’t Help Myself’, was used in Durex’s Earth Hour advert and the track got a lot of radioplay and interest from that.

    That kind of publicity can never harm, especially when your band is about to launch their debut album. runaway [Go] have independently released six singles before the album announcement, a couple make the album shakedown.

    The Album Tracklisting;

    1. Ashes
    2. Lover to Lover
    3. Lightning
    4. Alive
    5. Crawl
    6. I’ll Still Love You
    7. Kite
    8. Delicate Man
    9. Home To The Clouds

    Ashes is a great single to start an album campaign with. Besides, runaway [Go] bridging the pop/indie gap with soaring anthemic songs, the lyrics of Ashes is about new starts, leaving the past behind and getting on with life and making it all happen, starting today.

    Uplifting and something we probably could all live by. This week’s Tune of the Week.