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Album Review: Glimmerers, from The Dying Seconds.

  By Lisa McInerney | November 30, 2011 - 1:00 pm | The Culch
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We’re vocal fans of The Dying Seconds here on Culch, and that we were looking forward to the release of second album Glimmerers with the enthusiasm of a Svalbardian electrician greeting the summer will be news to absolutely no one with functioning ears. Against Ireland’s culture of healthy trad, conventional rock and pedestrian pop, The Dying Seconds’ orchestral electronica comes rather close to aural relief. They’re a band we should be very proud to call our own. Glimmerers was guaranteed to mark a progression from the sound of the gang’s eponymous debut. In hindsight, it seems obvious that the debut (featuring core Seconds Jack and David) was but preparation for a much bigger project; at the time, it seemed assured and accomplished in its own right. There’s no denying that Glimmerers is infinitely better, which is a pretty exciting thought in terms of any band’s promise and potential. Glimmerers is … There’s more →

Album Review: Wanted, by Moo.

  By Lisa McInerney | September 16, 2011 - 1:47 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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We found ourselves tucked into a corner of The Crane Lane Theatre a few weeks back, during the decades festival in Cork, surrounded by girls in full skirts and pop socks, and boys wearing braces and snazzy hats. The decade celebrated was the 1950s, the jinks were high and the music was pure shoulder-shimmying compulsion, and it occurred to me, somewhere between my seventh bourbon and the floor, that music isn’t something that has to keep swelling towards the future to be fresh and fun. The sound was smokey, rockabilly and Americana, and my compadres were thrilled as canaries. MOAR ROCK N’ ROLL, they bellowed, as the doors were closing. And just in time, Moo rode into town. Moo are three lads with impressive musical pedigrees and no fear of hard work; as well as touring regularly, they have residencies in The Village on Wexford St, The Globe on Georges … There’s more →

Interview and (oh yea) a FREE album: Bill Coleman

  By Éilish Burke | October 19, 2010 - 12:46 pm | Featured Post, Music, The Culch
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Late last week we ran a competition to give away CDs of Bill Coleman’s excellent new album ‘You Can’t Buy Back Your Life’ with unique, hand made artwork (and congrats to our lucky winners!). But what we omitted to properly plug was the fact that Coleman is giving away the digital download of the album for free on his website. Yes, that’s FREE kids. And it’s an 11 track album. And it’s damn good stuff. Actually if you’re a lazy sort, you don’t even have to go to his website. You can just enter your email address into the handy little widget box thing-a-me-jig below and you’ll get sent a download link instantly. Nice. To make up for our (okay my) incompetence here’s a lovely interview with the man hisself. He’s a nice chap isn’t he? Culch: So, Bill, how is the promotion for the new album going? Has there … There’s more →

Competition Closed: Bill Coleman, New Album, Unique Artwork

  By Éilish Burke | October 15, 2010 - 1:35 pm | Competitions, Music
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Bill Coleman is a Cork musician determined to do things for himself. A prolific writer he’s self-releasing his second album “You Can’t buy Back Your Life” today and we’ve got 3 copies to give away to you lucky Culch readers! Coleman decided to forgo the traditional label route and produce a limited edition run of 2,000 CDs with handmade artwork. The result is that each CD is completely unique. Check out the nifty video below which will give you a taste of Coleman’s musical style and which compresses the artwork creation process into 3-and-a-bit minutes. Bill also talks about the project here. Given this level of focus about his artwork, it’s no surprise to learn he is equally determined to do-it-himself when it comes to the music. Recorded in a home studio, the sound is a mixture of handclappy indie pop and slower, more heartfelt songs. Comparisons with Damien Rice … There’s more →

Review: UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall

  By Lisa McInerney | June 22, 2010 - 12:33 am | Music
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It’d make me a bit of a Bertie-socialist to complain about commercialism in music, wouldn’t it? As a part-time hippy (with foldaway bare feet), I’d like to waffle on that music needs to be free and unrestrained, and wafting meaningfully around city plazas in the summertime, but being mostly staid and sensible and stiletto-clad, I understand that music is a commodity, and must remain one. If you’re good enough to make music for the rest of us, for God’s sake, you should be paid for your trouble. So that one of the most broadcastable things about UNKLE is that they’ve done the soundtrack to loads of ads and games and tv shows and films shouldn’t bother me. There’s nothing wrong with James Lavelle and his ever-rotating army of cohorts spreading the electronica about like baked butter; every odd end that UNKLE have ever released is good enough for mass consumption. … There’s more →

Robbie Williams - Reality Bites

  By Darren Byrne | November 4, 2009 - 3:46 pm | Featured Post, Music, The Culch
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Robbie Williams has spent the last couple of years living it large in LA or wandering across the lands in search of aliens. Clearly LA got too much and the alien hunting proved fruitless, because he’s back with his first album since 2006′s mishmash, Rudebox. When I heard the first single, Bodies, earlier this year, I was impressed. It was a grower, but it had a good heavy sound and was a different spin on recent pop tracks. I was immediately excited about the prospect of a quality Robbie album. My excitement was misplaced, as Reality Killed the Video Star is less than impressive. Robbie is trying desperately to get back to the roots of his solo success, so much so that Reality is more like a self-parody than a fresh new album. For me, Bodies is the best song on the album - it stands out as different in … There’s more →