New Releases
2010 releases:
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE: RELEASE NEW ALBUM SATURDAY & play The Olympia Dublin on Sat March 6th.
Link To Buy: ITUNES
ARTIST LINK: www.oceancolourscene.com
OCS, who will be celebrating their 21st anniversary next year, have clocked up an impressive eleven Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums during their illustrious career. Saturday, their ninth studio album, was recorded over six weeks last summer at the iconic Rockfield studios in South Wales with producer Gavin Monaghan (Editors/ the Twang), and finds them as vibrantly tuneful as they’ve ever been.
From the opening bars of psych-folk opener ‘100 Floors Of Perception’ – written by Simon about the on-going financial crisis – to epic climax ‘Rockfield’ (think ‘Baba O’Riley’ meets ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’), it’s a reminder than when it comes to delivering classic rock hooks there is simply no one better. Denim-driven boogie ‘Old Pair Of Jeans’ (written by Bennett) will delight those hankering for the full-tilt mod-pop of ‘For Dancers Only’, while Harry Kidnap’ (written in tribute to John Weller) boasts shades of North Atlantic Drift stand-out ‘Make The Deal’. The single, ‘Magic Carpet Days’, meanwhile (key lyric: “The world won’t shake you/Knock you down and break you/I’ll steer you through these magic carpet days”) is a reminder that their belief in the Mod aesthetic of self-improvement remains as strong as ever.
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John Shelly & The Creatures release their stunning Album ”LONG MAY YOU REIGN” on March 5th via RMG nationwide in all stores & on iTunes.
Link: BUY SINGLE online – LONG MAY YOU REIGN
Artist Link: www.myspace.com/jsatc
AS SEEN ON THE LATE LATE SHOW, RTE2, TV3, SKY, 3e & TG4
JSATC recently performed on 4 National TV shows: Ireland largest and most well known TV Show the TV Late Late Show (same night as other special guests Benicio Del Torro & Heather Mills), TG4’s Imeall, RTE TWO TUBE & TG4’s POP CEOL. Recent Radio sessions include: FM104’s The Strawberry Alarm Clock, IRadio, BBC Ulster, U105, RTE Radio1, Today FM + more. The band made a significant move in their musical career when they released their single ‘ANGELINE’ to receive critical acclaim and radio support from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Ulster, U105fm, Phantom Fm and many more. Following in the footsteps of fellow Northern Irish band SNOW PATROL, they then signed a publishing deal with Big Life Music Ltd (Snow Patrol, The Verve, Badly Drawn Boy…). Were their single ‘Long May You Reign’ was featured in the Discover Northern Ireland TV, radio and cinema advert campaign. (A very extensive campaign covering The Republic of Ireland and the UK will see the band continue to be featured on TV adverts across: RTE, TV3, UTV, Channel 4, E4, MTV, Sky One, Sky Sports, Sky News, Setanta and throughout Cinemas and Radio waves Nationwide). Currently touring Ireland and dropping in to TV & radio stations along the way…
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Colm Lynch & his 8 piece band Release “KISS MY BLUES AWAY” on March 26th.
Link: BUY SINGLE online -KISS MY BLUES AWAY
His album TICKETY BOO is now widely available in stores throughout Ireland on online.
Artist Link: www.myspace.com/colmlynch
Meteor Nominee COLM LYNCH: AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV TG4 TODAY FM, RTE RADIO1, IRADIO AND BBC
The new single KISS MY BLUES AWAY is certainly a vast testament to Colm’s musical ability. Radio stations such as TODAY FM, F104, iRadio, RTE Radio1, 98FM and more have recently invited Colm in to celebrate his new single and to show their support. Remaining true to his philosophy that ‘a good song should have a strong melody and meaningful lyrics’, this critically acclaimed artist is eager to impress with his latest offering. If recent raving reviews from the Times, The Irish Independent, Hotpress, The Star and more are anything to go by, this album is certainly set to please and win over old and indeed new fans. Colm recently performed in the RDS to over 16,000 spectators at the interval of The Leinster Rugby Game after being invited by the organisers. he was also recently Nominated for Best newcomer Award at The Meteors. He will be performing a very special showcase on April 22nd in The Village on Wexford Street Dublin.
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The MERCURY NOMINATED AND BRIT NOMINATED TOM MCRAE releases album no. 5 ‘Alphabet of Hurricanes’ (COOKCD514)
Artist link: www.myspace.com/tommcrae
Tom McRae released his new album ‘Alphabet of Hurricanes’ in Ireland on Cooking Vinyl on 19th February. Now Available on CD and as a download, the lead single ‘Please’ is already echoing on various radio stations. ‘Alphabet of Hurricanes’, McRae’s first album for Cooking Vinyl, was written over a two year period during which he toured extensively across Europe, North America and the Far East.“Touring lost me my sense of home,” Tom explains. “Traveling constantly kept my feet itchy – being in motion is the best way to feel alive without actually engaging. I loved it.” “After a while I just ran out of steam. I wound up in New York and started writing songs, trying to make sense of the last few years. Somehow I had to reconcile the self-destructive side of my nature and the desire to constantly smash things up with the need to feel settled in order to have a better grasp on song-writing and recording. If everything feels breathlessly exciting all the time it’s probably time to take a break from touring.”
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~|THE LAST TYCOONS|~ RELEASE ‘SPEED’ and album THE LAST TYCOONS Good Friday 2010- iTunes (TFBIDR010CD)
Link: www.myspace.com/thelasttycoons
Described as ‘A Revelation’ (HOTPRESS) and hailed as ‘Ones to watch’ ( METRO), The Last Tycoons are set to release their eagerly anticipated self titled album. Gill Mills of NME Radio’s described album track ‘The Dry Law’ as: ‘Great narrative country tinged pop” and THE EVENING HERALD wrote that “their songs sound like they where written ‘between jumping freight trains on a trek across America” . The music of The Last Tycoons has a definite southern American roots undertone, yet is triumphantly Irish in its origin. From the ‘eminently striking front man Steve Fanning (resembling a good looking Richard Ashcroft-InDUBLIN) to the other key members of this band, it is easy to see how so many people are taking notice. With layers of instrumentation seeping throughout the album, such as Accordion, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Trumpet, Guitar, Bass and Drums, the following few months will make for an interesting progression for The Last Tycoons.
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HITMAN LORD releases yet another POPTRONIC ROCK GEM in “I DRANK AS I”
Link: BUY SINGLE online- up soon- release date TBC
Artist link: www.myspace.com/hitmanlord
The Sunday Independent declared that “Hitman Lord’s sound will make people sit up and take notice”. HOTPRESS have said that he is “The genuine article, making the most delicious pop music from this island at the moment or anywhere for that matter” And by the way Radio has been reacting to his latest single- it’s looking like the Hitman is gathering a name for himself….
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NIGEL CONNELL – the OUTSTANDING voice that is- releases album “NOTHING LEFT TO SAY” along with radio sampler in APRIL 2010. Including Worldwide Tour.
Link: BUY ALBUM online- NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
Artist link: www.nigelconnell.com
NIgel comes from a very musical family and started his career at fifteen years of age drumming with The Cotton Mill Boys. Later he toured professionally with such singers as Matt Leavy, Marc Roberts and Linda Martin. Nigel also worked with Liam Lawton on Three of Liam’s biggest selling EMI albums and also performed a duet entitled Room in your Heart which is featured on the Time album. Nigel was a special guest on Liam’s USA tour performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall. After appearing with Rebecca Storm on the Phil Coulter Show in 2005, Nigel got the opportunity to tour with Rebecca on a nationwide tour entitled “The Barbara Streisand Songbook”. Nigel took centre stage with Rebecca for one week in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre with her tour. His stunning Debut is an outstanding preview of what this mans capabilities as both an outstanding voice and a musician.
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MUGGER DAVE release their spectacular album “WHAT’S SHE DOING HERE?” in May 2010
Link: BUY single online, taken from Album – GOT A LOT ON MY MIND
Artist link: www.myspace.com/muggerdave
Mugger Dave have been hailed as ‘One of Ireland’s most promising Act’s!’ by The Irish Times, and given their ability to write and record ‘Custom Made songs for Radio’ (HOTPRESS), we can expect to hear a lot more from this Galwegian trio upon the release of their album What’s she doing here? On April the 2nd 2010. The band, while preparing for the release of their debut album, where heard by a scout at a gig in Dublin, and later signed a licensing agreement with the US licensing company The Music Playground (partners to THE LODGE who are teamed up with Chrysalis Music Group to Create New Arrangements of Top Catalog Songs for Advertising, Film and TV). Mugger Dave are delighted to be amongst their stable of artists including Blondie, GenerationX & Willie Nelson. They have also performed on National TV and Radio.
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Eleanor MvEcoy- Current Album- a vast collection of her Independent years: SINGLED OUT. Available in all stores Nationwide (Ireland & UK)
Link: BUY ALBUM online – SINGLED OUT
Artist Link: www.eleanormcevoy.com
AS SEEN ON THE LATE LATE SHOW, NVTV, BBC Breakfast Show (UK) TODAY FM, RTE RADIO 1 AND 2
Eleanor’s music has appeared in the US Top 10 Billboard Charts (‘Precious little’) and US television network ‘ABC’s popular series Clueless’ (‘A Glass Unkissed’), McEvoy also sang Bill Whelan’s song ‘The Seabird’ in Some Mother’s Son starring Helen Mirren, written by Jim Sheridan and Terry George. Her song ‘Whisper a Prayer to the Moon’ features in ‘The Nephew’ starring Pierce Brosnan. The cult HBO series ‘Six Feet Under’ featured the song ‘All I Have’ written by Caroline Lavelle and McEvoy. All of the above mark Eleanor as a globally acclaimed and much celebrated songwriter and composer, whereas in her homeland of Ireland; Eleanor is well known as the writer behind ‘A woman’s heart’, the lead track taken from the same titled album that went on to be one ‘the biggest selling Irish albums of all time’. *In the same week that A Woman’s Heart was released, Tom Zutaut A & R from Geffen Records, who had previously signed Guns & Roses, Motley Crew, and Edie Brickell, offered McEvoy a worldwide recording deal after watching her perform at The Baggot Inn in Dublin.
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CAROSEL- NEW EP STAR WILL BE RELEASED IN UK, FRANCE AND IRELAND IN MAY 2010
Artist Link: www.carosel.ie & www.myspace.com/caroselmusic
Previous Album of the week on RTE Radio1 & 2FM
AS SEEN ON THE LATE LATE SHOW, RTE 2, TG4 &TV3
Following the successful release of their debut album Kaleidoscope in Ireland, CAROSEL have achieved notable acclaim in the last 2 years. They have been described as “A rare combination in the current music scene” (THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST) and were awarded “album of the week” on national radio stations 2FM and RTE Radio1 in Ireland. They have performed on The Late Late TV show – Ireland’s longest running and most well known TV show. They also performed on other well-known Irish TV shows: TG4’s Pop 4 TV & Rte’s Red TV and in Radio stations across Ireland including RTE, Phantom FM, BBC Ulster and more. In 2009 CAROSEL played to a constantly growing fan base and a full tent at one of Ireland largest and well-known music festivals OXEGEN as well as the Indie-pendence festival in Cork and the Guinness Jazz Festival. They have also shared the stage with: The Maccabees, Patrick Wolf & Jason Mraz among others at various festivals. Gigs abroad include the UK, Belgium, France – Paris, Toulouse & Lyon. The band who have just signed a worldwide management deal, will release new EP Star in May 2010. From Pete Mc Grane’s ‘cheerful array of melodious instrumentation’ (The Star Newspaper) fronted by Michelle Phelan’s ‘crystal clear voice (similar to FEIST & Karen Carpenter) and the ‘can’t get out of your head’ hooks, CAROSEL simply know how to make great POP music with a French twist.
