Dead Fly Art
This imaginative David Shrigley-esque art collection by Magnus Muhr could change your perceptions of the humble housefly.
http://short.ie/flyart
Spotify for iPhone overhyped?
Blogger Nick Fitzsimons shares his disappointment with the Spotify iPhone app pointing to slow caching over Wi-fi and lack of play-in-background functionality as the main bugbears.
http://short.ie/spotop
Coretex – A free iPhone game
Coretex is a free iPhone puzzle game by Irish developer David Kelly which is set within a nuclear reactor core on the brink of meltdown. Grab it in the app store.
http://www.newleafgames.com
Xtra Normal
Xtra Normal’s software allows anyone to be a screenwriter or director. Type in instructions and Xtra Normal will turn it into a web video ready to share on social networks.
http://www.xtranormal.com
Stupid Youtube Comments
“It’s Obamas fault…he hates black and white people”. A fine example of the profundity of Youtube users, with many more highlighted on this blog.
http://stupid-youtube-comments.blogspot.com
I Just Made Love
A voyeuristic Google map where people can pinpoint exactly where they just had sex including whether it was outdoors or indoors and even what position it was in. Don’t ask me why though.
http://ijustmadelove.com/
Treetop Flyers
London quintet who specialise in pastoral folk. Yes, it sounds like Fleet Foxes et al but don’t let that put you off. They’re doing their own thing for sure.
http://www.myspace.com/treetopflyersband
New LCD Soundsystem single
James Murphy’s band return with a cover of Suicide’s Bye Bye Bayou out on 12″ next month.
http://short.ie/lcdbayou
The Sweet Serenades
Swedish garage-pop of the bopping variety. Check out On My Way for a way in.
http://www.myspace.com/thesweetserenadesmusic
Twilight highlight
With the case full of indie musicians on board for the soundtrack including Thom Yorke, Bon Iver and Death cab For Cutie, it’s Grizzly Bear’s stunning collaboration with Victoria LeGrand that delivers the goods.
http://short.ie/gbtwilight
To celebrate Meteor’s sponsorship of The Apprentice, Meteor and Day & Night Magazine have teamed up to offer 3 lucky winners the chance to win a fabulousSamsung Tocco Lite handset and a Meteor Broadband To Go device.
For the very first time viewers will be able to access and interact with the award winning series in a whole new way – on their mobile phones and online. Meteor is the first mobile phone network in the world to offer customers exclusive Apprentice clips on their mobile phones. Check out Meteor’s dedicated web & WAP pages at www.apprenticeunseen.ie
To win one of three phones and internet device packs, find the correct answer to the question below in today’s Day and Night in the Irish Independent then turn to page 17 of for details on how to enter by text or phone.
What band was Conor O’Brien in before Villagers?
Anne Frank footage found
The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam has uploaded the only known footage of Anne Frank in existence to Youtube. She is seen peering out the window at a neighbours wedding in 1941.
Death Mob Dublin
Last Thursday on South William Street in Dublin, the Death of the Flash Mob took place on the street with about 150 people suddenly dropping dead on the pavement. Cue confusion from tourists and bemused drinkers in nearby Grogans. Watch the video.
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Last month, this column mentioned Sellaband.com, a site that enables fans or “believers” as they’re called, to donate towards an artist’s album recording fund and share in the potential profits. Sellaband scored a huge coup last week when rap hall of famers Public Enemy chose the site to raise money for their forthcoming album.
Chuck D, Flava Flav and co. are hoping to raise $250,000, the site’s most ambitious funding project yet at sellaband.com/publicenemy. PE have always been at the forefront of championing net music technology. They were one of the first groups to release MP3s from their own website and have advocated artist-owned releases for a decade or so.
“Believers” are able to buy single $25 shares and each share entitles them to: a numbered copy of the album, an early download version and 33% of the net revenue for the first five years divided amongst them. Continue Reading..»
Google Wave explained
You may noticed people desperately seeking Google Wave invites. This video explains exactly WHAT it is for.
http://short.ie/gwave
Irish Web Awards winners
See the full list of Irish Web Awards winners 2009. I was chuffed to win the Best Music Site gong for Nialler9.com.
http://short.ie/webwinners09
Jesus Christ (The Indie Band)
Quotation-fetishist blogger Carles of Hipster Runoff has started a band called Jesus Christ (The Indie Band) with the sole purpose of giving people music to ‘authentically empathize with’, moreso than a traditional ‘indie band.’
http://short.ie/indiejesus
Ellie Goulding
I’ll eat the paper this page is printed on if Ellie Goulding is not a star by next summer. Under The Sheets is her debut single and it’s a corker.
http://short.ie/ellie
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
How would you like an 11-piece hippie-folk rock band from LA with one of the best debut albums of the year? Go forth and get addicted. Start with the rousing 40 Day Dream.
http://short.ie/edsharpe
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
80s electro-pop is truly this year’s predominant new band theme. Just listen to these Londoners’ take on that decade with the infectious Dance The Way I Feel.
http://short.ie/ouest
Silver Columns
Bloggers are speculating about the identity of the creator behind the Jimmy Somerville-esque lo-fi disco sound of Silver Columns. Ideas on a blog comment please.
http://short.ie/silvcol
