Domino Records ran a week-long internet radio station which featured shows from Bobby Gillespie, Other Voices, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Wild Beasts, Owen Pallett, Kieran Hebden and Roots Manuva amongst others. All shows are archived for listening.
Previously known for being Flying Lotus’ live collaborator, Thundercat previews his debut album The Golden Age of Apocalypse with a stunning cover of George Duke’s For Love I Come, a jazz-inflected spacious version which establishes this cat as a significant new talent.
A mashup album of tracks by rapper Drake and “post-dubstep” artist James Blake by Philly’s Bombe & Caribbean described as “a soundtrack for sippin Robitussun & Alize in an abandoned Cathedral, covered in a velvet blanket with a sexy stranger on a dark night…”
futurebombe.com/james-drake/
Donal Dineen acts as the producer on his new Parish Recordings project. The first song Hi Five-O released as a free download features Liam O’Maonlai, Niwel Tsumbu and Rónán O Snodaigh.
Cee Lo covers Kings of Leon
As performed on BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge, Cee Lo Green adds considerate soul to Kings Of Leon’s recent single Radioactive.
Listen at Some Kind of Awesome
Pogo – Wishery
Australian audio/visual mashup artist Pogo spent the last year or so making official mashups for Disney. His latest track Wishery is based on samples from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs and racked up over 1 million views in 3 days.
Grab the MP3
A night out at Space54
Music documentarian Myles O’ Reilly has superbly captured a night out at the now-closed Space54 in Smithfield, Dublin. The ten minute video covers a Donal Dineen-curated gig featuring performances from Lisa O’ Neill, Hulk, Adrian Crowley and and Niwel Tsumbu.
Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait
Arcade Fire commissioned Chris Milk to make an interactive video which takes in your childhood address and feeds it into Google Maps and Street View to give every viewer a personalised experience.
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com
Fan-made Radiohead live concert
Shot at a gig in Prague, this band-supported live concert film features 50 cameras shot from the crowd and hi-fidelity audio provided by the band. It can be downloaded in AVI, MOV and MP4 via Bittorrent.
http://radiohead-prague.nataly.fr/
The Arcade Fire new songs
Samples of two new songs ‘The Suburbs’ and ‘Month of May’ from the Canadian group, purported to be featured on a 12” were posted online last week. Since, they’ve also announced that their album The Suburbs will be released on the 2nd of August.
http://www.arcadefire.com
LCD Soundsystem covers Carl Craig
James Murphy and co. do a 10 minute cover of the techno legend’s Throw complete with compulsory “I wanna see your haaaaaaaaaaand!” bit.
Listen at Urb
Donal Dineen’s Summer Loaf
Today FM’s finest late night DJ delivers a soundtrack for the summer in a mix featuring tracks by Solar Bears, The Redneck Manifesto, Flying Lotus, Foals, Gold Panda, Lee Fields, Madlib and more.
Listen to Summer Loaf mix
Girl Crisis cover Nirvana
A group consisting of Brooklyn’s female indie musicians get together to record an excellent cover of Come As You Are.
Listen at Nialler9.
No Monster Club free album
Not content with channeling his energies into his other band Dublin Duck Dispensary, young Dubliner Bobby Aherne has started another lo-fi pop project with two volumes of Tropical Decibels releases on the way. Check out the surf-pop of ‘Wish Me Well’.
http://www.myspace.com/nomonsterclub
Donal Dineen First Fifteen Mix
The Small Hours Today FM DJ has a 15-track compilation of recent delights available on Soundcloud with tracks from Joy Orbision, Patrick Kelleher, Floating Points, Invisible Conga People and Soap & Skin.
Listen at Soundcloud
Denmark’s newest export
Quadron are Denmark’s hottest new silky soul-pop export and after you hear songs like Slippin, Average Fruit and Pressure you’ll know exactly why.
Listen at Nialler9
Hear Florence Welch & David Byrne’s collaboration
Taken from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s concept album about Imelda Marcos, Here Lies Love is a sweeping big band number with a ’70s disco interlude turn featuring Florence of Florence & The Machine on vocals.
