Single Review: The Dirty 9s Lucy Opus

An angst filled modern day fairy- tale set to a thumping Pop/ Rock beat, Lucy Opus is the first single to be taken from the Dirty 9s forthcoming debut album Stop Screaming, Start Dreaming.

Opening with an imploration ‘Take A Minute, Take A Breath For Me’ that’s set against a backdrop of dreamlike melody that would be perfectly at home in a flash back sequence, Lucy Opus tells a story of what was, while hinting at what might have been.

At the heart of Lucy Opus are the ‘detach with love’ lyrics and the natural way they flow from vocalist Fergal Moloney. Lyrics full of accusation “A Life Of Cold Regret, I See It In Your Eyes” and grief “Lost Her Sanity Inside Her Head, Lost her Innocence In Someone’s Bed” untainted by that forced vocal aggression that usually accompanies angst filled lyrics. Against the lighter melody the tougher lyrics work well because of vocals that are both natural and believable.

What comes with a single of this calibre is the promise of exceptional things to come. The Dirty 9’s are definitely a band to watch out for in 2010.

Lucy Opus is released on Friday November 13th and will be available from iTunes, downloadmusic.ie and directly from the bands MySpace page:

www.myspace.com/thedirty9s

The Swell Season Download

Currently on a tour of the US, The Swell Season have made one of their recent concerts available for download. The concert which took place in Milwaukee on November 1st was broadcast live by Radio Milwaukee.

To download the concert just follow the link below:

http://radiomilwaukee.podbean.com/2009/11/05/the-swell-season-at-the-pabst-theater/

Break

Just wanted to let you all know that I'll be taking a break from the blog for a few days. Over the last few months the blog has suffered while I've been galivanting in Texas and now that I'm home I've decided to take a few days to get Setlist For Dancer back on track.

Over the next few days I'll be looking into a few ideas I have for the blog and getting through some of the reviews I've had on the back burner. If you have any suggestions for blog features or reviews please get in touch. You can email me at setlistfordancer[at]gmail[dot]com or contact me through myspace at www.myspace.com/setlistfordancer.

The blog will return in November.

Thank you for your continued support

Eadaoin

October News

I can't believe it's October already, where did the year go. I have to say October is one of my favorite months, the weather is getting cooler the leaves are changing color and Halloween is on its way. October is also a great month for music with lots of gigs and album/EP releases. This year I feel slightly different about October because it means my trip is coming to an end and it'll be back to reality. Anyway enough about me and on with the news.

Cowboy X are set to release a new EP this month with a launch gig Upstairs in Whelans on October 10th. 'Analogue Droids' will feature four tracks including Squirrel Chase Ball’, ‘Ed White’s Glove’ and ‘Villain In Disguise’. Some interesting names there and the EP will also give fans a taste of the upcoming second album 'Meant To Be Machines' which will be released a some stage next year.

Codes have announced details of a Halloween Show. The four-piece who have recently released their debut album 'Trees Dream in Algebra', have teamed up with Dinosaur Pile-Up to produce a night of fancy dress, fun, frolics and of course some great live music taking place in the Academy on October 31st. Tickets for the event are €20.

Hot on the heels of the release of their second album 'Tony Was An Ex-Con' The Coronas have followed in Codes footsteps and announced details of their Halloween Show. They will headline a 4,000 capacity gig at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise after a giant street parade takes place in the town.

The Dirty 9s are set to release their single Lucy Opus on October 23rd. There's a review of their forthcoming album 'Stop Screaming, Start Dreaming' on the State website which you can read here.

Last week Hotpress reported that Modest Mouse were to play a number of dates around Ireland including a gig at Dolans Limerick. This arrived in my inbox yesterday:

Hi Music Lovers

It is with heavy heart that I write this mail to you as contrary to online rumors Modest Mouse will not be playing Dolans this December. There was a whisper of it happening some weeks ago but in the end the band have decided to play just Dublin this time around.

We will endeavour to catch them on their next European tour. In the meantime try to console yourselves with all the other wonderful gigs we have over the next few months. As always, if anything else wonderful happens with Dolans, you will be the first to know!

TD

There are still reports that the band will play the Roisin Dubh in Galway but according to the Modest Mouse website this does not seem to be the case. You can find the tour page here.

Finally this is going to be a cracking weekend of gigs for me. Tonight I'm heading to a little place called the House of Blues to see The Airborne Toxic Event, on Saturday I'll be back there to witness Arctic Monkeys take the Houston stage and on Monday I'll be heading even further downtown to see Snow Patrol grace a ballroom satge. I'm really looking forward to all of these gigs because I've never seen any of this bands live and it'll be interesting to see how they measure up to my expectations.

The Whatmans Devil Shoes

Here is the new video for the forthcoming single entitled Devil Shoes by The Whatmans. The video was directed by Vincent Gallagher and produced by Dave Leahy.

Cois Fharraige 09 Daily Line Up

Cois Fharraige the surf and music festival returns to Kilkee this coming weekend September 11th through 13th. The daily line up for the festival looks a little something like this.

Friday September 11th
Joe Echo
Laura Izibor
The Blizzards
Doves

Saturday September 12th
Jerry Fish and the Mudbug club
The Hold Steady
Noah and the Whale
Newton Faulkner
The Saw Doctors

Sunday September 13th
Hallo I Love you
Jazzlite
Lightning Seeds
Stereo Mcs
The Zutons

Gates open at 6pm on Friday and at 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. There are still some tickets available on Ticket Master.

Supermodel Twins Album Update

Supermodel Twins are probably Limericks best kept secret, so if you haven't heard of these guys I strongly recommend that you check out their highly infectious brand of indie pop. They are currently working on their debut album which they started recording this time last year in an handball alley in Kileedy. Since then the album has been brought through Temple Bar's Sun Studios and is currently being worked on in Noel Hogan's Limerick based studio.

So far they have 10 tracks recorded and are due to work on three more, with the album mixing planned for around November/ December. Supermodel Twins aim to release the album early next year. Below is a track listing of the songs they have been working on for the album although some may not make the final album.

Clowns don't cry
Modern day robin hood
Bruises
The only one
17
Footprints
Love on its own
One step Behind
House from here
While you were out
Hilary
If i let you go
My girl



http://www.myspace.com/supermodeltwins