Neon Wolf – All of it’s Yours

Ian Dempseys single of the week last week –

Please dont turn the record off -

Jape is following up the release of last year’s Choice music prize winning album ‘Ocean Of Frequency’ with a new single Please Don’t Turn The Record Off / Its Shadow Won’t Make Noise, out June 4th on music/is/for/losers.

The first act to ever win the award twice, touring around the globe off the back of the new album and even moving to Sweden this year, it’s been a hectic 2012 for Egan and band mates.

However despite moving away there is no way you won’t get to see him this summer as he is back for a lot of the festivals this summer and come headline dates around the UK. The festival highlights include Camden Crawl Dublin, Sea Sessions, Leopardstown Racing Festival, Indiependence, Castlepalooza, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Sunflower Fest and more.

 

MAY
5th May – Festival of Fires (Westmeath)
6th May – Camden Crawl / Cuban Bar (London)
10th May – Bourkes (Limerick)
11th May – Camden Crawl / Button Factory (Dublin)
12th May – Great Escape Festival (Brighton)
14th May – Lexington / Supporting My Best Fiend (London)
JUNE:
2nd June – Coors Light Weekender (Cork)
5th June – The Waiting Room (London)
9th June – Helium 2012 (Ballymahon)
29th June – Celtronic 2012 (Derry)
30th June – Sea Sessions (Bundoran)
JULY:
12th July – Leopardstown Racing Festival (Dublin)
AUGUST:
3rd/4th/5th August – Indiependence Festival (Cork)
3rd/4th/5th August – Castlepalooza (Offaly)
17th August – Kilkenny Arts Festival (Kilkenny)
18th August – Sunflower Festival (Lisburn)

 

 

 

 

JAPE WINS CHOICE AWARD

Congratulations all round for JAPE who picked up their 2nd Choice Music “Album Of The Year” award in

Dublin’s Olympia last Thursday night. This album “Oceans Of Frequency” beat off stiff opposition to win the award and in doing so brought in a nice 15/1 wager for the Faction office. Go buy the album here

James Vincent McMorrow – Australian dates announced

Irish troubadour James Vincent McMorrow makes his maiden voyage to Australia this April to introduce his remarkable solo talent. Alongside debut performances at Bluesfest, McMorrow will set out on an east coast run with stops in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. James has already captured audiences throughout Europe and USA with his passionate, pop oriented folk, including the UK where his spot on last year’s Glastonbury lineup had many new fans witness his magic. His album “Early In The Morning” platforms his musical integrity and genuine talent with hypnotic lyrics inspired by life, love and literature.

James Vincent McMorrow’s live show is a hushed and reverential affair, each show met with pin drop silence as people are mesmerised by every word and syllable. It will not always be this way however, James shares his future and tells us his dream for a grander affair “Playing on my own right now is beautiful because it allows me to connect on a very primitive level, but I’d like to be in a place soon where I can be surrounded with friends on stage to share this with me.”

 

Ticket Details Here!

Jape – Dublin gig announced

Since winning the coveted Choice Music Prize in 2008 for the critically acclaimed ‘Ritual’, Jape has toured extensively and has been quietly producing an array of new material, songs that have been carefully crafted to become the best of Jape’s career.

Of the new material Richard Egan muses “I had thought that the follow up to Ritual was finished about three times so far, but I kept getting drawn back to writing more and more songs, trying to push my songwriting as hard as I could and see how many different styles and moods I could try out, to feel out the album. Eventually, I realised that you could just keep on doing that forever so I decided it was time to start letting these songs go for a walk around the place. ”

music/is/for/losers is proud to release the new Jape album Ocean of Frequency, September 30th in Ireland and October 17th in the UK.

Ocean of Frequency was recorded in Blackbox Studios in France with David Odlum (Tinariwen, Gemma Hayes) and features fellow Jape members Glenn Keating (bass), Ross Turner (drums) and Matthew Bolger (guitars).

Jape began making music in 2003. Originally started as the solo project of Richard Egan (The Redneck Manifesto, VisionAir), the band has evolved over the years into one of the most exciting live acts in the country, not to mention releasing 3 critically acclaimed albums to date - Cosmosphere, The Monkeys In The Zoo Have More Fun Than Me, and Ritual. Using an innovative mix of live instruments and hardware samplers and sequencers, the sound that Jape creates spans a range of genres and encompasses many different styles. From gothic to pop, Jape continue to surprise the listener with their eclectic blend of meticulously crafted lyrics and upbeat electronic rhythms.

 

Jape play Whelans, Dublin on Fri 16th March –  Tickets Here

Jape – Irish Dates, Spring 2012.

Jape are on tour in Ireland over the next few weeks -

Jan 22nd – Model Arts Centre ,Sligo
Jan 28th – Sandinos,Derry
Feb 3rd -Róisín Dubh, Galway
Feb 4th – The Glenns Centre,Manorhamilton
Feb 10th – Aunty Annies,Belfast
Feb 12th – The Clubhouse,Castlebar
Feb 17th – The Pavillion,Cork
Feb 18th – McHughes,Drogheda
Feb 25th – Club Head Bang Bang – Grand Hotel

Dublin show to be announced soon…..

 

 

 

New single from FRED

Fred have just released their new single ‘We Are The City Now’ in Ireland, Taken from their album new album ‘Leaving My Empire’. Irish Tour dates begin this Friday at The Wexford Arts centre with special guests Dead School.

Fred are delighted to announce that Julie Feeney will be performing with them on a select few Irish shows and also on their forthcoming shows on Americas East cost, where they will also be special guests for the Canadian pop sensation that is ‘Lights’.

‘Leaving My Empire’ will be released in the U.S.A & Canada in December this year, Fred are also delighted to be special guests to Joel Plaskett on his coast to coast Canadian tour in the spring of 2012. More details soon.

September 30th – Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford IRE

October 1st – The Westport Arts festival, Wesport, Co.Mayo IRE

October 7th – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick IRE * with Julie Feeney

October 8th – Whelans, Dublin IRE *With Julie Feeney

October 14th – The Roisin Dubh, Galway IRE (With Special guest opener Maeve Higgins)

October 17th – The Living Room, New York City, U.S *With Julie Feeney

October 18th – The Middle East Club, Boston, U.S *With Julie Feeney (Opening for Lights)

October 19th – Gramercy Theatre, New York City, U.S *With Julie Feeney (Opening   For Lights)

October 20th – Fat Baby, New York City, U.S *With Julie Feeney

November 15th – The Borderline, London, UK

Check out “We are the city now” stream over here on Soundcloud

James Vincent McMorrow – Higher Love

Check out James cover of Steve Winwood Higher Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obi9XOHp_Fk

The cover of Higher Love was recorded for a charity called Headstrong

It’s available to purchase on an album called Silver Lining.

Televison Room Track Features on Rookie Blue Tonight

Television Room track “Modern Boys And Girls” features on the new series of Rookie Blue tonight at 10pm EST

After the episode airs this evening, it can be watched online either on the Global (Canada) or ABC (United States) websites:

- Global: http://www.globaltv.com/rookieblue/video/index.html

- ABC: http://abc.go.com/shows/rookie-blue/video

Fred release Eleven & iFred App

Fred release their excellent single Eleven tomorrow June 17th ! To celebrate the release they’re also launching their free iFred App -

Check it out here – iFred