news

Electric Picnic lineup additions

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Latest additions according to the Electric Picnic site:

• Grace Jones
• Joan as Policewoman
• Dan Deacon
• Booka Shade
• Deadmau5 (pronounced Dead Mouse)

Body & Soul performers, as revealed by Jim Carroll:

• Martina Topley-Bird
• Nitin Sawhney
• Laura Marling
• The Hideous Penguin and the Defiant
• Ultan Conlan
• Johnny Hoban
• Autamata
• One Day International
• Dark Room Notes
• Roller Sparkers
• Pathaan
• Mauxuam
• Helios Jive
• Rarely Seen above Ground
• Windings
• Vivienne Long
• Somadrome
• Ronan O Snodaigh
• James Yorkston
• 3epkano
• David Kitt
• Jesse Evans
• Matt Elliot
• Milosh
• Donal Dineen
• Alphastates
• Vinny Kilduff & Steve Cooney
• Armoured Bear
• Yoav
• Fink
• The Yard Dogs

news

New festival: A Day In The Life

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News has leaked about yet another Irish music festival, set to take place in the MJ approved grounds of Luggala estate, Co. Wicklow.

The POD promoted ‘A Day In The Life’ festival looks set to be a one day event, taking place 13th September and headlined by the legendary Kraftwerk. Also playing are LA burlesque art troupe Lucent Dossier.

Although the tickets are currently up on Ticketmaster (at a hefty €89!) ahead of going on sale, further details remain shrouded in mystery and Krafty synth sounds…

Coming soon: http://adayinthelifefestival.com/

reviews

The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age of the Understatement

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Everything about Alex Turner of The Artic Monkey’s and The Rascals’ Miles Kane collaborative side project screams nostalgia yet this album’s biggest achievement is how refreshing it sounds in comparison to the other retro homage efforts currently stealing the airwaves.

Unfortunately no other song makes the instant impact of the title track. Opening the album with Owen Pallett’s high strings and a relentless runaway locomotive beat that grabs the listener by the collar The Age Of The Understatement could have been the soundtrack to a 007 adventure with John Wayne playing Bond.

Indeed the entire album has its “sounds like” moments – Separate and Ever Deadly could have been a typical exercise in scally pop from The Coral while digging deeper into old school pop culture Only the Truth plays like chase music from a 60s Gerry puppet feature such as Thundebirds or Captain Scarlet.

Plenty of Bond soundtrack comparisons have been made (this is the second and last, promise) yet only My Mistakes Were Made For You lends itself straight up to idyllic matinee hero music. The melodrama of Standing Next To Me and Calm Like You are countered with The Chamber, the most haunting track on the album, while The Meeting Place, with its lazy shimmy tempo and Gallic trumpets is a throwback to a carefree stroll in a park, despite the underlying melancholy of the lyrics.

The meagre running time can perhaps explain why all this works. Underwhelming at first, The Age Of The Understatement is a grower, with merciful short bursts of inspiration ensuring the Last Shadow Puppets don’t outstay their welcome or stretch their concept much beyond the three minute mark, if even in some cases.