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Just over a year ago I wrote about a new record store called Wingnut that was opening in Galway on the premises of the Bell Book and Candle bookshop. As regular CD sales diminished and other record s...
Hello again and welcome back to Harmless Noise on a WordPress.com website! I guess you’re surprised to see the blog back in its original place but I hope you don’t mind. I missed this ole...
Stop motion rules. It’s rare you’d see a bad video using the method and here, two artists’ hand-drawn illustrations have been painstakingly captured and set to this gorgeous track B...
Reclaiming through song from The Waterboys, this new video from Feel Good Lost has done justice to the cool, chilled tones of Daithi‘s new song Carraroe. First appearing on Nialler9 yest...
This would get Mariah lashing those long locks like a good un – a metal version of All I Want For Christmas by Dolph Lundgren’s Party Dungeon. Yes as you might have guessed by how accompl...
This was the year when the “golden age” hype started to die down and we could all get on with the serious business of enjoying great music without a reason to be proud of it. And how much...
Tonight at the Grand Social, the hardworking little promotions co Hefty Horse hold their annual Christmas bash. Featuring School Tour‘s first headline performance, the classy Ginnels and soothi...
Today the news broke that cassette label Quarter Inch Collective‘s second Quompilation of irish bands’ cover versions will be released on January 27th with a launch gig at Crawdaddy ̶...
From Poster Fish, a Christmas funbash/farewell show – the last Dublin gig for Meljoann and Herv who have made plans to shift their musical endeavours away to the English seaside town of Brighto...
Here’s a cute new song with a very suggestive title - reminds me of one of Bill Hicks’ Goatboy jokes – from I ♥ The Monster Hero that was aimed as a charity single. Left too late ho...
Tonight at the Button Factory, the Richter Collective record label come together to celebrate the birth of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. And you are invited to join them in the glorious adoratio...
This has to be one of the best posters I’ve seen all year. Social Rising: grand designs on both your ears and eyes. Much as I love many of the bands who have already played so far, I have to sa...
Just spent a while listening to Window Seats‘ new EP Frozen Bones. It’s served straight-up with guts and energy that makes a sound impression within a trusted formula of three loud rocke...
Ah lads, a fantastic video for Windings‘ new single The Hassle which will be released as a double A-side single with another song, The Space I Occupy, in January on Out On A Limb Records. It...
Cloud Castle Lake – A Wolf Howling (The Gorgeous Colours remix) This is a really nice remix of Cloud Castle Lake‘s song A Wolf Howling, slowed down and cooled off with some uncharacterist...
With a keen sense of appreciation for the finest musical and visual pleasures, Chequerboard is preparing to make a fourth album The Unfolding, using the crowd-source method of FundIt. Now with a week...
A video for Dogs Run In Packs, from the new EP of the same name from Rams’ Pocket Radio. Directed by Darren Lee, it has an unusual tint with some interesting light effects including an incandes...
Something unusual for Monday! The marauding pair known as Low Sea have freebooted A Pirate’s Life from We Cut Corners‘ recent album Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards and dragged ...
Yeo! A new song Family from The Cast of Cheers to precede their second album which will be released in 2012. Can you believe this is their first official single release? Neither can I considering the...
As a gift to readers in return for their support and good vibes this year, I bought two copies of Rubberbandits‘ debut album Serious About Men when I headed in to do this interview with the guy...
Rubberbandits. Terrors of the telephone, angels of the airwaves. Messers with microphones, Limerick’s new leaders. While Father Ted and Dylan Moran have been the defining figures of great Irish...
You don’t have to be Scrooge to get something cheap in December when bands’ generosity extends to free Christmas music. That’s exactly the case of Agitate The Gravel from Cork who w...
After several years building up a reputation on live shows and two EPs, the release of It Goes, It Goes (Forever and Ever) in October 2010 pummelled Dublin band Halves into the strata of succe...
Here’s the gorgeous new Monto song Green & Blue that features on the new ERI Collective Mixtape. This track is used on the promotional video that I posted earlier in the week and those gorg...
This Friday is the launch of a new eight-track EP, Mountbatten Class by Ginnels, released as a cassette on Long Lost Records. 1. Ssummer! 2. In My Arms The Sedative 3. CHAMPS 4. Stink It ...
Frostywarm, sparklebright festive song from Grand Pocket Orchestra in advance of the Popical Island Xmas Party on 17 December. It’s such a nice thing to hear from the ‘Gyppos’ after...
Videos have been my favourite posts this year – I find it much easier to absorb and write about music when there’s a visual aspect too. There’s been some fantastic Irish output and ...
An unusual choice of footage for Belfast rapper Bee Mick See‘s new Aw Shucks video, featuring the notorious Seventies’ cartoon character Fritz The Cat. Described as “a persiflage on...
Oh this is so good. It’s been quite a while since Hardcore has featured on the blog but what a way to bring it back, with this set of six free demos from Pulled Apart. 1. Enough 2. Youth and th...
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