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Jul 31, 20080

NPR; An Amazing Resource

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Unbelievable back catalogue of live music, studio sessions and interviews from pretty much any decent musical act you can think of. This is almost BBC-esque in terms of volume of content, covering as it does all affiliated stations right across the US. If you couldn’t bring yourself to pay the extortionate €131 to see Mad Ol’ Tom in the Phoenix Park recently, then one of the featured live concerts is the full 2 hours and 21 mins from Glitter & Doom recorded in Atlanta.
And that really is the tip of the iceberg.

Jul 3, 20080

Muxtape

Yet another brilliant idea that I haven’t had and someone else has. Muxtape brings you back to the days when you would slave for hours with an audio cassette and your record collection to make a mixtape for someone you were doubtless trying to impress. This site was only launched in March of this year and is bound to become something really fantastic. I’m working on mine! Here’s the philosophy;

“Muxtape is a living music platform in its early stages. Our goal is to redefine the mixtape on the internet as a model for music discovery and social interaction, and to do so in the most elegant way technology allows. We believe that music is better when it’s presented to you by a person with care.”

Update: Muxtape have very kindly introduced last.fm scrobbling. How considerate of them.

Apr 29, 20080

Spooky Album

Well, not exactly, but a damn good listen none the less. I’ve had the new self-titled album by ‘The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock’ more or less on a constant loop since acquiring it at the launch gig in The Boom Boom Room early last week. Soon to be available in the shops, you could do worse with your hard-earned cash. Whilst recently listening to an interview with lead singer and song writer Allen Blighe, he mentioned that traditional Irish music had not been part of his musical make-up until relatively recently, which now appears to be a rather obvious influence on this record. It’s something I have steered clear of too, but this is enough to make you want to challange your own preconceptions. Irish without being Oirish, which is a rare trick indeed to pull off. Read more and hear the interview on the Transduction Records website. And the next person to say they sound like The Pouges get’s a dead arm. You’re wrong. They don’t.

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