Podcast #21 is here (and about frigging time) and it's a great one - guaranteed to cure male pattern baldness and give you another 2 inches where it counts and if it doesn't just email Barnacle Brian and he'll sort you out.
As always you can download it here, play in a standalone just like frigging myspace (link under the main pagetitle) or through itunes.
THE MAHONES are touring Canada and the USA this summer and fall with very special guests The Popes (Shane MacGowans backing band and an independent band in their own right), Ray Gange (Brixton London, England), the star of the Clash movie Rude Boy and our touring DJ, The Delinquents (Toronto, Canada), The Whiskey of The Damned (Chicago, USA) and more special guest to be announced. These shows will be the Paddy Punk events of the year.
One word - incredible! Two words - really incredible! Three - really fuckin incredible. You get the gist?. Seriously though, the 2nd release by Vancouver's The Dreadnoughts just blows away every other Celt punk release I've heard this year. Fast, furious and tight as a Scottish Canadian's wallet. Celtic punk with occasional touches of Eastern Europe (ala the late great Canadian band Siobhan - Ol Jimmy RIP, long live The Fang) that meets the Canadian maritime sea shanty sounds of Great Big Sea - on steroids of course. If your going to buy one CD this year 'cos your totally hard up then this is it.
http://www.myspace.com/vancitydreadnoughts
http://www.thedreadnoughts.com/
Been on a Rory Gallagher kick recently. If you haven't heard of him check out this video from 1980 - it will rip your face off. Jimi who?
Tornado Magnet are an American alt-country super group featuring former members of The Beat Farmers, The Johnny Cash Band, Ricky Skaggs, The Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash. Now with a resume like that I expect something special and while the songs are a very well written, very well paid slice of Americana I have to get all Simon Cowell on their asses 'cos they are just too frigging polished in a CMT way. Authentic sounding outlaw country this isn't - (disappointingly ) give me Pete Berwick for that.
http://www.tornadomagnet.net/
http://www.myspace.com/thetornadomagnets
Ken, say it ain't so!
Maybe Steven Tylers grandchildren are fans of DKM.
From the DKM Myspace blog:
Yes, that's right Dropkick Murphys will be joining Aerosmith for one special
show only at the Comcast Center in Mansfield MA on Tuesday June 16th.
Tickets are available now & some special lower priced seats have been
released for DKM fans. You can purchase online here;
A statement from the Aerosmith camp reads: "Hometown heroes the Dropkick
Murphys have accepted our invitation to join Aerosmith as our special guests
at the Comcast Center on June 16th. In order to provide fans of both bands
with the best experience possible open air reserved seats have been added at
the lawn seat ticket price of just $35.00. Don't miss an opportunity to see
two of the most loved & electrifying Boston-bred bands as they rock the
Comcast Center together this summer".
Check out this blog - http://celticfolkpunk.blogspot.com - it focus's on Celtic punk from non tradition countries (Spain, Central and Eastern Europe) and complies samplers you can download legit.
This is the list of all the samplers till now:
1 - The Netherlands: Circle J + 4 bands
2 - Switzerland: Pubside Down + Vad Vuc + 2 bands
3 - France: Booze Brothers + 3 bands
4 - Italy: Como Lake Rovers + 3 bands
5 - Belgium: Black Tartan Clan + 3 bands
6 - Austria: Denny's Drive In + 3 bands
7 - Germany: Boggin Leprechaun + 3 bands
8 - Serbia and Croatia: Irish Stew of Sindidun + 4 bands
9 - Czech Republic: Benjaming Band + Pilsner oiquell + 2 bands
10 - Hungary: Firkin, + Paddy and the Rats + 2 bands
The full free legal downloads include:
- The Tofu Love Frogs (UK)
- Pipes and Pints (Czech Republic)
- CENK (Switzerland)
- Living Lache (Austria)
- Redhill Rats (Finland)
- Tricks Upon Travellers (UK)
- Bleeding Hearts (UK)
- Konsumo Respeto (Spain)
- Shamrock (Croatia)
- Ketamina (Brasil)
- Cercavins (Spain)
- White Owl (Russia)
Memorial Day Weekend
BLACKTHORNE RESORT
"Located in the Irish Catskills"
348 Sunside Road
East Durham, NY 12423
(518) 634-2541
May 22nd through May 25th
The very excellent Dreadnoughts released their 2nd CD in North America on May 15th through Stomp Records. A European release follows June 5th through Switzerlands' Leech Redda Records - The bank have booked extensice tours of both their native Canada and Europe to support.
The Dreadnoughts"Victory Square"
1. Hottress
2. Ivanhoe
3. The West Country
4. Boneyard
5. Samovar
6. Grace O'Malley
7. The Skrigjaargen Polka
8. Eliza Lee
9. Amsterdam
10. Victory Square
Tout Dates:
18 May 2009 20:00 - Kelowna Club Kelowna
19 May 2009 20:00 - Pete’s Pub Jasper, Alberta
20 May 2009 20:00 - Likkwid Lounge Edmonton, Alberta
21 May 2009 20:00 - Dicken’s Calgary, Alberta
22 May 2009 20:00 - The Distrikt Regina, Saskatchewan
23 May 2009 20:00 - Amigo’s w/ The Brains Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
24 May 2009 20:00 -Cavern Pub Winnipeg, Manitoba
25 May 2009 20:00 -Black Pirate’s Pub w/ Rusted Dawn Thunder Bay, Ontario
28 May 2009 20:00 -L’Absynthe Montreal, Quebec
29 May 2009 12:15 -École Secondaire Massey Vanier w/ Les Zéros Cowansville, Quebec
29 May 2009 20:00 -Rotisserie Fusee Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
30 May 2009 20:00 - Bunker Chicoutimi, Quebec
31 May 2009 20:00 -L’Agitee Quebec, Quebec
1 Jun 2009 20:00 - Bar Le Magog Sherbrooke, Quebec
4 Jun 2009 20:00 - Cafe Deckuf Ottawa, Ontario
5 Jun 2009 20:00 - Big Bop Concert Hall w/ SNFU Toronto, Ontario
6 Jun 2009 20:00 - Shadow (ALL AGES!) Guelph, Ontario
10 Jun 2009 20:00 - EUROPE TOUR, June 10th - August 9th
11 Jun 2009 20:00 - Bar 59 Luzern, Switzerland
12 Jun 2009 20:00 - Tiki’s Pub Geneva, Switzerland
17 Jun 2009 20:00 - Kalkbreite Zurich, Switzerland
18 Jun 2009 20:00 - Tresor Club Basel, Switzerland
20 Jun 2009 22:00 - HighLife Club Interlaken, Switzerland
25 Jun 2009 20:00 - Druckluft, w/ Circle J Oberhausen, Germany
26 Jun 2009 20:00 - venue TBA w/ Circle J Bamberg, Germany
27 Jun 2009 20:00 - Wild at Heart w/Circle J Berlin, Germany
28 Jun 2009 20:00 - Indra Club w/Circle J Hamburg, Germany
29 Jun 2009 20:00 - Bahia de Cochinos w/ Circle J Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
30 Jun 2009 20:00 - Musikbunker w/Circle J Achen, Germany
1 Jul 2009 20:00 - Winston w/ Circle J Amsterdam, Holland
2 Jul 2009 20:00 - Flora Theatre w/ Circle J Delft, Holland
3 Jul 2009 20:00 - Reckless Engineer w/ Surfin Turnips Bristol, UK
4 Jul 2009 20:00 - The Ride Cafe Plymouth, UK
5 Jul 2009 20:00 - White Lion Chepstow, UK
7 Jul 2009 20:00 - Trillians Newcastle, UK
9 Jul 2009 20:00 - The Park Peterborough, UK
10 Jul 2009 20:00 - The Underworld /w Chase Long Beach London, UK
11 Jul 2009 20:00 - dB’s w/Circle J Utrecht
12 Jul 2009 20:00 - The Stage w/ Circle J Arnhem
14 Jul 2009 20:00 - K19 w/ Deadline (UK) and Barroom Heroes (US) Kassel, Germany
15 Jul 2009 20:00 - Le Barbarella La Rochelle, France
16 Jul 2009 20:00 - venue TBA w/ Sambre Gijon, Spain
17 Jul 2009 20:00 - venue TBA Galiza, Spain
18 Jul 2009 20:00 - Venue TBA Porto, Portugal
19 Jul 2009 20:00 - Venue TBA Lisbon, Portugal
20 Jul 2009 20:00 - Gruta 77 Madrid, Spain
21 Jul 2009 20:00 - Venue TBA Zaragoza, Spain
22 Jul 2009 20:00 - Venue TBA Barcelona, Spain
24 Jul 2009 19:30 - Musiglanzgmeind Festival, Main Stage Engelberg, Switzerland
25 Jul 2009 20:00 -Secret Venue Ludwigshafen, Germany
7 Aug 2009 18:00 - Open Air Freaktal (Afternoon show, time TBA) Gipf-Oberfrick, Switzerland
7 Aug 2009 23:00 - Open Air Schlauer Bauer (On at 23:00) Wetzikon, Switzerland
8 Aug 2009 21:00 - Mais am Port Tobel, Switzerland
9 Aug 2009 20:00 - Reithalle w/The Real McKenzies Bern, Switzerland
http://www.myspace.com/vancitydreadnoughts
The Swaggerin Growlers could have done the safe thing on "Keep Your Head Held High" their sophomoric release and recorded another dozen or so tracks of riot folk - they didn't. Sure the music is still aggressive folk punk but on their Celtic foundations they've added Bluegrass, Old Tyme, Ska, Swing, and Hardcore. Its nice to hear some originality and new ideas in a sometimes over crowd field and for the most part they hit the mark. I would though like to hear them work with a experienced producer to really tease out their ideas.
