Nouveaunoise Return

Nouveaunoise were making waves this time two years ago. After garnering much attention following support slots for Super Extra Bonus Party and Messiah J and The Expert, not to mention some phenomenal headline dates in Galway Dublin and Cork things were looking very bright indeed for the West coast duo. But then they disappeared. Lost to the ether... or so we thought.

Over the last few months www.myspace.com/nouveaunoise  has been reporting some mild activity. Slim, yet encouraging signs of a revival. Then, just a couple of weeks ago Messrs. Gaffney and Conway dropped the bomb that their debut album Paraphrase Accolade is due to explode upon us unsuspecting earthlings in May 2010.


Combining organic electronica with soothing instrumentation, grooving beats and live synths  Nouveaunoise are a breath of fresh air on the Irish music scene. As a Live outfit the duo are nothing short of astounding. One look at the mass array of diverse instruments, leads and hardware on the stage would bedazzle the most adept musical virtuoso.
This news adds itself to  a mighty encouraging sign that 2010 will be a year in which we witness the magic return to the Irish music scene.

The debut single Cinnte will be available for download on Double A-side next week. Keep an eye on www.myspace.com/nouveaunoise for more info.

Sabotage! Tracklist February 22nd 2010

This week we've got some new music from Dublin's favorite bass wielding son, Richie Egan aka Jape. Cap Pas Cap are in the mix also representing the Native mortals. 

Dubstep extraordinaire Burial features alongside Panda Bear (*who plays Vicar Street March 12*), Coco Rosie and Zach Condon's Beirut.

Tune in Monday 22nd from 8pm and Thursday 25th from 3pm on RTE 2XM (click link to access)

ARTIST/TRACK/ALBUM/LABEL

Cap Pas Cap – We Are Men (Thatboytim Remix) – We Are Men 12” - Skinny Wolves

Local Natives – Airplanes –  Gorilla Manor - FrenchKiss/Infectious

Melody Gardot – Who Will Comfort Me - My One and Only Thrill - UCJ

Jape – I Was A Man – Ritual - Trust Me I'm A Thief

Burial – Archanel – Untrue - Hyperdub

Cocorosie – Beautiful Boys – Noah’s Ark - Sub Pop / Touch and Go Records

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter – Let it Bleed - Dekka Records

Panda Bear – Comfy in Nautica – Person Pitch - Paw Tracks

The Rapture – Wahoo! Alright – Yeah…Uh Huh – Pieces of the People We Love - Gravity/ Sub Pop

The Low Anthem – To Ohio – Oh MY God, Charlie Darwin - Bella Union

Hunter Gaterer – Left For Dead – I Dreamt I was A Footstep in the Trail of a Murderer - 

Beirut – My Night With the Prostitute From Marseille – Realpeople Holland - Ba Da Bing

Neil Young – Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) -  Rust Never Sleeps - Reprise

Passion Pit - Sleepy Head - Manners - French Kiss / Columbia

The Low Anthem - Apothecary - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Sabotage! Playlist February 15th 2010

This weeks Sabotage! features stomping new tunes from the latest Gil Scott Heron album, I'm New Here, his first in 13 years.

Massive Attack are back with a terrific album Heligoland and we have the debut single it's Splitting the Atom.

Texan cabaret rockers Spoon feature alongside Charlotte Gainsberg - The Antichrist star's latest album IRM is dark and moody documenting her recovery from a brain hemorrhage. 

While Rain Machine, the debut solo offering from TV on the Radio's Kyp Mallone will also feature in your weekly alternative mix.
Tune in Monday from 8pm and Thursday from 3pm.
If you missed out... here's the link to downloadable version: http://www.zshare.net/audio/72739900dad056a8/

Mew – Am I Wry? No

Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom - Heligoland

Gil Scott Heron – Me and The Devil – I’m New Here

Metric – Help I’m Alive – 12’s Remix

Spoon – Written in Verse – Ttansference

Amon Tobin – Four Ton Mantis – Supermodified

YeaSayer – O.N.E - Odd Blood

Alberta Cross – Taking Control – Broken Side of Time

Rain Machine – Leave the Lights on – Rain Machine

Handsome Furs – Radio Kallingrad – Face Control

Maximo Park – When (Vincent Gallo) – Warp 20

Deftones – Digital Bath – White Pony

Charlotte Gainsberg – IRM – IRM

Wallis Bird – La La Land – New Boots

Edmar Castaneda

This young Colombian Harpist plays with innovation and amazing style.  Mixing Afro-Cuban basslines  with Latin Jazz fingerpicking techniques. Amazing.  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123403785

Rage Against The Machine @ O2 Dublin

Rage Against the Machine have announced their first ever show at The O2, Dublin on June 8th, 2010
If you missed out on these lads at Oxegen two years ago here's another chance... tickets on sale this friday. 

Playlist February 1st

Crystal Castles – Vanished – Crystal Castles
CSS – Lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above – Casei der Sexy
The Cure – A Forest – Seventeen Seconds
Dan Deacon – Woof Woof – Bromst
Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights – You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
Refused – Liberation Transmission – The Shape of Punk to Come
DeerHoof - +81 – Friend opportunity
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Heavy Metal – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Doors – The Unknown Soldier – Waiting For the Sun
Bon Iver – Blood bank – Blood bank EP
Joy Division – Transmission – Factory records 7”
The Faint – The Geeks Were Right – Fascination
Flying Lotus – 1983 – 1983
New York Dolls – Personality Crisis – The New York Dolls
William Elliott Whitmore - Dry - SOng of the Blackbird