The Big Romance 10th anniversary gig is less than 24hours away, with doors opening at 7.30pm tomorrow night. Some gig info for you…

Joining David on stage on the night will be; Glen Keating, Dave Hingerty, Garreth Averill, Robbie Kitt, Paul Smyth, Dunk Murphy, Katie Kim, Richie Egan, Neil O’Connor, Diarmuid Mac Diarmada and Brian Mooney, and support is from the excellent Sunken Foal, aka Dunk Murphy.

Call it Christmas spirit, or the fact that the gig celebrates ten years on from David’s sophomore album, but we have a very special surprise for all the Vicar Street gig goers – a free copy of The Nightsaver for each and every one of you, available for collection at the merch stand on production of a valid ticket for the gig. Selected Back catalogue albums will be available for the very special price of €5 on the night, and we’ll be leaving the €5 offer on selected bandcamp albums active until the weekend. visit the digital store here>

Buy Tickets for The Big Romance at Vicar Street via Ticketmaster or Tickets.ie. Tickets are €20 (not incl. booking fees)

David, in cahoots with Diamond Dagger, has a new electronic/house project called New Jackson.Today sees the release of the first single accompanied by a brilliant stop motion video from Fergal Brennan.  The first release, Night Mail EP is out now on Pogo Recordings, and you can pick it up in Elastic Witch and All City or online at Juno or Kudos.

Check out this clip of another track on the EP; It’s not Over below- and click through to the Pogo soundcoud for more snippets

It’s hard to believe that The Big Romance is 10 years old. A game-changing album that married crafted, tender songwriting with the rhythms of dance music and hip-hop, it was released in 2001 and represented a fearless new sound that helped direct and embrace a new era of eclectic songwriting and production in Ireland and beyond.

David will be revisiting this, his second album, in it’s entirety on Friday 9th December at Dublin’s Vicar Street for a very special 10th anniversary concert and to celebrate the occasion we’ve made the album available digitally for the first time in many years. We’ve launched a new David Kitt store via bandcamp, which is where you’ll find The Big Romance, and we’re soon to add other albums from the catalogue.  We’ve wanted to share this album for some time, but were keen to find a method that allowed for a high quality file download, and now we have. Bandcamp allows you to download and buy high quality WAV files, or the more usual mp3′s depending on your preference, and there’s no difference in cost. We’ve made the album available for just €5, and will be adding other albums for the same price, for the period in advance of the December 9th gig.

David’s in rehearsals for the December 9th gig but says he’s;

“really looking forward to revisiting The Big Romance on the 9th of december. It’ll be the first time for some of the songs to be performed live and no better place for it than Vicar St. There’ll also be a second set of songs from the other records and definitely an extended ‘headphones’ to end the night. I’ll be joined by paul g. smyth, richie egan, dave hingerty, robbie kitt and a few others yet to be confirmed. Bryan Quinn can’t make it unfortunately but he sends his regards. See y’all soon hopefully”

Buy Tickets for The Big Romance at Vicar Street via Ticketmaster or Tickets.ie. Tickets are €20 (not incl. booking fees)

Spilly Walker (aka David and his brother Robbie) have a gig coming up this Friday 16th September at The Workmans Club for the Absolut Fringe Festival called WILD COMBINATION.  Hot on the heels of a great gig at Electric Picnic (read bbc review here) it’s sure to be a stormer of a night.

Spilly are sharing the bill with TR One and AngkorWat, and the live sets will be followed by DJ sets from David Kitt & Broken Audio Movement.

While versed in the language of modernist electronic music, each provide tantalising glimpses into new worlds, demonstrating the vitality of electronic music well into the 21^st century. Music for the head, heart and feet, be sure to bring your dancing shoes.

Doors from 7.30 til late, tickets €12

Potential applicants (producers, instrumentalists, vocalists, and DJs) to the academy workshop will experience an evening where innovative musical figures share their own perspectives on life in the musical lane, offering advice and generally giving insight.

For his contribution David’s going to go through the story of a song from the moment of original inspiration through to writing and recording.  Joining him on the night will be Ex-RBMA participant, Olan O’Brien aka OB from All City Records. When Olan O’Brien (OB) and DJ Splyce opened All City in Dublin in 2001 to sell hip-hop tunes and graffiti supplies, O’Brien knew that he also wanted to start a label. A decade on, the shop is still thriving (unlike so many of its peers), and the All City record label is really going gangbusters.

If that wasn’t enough to whet your musical appetites, RBMA will also feature an exhibition of work from ex academy participant B+ (aka Brian Cross). Author of “Its Not about a Salary: Rap Race and Resistance in Los Angeles” Rolling Stone Music Book of the Year, the Limerick born photographer and painter will show an exhibition entitled GhostNotes: An exploration of the relationship of photography to music through 20 years of music photography, will run on both Saturday and Sunday (19th & 20th of March) which will be open to the public.

B+ will join the workshop as a speaker on Saturday evening, and he, along with David Kitt and other special guests, will play a special club night for Choice Cuts after the session in The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street. Doors 10pm, tickets €10.

David is playing an intimate gig in the Odessa Club in Dublin tomorrow night.

Tickets are €10 available on the door or to be reserved in advance from 01-670 3080

Tindersticks (which now include David Kitt as a member) have announced a number of new dates, including a long awaited irish date for the climactic last night of Kilkenny Arts Festival on Sunday 15 August in St Canice’s Cathedral.

Other Tindersticks dates in Europe (Aug – Nov) are below, but for the most up to date ticketing and live info see www.tindersticks.co.uk

August 6th – Off Festival, Katowice, Poland

August 7th – Dranouter Festival, Dranouter, Belgium

August 8th – Abbazia Abbey, Sesto al Reghena, Italy

August 15th – St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny Arts Festival

August 22nd – Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, Wales

September 18th – Principal Club Theatre, Thessaloniki, Greece

September 19th – Lycabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece

September 20th – Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey

September 21st – Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey

October 30th – Apolo, Barcelona, Spain

October 31st – Festival O’Les Choeurs, Tulle, France

November 1st – Theatre Du Minotaure, Vendome, France

November 2nd – Grand Theatre, Angers, France

November 3rd – Triangle, Rennes, France

November 5th – Epicerie Moderne, Lyon / Feysin, France

November 6th – Den Atelier, Luxembourg

November 7th – Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

November 8th – L’Autre Canal, Nancy, France

November 9th – Le Splendid, Lille, France

November 11th – Theatre Des Arts, Rouen, France

November 12th – Parktheatre Limburg, Heerlen, Netherlands

November 13th – Rolling Stone Weekender, Weissenhauser Strand, Lubeck

November 14th – Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands

November 15th – Oosterport, Groningen, Netherlands

For the most up to date ticketing and live info see www.tindersticks.co.uk

David and Robbie did an on-air session with Donal as part of the first Fresh Air in November last year, where they played Spilly tracks live and brought in some great tracks for Donal to play. You can get a list of the tracks they picked, and a link to listen back to the session, here>

The Cork gig is in a deadly venue for Triskel called the SubStation, being as how it’s an old ESB SubStation.  Kevin Blake is playing too, and Donal will be doing live visuals and DJing at the show. Tickets are €15/12 and available in advance (from Triskel), or on the door. Doors are 8pm, show at 8.30pm.

This will be the last chance to catch Spilly Walker live until the Autumn; Robbie’s away all summer….

It’s Yours (from The Nightsaver) is one of the tracks selected for a new double album of contemporary irish music that was released yesterday. It’s in some great company with tracks from Patrick Kelleher, The Jimmy Cake, Dark Room Notes, Valerie Francis and R.S.A.G among others.  Check out the full tracklisting below, and it should be in all good record stores now if you want to pick up a copy.

Tracklisting

CD One:
1. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk
2. Codes – This Is Goodbye
3. Dark Room Notes – Love Like Nicotine
4. Messiah J And The Expert – Turn The Magic On
5. Oliver Cole – What Will You Do?
6. The Blizzards – Fantasy
7. Fred – Running
8. The Laundry Shop – Highs And Lows
9. Delorentos – Stop
10. Ham Sandwich – St. Christopher
11. Republic Of Loose – Comeback Girl
12. Mick Flannery – Tomorrow’s Paper
13. The Chapters – Videotapes
14. The Minutes – Ukraine
15. The Urges – The Urges Theme
16. The Revellions – Ain’t No Fool
17. Crayonsmith – Lost In The Forest
18. The Jimmy Cake – Jetta’s Palace
19. Declan O’ Rourke – Galileo
20. Julie Feeney – Myth
21. Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club -Back To Before

CD Two
1. Le Galaxie – We Bleed The Blood Of Androids
2. The Ambience Affair – Devil In The Detail
3. Cathy Davey – Moving
4. Halves – Medals
5. Subplots – Poltis
6. Halfset – Work
7. Stellarsound Ft Paula Flynn – Let’s Dance
8. Róisín Murphy – Overpowered
9. Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
10. Vyvienne Long – They’re Not Waving
11. Lisa Hannigan – Lille
12. Rarely Seen Above Ground – Stick To Your Line
13. And So I Watch You From Afar – These Riots Are Just Beginning
14. Bats – Credulous! Credulous!
15. Adebisi Shank – You Me
16. Heathers – Remember When
17. David Kitt – It’s Yours
18. Valerie Francis – Slow Dynamo
19. The Coronas – Grace Don’t Wait