Dubliners Come on Live Long have just released the official video for ‘Little Ones’, the first single from their forthcoming debut album Everything Fall. If EP Mender is anything to go by, this could be one of the best Irish albums this year. ‘Little Ones’ has a certain restrained charm too, and has me excited for the rest of the record. The album is due sometime in the spring (April or May), and was recorded at Orphan Studios with Gavin Glass and Scott Halliday, produced and mixed by Conor Gaffney (Nouveaunoise) and mastered by Holger Lagerfeldt.

Come On Live Long – Little Ones (Official Video) from Come On Live Long on Vimeo.

Aimee Mann was in Dublin last week to play the Bord Gais Energy Theatre/Grand Canal Theatre, and played a nice cover of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Honesty Is No Excuse’ as well as many of her most loved tunes.

Setlist:
Disappeared
Gumby
Labrador
Lost in Space
One (Harry Nilsson cover)
Living a Lie
Save Me
Wise Up
Charmer
Soon Enough
Goodbye Caroline
—
Honesty Is No Excuse (Thin Lizzy cover)
4th of July
Invisible Ink
Freeway
Deathly

Fleetwood Mac are coming back to Ireland to play the O2 in Dublin on Friday 20th September 2013. Tickets for the show cost from €65.45 and go on sale Friday 8th February at 9am. Just to whet your whistle ahead of the show, highlighting the 35th anniversary of Rumours, here’s a great gig from the 1st of March 2009 at the Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thank to Zeppo for the upload.

Lindsey Buckingham – Guitar, Vocals
Stevie Nicks – Vocals, Tamborine
John McVie – Bass
Mick Fleetwood – Drums

Setlist/Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Monday Morning
3. The Chain
4. Dreams
5. I Know I’m Not Wrong
6. Gypsy
7. Go Insane
8. Rhiannon
9. Second Hand News
10. Tusk
11. Sara
12. Big Love
13. Landslide
14. Never Going Back Again
15. Storms
16. Say You Love Me
17. Gold Dust Woman
18. Oh Well
19. I’m So Afraid
20. Stand Back
21. Go Your Own Way
22. World Turning/Mick Solo/Band Intros
23. Don’t Stop
24. Silver Springs/Outro

Download:
Full Show.rar

Justin Timberlake played two new songs from eagerly-anticipated third album The 20/20 Experience at Mark Cuban’s Super Bowl Party on Sunday night. Screw Beyonce and Destiny’s Child, JT is a million times better. Although no-one had their boobs exposed this time. Check out ‘Pusher Love Girl’ and ‘That Girl’ from Justin’s new record, due the 19th of March. Also, watch ‘Suit and Tie’ with Jay-Z from the same show.

‘Pusher Love Girl’:

‘That Girl’:

‘Suit and Tie’:

Simon & Garfunkel played the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 18, 1967 between the release of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme and Bookends. Thanks to paulodoming for the upload.

Setlist/Tracklist:
1. He was my brother
2. Leaves that are green
3. A Most Peculiar man
4. Homeward bound
5. For Emily
6. The Dangling Conversation
7. Feelin’ Groovy
8. Clouy
9. Benedictus
10. Blessed
11. A Poem On The Underground Wall
12. I am a rock
13. The sounds of silence

Download:
Full Show.rar

Ed Sheeran played the O2 in Dublin on Friday night, showcasing songs from his bestselling album +, as well as throwing in a little bit of Passenger with the band themselves.

Setlist:
Give Me Love
Drunk
UNI
Grade 8
Wayfaring Stranger (Jamie Woon cover)
Small Bump
Be My Husband (Nina Simone cover)
Kiss Me
The City
Heart’s On Fire (Passenger cover)
Lego House
—
You Need Me
Gold Rush
The Parting Glass
The A Team

American-Irish rockers the Dropkick Murphys came to Dublin on Saturday night, bringing their Signed and Sealed in Blood Tour to Vicar Street.

Setlist:
The Boys Are Back
Captain Kelly’s Kitchen
Prisoner’s Song
Sunday Hardcore Matinee
Bastards on Parade
Blood and Whiskey
My Hero
Don’t Tear Us Apart
Your Spirit’s Alive
The Irish Rover
The Gauntlet
Out On The Town
Which Side Are You On?
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
Boys on the Docks
Jimmy Collins’ Wake
Rose Tattoo
Burn
I’m Shipping Up to Boston
Worker’s Song
—
Barroom Hero
Fields of Athenry
Citizen C.I.A.
End of the Night
Skinhead on the MBTA
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC cover)

This soundboard recording was taken from Hole’s performance at the 1994 Reading Festival on 26th August 1998. John Peel called this one of the most moving sets he’s ever seen. It was the first Hole performance with Melissa Auf Der Maur on bass and after the deaths of Kristen Pfaff and Kurt Cobain. Thanks to klasw for the upload.

Setlist/Tracklist:
01. Plump
02. Sugar Coma > Beautiful Son
03. Miss World
04. Jennifer’s Body
05. Asking For It
06. Gutless
07. Softer, Softest
08. I Think That I Would Die
09. Credit In The Straight World
10. Teenage Whore
11. Doll Parts
12. Violet
13. Sugar Coma #2

Download:
Full Show.rar

You can also watch the full performance on youtube:

David Bowie has just turned 66, and is back with his first single and album in over a decade. ‘Where Are We Now?’ is taken from upcoming March album The Next Day. So where is he now? Berlin. Obviously. The new track has elements of Lou Reed and John Cale, and even a bit of Bowie of old, but it’s nothing earth-shattering from the man who sold the world.

Watch ‘Where Are We Now?’

Once again, 2UIBestow and Swear I’m Not Paul have teamed up to predict ten acts from the island of Ireland that we think should be big this year. Without further ado, here is the Irish Sound of 2013…

Bairbre Anne
Bairbre Anne is the new stage name for Bairbre Munnis. Having released her debut EP Helium Hearts in 2010, it looks as though Bairbre is nearly ready to release a debut album which showcases her wonderful vocals and radio-friendly pop songs.

http://www.facebook.com/BairbreAnne

Benny Smiles
Having released debut EP Sunshine/Moonlight and played his first ever gigs in summer 2012, Benny Smiles is just starting out what could be a huge career. His warm electronica has already produced the funktastic ‘Sunday Morning’, while 2013 promises a follow-up EP and maybe even a full album’s worth of tunes.

http://www.facebook.com/bennysmilesmusic

The Blue Choir
Kildare band The Blue Choir are going to have a great 2013 with the release of their debut album. With one EP and a few free downloads released, The Blue Choir have a sound which fuses the delicacy of mature lyrics with an abrasive dark edge when the guitarist Stevie Darragh is in full flow. Check out the current free download ‘Human Heart’.

http://www.facebook.com/thebluechoir

Cash is King
Imminent debut single ‘City Lights’ shows that indie rockers Cash is King were much more than a clever covers band, with the rough acoustic version posted on Soundcloud last summer containing a warmth absent from most Irish rock thes days. A nomination for the MRU Awards came before the band even set foot in the recording studio, proving there’s many people rightly following the progress of the Dublin-based foursome.

http://www.facebook.com/CashIsKingmusic

Cry Monster Cry
May single ‘The Fallen’ announced Dublin brothers Richie and Jamie Martin’s arrival on the Irish folk scene. The title track of their debut EP, it recalled those two legendary Nicks – Garrie and Drake. In a world where Mumford, Lumineers, and Of Monsters are all becoming big stars, there’s no reason why the brothers Martin can’t follow suit.

http://www.facebook.com/crymonstercrymusic

Evora
While there’s a band from North Co. Dublin on the verge of going global [Kodaline], up pops out of nowhere this five piece from Howth with incredible heartfelt songs such as this one featuring Navan singer Shannon on vocals.

http://www.facebook.com/evoraofficial

Let’s Set Sail
Dublin five piece Let’s Set Sail write quirky folk pop songs which really excites me. This writer has heard a new song ‘Too Far to See a Whale’ and it’s a great tune that hints at a really great debut album to be released later in the year.

http://www.facebook.com/letssetsail

Lydia Ford
Gabrielle Aplin topped the UK Charts in December with her cover of ‘The Power of Love’ despite pedalling her own gorgeous originals for the last couple of years. West of Ireland singer-songwriter Lydia Ford released her Hearts on Sleeves EP back in 2010, while her collection of radio pop covers posted online in January last year could well see her following Aplin’s lead. However, she shines brightest when belting out her own acoustic-pop tunes as on August’s impressive Taking Shortcuts EP.

http://www.facebook.com/LydiaFordMusic

North Side Drive
Jonathan Pearson is perhaps best known for his work on drums and vocals with Former Monarchs, but he turns his attention to piano arrangements for his new project North Side Drive. Showcasing his talents as a composer, July’s ‘One’ was one of the best instrumental songs of the year, and easily could have been used to soundtrack this month’s Oscar contenders.

http://www.facebook.com/NorthSideDrive

The Unusual History of Ether
The Unusual History of Ether is the Copenhagen-based collaboration between Irish singer-songwriter Rebecca Collins and Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug. Their sound is folk-pop with a real European influence. The 2012 debut EP entitled ‘Part One’ contained a few great tunes which hints at a very successful year when the band plan to release their debut album this Spring.

http://facebook.com/theunusualhistoryofether