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They've been around for an age, but ATL's love for indie-gems Cashier No.9 has never waned. Ahead of a show (and video shoot) at The Menagerie, Belfast on November 5, Danny took time out from recording to chat online with our Rigsy. Please note, as always, spelling mistakes are down to Rigsy's enormously fat fingers.
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Here at ATL we are constantly attempting to make sense of this cruel and often bewildering thing called life. In an attempt to prove once and for all that people in bands are as fruity round the brain bits as ourselves, we set up a daring psychological experiment. We ask a series of questions and some of our favourite music makers answer them. Challenging, we know.
Dublin based electro-poppers Le Galaxie play Auntie Annies tomorrow evening (29th October) for Animal Disco. We love them, and therefore they are the very first to hop onto the slab for a closer cranial inspection.
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What is your earliest memory?
Being cast In Back To The Future in November 1984. We shot for two weeks until the producers realised that an 2-foot infant who couldn't speak English and needed 18 hours sleep a day was a poor choice to play Marty McFly. The role was re-cast.
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Ok Ok...I haven鈥檛 wrote a 鈥榝resh meet鈥 feature in a loooong time. I鈥檝e been too busy listening to the shear amount of Irish material that鈥檚 been released in the last few months. So what better way to start back than to (further) introduce you to an old Irish favourite, Halves.
A band ATL have previously given heavy rotation, their debut album 鈥業t Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)鈥 is finally about to arrive (Oct 29th) and it see鈥檚 the Dublin troupe truly move into a whole other sphere.
Their brand of electronic tinged, string layered post rock is reminiscent of Icelandic pop experimentalists M煤m, with the soft & sombre moments of Danish outfit Efterklang and of course some of the more traditional post rock stylings of Mogwai.
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Amsterdam Dance Event celebrates it's 15th Anniversary this year and for five days Amsterdam听became the focus of the international dance community who descended on the city for ADE's unique blend of conference meets festival.
Thousands of DJs, promoters, labels, producers, A&R guys from all over the world went to do business, increase their networks and check out some of the hundreds of shows and music industry panel event taking place.
ATL Dance Show presenter Paul Hamill (one half of renowned electronic duo Psycatron) was over for the event and thankfully remembered to send a few postcards back to home base about what was going on.
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Seeing it's getting close, we're all about Halloween on tonights ATL. We're talking songs that truly make you shiver with fear听or your skin crawl. A bit of Nick听Cave, some Aphex Twin, a little Tom Waits?
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Team ATL mostly freak out to the tunes below!听 Let us know your pick by shouting us here, on听the or听 and we will give y'all a shout on the show tonight...
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Phily Taggart - ATL Presenter
Prog rock bands are generally a freaky vehicle, from The Who鈥檚 bed wettingly upsetting rock Opera 鈥楾ommy鈥 to Tool鈥檚 Maynard James Keenan looking like a lost extra from an Eeiffel 65 video. These eccentric progster鈥檚 wear their strangeness like a badge of honour and there are few more honourable in the circus of the weird than Pink Floyd.
鈥極ne Of These Day鈥檚 I am Going to Cut You Into Little Pieces鈥 is a truly startling and unsettling track from Pink Floyds 1971 album 鈥楳eddle鈥. Three minutes of mind bending bass guitars and drum fills leads to a modulated vocal of Nick Mason screaming in a death growl 鈥樷. I want my mummy.
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Paul mcClean - ATL Producer
The opening track from an album that redefined hip-hop. As a statement of intent, the flanged out guitar, crackly vinyl static and scratching made an altogether out of body experience for the listener. Its in equal measures dislocated yet in your face. Before Beth Gibbons even begins her mournful, desolate vocals, the entire album is set up within seconds. The theremin and stacato drum samples make it seem like some apocapylptic, painful love song. From this point, it only gets bleaker and almost impossibly beautiful.
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Amy McGarrigle
'Confusion is Sex' was the first CD from Sonic Youth I ever bought. Having picked it up over a decade after it's initial release, I was expecting the same grunge-esque pop guitar mush they had been lobed in with at that time. However, what raged from my speakers was a very different beast. Atonal noise began to filter through, deranged chanting and repeated doom laden bass lines. The second song 'Protect Me You', starts with a eerie chiming guitar sound, a loose moody baseline and rolling tom drums鈥. Next Kim Gordans vocals arrives like a child lost in a frozen play ground, spouting creepy lyrics like she's under a spell.听 "Protect me demons that come at night. I don't know what they say, their whispering, send the night air away, and makes me forget, I hope they come again and again". My poor wee ears never heard anything like this before, and it certainley left a massive impression (ie. left me terrified).
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Steven Rainey - ATL's buddy
41 years after it's release, this song still manages to make my flesh crawl. Age and repition do nothing to wither it's power, as every time I hear the audio representation of Jane Birkin's torrid love affair with Serge Gainsbourg, I instantly try to gouge my eardrums out, and run for the skip button.
Banned across Europe on account of its "naughty" content, and denounced by the Vatican (who went as far as ex-communicating the man from the record company who released in in Italy), I can't help feel that all the conservative forces in society who wanted shot of this record were on the right path. A truly upsetting record.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Carny from Your Funeral My Trial
Joe Lindsay - Radio Ulster presenter and ATL Buddy
The opening circus organ sets the scene for a ghastly tale of biblical weather, a missing fortune-teller and a circus ringmaster who reduces a bag o bones horse to crowbait. The circus party move on, leaving the body of the aptly named Sorrow and the Carnys caravan surrenders to the flood. The dwarves, the strongman and the dogboy know it was probably wise to shoot the nag and hope that the Carny has returned "to his own time'...but you get the feeling he probably hasn't..I heard this song very late at night, in bed, on headphones..I've never listened to it like that since..doesn't men you shouldn't though...
听 听 With the track 'Volume Destroyed', Silouette have ended up one of the most played acts on ATL this past few months. About time then that听we chatted to singer Shauna Tohill, who last week put up with our Rigsy long enough to discuss a new wave and ideas for a film.... 听 Rigsy says: HELLO Shauna says: heyyyyy!!!
Rigsy caught up with John Gribbon, aka Building Pictures, before the launch of his EP this weekend. No stranger to ATL, the 'Closing Doors' EP is actually Johns first official release and will be launched this Saturday at the Cellar Bar, Draperstown.
Support on the night comes from , and James Moran.
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Welcome to the third installement of the Axis Of tour diary, just in time for their return home supporting Therapy? at Mandela Hall tomorrow night!:
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Sorry for the late addition of this update. We had a fairly substantial WiFi famine which, aside from not keeping up top date with Business, created major problems in my Dexter schedule. So we had just finished two, somewhat contrasting gigs in London and Huddersfield, and then onto an opener in Bristol, which was surprising as it was the first gig of the tour playing to a more punk crowd. We also got one of the weirdest responses to a song ever: with a crowd of, say, 30 people, it had that atmosphere where the band can talk to members of the crowd individually and everyone can hear, so we were pretty surprised to hear the somewhat anti-heckle, 鈥淵ou are actually really good鈥. With our tails in the air, we moved onto Newport for a lovely stay with our good friend Kaskie from our Welsh brothers The Death Of Her Money, great venue, great people, and a late night beer session in a jazz lounge to top it off. Lovely
The Oh Yeah Music Centre released their latest local band compilation back听in September. Now the first leg of the Oh Yeah 'Contenders'听 tour in support of the CD听kicks off tomorrow at the Nerve Centre, Derry.听North West natives听听Wonder Villains and Here Comes the Landed Gentry will be joined by A Plastic Rose, Silhouette and Ram's Pocket Radio who all feature on the CD.
The tour is in association with Translink and stops at Derry, Lisburn, Omagh and Draperstown in the coming weeks.
Rigsy听rudely interrupted听Pretty Child Backfire while they recorded their song, 'A Gentleman's Afternoon' for the CD. Being one of the 'wildcard' selections for the CD, there was an ensuing interrogation from Rigsy which you can watch below:
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Mandela Hall
Saturday, 9th听October, 2010
As new Belfast-based promotions company Red Roof open the doors to their first gig the mood is set, oddly, by Sister Lovers who, despite having a female name and being support at a Kate Nash gig, are an all-male three piece. Playing guitar music in the mid-90s Britpop fashion which is at odds with their twee indiepop handmade band name sign, it鈥檚 not unpleasant but it鈥檚 all very middle of the road and we鈥檙e waiting for the theatrics that never come. They sing 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what the future holds鈥 and on another day, supporting a different act they may be considered to be modern day poets and/or prophets. But鈥 not today.
The Mandela Hall, Belfast
Friday, 8th October, 2010
It鈥檚 been three years now since new rave exploded onto UK dance floors and turned respectable kids into day-glo wearing moshers addicted to strobe lights and luminous pink glowstick bracelets. Like all of the best fads it went out as fast as it came in. Fortunately, Crystal Castles made it through that period relatively unscathed and played an almost glowstick-free show at Belfast鈥檚 Mandella Hall along with their contemporaries HEALTH.
Oxjam, The Cellar Bar, Draperstown
Saturday, 9th October, 2010
Loads of bands? A ridiculously small space? Loads of good music? And it鈥檚 for charity? We鈥檙e there!
First off, Kasper Rosa are coming along nicely, a more focussed and better band than before, and still delightfully disrespectful of that whole 鈥榮tage-audience boundary鈥 convention. The Rupture Dogs are also developing 鈥 experimenting a bit and still battering out devilish songs like 鈥楯oe鈥 and 鈥楽hoots To Thrill鈥, both of which will have Josh Homme looking through his note-books to see if he did them first. I would crown them the kings of the new generation coming through on the heels of LaFaro and FWW, but for Gascan Ruckus who, despite looking about 12, literally shed blood for the cause, and sound like hoary old rockers. They also appear to be enjoying themselves tremendously, and why not when they鈥檙e this much fun?
Heard about one mans mission to get Weezer to stop making music? James Burns (from Seattle) set up an online campaign to raise $10 million in an attempt to pay off River Cuomo & co and entice them to retire. Having made 1% of the total ($1,838 on Sunday night), Burns has decided to call the prank a day and close the campaign. But it did get Team ATL thinking about those bands we've loved oh so much, but who are slowly but surely ruining their legacy. And in turn, forcing us to accept they aint completely genius.
Who would you pay to stop? Let us know your pick by shouting us here, on听the or听 and we will give y'all a shout on the show tonight...
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Rigsy - ATL Presenter
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I feel bad about this, cause I really do love Tim Burgess, but I kind of wish The Charlatans would stop making records. It's not even that their recent releases have been particularly poor, it's just that...well, I wouldn't know what they're like, really. I'm pretty certain they're *okay* and certainly listenable, but I'm also pretty certain they're nowhere near past glories like 'Tellin' Stories' or even 'Wonderland'. They release a new album every couple of years and it just feels like a bit of a chore to have to listen and inevitably be only vaguely interested as you struggle to make it to the end. Seeing a new Charlatans album is akin to the feeling you get when you go to a party and run into an old friend who's got incredibly dull during adulthood (but you still feel kinda obliged to chat to for a while). And yes, I'm aware this is incredibly harsh, so I'm off to apologetically listen to 'Us and Us Only' very loudly indeed.
Paul McClean - ATL Producer
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After a rake of decent 80s synth pop, Martin Gore decided to get dark, wear leather S+M gear and help to produce four stone classics in the shape of Black Celebration, Music for the Masses, Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion. That they were a band incremementally perfecting their art was obvious, until Ultra, that is. Yes of course there are a few high points every now and again, but the sense that never a duff or lazy note would pass their tape op was gone. They were just as flawed as everyone else and have been laving the musical equiavlent of the butler's revenge for over a decade now. This realisation is crushing. You wouldn鈥檛 wish ill harm on anyone but perhaps some kind of non-life-threatening-yet-rendering-vocal-chords-and-keyboard-plonking-hand-inoperable tragedy would have been a good thing?
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Amy McGarrigle - ATL Content Assistant
I honestly was going to avoid SP, but damn it's the most obvious. They brought out some of the 90's best albums, from rock to subtle acoustic lullabies to the stunningly emotional Adore. They really were directly responsible for my obsession with music growing up. Then it all started to go wrong. Machina had plenty of warning signs but they quit shortly after and I thought the damage had at least been limited. However, seven years later Billy Corgan returned with an even further over blown, pompous record called Zeitgeist. No emotion, bland riffs, little dynamics and now Billy Corgan's voice just became unforgivable. Jimmy Chamberlains [the only other original member left at the time] drumming really was the only saving grace. They did say there would be no more albums due to 'Zeitgeist' issues, but Corgan keeps churning them out in download form. Now the only original member of the band left, Corgan seems to be systematically ruining the bands legacy. An intervention may be needed folks.
Steven Rainey - ATL Buddy
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I loved The Smiths with the kind of unquestioning adoration one gives willingly to a parent. Keen eyed readers may note the 'past-tense' in the previous sentence. With his continued solo career, Morrissey forces my love of the Smiths to wither and die, little by little, day by day.
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It started out promisingly with Viva Hate (1988) and the superb singles compilation Bona Drag (1990), but afterwards, the Moz-father started increasingly looking like a grotesque parody of himself. Putting all of his "extra-curricular" activities and interests aside, the music Morrissey has released to the public since 1990 would test the patience of a saint, threatening to pollute that sacred river from whence he came.
Morrissey - for the sake of the Smiths, knock it on the head.
Having finally finished their second album, Fighting with Wire are treating themselves to a few low-key Irish shows, followed by a full UK tour in November. But before any of that, Cahir O'Doherty, lead singer with the Derry three-piece, was subjected to fifteen minutes online with our Rigsy.
Please note, the following ludicrous conversation is reproduced exactly as it happened. Grammar and spelling mistakes are authors own...
Spring & Airbrake, Belfast
Saturday, 2nd October, 2010
opened to a growing but appreciative crowd, dominated by the mature rocker look. Enough of his own partisans were out to generate an enthusiastic response to the banter and music from the stage. As support Fitzsimons was a perfect complement to the main act- like Warwick, a rock band vocalist who can gig solo. Material from his band Black Freeway was well represented on the set list. He has a strong classic rock voice and nobody who had turned up for the start was left disappointed. Better People and Ride The Freeway got a good response from the crowd before he finished big with a cover of Rocking In The Free World.
Speakeasy (QUBSU), Belfast
Saturday, 2nd October, 2010
It's all very mysterious and dramatic; hallowed darkness cloaked in a thin dry ice, as two string musicians sit at the side of the stage with trembling violas and violin. It's certainly not at all the scene you would imagine for a shaggy haired indie boy to step out into, grinning as he picks up and slings on his guitar.
The Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Sunday,听3rd October, 2010
The evening started with support act , who was not, perhaps, what was expected. A bit of an electro-indie (in the manner of Postal Service et al), half-spoken word, half-sung sort of thing, he was certainly intriguing, and more than a little curious. His somewhat timid presence on stage is a little disconcerting, though. He lacks a certain command or charisma that'd make that sort of demeanour more compelling and absorbing, especially since the tunes are so softly spoken/sung and so reserved.
Speakeasy (QUBSU), Belfast
Thursday, 30th September, 2010
Coming onstage, looking barely old enough to order a drink in the student's union, it comes as a bit of a surprise that open the first Radar of the semester in quite the manner that they do. It's an abrasive stream of hard rock muddled with a touch of ska and a sand paper rasp of a vocal, and anyone who attempts to crowd surf this early in the evening - as the bassist does - should be commended for their enthusiasm at the very least.
PRS for Music, the organisation that collects and pays royalties to听artists in the UK,听听last week published a听list of the songs that make men cry. The survey asked over 1,700 people and included the likes of REM, Elton John, Robbie Williams, U2 and many more. To see the top ten list visit .
Team ATL mostly weep to the sound of a different beat. And we want to know yours! Whether you're a gal or fella, tough or wimp, what tracks make you cry a river? Let us know your pick by shouting us here, on听the or听 and we will give y'all a shout on the show tonight...
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So after the initial invasion of the ATL Blog, we thought hell why not - let's give Axis Of a second installment to their tour diary seeing we're missing out! The north coast rockers are currently ripping up good old London Town, and this time it's the turn of their hollering bassist, Ewen Friars, to fill us in on all things Axis Of.
They return to Belfast to support at the Mandela Hall, Belfast on the 15th of October. will also join them on the bill.
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