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Buffalo Sunn

Six piece Dublin band Buffalo Sunn (formerly Sweet Jane) hit my hears hard today. I would have posted something sooner but Soundcloud was having issues. I’m not a happy person when Soundcloud acts up. Just like a misbehaving child, it disappoints us all. But they’ve rebounded and I’m back grooving to Buffalo Sunn. […]

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Bell X1 returns with sixth album, Chop Chop

Long one of my favorite bands, Bell X1 hadn’t probed my space much over the last couple years. That may have been my ignorance, but more likely it’s that the band wasn’t up to much new studio recording as they toured. However, that’s all changed, as the Irish trio grouped together to record […]

Lee

the star department

During my short blogging absence (I mixed in a few posts here and there, but I took a nice little break from the grind over these past couple weeks), I was able to listen to music I’ve missed from 2011 and music I’ve missed from being a crazed music blogger in general. This […]

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[Video + MP3] Deaf Joe: “The Softest Touch”

Video directed by Neil O’Driscoll. When sights and sounds collide.

Deaf Joe – “The Softest Touch” [MP3]

Download Deaf Joe’s free The Softest Touch EP on Bandcamp. From Dublin’s Delphi Records.

Also check out Deaf Joe on Facebook and Twitter.

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Artist to watch: One Day International

As I recently hinted in one of my SXSW posts, One Day International would soon be featured on Knox Road. I bet you didn’t expect this soon though! Well, I’m so enamored with them that I couldn’t wait any longer to write about the Irish quintet from Dublin, with whom I’ve recently been […]