Author: Breffni Banks

Protobaby have just  released their eagerly anticipated new single ‘Keep Running’ (itunes, Google Play)
The single will be the first new release since the bands well received debut album ‘The Spark’.
It will also be the first release to feature new front woman Aoife Mcloughlin (top ten finalist on RTE’s The Voice) and best known for her ‘studio shattering performance’ of Bang Bang. Formally an all-male line up, the single will signal an exciting new era for Protobaby. The single was recorded and mixed by legendary producers Chris O Brien and Graham Murphy of The Production Suite, Dublin who very recently worked on 2 top 10 hits by The Stunning and Samantha Mumba and have produced a whole host of top acts.

On release, the single was accompanied by the bands newest video, directed by Shane Serrano and was launched with the new line up’s first hometown gig at Dolans warehouse, Limerick on November 2 featuring a great line up of Limerick bands with Senakah, My Empire and DJ Eric.

2013 has so far been a great year for Irish band Protobaby with tour dates taking in the Netherlands, UK and Ireland with loads more to be confirmed soon following single release! The band has been busy writing new material with more releases to be expected from Protobaby in 2014!

Protobaby had a very busy and exciting 2012 building a strong fan base both nationally and internationally.
Highlights include playing a headline slot at the Polish Juwenalia Bialystok festival to over 10,000 music fans, touring the UK with the Frank and Walters and appearing on the cover of Hot Press Magazine.

Keep Running is available at ITunes and all leading digital stores from November 1^st
Watch the accompanying video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXyTU8Dxt50

More info on Protobaby at www.facebook.com/protobaby

The journey of the new BURNS and Friends album, Kites of Jaipur begins in the Himalayas of Nepal, meanders down to the desert of Rajastan, India collides with the colours and scents of Italy before arriving in the serenity of Sweden.

Musicians from Ireland, Sweden and USA have combined to extract the maximum musical melody from stories that range from chance meetings in train stations in north west India to hidden valleys muse in middle-Italy. Lost words replace lost loves, new friends replace new trends.

Producers on the new album include Adam Kviman (Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry), Nils Johansson (SR, SVT, Ballerina Audio) Keith Hearne and Kieran o Loughlin.

The sense of journey is compounded with contrasting symphonies from the intimate 10.000 Miles with haunting guitar and lazy harmonica to the cacophony of Sandcastles with its embracing orchestral crescendo.

Styles too are reminiscent of the roads travelled upon with the album starting in the 1970s punk/pop inspired Move On and culminating with a Poguesque rowdiness of Whiskey for Breakfast.

The journey is image-rich and bountiful with reflective and honest accounting of dreams lived and dreams loved, dreams won and dreams lost….

………to dream is to live, to live is to love and love is life.

Kites of Jaipur is available from 18 November 2013 online on Spotify and iTunes and Cds go on sale from 9th

December with the launch concert in Stampen, Stockholm.

Visit www.burnsmusic.net for further info

After the release of her debut single US and the U.S.  in 2010 Aoife Cleary  (Aoife Underwater) continued to work away quietly in the studio demoing tracks before hooking up with producer and mixer Fergal Davis last year. Cleary had multiple tracks ready to go after Davis suggested they collaborate. After working on You Didn’t Break – the first single – they both realized they had created something special.

Citing influences from French electro outfit AIR to Lana Del Ray, Aoife Underwater merges the years of writing, playing and expressing her music into one sound. With Fergal Davis at the helm, crafting their collaborative sound over a number of months, they toyed with the idea of an E.P. or Album release but decided to go with a track by track release, the first being You Didn’t Break.

You Didn’t Break will be released digitally on 10/11/13, available through iTunes and all good digital stores. The track is currently streaming on Aoife’s Soundcloud page prior to release, with a video to be launched on day of release.

To keep up with news and Live dates check out Aoife’s social media sites.

www.facebook.com/aoifeunderwater

www.twitter.com/aoifeunderwater

www.soundcloud.com/aoifeunderwater

‘Where Colours Swim’, debut album from Kildare based singer songwriter David Burke, is available to buy now!

Having busked his way from Dublin to New York to L.A. and guested with artists including Wallis Bird, Declan O’Rourke, Alabama Three & the Hot House Flowers…David felt it was about time he set the ball rolling with his own full length release…and the result is nothing short of spectacular!

‘Where Colours Swim’ was recorded in Wales, London and Dublin with production credits from prestigious names such as Roger Bechirian (Elvis Costello, Bell X1) & Adam Kviman (Eagle Eye Cherry – ‘Save Tonight’). Also featuring on four tracks, are the string orchestrator & players who played on Amy Winehouse’ ‘Back To Black’.

Previous singles from the album ‘Love Hate’ and ‘Clothes On The Floor’ both peaked at No.1 in the Irish iTunes charts so that’s a good indication of the calibre of this album.

Of the album, David said ‘I consider myself a perfectionist & intensely strive to develop my craft. I have squeezed every last bit of my energy & creative juices into this & now look forward to taking it on the road & giving it new life!’

Album Launch Party in The Late Lounge @ The Dew Drop Inn, Kill, Co. Kildare on Friday, November 1st. Doors-8PM. Tickets €10

Buy ‘Where Colours Swim’ NOW on iTunes now https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/where-colours-swim/id696836550

For further info & tour dates, visit www.davidburkelive.com

‘…accessible, melodic and catchy with memorable choruses and impressive arrangements…playing and production values are not only impeccable but big-budget sounding’ HotPress

‘Beautiful Mind’ is the lead single to accompany the album, enjoy the brand new video below

Papers in the Park, the next single from the acclaimed “evolution” album will be available to download on iTunes and other online stores from November 22nd in Ireland and from November 25th in the UK.

In traditional PictureHouse style, the release will be celebrated with two shows (Dublin on November 22nd and Limerick 23rd).

Written almost 20 years ago with legendary songwriter Graham Lyle (Graham was headhunted by Sir Paul McCartney to write songs for Apple Corp in the Late 60′s, he’s also a founder member of “Gallagher and Lyle” and his credits include “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”) “Papers in the Park” is something of a sleeper having been shelved just before PictureHouse parted company with London Records before signing with East/West on Warner Music in the mid 90′s. The single will be backed with 3 live songs from a recent radio session including the smash hit “Sunburst”.

Best known for the hit singles “Heavenly Day”, “Everybody Loves My Girl”, “Somebody Somewhere” and the most recent radio hit “Some Night She Will Be Mine” the band toured extensively with the likes of The Corrs, The Saw Doctors, Bon Jovi, Meatloaf, Marillion, Mel C and many more earning them legions of fans including Elton John who bought 50 copies of the band’s Karmarama album for his friends and family after seeing them at a festival in London.

Evolution, the brand new album is out now.

See www.PictureHouse.ie for more details.

November 22nd, The Village Dublin November 23rd, Dolans, Limerick

Dott’s eagerly-awaited debut album ‘Swoon’ is to be released on December 3^rd in the US. The band will tour in November with advance copies of records and CDs. The album marks Dott’s second release on US label Graveface Records after their re-issue of the critically acclaimed EP “Button” on 7” vinyl in April of this year. Small Pony, the opening track of the album was premiered on Impose Magazine earlier this month and has been receiving glowing reviews since then.

Gloriously vibrant in its pounding alternative-pop sound (The Journalist.ie), a pocket rocket set to steal hearts (The Sunday Experience), Crunchy guitarpop that has a strong face and a soft heart. (Impose Magazine)

Live dates:

November 8^th, The Triskel, Cork (w French for Rabbits)

November 9^th, The Róisín Dubh, Galway (w Oh Boland & Voids)

November 14^th, Bourkes, Limerick (w Elastic Sleep)

November 16^th, Whelans, Dublin (w Run Ons & Little Xs for Eyes)

The album will be available on download from iTunes, Bandcamp, etc., and on CD from selected record stores including Tower, RAGE, Elastic Witch in Dublin, Plugd in Cork and the Bell Book & Candle in Galway

Dott are from Galway, Ireland and play shiney, harmony-driven guitar pop. Their eagerly awaited debut album “Swoon” will be released on December 3rd 2013 on Graveface Records US.  Their EP “Button” was released in 2012 on the Popical Island Collective and on 7″ vinyl with Graveface Records USA in April 2013.

Formed only in January 2012, Dott had a busy first year with appearances live on national television on the Late Late Show, at Electric Picnic, HWCH,, Camden Crawl, Indiependence, Club Popicalia, 2FM Dan Hegarty Sessions, Arena RTE Radio 1, Ceol ar an Imeall TG4 and Community of Independents, DCTV. Dott recently made their US debut at New York’s favourite independent music venue the Cake Shop, New York. Dott can be heard on BBC Radio, Today FM, 2FM, RTE RADIO 1, RnaG, 98FM and Phantom Radio.

“Sunny garage rock with dash, shizzle and superfly choruses from Galway-based underground supergroup” Jim Carrol, On the Record, The Irish Times.

“Glowing garage pop, catchy and super fun” Niall Byrne, Nialler9.com

“Dott have some infectious tunes on their Button EP… “Leave Tonight” and “Let’s Do It” are especially good.” Bill Pearis, Brooklyn Vegan

Dott is a band that astutely turns that inherent sweetness into a melee of crunchy guitars, masterful breakdowns, and deliberate “oo”s and “ahh”s that don’t put the song too far into pop territory. Dayna Evans, Impose Magazine

https://www.facebook.com/dottmusic