Blue Daisy - Blood Petal Roses (Sunken Foal remix)

Wexford's own Planet Mu-signed Sunken Foal has contributed a remix to the new Raindrops EP by Camden-based post-dubstep/hip-hop-leaning producer Blue Daisy. Check it out:



Hazy and chilled. The Raindrops EP is out now on Black Acre.

Stream: KC Accidental - Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub/Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills

KC Accidental was the pre-Broken Social Scene project of Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin (also of Do Make Say Think). This is a re-release of their two albums combined on one disc. It's all instrumental, and if you're a fan of BSS' excellent debut Feel Good Lost you should dig this, in particular the amazing, desolate-sounding 'Tired Hands', the equal of anything they would go on to create. Having said that, there's also post-rock fuzziness ahoy to go along with the more ambient soundscapes.

The whole record is streaming over at http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/4, where you can also find streams of Bruce Springsteen's The Promise and the impressive Sports from newcomers Weekend.

Speaking of BSS-related stuff, Charles Spearin's The Happiness Project is well worth checking out if you haven't yet: released last year, it's essentially speech and spoken word set to music, but it's really well done, particularly here:

Nouveaunoise - free Panaka EP

Nouveaunoise's Paraphrase Accolade is one of the best Irish albums of the year: invigorating, fluid electronic music that calls to mind artists like Flying Lotus, Four Tet or Caribou. The duo are releasing a 2-track EP as a free download on their Bandcamp page. Both tracks are taken from the album; the shimmering soundcapes of 'Panaka' and the almost Go! Team-like exuberance of 'Psychasonic'. Download them from here: http://nouveaunoise.bandcamp.com/album/free-panaka-ep






As well as that, Paraphrase Accolade will be available for the bargain price of 3 euro (digital) or 5 euro for physical cd, up until November 15th.

There's more to come, too: the duo plan to release a 6-song EP of never-heard before material early next year, called Sequence Consequence. They're also planning some full-band live shows for around the Christmas period, so watch this space.

Richter Collective Christmas gig

Holy hell, what a line-up. The Button Factory is the venue on December 22nd for the Richter Collective Christmas party. Playing live will be Not Squares (the release of their album is imminent), BATS, Logikparty, Enemies, Jogging, Hands Up Who Wants To Die and 'special guests'. Unfortunately there's next-to-no-chance of me getting off work for this, but that's an unbeatable collection of bands. Ticket details: http://www.tickets.ie/event.aspx/the-richter-collective-christmas-party-not-squares-bats-enemies-logikparty-more-the-button-factory-dublin-22-December-2010/BVY3E

Cap Pas Cap - Haunted Light

It's great to be proven wrong by a band. First time that I saw Cap Pas Cap live, I didn't rate them at all, it just seemed to be unremarkable new-wave shape-throwing. Fast-forward to the Liars gig in Whelan's earlier on this year, where both these guys and Logikparty gave the New Yorkers a serious run for their money with two excellent support sets. Cap Pas Cap's sound seemed to have an extra kick to it, edgy and dark, with some irresistible basslines anchoring their tunes.

Expectations for debut LP Haunted Light are pretty high then. Opening/lead track 'Mirrors' doesn't waste any time, laying down a throbbing groove: it's sleek but there's an unmistakeable layer of scuzz there too. Their sound is reminiscent - certainly vocals-wise - of CSS or New Young Pony Club, but it's less pop-oriented and there's a murkier vibe to it. 'We Are Men' continues in the same vein: one of their older tunes, it'll probably be familiar to many, but it still sounds fantastic here, with a pounding, relentless, low-end-heavy assault.

Arguably the standout track on Haunted Light is 'Friends', which is driven along by a massively infectious groove and complemented by deadpan, attitude-drenched vocals. It's bound to be a live favourite. Quickly following it is 'Hearts', which shows another side to the band: airy, atmospheric and sinister-sounding, it might slow things down tempo-wise but its nocturnal vibe fits right in. Elsewhere, 'Y Lies' adds fuzzy guitars to the mix with what's probably the heaviest 'rock' number on the album.

Haunted Light isn't flawless by any means, and things can get a bit samey here and there, but there's lots to love and the album's well worth investigation. It's out November 12th, with the album launch in The Workman's Club the following night. Pre-orders are available now from Skinny Wolves: http://www.skinnywolves.bigcartel.com/product/wolf006-cap-pas-cap-haunted-light-cassette

Cap Pas Cap - Mirrors by Cap Pas Cap

Live dates:

5 Nov with ANIMAL DISCO and DD/MM/YYYY Auntie Annies, Belfast
12 Nov with Trumpets Of Jericho Quad, Cork
13 Nov "HAUNTED LIGHT" LP Launch with Meljoann, Catscars +White Plague Djs Workman's Club, Wellington Quay, Dublin

27 Nov Roisin Dubh, Galway

Check out the mix the band did for Skinny Wolves, which gets a major thumbs up for including one of the most underrated New Order songs, 'Chosen Time':

CAP PAS CAP - Mix // July 2010 by SkinnyWolves

Did somebody say New Order and 'Chosen Time'? Check out this footage of New Order in one of their earliest live shows after the death of Ian Curtis. Fascinating stuff:



http://cappascap.bandcamp.com/

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