After having released 3 albums last year, Alternative Ulster are back with a new CD for St. Patrick's Day, "Craic Agus Ceol" ("Fun and Music")
The band has expanded from a 3 piece band to a 5 piece outfit. Together with John , Jay and Todd, Wendy sings lead vocals on 6 songs and adds bckg. vocals too, while Steve plays bass on 6 tracks.
One gig every day till our 10th anniversary (March 21, 2019). Today, Mr. Irish Bastardlive at the Street Punk Ink Mas Party - Saint-Brieuc (Brittany, France)
If you missed the previous shows, then click HERE.
0:14 - The Hand Of John L. Sullivan 4:20 - Swagger 7:13 - Selfish Man 10:40 - Drunken Lullabies 15:41 - The Worst Day Since Yesterday 19:10 - Requiem For A Dying Song 23:45 - Tobacco Island 29:16 - Float 34:55 - Devil's Dance Floor 39:35 - Crushed (Hostile Nations) 44:40 - If I Ever Leave This World Alive 47:41 - What's Left Of The Flag 52:25 - Seven Deadly Sins
Full concert of the day: Dropkick Murphyslive at Rock Werchter Festival 2012 (Belgium). If you missed the previous gigs, just click HERE. Remember, a new full set video will be posted tomorrow.
Set list:
00:03 State of Massachusetts 03:46 Irish Rover 07:15 Sunshine Highway 10:25 Bastards on Parade 15:27 Going out in style 18:48 Cruel 23:15 Heroes from out past 26:22 My Hero 29:21 The Wild Rover 33:20 Johnny I hardly knew ya 37:29 Citizen CIA 39:19 Rose Tattoo 44:16 Cap'tain Kelly's kitchen 46:48 TNT (AC/DC cover) 50:07 Kiss me I'm shitfaced 56:32 I'm shippin up to Boston
So, after The Pogues, Oysterband, Wolsftone, Fiddler's Green, The Mahones, The Real McKenzies and The Tossers, today I'm posting a Blood or Whiskey show: live at Warzone Fest, August 23, 2013.
In case you missed the previous full set videos, just click HERE.
Remember 1 full concert every day till March 21 (our 10th anniversary).
Set list: 00:00 - The Fermoy Lasses And Sporting Paddy 01:47 - Erin Go Bragh 04:04 - The South Side Of Town 08:11 - Emerald City 11:57 - Rocky Road To Dublin 15:01 - 1969 19:12 - City Of Chicago [Christy Moore cover] 21:21 - U.S.A. 25:23 - Foggy Dew 31:17 - Dirty Old Town 35:15 - Drinkin' All The Day 38:15 - I Will Court Them All 41:49 - The Horses 44:58 - The Break Of Dawn 48:40 - Whiskey 52:19 - Sláinte 50:50 - Preab San Ol 59:39 - Parting Glass
The Newcranes are back. You can check out our previous post about The Newcranes from 2009 here.
(Source: Wikipedia)
"In the heady days of the early Nineties, it was hard to find a band with a better live reputation than The Newcranes. Energetic and inspiring, their intoxicating mix of Slavonic-tinged thrash-folk-punk thrilled audiences across Europe and fans still speak of incendiary shows and no-compromise recordings. Tasting chart success as label mates with The Levellers, supporting Bob Dylan, tours with Saw Doctors, Stiff Little Fingers and The Mission. Headlining Camden Palace with Skunk Anansie supporting them and then... silence. For years, the legend has grown, the stories have spread, and the clamour for a comeback has grown. Finally, after 25 years, a new chapter has begun."
Line-up
Current:
Mark Simpson: Guitars, Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica Bob Rushton: Bass, Vocals Marcus Carter: Drums, Jonny Wallis: Vocals, Mandolin, Acoustic guitar Julian Butt: Accordion
Previous:
Wolodymyr "Wolly" Dyszkant: Vocals, Mandolin, Acoustic guitar (now living in Australia) Micky Nesteruk: Accordion, Backing Vocals David Petty: Bass Guitar (Crown of Thorns) Steve Cosgrove: Drums and Percussion (Frontline) Chris Lilley: Drums (Crown of Thorns) Ray Buckley: Electric Guitar, Bass, Vocals (Big Bad World) Ken 'Kenny' Lavish: Accordion, Bass (Big Bad World) John Leonard: Accordion, Guitar (now with Ferocious Dog) Wayne Banks, now with Blaze Rick Millband: Drums; (now living in Australia)
Discography
Big Bad World (1991). Produced by The Newcranes with Pete Stewart 12" Single. Vinyl Urinal. VU9155
1 - Big Bad World 2 - Natures Love 3 - West Of The City
Frontline (1992) CD Mini Album 12" Mini Album. Musidisc 109841/MU210 Produced by Philip Tennant Prelude to Frontline based on Zapowit (The Final Testament) by Taras Shevchenko.
Don’t Drag my Body Down (1993) 12" Single. Vinyl Urinyl 12UV001 CD Single. Vinyl Urinyl CU001 Produced by Philip Tennant
Crown of Thorns (1994) Produced by Pat Collier 12" Single. Red Records. RED121
Today I'm posting a show that a lot of people will enjoy: The Mahoneslive at the Duncan Showroom (December 1st 2018) with Gina Romantini on fiddle. More full concerts next week. Enjoy!
"Raw as hell record from the 1980s Scottish underground by Nyah Fearties, who toured Arran in kilts, who built a percussion setup from scaffolding and oil drums, who appeared on The Tube on the back of a moving lorry, and recorded this, their first album, in a cow shed in Ayrshire with just a car’s cassette deck as a monitor.
Don’t expect this to sound soft or slick because it isn’t, and therein lies its glory. Released on vinyl 1986, and later circulated under the counter as an unofficial CD-R, it’s bounced around the Glaswegian underground for decades. The master tapes went missing but with the approval of Davy Wiseman it’s been dragged kicking and screaming back into the world as a limited LP run and digital release, and contains perhaps the most chaotic detournement of a Robbie Burns folk ballad ever laid to tape.
Nyah Fearties are from the village of Lugton, and created a near-unique brand of anarchic modern folk in the 1980s and 1990s. “Simple Minds, Orange Juice and The Jesus And Mary Chain were from Scotland but Nyah Fearties are about Scotland” said one review. Their feral Celtic punk is influenced by industrial groups like Einsturzende Neubaten, who inspired a scaffolding and scrap metal percussion setup that became known as ‘the blatter cage’, making them unwelcome wherever they went. Fearties are a duo of brothers Davy and Stephen Wiseman, and this record also includes, “the Entire Company on anything they can lay their hands on” according to original sleevenotes. The brothers toured, appeared on TV, and later supported The Pogues on tour, and these successes allowed them to release better recordings under improved conditions.
Originally released in 1986 and reissued now by Good Energy, a co-production between Jennifer Lucy Allan (Arc Light Editions) and Kevin McCarvel (Nyali Recordings). Good energy thanks all involved, especially Cal Wiseman and the one with the best energy: Davy Wiseman.
To be Feart is to be scared, but you better be because A Tasty Heidfu’ is back and it’s coming for you.
Credits:
Released December 12, 2018
Davy Wiseman Stephen Wiseman
Originally released by Dead On Productions, 1986 Remastered by Patrick Klem @ Klem Sound"
After The Pogues, Oysterband and Wolfstone, today the full concert is a Fiddler's Green concert: Pinkpop festival 2015. Remember, a full concert will be posted everyday till March 21. A different band everyday.
Videos from the USA (Internet ad for The Pikeys new beer collaboration with Tower Brewing Company), Norway (Greenland Whalefishers, 2nd single from their new album) and Italy (Lennon Kelly). Subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates.
One concert a day till next March 21. Concert of the day: Oysterbandlive at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2107: "When I'm Up I can't get Down", "Here's to You", "The Oxford Girl", "Native Son" ...
5 Hills Out are a 5-piece folk-punk band of misfits from Derbyshire, determined to make their mark on the folk scene. Inspired by the heritage and customs of folk and the aggression and energy of punk, 5 Hills Out combine traditional accordion, saxophone, guitars and mandola with a rocking rhythm section of fretless bass and drums.
The band generate a formidable sound scape set against their passionate and crafted shows. Stripped down acoustic arrangements, sit alongside driven punk anthems. This song variation and instrument swapping ability help give 5 Hills Out a great live edge.
Their sound and attitude is refreshing and shows their eclectic influences taken from the likes of The Levellers, X-Ray Spex, Richard Thompson, Stiff Little Fingers, New Model Army and Gogol Bordello.
The band have played extensive live shows around the Peak District, which enabled the self-released debut acoustic EP 'No Way In' in 2016, on all major download platforms and a limited-edition CD run. They released their second EP ‘Still Outside’ in Autumn 2017, which showed the bands diverse electric capabilities. Now the band are on the brink of releasing a double single in early 2019 called ‘The Snug Sessions’, which is their most accomplished writing and recording to date.
5 Hills Out are:
Ben Liverman: Guitar, Mandola & Vocals
Rebecca Liverman: Saxophone, Accordion & Vocals
Andy Gurney: Guitar, Mandola & Vocals
Dave Coxon: Bass Guitar & Vocals
Chris Clay: Drums & Percussion
‘The Snug Sessions’ will be the bands first release on their own label Culvert Collective Recordings. This builds on their debut acoustic EP ‘No Way In’ and their follow up EP ‘Still Outside’, which got the band nominated for best folk act 2018 on Radio Wigwam.
The band have never shied away from using their music to share their political and social views. In 2018 they took part in a protest march to protect a threatened local music venue and more recently shared and supported a campaign to protect the very same studio where they recorded.
The lyrics to the band’s latest offering reflect their concerns. Front man Ben explains about the two songs:
“Track one ‘Cogs’ is a rallying folk-punk belter which is aimed at a society that continues to undervalue and underpay its workers. We spent a lot of time on the arrangement which features a bass guitar solo before we all launch into a big tune section full of whistle, sax and mandolin all trading off each other”.
Track two ‘The Divide’ is all about sticking together through the current political unrest and climate of division. Ben recently showcased ‘The Divide’ whilst on a business trip to Berlin, managing to play at a different venues on each of the six nights he was there. He reflects “Berlin was incredible, the music scene is so vibrant out there. I was a bit nervous about playing ‘The Divide’, but felt given the political past of the city, the song would resonate with listeners. It did, they absolutely loved it, each night everyone was joining in on the chorus about us all coming together”.
Preorder will be from 28th March with full release on the 12th April from all major download and streaming services. Website Facebook Twitter Soundcloud
10 years. I couldn’t imagine back in 2009 that this day will come. 4.095 followers on Facebook. 2.307 followers on Twitter. 412 followers on Youtube. 527 Reviews. 84 samplers. 90 bootlegs and around 1.000 videos posted.
When the best of 2008 was discussed on the Shite’n’Onions forum, it was mentioned that more info about Celtic punk bands from Europe was needed. Then, I started to post some samplers there. I looked for free mp3 files on the Internet (MySpace and other sites, apart from the bands’ websites) and put them together for free download.
I had no plan, but I felt that more coverage was needed and therefore I started the webzine Celtic Folk Punk and More. Six samplers were posted on March 21, 2009: Vol. I The Netherlands, Vol. II Switzerland, Vol. III France, Vol. IV Italy, Vol V Belgium and Vol. VI Austria. Little by little, more sections were added: free downloads, boots, news, videos, featured band (Band of the Month) and the reviews.
I didn’t intend to write reviews. I only wanted to post legal music. The e-zine should be “music”, not “about music”. But the lads from Pipes and Pints sent their debut album to me and asked me please to post a review. So I talked with my friend Chris who was writing reviews for Shite’n’Onions and an agreement was made. I’d send the CDs to him and he would write a review that would be posted on both Shite’n’Onions and Celtic Folk Punk and More. The first review, Pipes and Pints “Until We Die” was posted January 18, 2010. Chris did a great job and wrote 25 reviews before leaving. As I had plenty of CDs to review, I decided to give it a try. Then I wrote my first review and it was posted July 2, 2010: Les Ramoneurs des Menhirs “Amzer an dispac’h”. My last review, 500th, was posted last October 28, 2018: In Search of a Rose "Horses for Courses". Almost every band in the scene has been reviewed at Celtic Folk Punk and More, even the heavyweights of the scene. Flogging Molly, The Tossers, The Real McKenzies, The Mahones, The Rumjacks ... I wish I had reviewed the albums by three well-known bands, but even if I contacted them, they never answered or they told me to talk to someone who failed to send the albums :-(
The samplers were left behind when the scene went stronger and global. And some people suggested that I should make a podcast or work on a 24/7 streaming radio. I bet on the second option and Celtic Folk Punk radio was launched on Radionomy (March 8, 2013).
When Celtic Folk Punk and More was established in 2009, there were basically 3 e-zines/podcasts/streaming radios: 2 in the USA, Shite’n’Onions and Paddy Rock Radio and 1 in Europe, Celtic Rock (in German). Celtic Folk Punk and More was the first e-zine to feature bands from countries such as Indonesia, Hungary, the Czech Republic … Little by little, other projects were launched by fans from other countries: Irish Punk Brasil (January 1, 2010- July 5, 2016), Paddy O’Punk Podcast (2011-2013, we miss you Drazzle! ), Rocking the Craic (June 23, 2011-May 31, 2013), Celtico (March 2013), London Celtic Punks (July 2013) … And even a 24/7 streaming radio from Germany has turned into a successful business.
Yes, the scene has changed. But one thing is for sure: Celtic Folk Punk and More has been at the forefront of this scene and has become a cult e-zine. Its legacy is huge. The ones that were there before CFPAM did a fantastic work. But CFPAM changed the rules: most of the e-zines were based on a “push” strategy, but CFPAM bet on a “pull” strategy. The bands send their stuff to the e-zines (“push”) and CFPAM looked for new bands and posted their stuff (“pull”).
CFPAM reached its peak in 2016-2017. Paddy Rock Radio and CFPAM began to cooperate and CFPAM also supported new podcasts such as Paddys Home and Pub Podcast and The Celtic Punkcast. Then I realized that things were changing and I went back to basics in 2018. For the first time in 10 years I had goals: posting my 500th review and focusing on new bands. I should have posted a couple of reviews (drafts are somewhere on the PC), but after checking out and got the confirmation that my 500th review has been posted, I gave up writing reviews. (Two records by some bands were reviewed on some posts). Then I kept on posting about new bands that other sites have not talked about. Somebody told me that the e-zine was less interesting during the second half of 2018. Quite the contrary! It’s too easy to help popular bands. But, who cares about new bands? These are the ones that need help.
Anything to celebrate the 10th anniversary? Hell yeah. I’ll be posting a full concert video everyday till March 21st. The first one? The Pogueslive in Munich (1985). Enjoy!
