2018-09-30 VIDEOS - CAROTTÉ, SIR REG, SCOTCH

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Carotté - L'agro-punk



SIR REG - FOL (Fight Our Lives)



Scotch - Last in the Bar

2018-09-27 - EL BATALLÓN DE SAN PATRICIO - Demos

El Batallón de San Patricio (Guadalajara, Mexico), have posted the demos for their debut album "Hermanos de guerra"

 

"We have been working on our first album for more than one year and we are about to get it. Many working hours, a lot of effort, and so much attitude. We are about to launch our 10 songs and we are ready to record. This is just a demo of what will be our first album: "Hermanos de guerra" (War brothers), enjoy it, with all our hearts, this is for you and all the World, our Mexican Celtic Punk"


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Line-up:

Adrián Flores "Kazio" - drums
Ricardo Martínez "Ricky" - vocals
Juan Alcala - 5 string banjo
Ricardo Lupercio - fiddle
Alan Emmanuel - bass
Elias Rubio “Ponko” - guitar

2018-09-26 THE DEAD B SPECIALS

I've never heard (of) The Dead B Specials. Their drummer has recently uploaded some tracks to Soundcloud. The Dead B Specials were a South London punk band singing Irish rebel songs in the early nineties in Brixton. A band set up and run by Rockin Pete John Chambers RIP.

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Line-up:

"Rockin" Pete John Chambers R.I.P.
Billy Scarr - bass
Johnny Adams - drums
Martin Fermanagh Cowboy - guitar and vocals
Ann - box
Tony - whistle

Some of the songs are mislabeled on soundcloud, so I've tried to write their real titles.

Ride on



Boys of the Old Brigade

Armoured Cars

Sean South



Take it Down from the Mast



The Men Behind the Wire



Snipers Promise



The Kesh Jig

2018-09-24 VIDEOS - CLOVER'S REVENGE, DERINA HARVEY BAND

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Clover's Revenge - Will We Ever Make It Home



Derina Harvey Band - Farewell to Nova Scotia LIVE from Terrace, BC



Derina Harvey Band - Excursion Around the Bay LIVE from Terrace BC

2018-09-23 INTRODUCING GREEN GUARD

Green Guard are a Celtic Folk Rock Punk band originating in Bratislava, Slovakia and Moscow, Russia.

Jan Wołodyjowški – vocal
Ivan Rýchly – guitar
Stanišlav Líška - drums, bodhran
Janek Hanušik - highland bagpipe, whistle
Krzysztof Žižka – highland bagpipe, whistle, vocal
Kirill Pustovoyt – bass, bouzouki and soundman

Green Guard released their debut album "Green Noise" last August 26th, 2018. The album can be purchased from Bandcamp."Green Guard bet on using a duet of Scottish bagpipes, a non-trivial approach to sound engineering, a multi-genre rhythm section and a mixture of musical styles!"

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2018-09-22 VIDEOS - THE RUMJACKS, THE O'REILLYS & THE PADDYHATS, IN SEARCH OF A ROSE

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The Rumjacks - Saints Preserve Us

In Search of a Rose - Paddywhackery



The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats - Where Your Heart Is



 

2018-09-21 INTRODUCING BREWMEN

Brewmen is a Japanese five piece band from North Kyushu. They  label their music as Celtic punk, Irish punk, rustic stomp and cow punk.

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LIVE 2014





LIVE 2015



DEMO 2015





DEMO 2017



DEMO 2018





LIVE 2018

2018-09-20 VIDEOS - THE LED FARMERS, LEXINGTON FIELD, SLIOTAR

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The Led Farmers - Martin Wynne's / Rakish Paddy / O'Rourke's



Lexington Field - Bright Blue World



Sliotar - Tonight's the Night

 

2018-09-16 VIDEOS - CELTAS CORTOS, CELTIBEERIAN, LEVELLERS & BILLY BRAGG

 

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Celtas Cortos - Cada día



Celtibeerian - The Harvest Song (Lyric video)



Levellers & Billy Bragg - Beautiful Days 2004 - Levellers & Billy Bragg do The Clash


 

2018-09-13 EP REVIEW - THE BARLEY HOPS "Rhymes from the Pub" (2018)

The Barley Hops "Rhymes from the Pubs" WLVR Records
Release date: July 14, 2018
Running time: 21:53, 6 tracks

We have been following and supporting the Indonesian Celtic punk scene from our very beginning. However, after the release of “Wind from the Foreign Land – An Indonesian Celtic Punk Compilation” everybody in the Celtic punk scene admitted that something was happening in Indonesia. Then, The Cloves and The Tobacco “Across the Horizon” reached the 4th slot at our Best of 2016 (albums) and Black Rawk Dog “Suburban Folk Stories” reached the 2nd slot at our Best of 2017 (EPs). Only one or two Celtic punk CDs are released every year in Indonesia. But all of them are worth hearing.

The Barley Hops had previously released a couple of tracks that are still available for free download at Reverbnation. Fortunately the 6 piece band from Yogyakarta have finally issued their first CD, a 6 track EP titled “Rhymes from the Pub”. I guess that this recording will top the Best of 2018 (EPs) together with The Grinning Barretts EPs.

The EP kicks off with the title track. “Rhymes from the Pub” is not an instrumental, but the lyrics are so short that one may think that this number is a set of tunes featuring the “John Ryan’s Polka”. This track set the pace for the rest of the EP: kick ass mandolin, badass tin whistle and lots of guitar together with yeah shouts.

The next track is titled “Barleys Drinking Team”. Some pub voices and then the mandolin and the tin whistle open for the rest of the band. Electric guitar and tin whistle shine on this powerful number.

“Glory never Fades Away” is an upbeat number featuring amazing mandolin and more tin whistle and electric guitar. The Indonesian DNA is obvious on this awesome number.

Cut number 4 is called “Fare You Well”. Some train sounds and then The Barley Hops deliver another catchy Celtic punk number with woah backing vocals.

“Homeland” is my favourite number on “Rhyme from the Pubs” and sometimes reminds me of The Popes “Holloway Boulevard”. Great electric guitar work in The Clash vein too.

The 6 track EP is over with “Sunny Side of the Street”. No, this song cannot be found on the excellent Russian compilation “Tribute to the Pogues” (Happy Ol’ McWeasel covered this track on that album). The song gets the Indonesian Celtic punk treatment and it’s an enjoyable cover.

A reduced version of the EP can be bought from Bandcamp (only 2 tracks). If you’re interested in the full EP, then e-mail the band’s label: wlrv.record@gmail.com


Tracking list:

1 - Rhymes from the Pub 2:39
2 - Barley's Drinking Team 3:26
3 - Glory Never fades away 3:44
4 - Fare You Well 4:35
5 - Homeland 4:22
6 - Sunny Side of the Street (The Pogues Cover) 2:55


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Review by Kinksmarkham

2018-09-02 VIDEOS - THE O'REILLYS & THE PADDYHATS, SELFISH MURPHY

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The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats - Green Blood



Selfish Murphy - To Win your Heart



Selfish Murphy - Hangover