SAMPLER NOVEMBER 2011

01 - DIRTY GLASS - Let's Joke 3:33
02 - THE SWAGGERIN' GROWLERS - Six Strings and Gasoline (from "Outlaw Waltz") 2:48
03 - RUM CURRENCY - Skin and Blister 3:13
04 - RUM CURRENCY - Black Eyed Lisa 2:22
05 - RUM CURRENCY - Parish Offices 1:45
06 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - The Ratlin' Bog (from "The Stoutfellows") 6:06
07 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - General Lee (from "Stout FM") 2:55
08 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - Pogue Mahone (from "Stout FM") 3:14
09 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - Raggle Taggle Gypsy (from "Stout it Out Live") 3:55
10 - THE STOUTFELLOWS - The Gentleman Soldier (from "Stout it Out Live") 2:52
11 - ICEWAGON FLU - Such Lousy Friends (from the forthcoming album "Tribute to Patrick Halloran") 3:56
12 - PADDY WHETMAN - Bagpipes Makes my Ball Itch (from "Goat Music") 2:43
13 - PADDY WHETMAN - Yeyansaya (from "Goat Music") 4:00
14 - PADDY WHETMAN - I Called (from "Goat Music") 5:08



1) DIRTY GLASS (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

http://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyglass
http://www.myspace.com/the.dirty.glass

Members:

Miko - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Anang - Violins / Acordion
Ryan - Vocals, Mandolin
Brata - Guitar
Emil - Bass
Yasa - Tin Whistle
Ardian - Drums

2) THE SWAGGERIN' GROWLERS (Allston, Massachussets, USA)

http://theswaggeringrowlers.com
http://www.myspace.com/theswaggeringrowlers
http://www.facebook.com/swaggeringrowlers
http://www.reverbnation.com/swaggeringrowlers

Members:

Chestnut - Drums, Vocals
Coomey - Accordion, Banjo, Vocals
Cost - Bass, Vocals
Swagger - Guitar, Vocals
Ethan - Violin

Other fine folks that play with them on occasion:

Seth - Mandolin
Liam - Mandolin
Annie - Violin, Tin Whistle, Accordion

Discography:

"Bottle and the Bow" (14 tracks, 2007)
"Keep Your Head High" (14 tracks, 2009)
"Outlaw Waltz" (11 tracks, 2011)

3) RUM CURRENCY (Cairns, Australia)

Ex-Blaggard and Rum Currency artist will be joined by Will Swan ad Owen Thomas in his new project. Check his website for more details.

http://blaggard.wordpress.com

Members:

a.k.a. Rum Currency
Will Swan (ex-Rumjacks)
Owen Thomas (Catgut Mary)

Discography:

Blaggard "Can't Write Can't Play Can't Sing" (8 tracks, 2006)
Blaggard "Warm Stout" (9 tracks, 2007)
Rum Currency "Can't Take You Anywhere" (14 tracks + 5 extra tracks, 2010)

4) STOUTFELLOWS (Christchurch, NZ)

http://www.reverbnation.com/thestoutfellows
http://www.myspace.com/thestoutfellows

Members:

Peter Malthus - Vocals, Bass.
Scott Spatcher-Harrison - Vocals, Electric Guitar
Simon Fox - Drums
Andrew Boon - Vocals, Electric Mandolin

Discography:

"The Stoutfellows" (1999)
"Stout FM" (2000)
"Stout It Out Loud" (Live, Unreleased, 15 tracks, 2002)

Celtic rockers The Stoutfellows have returned to the scene for a one-off show at The Bog Irish Bar, Cashel Mall on Saturday, July 5th - 10pm until late.

The band originally formed at the start of 1999 and up until the end of 2002 they toured and played to crowds up and down the country as well as overseas. The Stoutfellows also managed to release two full length albums in it's tenure, "The Stoutfellows" (1999) and "Stout FM" (2000). Their third album, a live effort taped at the now defunct Jolly Poacher, titled "Stout It Out Loud" (2002) was to be released in 2002 but was shelved when the band stopped playing and eventually broke up. Tracks from the album can still be heard on the bands' MySpace site for free.

"The Stoutfellows play a high energy brand of Celtic flavored rock music, covering artists such as The Pogues, Steve Earle, The Waterboys and Van Morrison. They also play their own original music which has proved to be a hit live."

"The Stoutfellows, the four piece 'Celtic Rock' band from Christchurch, brimming with energy and strong musical talent, can lay claim to being the best band in their field. Some may argue with that statement. And why not? It is a rather bold one. But after you see the amount of work that The Stoutfellows have put into their craft - the tours, the recordings, and dedication to being the best - perhaps then you'll get a greater insight as to why the band lays claim to being the best in the business of rock 'n' roll (or rock 'n' reel as the case may be!)

This first line up of the band in January 1999 (Dan MacMillan, Nick Laird, Geoff Snowsil and Peter Malthus) recorded and released a self titled CD, The Stoutfellows' first, that went on to sell around 1,000 copies. The album was sold at shows and quickly became a very popular recording in it's own right - still sought after today. But halfway through the year saw the depature of Geoff Snowsil. His replacement came in the form of Scott Spatcher-Harrison, a guitarist for a Christchurch metal band called HUMAN. Nick took over on the mandolin while Scott played guitar and the new line up continued on.

It was after a trip to play in Australia and another tour around New Zealand that original band members Dan McMillan (drums) and Nick Laird (mandolin) announced that they were leaving the band. The fellows picked to replace them were Simon Fox and Andrew Boon respectively. And it was with this new line up in July 2001 that The Stoutfellows picked up steam and played their collective heart out to big crowds around NZ. Along the way the lads obtained backing from Musicworks NZ, the largest musical instrument retailer in the country, and also Jamesons Irish Whiskey lent a well needed hand too! (Thanks chaps!) It was during this time that the idea for album 3 began to take shape.

In February 2002, The Stoutfellows decided to record their next album at one of their favourite LIVE venues - The Jolly Poacher Tavern in Christchurch. On Saturday the 9th of February 2002, they packed the place out and belted out 15 tracks of high energy Celtic Rock, all captured by Rob Mays of Avalanche Studios, and it all boiled down into what was to be the last Stoutfellows CD titled "Stout It Out Loud". The band lost founding member Peter Malthus and release of the album was put on hold indefinitely.

The band hired Amy Sutherland to come in and play bass as a permanent band member but it all came to end on New Year's of 2002 when Scott parted ways with the band and it was agreed that there was to be no more Stoutfellows activity."


5) ICEWAGON FLU (Alexandria, VA, USA)

http://www.icewagonflu.com/
http://www.myspace.com/icewagonflu
http://www.reverbnation.com/icewagonflu#!
http://www.facebook.com/icewagonflu
http://twitter.com/#!/icewagonflu


Band members:

Kevin Adkins - Vocals
Martin Bristow - Guitar
Andrew Sharp - Whistles, pipes, banjo, fiddle
George Smith - Vocals, bodhran
Christopher Speich - Drums, percussion
Tony Steele - Bass

Discography:

"Trouble Has a Car" (10 tracks, 2003)
"(Live) Take One" (16 tracks, 2005)
"Mr. Norman" (5 tracks, 2005)
"Off the Wagon" (10 tracks, 2006)
"The Great American Something" (11 tracks, 2007)
"The Waxie's Dargle Singles" (2 tracks, 2009)
"Off the Wagon, Vol. 2" (12 tracks, 2011)


6) PADDY WHETMAN a.k.a. HAMISH McDOODLE


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=258431
http://www.isound.com/goat_music
http://www.myspace.com/hamishmcdoodle

Paddy Whetman (Hamish McDoodle) - Eryri pipes
Steve Green (Mr Modesty) - Drums and percussion
Ali Roberts (Ali Roberts) - Vocals

Paddy Whetman: "Goat Music One" JUDMUSIC-CD003

"The long awaited release from Paddy Whetman (AKA.Hamish McDoodle) was released on the 01/09/05.

"Goat Music One" is a collection of Paddy`s works from the last five years, plus some new tracks.

The Album also features Ali Roberts on vocals and Stevie `G' Green on Drums and Percussion."

"The creative force behind Goat Music, Paddy Whetman has produced music in a wide variety of styles ranging from 'death reggae', in 'pipes from hell' to 'celtic techno' in 'bagpipes make my balls itch'. Although mostly 'dance' music his approach has always been to avoid limiting his music to one style. In his musical career, Paddy has played in numerous bands, including his own creation, “Hamish McDoodle and the kicking Keltic kaos krew”, with Ali Roberts (Ali Agogo) and Steve Green (Mr Modesty). Hamish was a character he created to front the band, dressed in kilt, horned helmet and goatskin waistcoat decorated with bones and feathers. Much of the music features the Eryri bagpipes, Hamish's sidekick. The pipes were designed and built by Paddy, an experienced engineer. The reed is made of steel and has an electromagnetic pickup fixed over it so that it can be made to sound like an electric guitar, sometimes dubbed 'Jimi Hendrix on the bagpipes', he plugs the pipes into guitar effects pedals creating powerfully distorted and pitch-shifted sounds featured heavily on 'yehunsaya' and 'pipes from hell'. This, combined with Paddy's innovative production skills, makes this music unique, never having been done before. Much of the music, with the primitive sound of the pipes, the mysterious chanting and evocative drones has a spiritual 'celtic' feel conjuring up images of mythical armies marching into battle, strange alien forces, death, mourning and rebirth. Some of it is perverse and comical, 'bagpipes make my balls itch' with it's unlikely techno 303 sound and 'plastic' 808 drums. 'Pipes from hell' could be described as being fairly dark and twisted, with telling lyrics by Ali Roberts and distorted bagpipe sounds. Some of you may remember some of these tracks from a few years ago, when downloads of Paddy’s music on the now defunct “MP3.com” totalled more than 170,000, proof of the popularity of “Goat Music”…enjoy! "

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REVIEW - ICEWAGON FLU "OFF THE WAGON, VOL. 2" Jivin' Jones Records (2011)

Icewagon Flu "Off the Wagon, Vol. 2" Jivin' Jones Records
Release date: June 2011
Running time. 38:26, 12 tracks

Different. Not your Paddypunk normal band, but quite good. Icewagon FLU, a band which is not easy to classify, has re-arranged some Celtic standards and the result is amazing. You should forget your prejudices and have a listen.

What have they done? They have taken some “worn-out” songs, added some traditional tunes, used instruments such as the uileann pipes, banjo and whistles and written their own arrangements.

A quick overview of the tracks:

- When you listen to the beginning of “South Australia” you feel that you’re listening to U2. Then, the uileann pipes tune fits perfectly.

- The next song is a modern rendition of “Nancy Whiskey”.

- “Hills of Connemara” is another stand out. A Caribbean sounding guitar great whistle and this time the tune is a polka, “John Ryan’s”

- “Galway Races”. It also has a small Reggae touch just before “The Kesh” jig. Excellent banjo and fiddle.

- More uileann pipes, whistle and a funky guitar on “Waxie’s Dargle”. The guys sing as if it was a rap song. You should love it.

- The next track, “Swindon Snake Charmer” starts à la “Kick it Over/Justice Tonight” and features epic vocals and programming.

- Another interesting point is how the band shifts rythms. “Follow Me Up to Carlow” is fast paced song, but at the same time it has a slow paced reggae rhythm.

- The uileann pipes are the main instrument in the next couple of songs “Boston Harbour” and “I’m a Man you don’t meet Everyday”. Probably some of the best material of the album.

- “Prima Nocta” reminds me of Davy Spillane band. Is that bad? Quite the contrary!

- The title of the last track of the album is “Tecno Jig”: a bodhrán and a whistle, then some keyboards. My first impression was that it was a track from an old Chieftains album. I was waiting for the harp and the fiddle ;-)

If somebody asked me if I would buy a CD by a Celtic punk band playing only covers of traditional songs, the answer would probably be “No”. But if somebody asked me if I would buy a CD by Icewagon FLU full of traditional Irish songs covers the answer would be: YES, OF COURSE.

Change your discs for next St. Patrick's Day!


Tracklist:

1. South Australia 4:44
2. Nancy Whiskey 2:52
3. Hills of Connemara 3:53
4. Galway Races 3:13
5. Fields of Athenry 4:08
6. Waxie's Dargle 3:47
7. Swindon Snake Charmer 1:50
8. Follow Me Up to Carlow 3:02
9. Boston Harbour 2:08
10. A Man You Don't Meet Everyday 2:24
11. Prima Nocta 2:30
12. Techno Jig 3:31

http://www.icewagonflu.com
http://www.myspace.com/icewagonflu
http://www.reverbnation.com/icewagonflu
http://www.facebook.com/icewagonflu
http://twitter.com/#!/icewagonflu

Click to buy from CDBaby:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/icewagonflu7


Review by Kinksmarkham

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SAMPLER JUNE 2011

1) THE BUCCANEERS - Sail Back Home (from "Up the Irons") 3:02
2) THE BUCCANEERS - Another Road (from "Up the Irons") 2:48
3) NO SOMA - Mar de Piratas (demo) 4:16
4) NO SOMA - Cayó en el Olvido (demo) 4:48
5) LOS TEMPLOS - Queen of the Year (from "Queen of the Year") 2:51
6) LOS TEMPLOS - New Song (from "Queen of the Year") 3:20
7) LOS TEMPLOS - Truth and Lies 3:08
8) SKATTISH - David's Song (from "The EP") 2:32
9) TARTANIC - Ballz/Ringworm (from "Unleashed") 4:48
10) TARTANIC - Jigs (from "Unleashed") 5:10
11) TARTANIC - Andro Discotheque (from "Unleashed") 2:10
12) TARTANIC - Airholes (from "Unleashed") 6:20
13) TARTANIC - Bonnie Johnson (short)(from "Unleashed") 1:34
14) ICEWAGON FLU - Tell me Ma (from "Off the Wagon") 3:52
15) ICEWAGON FLU - Wild Irish (from "The Great American Something" 4:34
16) ICEWAGON FLU - South Australia (from "The Waxie's Dargle Single") 4:43


1) THE BUCCANEERS (Straubing, Germany)


http://www.myspace.com/thebuccaneers77
http://www.reverbnation.com/thebuccaneersstreetpunk77straubing
http://soundcloud.com/the-buccaneers

Band members:

Philipp - Lead Vocals, bass, mandolin
Fiz - Lead vocals
Chowie - Lead guitar
Arlyn - Guitar, mandolin
Roman - Drums

Discography:

"Up The Irons" (13 tracks, 2008)

Click to buy from Interpunk

The year 2010 was good to us - new line up new songs...Now we are ready to head into 2011 - our 6th year! The Buccaneers are going to give evidence again that they have established as one of Europe’s leading punk – folk/country – rock bands. And after a few changes their new line-up fits best for this campaign with their new guitar players Chowie and Arlyn, an ex-pat from Canada.

Long ago they outgrew the status o’ being just a pub –band! The band played several tours, i.e. with Far From Finished, Angel City Outcasts, Real McKenzies, The Porters, Texas Terrie Bomb, The Mahones , The Argies, Loaded, The Business, etc., and on festivals, i.e. Roisstall-Festival, Huntenpop-Festival (NL), Woidmen Open Air, Kaff Rock Open Air, Irish-Punk-Bash-Festival (IT), KSC-Football-Club-Festival, St. Pauli-FC-Fans-Festival, etc.

Last but not least you have to say The Buccaneers is one of Europe’s hardest working bands ever and the result of its mixture of Rock, Folk and Punkrock is an awesome cocktail of melodies, chants, sing-a-longs and catchy riffs!

During the last years the band toured relentlessly over Europe and made themself a name as one of the best live-acts around!

Rally together and anchors aweigh…

2) NO SOMA (Barcelona, Spain)

http://www.myspace.com/nosomamusic
http://www.lastfm.es/music/no+soma
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/No-Soma/191295714251186

Band members:

Adrià Olivares - Vocals, bass
Jordi Lillo - Guitar, harmonica
Andreu Ubach - Guitar, banjo
Joan Pedragosa - Drums

Discography:

"No Soma" (3 track demo, 2009)
"Demo" (2 tracks, 2011)

No Soma is a young band from Barcelona

3) LOS TEMPLOS (Moscow, Russia)

http://web.me.com/msemenov/Site/T%26L.html
http://www.myspace.com/lostemplos
http://www.reverbnation.com/lostemplos
http://soundcloud.com/lostemplos
http://www.facebook.com/lostemplos
http://www.last.fm/music/Los+Templos
http://twitter.com/#!/lostemplos

Band Members:

Dashoo Gusak - Vocals, guitar
Alexander Dvorets - Bass, vocals
Stanislav Dvorets - Guitars, bagpipes, mandolin, banjo
Oleg Larionov- Trumpet
Konstantin Raydougin - Drums

Discography:

"Perfect Date" (13 tracks, 2007)
"Queen of the Year" (3 track EP, 2010)

Los Templos is a Russian band that plays New Wave Rock-Ska-Folk-Punk.

4) SKATTISH (Tucson, AZ, USA)

http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/skattish/band.html
http://www.myspace.com/skattish

Band Members:

Nolan - Trombone
David - Bagpipes
Ben - Guitar
Jim - Bass
Jose Ole - Trumpet
Andrew - Drums

Discography:

"The EP" (4 track EP, 2003)
"Stealing Free Stuff" (2003)


"Skattish was in existence between the years of 1997-2003. It was formed by a group of middle school friends and went on to become a somewhat semi-popular local high school band in the Tucson area. The band ceased to exist at the end of the summer of 2003 following a brief southwest tour and the release of their self-produced EP and only full-length album entitled "Stealing Free Stuff" due to 3 of the 5 members leaving for college out of state."

"Skattish began on a cold spring morning. A bunch of kids, with a bunch of dreams. When Skattish began its original memebers were Nolan, David, Lev, and Mark (now gone). The original fab 4 played a song for a school project entitled "die, ceaser, die." This original quick-moving number reached number two on the charts, and cause quite a stir around the tucson community.But as time went by, the band evolved. Carter joined and added the vocals and guitar playing. Then Nathan joined, we are still not sure what he does, but whatever he does he does it quite fair. Then we figured, hey, we wanna play ska, so lets get a horn or two. So we recruited the local saxophone prodigy Sarah. Soon afterwards Sarah had a fall out with the band, and lev moved. We moved on though and recruited 4 new members Justin, Ben, Jason and Jim. With our new line up we began to play gigs through out Tucson and the world. Time went by as it does, and more changes in line-up evolved. Justin was last sighted somewhere deep in the african congo( that or it was just a monkey), and Jason seperated from the band for a career in pro baseball. But there's more! . . . more? . . . much more! We found the mysterious Jose Ole playing a trumpet outside a bullring in Spain during our european tour. We had Ben playin the guitar, Dave busting rhymes and rockin the bagpipes, Nolan was a trombonin and trainin for the NBA, Jim was utilizing his 4 string bass cleff guitar, Jose was a trupetin for los toros, but there was no drumin to be found, a world wide search for a drummer and some jello was done. After many painstaking weeks, Andrew the boy wonder was found. We signed with some homies in phoenix that go by the name of MAD PLAID RECORDS, and our shows rock more then ever, they are some of the radest around according to rolling stones magazine. We have gone through bad times. But Skattish will forever go on. Skattish shall never parish."


5) TARTANIC (Houston, TX, USA)

http://www.tartanic.net
http://www.myspace.com/tartanic
http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=205501
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tartanic/186050748304?ref=search&sid=41503385.2333506519..1#!/pages/Tartanic/186050748304?sk=info

Band members:


Andrew Beck - Bagpipes
David Duncan - Bagpipes
John E. Jaan - Drums, percussion
Max McDougall - Drums
Mike McNutt - Bagpipes
Adrian Walter - Bodhran, doumbek, percussion and voice


Discography:

"Unthinkable" (9 tracks,2004)
"Unmistakeable" (11 tracks, 2005)
"Unstoppable" (2007)
"Uncensored" (11 tracks, 2007)
"Uncivilized" (15 tracks, 2008)
"Unleashed" (16 tracks, 2008)
"Unavoidable" (15 tracks, 2009)

Click to buy from CDbaby

"Starting in late 2001, Tartanic began touring the United States branching out from Texas and in their current season in 2008, have been gracing stages in Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Dallas, San Antonio, and other cities in Southern California, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Adrian Walter, the drummer, dancer and front man of the group started in 1996 after attending the University of Houston's School of Theatre. Falling into the company of some musicians who played bagpipes--that's right--bagpipes after touring and co-founding a dance troupe, the idea of incorporating music and dance with a humorous and theatrical twist seemed natural. Mixing bagpipe classics like "Amazing Grace" with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" and "Smoke on the Water" the act acquired quite a following. As Becca Bacon Martin of the Morning News in Northwest Arkansas wrote in article from a January performance in Eureka Springs, "It's like a rock ‘n’ roll unplugged bagpipe theater show without a plot,[Tartanic] is a fully audience-integrated show that goes against the usual band formula.” Dressed in kilts and sunglasses, Tartanic gives its audiences a barrage of sound from not one but TWO Highland Bagpipes, and three percussionists. Imagine one dancer, six drums, six drones, 18 notes, fast fingers, high comedy, flying bagpipes, taste-defying stunts and scorching hot music played at over 120 beats per minute with driving speed and high-volume, all brought to you by five men without pants. Together, the sound is impenetrable. With the skills of not one, but two, award-winning bagpipers, Tartanic is a force to be reckoned with. The future looks very bright for Tartanic, as two new albums are set to be released in 2008, and the combined talents of all the members find new expressions in new material in both the studio and onstage. Tartanic sails strongly with the wind at their back, and the music always at high tide.



6) ICEWAGON FLU (Alexandria, VA, USA)

http://www.icewagonflu.com/
http://www.myspace.com/icewagonflu
http://www.reverbnation.com/icewagonflu#!
http://www.facebook.com/icewagonflu
http://twitter.com/#!/icewagonflu


Band members:

Kevin Adkins - Vocals
Martin Bristow - Guitar
Andrew Sharp - Whistles, pipes, banjo, fiddle
George Smith - Vocals, bodhran
Christopher Speich - Drums, percussion
Tony Steele - Bass

Discography:

"Trouble Has a Car" (10 tracks, 2003)
"(Live) Take One" (16 tracks, 2005)
"Mr. Norman" (5 tracks, 2005)
"Off the Wagon" (10 tracks, 2006)
"The Great American Something" (11 tracks, 2007)
"The Waxie's Dargle Singles" (2 tracks, 2009)
"Off the Wagon, Vol. 2" (12 tracks, 2011)

Click to buy from CDbaby

"ICEWAGON FLU is one of the most original bands to come on to the music scene in years. Since 2001 the band has created a fun mixture of genre bending world music pop, which has solidified a growing cult following and insured a place in Indy rock. While releasing four full length studio albums, one EP, included on five compilations, and six film soundtracks, The FLU has toured all over the east coast with bands as far reaching as Black 47, Eric Burden and The Animals, Carbon Leaf, Flogging Molly, Scythian, and Roger McGuinn."

A review of "Off the Wagon vol. 2" will be posted soon!

DOWNLOAD:


http://www.mediafire.com/?aka33rbd7rvnbm3


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