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If you missed D-66 when he played Sandinos last year then make damn sure that you get down to the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on 14th March!

The man is an animal on stage. Playing guitar, kicking a bass drum, snare, tambourine around his ankle whilst stomping on a baking tray makes a big fucking noise. It’s a high-energy mix of blues, punk, soul, and psychobilly that will get you up and dance.

Beatnik Soul are organising a bus from Derry. But hurry, there will only be about 16 or so seats available and I’ve already booked two.

Check out the video of Dag’s closing number in the Dirty Water Club last year. He played the same one in Sandinos. Can’t wait to see him again.

That time of the year again, folks, SXSW 2009 is just around the corner.  And as every year since 2005 there’s a huge unofficial torrent – currently there’s 2 downloads available with a total of 1053 tracks coming in at 5.05GB! And there will be more which will be posted at a later date.

Great to see that there are more Irish bands than in previous years as well, 19 altogether from both north and south of the border:

The Beat Poets, Fighting with Wire, General Fiasco, In Case of Fire, Ski Bunny, Andy White, Wallis Bird, Dirty Epics, Fight Like Apes, The Guggenheim Grotto, Lisa Hannigan, Kiernan McMullan, The Mighty Stef, One Day International, Republic of Loose, Sickboy, The Brothers Movement, The Urges, and We Should Be Dead.

Thankfully, I don’t

Joe Echo is a musician/singer from Castledawson, Northern Ireland. You might know him better as Ciaran Gribbin, former member of Leya who had a fair amount of success in Ireland, the UK and further afield until they split up in 2007.

The 30-member Inishowen Gospel Choir is based in Carndonagh, Co Donegal. They have been collaborating with and supporting a number of Irish artists like Duke Special, Cara Dillon and Foy Vance. In 2008 they performed at Glastonbury.

The video was recorded at last year’s Urban Hymns event in May Street Church, Belfast.

Here Comes the Landed Gentry vs Chrome Horse

Swedish garage rockers The Movers have released their Soundscape EP a few weeks ago for free. You can find direct and torrent links on their website and MySpace profile.

I hadn’t heard of these guys before, only just stumbled across a comment they left on another band’s profile. But I definitely like what I hear!

Check out their video playing live at last year’s Uddevallakassetten festival:

The Movers [LIVE] from GOTHEN STUDIOS on Vimeo.

A few days ago I came across Christian Vogelweith’s collection of 9 Gnome themes. They are some of the nicest themes I have come across. They are complete packs for GDM, GTK, Metacity, and Emerald, with wallpapers and icon sets. And best of all, Christian provides repositories for Intrepid and Hardy.

I ended up installing all of them, but might stick with the elegant looking Infinity for a while. Check out one of the screenshots from the Infinity page:

Another brilliant Friday night in Masons. It started off with Teknopeasant’s organic elderflower wine-fuelled banjo music and poems. The guy knows how to entertain, and the wine is mighty fine too.

Then The Bonnevilles took to the stage, they easily are one of the best Irish acts around. If Andy and Chris’ huge sound of distorted punk, blues, and garage rock leaves you cold then there’s something seriously wrong with you! Whenever I see them live or listen to the album my foot starts taking on a life of its own. Then my head, generally followed by the rest of my body. And Friday night was no exception.

Scott H. Biram. What can I say? The ‘dirty old one-man band’ from Austin, Texas fucking rocks. How could it possibly go wrong with a mix of honky tonk, blues, and punk? Throw in some metal and gospel, and you strike southern roots rock gold!

Check out my photo set on Flickr and the video below. I’ll  have to remember to use only landscape mode next time!

(best viewed full-screen and on full volume)

You can still catch Scott tonight in the Pine Lodge in Myrtleville, Co Cork, and tomorrow night in the Crane Lane Theatre in Cork City. Not to be missed!