https://www.cluas.com/indie-music RSS feeds for CLUAS Irish Indie Music 60 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4496/Looking-Back-At-The-Broken-Wave-Sound-Waves-Signs-Off#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4496 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4496&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4496/Looking-Back-At-The-Broken-Wave-Sound-Waves-Signs-Off Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}     When I started the Sound Waves Blog three years ago, my intention was to explore music, surfing and their interrelationship with each other at a time when Ireland's own surf culture was on the brink of exploding into the mainstream. Looking back on some of the topics dealt with over those years,I'm surprised at the diversity of the material covered and the number of musicians spotlighted in the postings; many of whom are equally at home on daytime radio as they are on alternative rock shows. In a nutshell, surf culture has become so absorbed into the mainstream of Irish popular culture in the last year or so that it has become increasingly hard to find something distinctive about Irish surf culture that is worth highlighting; perhaps the best example of this absorbtion into the wider culture is Ross O'Carroll Kelly's hilarious take off of the AIB Surf Adverts in the Irish Times. One question I did not grapple with on the blog however was why did surfing get so big in Ireland at this point in history and why were Irish surfers being increasingly drawn from the ranks of lawyers, accountants, and the financial services ? Sure, the increased wealth of the Irish played a part, surfing only developed originally in Hawaii because the natural wealth of the islands was so great that the Hawaiians discovered the concept of free time away from work, but more than that I think that surfing might have offered an escape for people away from an increasingly frenetic and corrupt corporate culture in Irish professional life; perhaps surfing represented to the frazzled professional some cold water Eden where mobile phones could not go. Who knows? If I was to choose the tipping point for the changes that I have documented in this blog then that point would be Jack Johnson's 2006 concert in the Point Depot. For myself however, this wave of change closed out in another live music event, the 2009 Cois Fharraige, in Kilkee. Returning home after those concerts, I felt that the time had come for new directions. Personally, I was tired of being an interloper on the West coast, putting up with the seemingly endless driving, lousy food, over priced digs and the increasingly crowded and unfriendly line ups. I got back to Dublin, sold off my surf boards and with the money purchased myself a 12 foot Hawaiian shaped stand up paddle board. Now I spend every available spare moment on the water just minutes from my home, rather than hours in my car, and I get on with my life instead of putting it on hold. See you in the water. Jules Jackson    More ... Rev Jules Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4496 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4497/i-Phone-A-Surfers-Best-Friend#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4497 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4497&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4497/i-Phone-A-Surfers-Best-Friend If there has been one technological development that has changed forever the way that surfers hunt for waves, it is the internet. Of the many web based applications that have assisted in the search for stoke, a few have achieved eminence, namely Google Earth, Wind Guru and Magic Seaweed. Indeed, Google Earth even begat the now famous Surfing Magazine Google Earth Challenge. Many a surfer has become bleary eyed staring at the screen of a laptop or PC, gazing at these websites in an attempt to answer the eternal question, "Where do I head to in order to find waves?". The only problem being that once on the road it was hard to update your information on changing conditions, without ringing a pal with immediate access to an internet connected computer. That all changed with the release of the i-phone, which not only allows you to browse your favourite wave prediction websites on the go but also allows you to download i-phone tailored versions of same. So important has this little technological wonder become to the surfing community that it has become indispensible in a way that wetsuits and surf boards [which can be hired locally] are not; you can even buy the damn thing it's own hoodie. Go figure. More ... Rev Jules Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4497 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4498/Cois-Fharraige-The-Play-List#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4498 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4498&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4498/Cois-Fharraige-The-Play-List Artist: Noah & The Whale Song: Blue Skies Album: The First Days of Spring Artist: The Hold Steady Song: Stay Positive Album: Stay Positive   Artist: Doves Song: Winter Skies Album: Kingdom of Rust   Artist: The Blizzards Song: First Girl to Leave Town Album: A Public Display of Affection   Artist: Laura Izibor Song: Shine Album: Truth to be Told   Artist: The Zutons Song: Hello Conscience Album: Tired of Hanging Around   Artist: Stereo MCs Song: Black Gold Album: Double Bubble   [Image Credit: 'Walking on Water', shot by Rev Jules, Co. Clare 13th September 2009]   More ... Rev Jules Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4498 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4499/Patrick-Swayze-In-Memoriam#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4499 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4499&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4499/Patrick-Swayze-In-Memoriam Bodhi: If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. [Point Break, 1991] Sound Waves is saddened to hear of the untimely death of Patrick Swayze, the Texas born actor, choreographer and dancer who made some of the most iconic  movies of the 1980s and 1990s and who, in the character of Bodhi, embodied a particular kind of surfing archetype; the zen master wave rider who takes a wrong turning in his life onto a road paved with darkness, a classic theme revisted in Tim Winton's recent novel, "Breath" Although the character of Bodhi was a synthesis, the line of dialogue quoted above and the film's final scene on Bells Beach was clearly inspired by Mark Foo, the famous Hawaiian surfer who died in a freak accident at Mavericks and who was often quoted as saying, "If you want to ride the ultimate wave, you have to be willing to pay the ultimate price" Although sometimes derided for being melodramatic, 'Point Break' has endured in popular culture and Sound Waves has yet to meet a surfer who is unable to quote memorable lines from the movie. Given the outstanding physicality of Swayze's onscreen performances, it is a cruel irony that his death was caused by a disease that slowly robs patients of their physical well being long before claiming their lives. Perhaps the most fitting tribute one can pay to this brilliant, yet underrated Hollywood Star is to remember him as he is in that final scene in 'Point Break' standing in his wet suit on the beach in the rain, preparing to paddle out into a giant wave which he knows will take his life in the briefest and most thrilling manner possible. Australian cop: We'll get him when he comes back in! Johnny Utah: He's not coming back.   More ... Rev Jules Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4499 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4500/Surf-Music-2009-3-Florence-And-The-Machine#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4500 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4500&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4500/Surf-Music-2009-3-Florence-And-The-Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ZPTFfpO40More ... Rev Jules Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4500 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4501/Sound-Waves-Listens-toThe-Moth#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4501 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4501&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4501/Sound-Waves-Listens-toThe-Moth   http://www.themoth.org/listenMore ... Rev Jules Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4501 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4502/Surf-Music-2009-2-Pendulum#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4502 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4502&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4502/Surf-Music-2009-2-Pendulum More ... Rev Jules Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4502 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4503/Surf-Music-2009-1-Ambulance-Ltd#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4503 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4503&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4503/Surf-Music-2009-1-Ambulance-Ltd This is the MySpace page of Ambulance Ltd. This the trailer for The Ben Player Project.  More ... Rev Jules Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4503 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4504/Surfing-The-Springsteen-Way#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4504 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4504&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4504/Surfing-The-Springsteen-Way Although Bruce Springsteen’s songs tend to focus on highways, as Prefab Sprout slyly observed in their song ‘Cars and Girls’, it is a little known fact that in 1967 The Boss tried his hand at surfing in New Jersey.According to his lifelong friend and band mate Steve Van Zandt however, Bruce did not have as much success with wave riding as he did with guitar playing. In an interview with wenn.com, Van Zandt’s opined that it was a bizarre hobby for Bruce to choose as surfing wasn’t cool in New Jersey at that time, “So we went to the beach so he could demonstrate it to me. He goes out. First wave, he gets up on it, falls off it, surfboard comes up and knocks out his front teeth. He comes in dragging the board, bleeding like he's had his throat cut. I told him I'd take a rain check on it."In 2007, New Jersey blogger Paul Mulshine posted the following on his NJ Voices blog, “I was out at my favorite surf spot the other day....I was surprised to see Springsteen out there. He was ripping it up on a longboard. It's rare to see a local hero like that in the lineup.”Notwithstanding Springsteen’s various forays into surfing, it is possible to embark on a surf quest from the East Coast of the United States down to Mexico stopping only at surf spots drawn from the titles of some of Bruce Springsteen’s songs. No less than five of Springsteen’s finest narrative ballads are set in places which boast surf spots of a reasonable quality.Song #1: 4th of July, Ashbury Park (Sandy)Surf Spot #1: Ashbury Park, NJSong #2: Atlantic CitySurf Spot #2: Atlantic City, NJSong #3: Galveston BaySurf Spot #3: Galveston Bay, TXSong #4: Balboa ParkSurf Spot #4: Balboa Park, San Diego, CASong #5: Sinaloa CowboysSurf Spot #5: Sinaloa, MexicoMore ... Rev Jules Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4504 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4505/The-SOUND-WAVES-Top-10-Irish-Albums-1999--2009#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4505 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4505&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4505/The-SOUND-WAVES-Top-10-Irish-Albums-1999--2009 Artist: Cois Cladaigh Chamber ChoirAlbum: Lux AeternaYear: 2000Artist: Juliet TurnerAlbum: Burn The Black SuitYear: 2000Artist: SkindiveAlbum: SkindiveYear: 2001Artist: Sean MillarAlbum: Tarzan's AmbitionYear: 2002Artist: Pauline ScanlonAlbum: Red Colour SunYear: 2003Artist: Clive BarnesAlbum: Goldtooth CinnamonYear: 2003Artist: Bray VistaAlbum: When I Get There {EP}Year: 2004Artist: Bap KennedyAlbum: The Big PictureYear: 2005Artist: Bell X1Album: FlockYear: 2005Artist; David LyttleAlbum: True StoryYear: 2007More ... Rev Jules Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4505 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4506/Jaccuse-The-Cluas-Top-50-Irish-Albums#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4506 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4506&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4506/Jaccuse-The-Cluas-Top-50-Irish-Albums The most significant aspect of the list as far as Sound Waves is concerned is how little hip hop appears to have influenced the Irish music scene compared to other European countries such as England and France and that is strange when you consider how influential punk was on previous generations of Irish bands such as the embryonic U2 who have cited a concert by the Clash in Belfast as a formative influence. It is not as if Irish musicians have been starved of opportunities for hearing the music, given the predominance of it on television and radio and the opportunities to see leading practitioners such as Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and Eminem play live dates in Ireland.Instead, the dominant direction of Irish music during a period of unprecedented affluence in Ireland's history has been the kind of soft rock, singer/songwriter fare that previously emanated from 'Post Golden' California in the 1970s. It might be stretching things to say this but Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan and Glen Hansard may just be the Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell of Celtic Tiger Ireland; the Laurel Canyon sound replaced by the Killiney Bay wail, The Troubadour at Santa Monica Boulevard replaced by Whelans on Wexford Street.Stay stokedThe Reverend Jules Earl JacksonMore ... Rev Jules Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4506 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4507/U2s-Twelth-Studio-Album--The-Sound-Waves-Verdict#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4507 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4507&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4507/U2s-Twelth-Studio-Album--The-Sound-Waves-Verdict No line on the horizonNo gas in the tankNo sign of stocks risingNo cash in the bank More ... Rev Jules Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4507 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4508/Sound-Waves-Albums-of-2008-Year-End-Review#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4508 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4508&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4508/Sound-Waves-Albums-of-2008-Year-End-Review Title: Black Ice Artist: AC/DC Essential Track: Rock 'n' Roll Train   Title: The Seldom Seen Kid Artist: Elbow Essential Track: Grounds for Divorce   Title: Viva la Vida Artist: Coldplay Essential Track: Strawberry Swing   Title: Pacific Ocean Blue Artist: Dennis Wilson Essential Track: River Song   Title: Oracular Spectacular Artist: MGMT Essential Track: Kids   Title: Everything that Happens will Happen Today Artist: David Byrne / Brian Eno Essential Track: One Fine Day   In other business... Music Highlight of 2008: Glen Hansard's Oscar Win for 'Falling Slowly' Music Lowlight of 2008 (tie): X Factor releasing 'Hallelujah' / Sigur Ros' latest album Music TV Highlight of 2008 #1: FUR TV Music TV Highlight of 2008 #2: Jay - Z at Glastonbury Music TV Lowlight of 2008 #1: Zhang Yimou's choice and use of music in the opening & closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Music Surprise of 2008 #1: 'Chinese Democracy' wasn't the dog everyone predicted it would be Music Surprise of 2008 #2: Fleet Foxes are not as good as everybody claims The Sound Waves 'Rumour of the Year': That surfers either want to buy or have the cash to buy holiday homes, as if ! The Sound Waves 'Culture Trend of the Year': i-Pod Envy 3.0, if you don't have an i-Phone, you are nobody, apparently. The Sound Waves 'Mystery of 2008'; How did McDonalds know we were going back to 1981 in their adverts?          More ... Rev Jules Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4508 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4509/LE-is-a-four-letter-word-on-I-Tunes#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4509 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4509&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4509/LE-is-a-four-letter-word-on-I-Tunes 'Real L**e' by Lucinda Williams 'Pride (In the name of L**e' by U2 'Don't call this L**e' by Leon Jackson 'L**e you anyway' by Boyzone 'L**e is noise' by The Verve 'L**e song' by Sara Bareilles 'L**e Lockdown' by Kayne West to name but a few.More ... Rev Jules Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4509 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4510/Sea-Sessions-2008-Finalised-Line-Up#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4510 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4510&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4510/Sea-Sessions-2008-Finalised-Line-Up Friday 19th Bridge Bar: The Unwanted (Cathy Jordan & Seamie O'Dowd) 7.00pm Jumping Jacks:  Donal Dineen 12.00pm Paris:  Belle & Sebastian (DJ Set) 11.30pm / David Kitt (DJ Set)  1.30am Saturday 20th Marquee:    Onya 12.00pm                 Stewart Agnew 1.15pm                 Ultan 2.30pm                 Juno Falls 3.45pm                 David Kitt 5.30pm                 Kila 7.15pm                 Republic of Loose 9.15pm                 Asian Dub Foundation 10.45pm Bar Tent:    Indoor Growers League, Mark Black,                 Modal Citizen Quartet etc.. All Day Sunday 21st Bridge Bar:   Sofa SundayAll Ireland Final 1.00pm                  Model Citizen Quartet                  D.J. Kid Cam Till late Festival kicks off Friday in the Bridge Bar at 7.00pm with Cathy Jordan aka Dervish with her new band The Unwanted. Exclusive gig and were delighted to have her and her new band followed by Sligo man Samie O'dowd and his four piece rock outfit that is sure to blow you away. Today FM's top indie D.J. Donal Dineen is kicking of in Jumping Jacks from 11pm. Also in Paris Rich from Belle & Sebastian kicks off his D.J. set at 11.30pm followed by the illustrious David Kitt rocking into the night. On Saturday the action moves to the Marquee. Bundoran local surf rock chick Onya kicks off the festival at 12.00. Stewart Agnew hails from the spirit store in Dundalk with his Six piece folk and blues. He will ease us into the day followed closely by this years main stage electric picnic opener Ultan Conlon. Fresh off his 2fFM Tour Juno Falls will shock and awe with his one man orchestra of sounds. Kicking off his tour with this gig we are delighted to present David Kitt and then from 7.00pm till late we have four hours of dancing with Kila, Republic of Loose and Asian Dub Foundations only Irish gig.More ... Rev Jules Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4510 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4511/Metallica-Marley-Park-Dublin-20082008#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4511 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4511&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4511/Metallica-Marley-Park-Dublin-20082008 1) Metallica are a nostalgia band. Their career peak was 1991 with the release of 'Metallica' aka the Black album. After that they got into orchestral arrangements of their work, hunting bears in Russia and suing their fans. Not cool. 2) There appears to be an implied but pronounced influence on their career from the movie, and touring band of the same name, Spinal Tap, notably in the tragic Cliff Burton Twister Tour Bus incident. 3) As a result, having released an album with a black cover in homage of Spinal Tap's 14th studio release 'Smell The Glove',  Metallica have now ventured into the realm of free jazz championed by Spinal Tap in 'Jazz Odyssey' with the impeding release of 'Death Magnetic', a track from which was showcased at Marley Park with the title, 'Cyanide'. 4) Metallica have also worked 'pyros', so beloved of 80's bands such as Poison, into their stage show. 5) The band managed to be boring and exciting at the same time during their live set. 6) At one stage in proceedings, James Hetfield entertained the crowd with a display of shadow puppetry. 7) Some fans were disappointed at the band's failure to follow up a scorching live rendition of 'Whiskey In The Jar' with a cover of 'Seven Drunken Nights' in honour of the late Ronnie Drew. 8) You can't beat a good song (see above). The Sound Waves Verdict? Bring on the minature version of Stonehenge lads. Photo Credit: The band depicted may or may not be Metallica.          More ... Rev Jules Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4511 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4512/Brad-Meldhu-Radiohead#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4512 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4512&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4512/Brad-Meldhu-Radiohead I don't like Radiohead. Their music brings to mind thin, pale, pretentious young men living in damp digs in a rain soaked back street somewhere in Galway that are too fond of the works of Samuel Beckett and woodbines. I am however a fan of Brad Meldhu, the brilliant American jazz musician who, it turns out, has a penchant for interpreting the songs of Radiohead on his albums in much the same way that one of his influences, the great Oscar Peterson frequently interpreted the songs of Cole Porter. Although there is no sign of a 'Brad Meldhu Plays the Radiohead Song Book' CD issuing anytime soon from his label Nonesuch Records, Sound Waves humbly suggests a tentative partial tracking listing for any such release and asks readers of Cluas to suggest any other songs by Radiohead that might suit Meldhu's interpretative gifts.   Track: "Exit Music (For a Film)" Album: Art of the Trio: Vol. 3   Track: "Paranoid Android" Album: Live In Tokyo   Track: "Everything In Its Right Place" Album: Anything Goes   Brad Meldhu Official Website  More ... Rev Jules Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4512 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4513/New-Irish-Jazz--David-Lyttle-An-Appreciation#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4513 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4513&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4513/New-Irish-Jazz--David-Lyttle-An-Appreciation David Lyttle is, at 23, already a force to be reckoned with in New Irish Jazz. The list of musicians that this gifted pecussionist , composer and band leader has played with reads like a whos who of the music; Louis Stewart, Michael Buckley, Ronan Guilfoyle and Myles Drennan. Lyttle was accompanied for this live date by the wonderful bassist Michael Janisch and Soweto Kinch who is the recipient of two MOBOs, three BBC jazz awards and a Mercury nomination. I remember once listening to an interview with the late Benny Green who was asked to define jazz in one word. His answer escapes me now but if I was to be asked the same question, my answer would be, 'feeling'. All of the jazz artists I love and admire, such as Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Louis Stewart, Brad Meldhu and Chet Baker play with a tremendous depth of feeling and, last Sunday, Lyttle and his group played with that same feeling, notably on Lyttle's composition in memory of his late father titled simply, 'Father'. It is tempting to write about these three musicians separately but that would imply that they did not gel as a group when, in fact, they appeared at all times both as one and distinct, three in one and one in three, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw. The setting also played a role in the evening. JJ Smyths is to Dublin what Ronnie Scotts is to London and the Village Vangard is to New York and, as noted by Soweto Kinch during the second set, it has a wonderful, warm acoustic that suited the fluid, masterly, mellow, hot, spiritual playing of Lyttle and his cohorts. The group displayed a wry sense of humour, particularly when they did an freestyle on the name Dublin, asking the audience for words which began with the letters contained therein to which the audience responded; Drew (after the late Ronnie Drew), Urban, Bollocks, Lovely, Inspector (?) and Naughty, following it up with a lovely version of John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps', played with a magician's flourish before departing the stage. I spent a Sunday evening in the company of David Lyttle and his group due to a spur of the moment decision and ended up lost in music. Photo Credit: David Lyttle © John Soffe. David Lyttle - Official Website David Lyttle @ MySpace.comMore ... Rev Jules Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4513 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4514/Return-to-the-Legions-of-the-Jazzed#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4514 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4514&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4514/Return-to-the-Legions-of-the-Jazzed Surfer Phil Edwards once famously termed all those who did not surf as, "the legions of the unjazzed". More recently Alex Wade, in his book 'Surf Nation', spent a chapter contemplating the possible links between the jazz music and surfing, specifically long boarding. They are views that Sound Waves empathises with, having been a lifelong, if not especially committed or knowledgeable, fan of jazz. Notwithstanding that, advances in music playback technology have resulted in yours truly not having a stereo at home for something in the order of 5 years. I resisted the lure of i-Pod. I clung dearly to my CD buying habits, using my laptop to create mix CDs from my collection to play in the car. The car therefore became my listening room but set its own boundaries. Fast driving rock and roll by the likes of Teddy Thompson found favour but the complex patterns of Steve Reich proved overpowering and claustrophobic. My first MP3 player was a free gift thanks to a judiciously placed order for office products, it held about 40 songs, but due to my dislike of listening to music on headphones, and the constant roar of ambient noise of modern urban life it was rarely played. Moreover, the acts that were being promoted seemed little more than expensively produced tribute bands. Their music sounded familiar, like a movie actor you swear you have seen in a previous film but just cannot place. In a nutshell, I had become utterly sick of listening to music. In all this time, my modest collection of jazz albums by a shortlist of greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Brad Meldhu, Cannonball Adderly and Charlie Mingus lay in a box under the bed, still much loved but absolutely unplayed. About six months ago, after much soul searching, I finally plumped down the cash to buy an 80G i-Pod classic. I wish I could say that I had some damascene conversion but I didn’t. To be honest, it’s just a well designed, if overpriced gadget and it has mostly spent its time sitting unused on my desk at home. So what has changed? Well, earlier this week I headed into TX Maxx to buy some socks and there on offer was a set of speakers for MP3 players that contain lights that change in time to the music they are playing. The tag said € 25.00 and considering that any shop that sells I-pod compatible speakers tends to stock equipment with prices north of € 200.00, I figured I couldn’t lose. What I didn’t expect when I got them home was the high sound quality that could emit from a pair of speakers that, basically, double as Christmas lights. And so, I spent my first night with these speakers, first downloading my jazz collection onto my i-Pod via my laptop and then listening to the magical sounds of an elite group of artists drifting gently through the air of my living room, as my speakers pulsed in time with a soft blue light. Kind of blue? Not anymore. More ... Rev Jules Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4514 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4515/Surf-Music-2008-12-Beau-Nava-Young#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4515 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4515&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4515/Surf-Music-2008-12-Beau-Nava-Young Beau Young's Official Website Nava Young's MySpace Page More ... Rev Jules Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4515 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4516/Bob-Dylan-Cadillacs-Smog#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4516 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4516&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4516/Bob-Dylan-Cadillacs-Smog More ... Rev Jules Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4516 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4517/Surf-Music-2008-11-Fleet-Foxes#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4517 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4517&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4517/Surf-Music-2008-11-Fleet-Foxes Read the Cluas Review of 'Fleet Foxes' White Winter Hymnal (MP3) Fleet Foxes Official WebsiteMore ... Rev Jules Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4517 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4518/RTE-1-One-Thing-To-Do-Before-You-Die#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4518 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4518&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4518/RTE-1-One-Thing-To-Do-Before-You-Die Episode 5 - One Thing To Do Before You Die - Streaming VideoMore ... Rev Jules Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4518 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4519/Surf-Music-2008-10-Peter-Delaney#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4519 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4519&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4519/Surf-Music-2008-10-Peter-Delaney Peter Delaney @ MySpace.comMore ... Rev Jules Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4519 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4520/Sound-Waves-i-Pod-Shuffle-Top-5-1#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4520 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4520&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4520/Sound-Waves-i-Pod-Shuffle-Top-5-1 1) '99 Problems' by Jay-Z 2) 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay 3) 'Why Must I Apologise' by Colm Lynch 4) 'Kids' by MGMT 5) 'River Song' by Dennis WilsonMore ... Rev Jules Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4520 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4521/Sea-Sessions-Surf-Music-Festival-2008#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4521 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4521&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4521/Sea-Sessions-Surf-Music-Festival-2008 When: 19th - 21st September 2008 Where: Bundoran, Co. Donegal What: Sea Sessions Surf & Music Festival Who: Aisan Dub Foundation, David Kitt, Belle & Sebastian, Republic of Loose etc How much: €55.00More ... Rev Jules Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4521 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4522/Surf-Music-2008-8-MGMT#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4522 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4522&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4522/Surf-Music-2008-8-MGMT More ... Rev Jules Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4522 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4523/Surf-Music-2008-9-Jay-Z-Glastonbury#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4523 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4523&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4523/Surf-Music-2008-9-Jay-Z-Glastonbury More ... Rev Jules Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4523 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4524/Surfing-on-Second-Life#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4524 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4524&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4524/Surfing-on-Second-Life Surfing on Second Life is a (virtual) reality, according to an article on Surf Nation.More ... Rev Jules Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4524 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4525/Surf-Music-2008-7-Colm-Lynch#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4525 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4525&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4525/Surf-Music-2008-7-Colm-Lynch To get more info on Colm Lynch check out his website colmlynchmusic.comMore ... Rev Jules Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4525 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4526/Life-is-too-LOUD#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4526 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4526&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4526/Life-is-too-LOUD AC/DC may have once observed that Rock 'n' Roll aint noise pollution but trying to enjoy your music in Ireland's modern urban landscape is driving Sound Waves to distraction and that is because, to our sensitive ears, the levels of ambient noise that exist in urban centres like Dublin are far too high for the output of the average set of headphones. In fact, it is getting to the stage that the only place SW can listen to music is in the safety of their car at night on an empty road or overlooking a deserted beach at dusk. People, vehicles (SUVs and 4WDs are the worst), buses, construction sites all conspire to obliterate the ability to simply hear what is on your MP3 player and consequently you find yourself racking up the volume control just to assess what it is that is playing. In fact, noise pollution is becoming such a problem that the Department of the Enviroment has issued a guide to noise regulations within Ireland. Perhaps its time for rockers to tell noise polluters to shut it.More ... Rev Jules Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4526 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4527/Sick-Flicks-2008-1-ROAM#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4527 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4527&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4527/Sick-Flicks-2008-1-ROAM More ... Rev Jules Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:19:58 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4527 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4528/Surf-Music-2008-6-Matt-Costa#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4528 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4528&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4528/Surf-Music-2008-6-Matt-Costa   Matt Costa Official WebsiteMore ... Rev Jules Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:51:15 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4528 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4529/Surf-Music-2008-5-Pacific-Ocean-Blue-by-Dennis-Wilson#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4529 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4529&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4529/Surf-Music-2008-5-Pacific-Ocean-Blue-by-Dennis-Wilson Not going to spend too much time on this, Dennis Wilson was a legend and was the only Beach Boy who could actually surf. His surfing in turn inspired Brian Wilson to write the soundtrack to the Californian Surf Experience, a legacy that Cali is still trying to shake off in 2008. 'Pacific Ocean Blue' was Dennis' masterpiece and it is now available in a deluxe legacy edition. Check it out at this link. Pacific Ocean BlueMore ... Rev Jules Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:31:40 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4529 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4530/Lisbon-Dustin-The-Eurovision-Theory-of-Politics#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4530 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4530&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4530/Lisbon-Dustin-The-Eurovision-Theory-of-Politics First things first, Sound Waves was against the Lisbon Treaty and viewed the YES lobby as attempting nothing less than selling out the Irish People and the Irish Constitution of 1937. In fact, Sound Waves took the view that either the YES lobby did not understand the true implications of ratifying the treaty or they were lying through their teeth. How against are we ? Lets put it this way, in the 2009 local elections we will be voting for Sinn Fein and to be honest Sound Waves would not be a Sinn Fein supporter. Let me qualify that, we are going to vote Sinn Fein but only as long as they do not strike a vote transfer deal with anyone, individual or organisation that supported a YES vote for Lisbon, or alter their position on Lisbon. I'm not sure when or where the penny dropped that the EU, after enlargement, was not some big Pro-Paddy love in but I suspect, intimations of it came when Dustin was being booed at the Semi Finals of the Eurovision in the former stronghold of the genocidal mass murderer Slobodan Milosovic, Belgrade. Friendly people the Serbians, as long as you don't live beside them, or near them, or anywhere that they can reach by tank. I guess Dustin got off light, a little booing is certainly better then being raped, shot in the back of the head and then dumped in an unmarked, mass grave. But hey, that was back in the 1990s. Now I'm not anti the former Eastern Bloc, I'm just pro democracy and human rights, issues that EU member states such as Poland and Romania have an, at times, less than firm grasp as may be seen with regard to their role in rendition, something that the EU itself rebuked them over. But I am digressing. You see, I didn't understand why we would send Dustin or even why some Irish people expected that he might do reasonably well. It appeared to me that Europe in general would not get the joke in the same way that Italian game shows would be incomprehensible to us in Ireland. I just didn't expect the booing and neither did all those Irish people tuning in to see Dustin roasted live on air. Perhaps, just perhaps the penny dropped that the EU was not that friendly a place to be and that we need to hold on to our existing assets, such as a Constitution so robust and vital that it ensured through the legal action of Raymond Crotty that we got to vote on Lisbon in the first place, for dear life. In one sense Dustin's Serbian adventure was a failure, but on another level, I suspect we owe the bird a debt of thanks.More ... Rev Jules Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:44:55 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4530 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4531/Big-Wave-Ireland-The-Flick-That-Kicked-It-Off#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4531 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4531&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4531/Big-Wave-Ireland-The-Flick-That-Kicked-It-Off In our inaugural end of year review in 2007, Sound Waves made the point that it was Ireland's discovery as a big wave spot that kicked off the Celtic XXL revolution. A film that played a pivitol role in that advance, even though it did not feature the now famous Aileens, was 'ABC - A Blank Canvas' made by photographer / bodyboarder Mickey Smith. Charting a quest by a group of top notch boogers across a range of codenamed European spots, the filmmakers came across Aileens in County Clare, known already to a group of locals but unridden at the time, and set about a plan to surf it that would  lead to the Carve h2o project and a series of photo features in Surfing Magazine, Carve Magazine and Surfer Magazine as well as credits in the Irish Times. These features made the international reputation of the brilliant Mickey Smith, already a highly rated surf photographer, and placed Ireland on the big wave map in a way homegrown initiatives did not have the resources to do. Interestingly though, 'ABC' did not feature Aileens in the final cut as the boys did not have the resources at the time to get out to and into the wave itself. Anyway, here is the trailer for a surf movie that led a quantum shift in Irish Surf Culture.  More ... Rev Jules Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:19:13 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4531 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4532/Is-the-affluent-big-spending-Irish-surfer-a-myth-#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4532 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4532&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4532/Is-the-affluent-big-spending-Irish-surfer-a-myth- Last Sunday, the Sunday Tribune published an article claiming that there is a boom in West of Ireland beach front holiday homes that is being driven by affluent surfers who want a window on the waves. Sound Waves found this article very interesting because it told us something that, notwithstanding we are plugged into a niche of the Irish surf scene, we did not know and were unware of in our circle of wave riders. In a nutshell, we know of nobody who has bought, is in the process of buying, or intends to buy any such property, although we know of a number of people who have invested in that most hated of vehicles, to the presenters of Top Gear at least, the camper van. If there is such a boom we do not think that it is being driven by Irish surfers who spend their year chasing the swell from one end of the island to the other, and therefore prefer not to be tied to one spot, but rather by local business people in the West who may seek to buy to let such houses to travelling wave riders, usually from Dublin. Sound Waves, contrary to what you might think, is not in favour of the camper van mentality and our rather emotional position has been backed up by the findings of a New Zeland study which found that camper van holidays have a carbon footprint four times higher than trips conducted with a private car where the travellers stay in B&Bs. When it comes to surf trips, whether in Ireland or abroad, our view is that it is preferable to stay in a self catering house or B&B thus providing income for the local economy and use a car with better fuel consumption and lower emmissions than trundle around the country in the civilian equivalent of a Panzer tank,driving across fragile dunes, ripping up the sand, grass and other natural fauna in the process just so that you can park on surf breaks. Separately, The Irish Independent has reported today that Kerry County Council are clamping down on illegal camping and camper vans at coastal beauty spots and that, according to Cllr Dan Kiely, camper vans parked on access roads to beaches in Ballybunion were causing huge problems. Interestingly, Volkswagen has unveiled a retro concept VW camper van which used solar power and an electric engine instead of the tradtional VW engine. (Photo c/o Magic Seaweed Photo Lab)  In the meantime, here is one good use for a camper van courtesy of Top Gear.  More ... Rev Jules Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:04:28 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4532 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4533/Alternative-Motivational-Posters#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4533 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4533&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4533/Alternative-Motivational-Posters If you want to have a go yourself, log onto diy.despair.com. More ... Rev Jules Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:51:36 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4533 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4534/Sea-Fever-The-Definitive-Irish-Surf-Movie#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4534 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4534&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4534/Sea-Fever-The-Definitive-Irish-Surf-Movie Two years in the making, surf magazines such as Surfing, Surfer, Fins, Carve, Wavelength, Surfer's Path and PitPilot all agree that Sea Fever is the definitive movie on Irish Surfing. Here is the trailer...  More ... Rev Jules Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:35:41 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4534 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4535/Motley-Crue-turn-The-Dirt-into-an-Album#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4535 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4535&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4535/Motley-Crue-turn-The-Dirt-into-an-Album Motley Crue are one of those bands who, if they were a surfer would be aerial pioneer Christian Fletcher. Sound Waves likes Christian Fletcher (pictured right), he is an antidote to all the beads, beards and ganja smoking Bali regulars. Christo is, in short a bad MoFo. As a result, Sound Waves also loved 'The Dirt' and when we heard the boys in Crue (who look like they were separated at birth from Christo) were going to, in effect, transform it into a concept album of sorts, well, we were stoked to say the least. The title is to be decided and the release is slated for June. Happy days.   More ... Rev Jules Fri, 30 May 2008 17:09:22 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4535 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4536/Sigur-Ros-Feature-on-Insert-Name-Here#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4536 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4536&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4536/Sigur-Ros-Feature-on-Insert-Name-Here More ... Rev Jules Fri, 30 May 2008 16:00:12 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4536 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4537/Surf-Funnies-1-Fur-TVs-Guide-to-Metal#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4537 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4537&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4537/Surf-Funnies-1-Fur-TVs-Guide-to-Metal Imagine if Podge & Rodge or Dustin were funny. Not just vulgar but funny too. Well, Fur TV manages to not only be far more vulgar than either the Ballydung brothers or that wizened bird but gosh darn funny too. Here is Fat Ed's guide to metal...   More ... Rev Jules Thu, 29 May 2008 18:35:59 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4537 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4538/Pointless-Ireland-1-The-Legalise-Cannabis-Movement#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4538 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4538&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4538/Pointless-Ireland-1-The-Legalise-Cannabis-Movement Some protest movements are just too dumb to be real...but they are. Take, for example, the Legalise Cannabis Movement. A case of 'Dude, where's my banner?' methinks.More ... Rev Jules Tue, 20 May 2008 20:04:15 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4538 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4539/10-Things-I-Hate-about-Cycling-in-Dublin#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4539 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4539&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4539/10-Things-I-Hate-about-Cycling-in-Dublin 10 things I hate about cycling in Dublin Undulating cycle paths built to accommodate the spotless 4WDs of the homeowners situated along the route. It’s an off road vehicle for Chrissakes! Pedestrian crossings every 500 metres that pedestrians never use because they are too busy jaywalking across the road and right into your path. Drivers who think that the correct position of the passenger side of their car is flush with the kerb. Van drivers (see S.3) Pedestrians who walk along cycle paths. Do the dumb fuckers not see the big symbols of the cyclist painted on the ground in front of them? Recumbent cycles; they were banned by the UCI in the 1930s. They should also be banned from Irish thoroughfares and the people who ride them made to learn how to cycle properly. Cyclists that lag behind you on the road then pull in front of you at traffic lights, obstructing your way as you take off after the lights turn green Single speed racers. No, I don’t think you are some form of elite cycling purist. I think you are a twat who objects to progress, particularly when these retro-rothars can cost more than a bike with gears and brakes. Why not go the whole hog and re-fit the bloody thing with solid rubber wheels? Anyone who rides a mountain bike in an urban area or brings the damn thing into the countryside on the back of a 4WD just so they can cycle it around for a couple of hours. What part of ‘Mountain Bike’ do you not understand? 50 something commuting cyclists who think they are competing in the Tour De France, down to the replica team wear. Just because they sell it, does not mean you have to wear it.More ... Rev Jules Tue, 20 May 2008 19:50:44 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4539 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4540/Dewey-Cox--Legend#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4540 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4540&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4540/Dewey-Cox--Legend To be honest, although I am a big fan of both Johnny Cash and Ray Charles I was not that hot on their respective biopics 'Walk The Line' and 'Ray'. After seeing them, one after the other, I got the two of them mixed up so similar were they in terms of the base storyline; dirt poor Sourthern boy, guilt ridden over the death of his brother and struggling under the influence of hard ass domineering parents, leaves home to make his way in the music business. So 'Dewey Cox' was, to the say the least, fresh air, skewering the po-faced storytelling and pretensions of those target films in much the same way that MAD magazine would send up big hit movies within its pages. Having said that, any movie which features Lyle Lovett and Jackson Browne doing what they do best, gets my vote. Here is a personal favourite moment from 'Dewey' in which the too sweet by half lovey dovey performance of a certain country music duo is lampooned to great effect.   More ... Rev Jules Wed, 14 May 2008 02:07:40 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4540 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4541/6-Classic-80s-Albums#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4541 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4541&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4541/6-Classic-80s-Albums Artist: P.I.L Title: 'Album' Released: 1985 Note: Although the single 'Rise' put Johnny Lydon and co back in the charts and onto Top of the Pops, 'Album' worked as a cohesive whole and was selected by none other than the South Bank Show as a highlight in their 1985 end of year review. Best Track: 'Ease'   Artist: Robie Robertson Title: 'Robbie Robertson Released: 1987 Note:  Daniel Lanois, U2 and Peter Gabriel all collaborated on this album which completes a trio of classic 80s albums that include Joshua Tree and SO. Best Track: 'Fallen Angel'   Artist: Kate Bush Title: 'Hounds of Love' Released: 1985 Note: Possibly the greatest concept album of them all and certainly the sexiest sounding. 'Cloudbusting', 'Running Up That Hill' and the title track are all classics but our favourites are 'Under Ice' and 'Jig of Life'. Best Track: 'Cloud Busting'   Artist: The Cult Title:  Love Released: 1985 Note: The guitar lick for 'She Sells Sanctuary' is possibly the greatest of them. Dark, gothic and containing probably the silliest lyrics ever heard on a classic album Best Track: 'Rain'   Artist: The Sisters of Mercy Title: Floodland Released: 1987 Note: This record actually contains the silliest lyrics ever heard on a classic album and represents the zenith of Jim Steinman's producing career. If a mountain could write music, it would sound like this. Best Track: 'Dominion / Mother Russia'   Artist: Simple Minds Title: Once Upon A Time Released: 1985 Note: The black, white and gold cover art and the stadium wide sound production were obvious influences on the Joshua Tree which was released two years later but, for my money, this is more fun. Over the top lyrics were married to epic soundscapes which, combined with a fantastic Croke Park gig that climaxed with a lightening storm make this one of my all time favourites. Best Track: 'Alive and Kicking'    More ... Rev Jules Mon, 12 May 2008 21:28:12 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4541 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4542/Bjork-Chants-Tibet-in-China#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4542 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4542&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4542/Bjork-Chants-Tibet-in-China Singer under fire after shouting 'Tibet! Tibet!' after performing her song Declare Independence at Shanghai concert. Here is a full report and a clip of the moment itself courtesy of The Guardian,  More ... Rev Jules Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:24:46 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4542 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4543/GI-Jane-Depicts-Waterboarding#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4543 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4543&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4543/GI-Jane-Depicts-Waterboarding Take 'GI Jane', for example, the simple tale of a brilliant young female officer who signs up as a test case for the Navy SEALS and who in one scene is taught through direct experience the interrogation technique known quaintly as  waterboarding as part of her basic training. Now I have a problem with this. According to Amnesty International, waterboarding is a form of torture and because it is a form of torture there is consequently an absolute ban on it by the European Court of Human Rights. Yet, here is a fictional depiction albeit 10 years old, of American soldiers being taught how to torture people in contravention of fundamental human rights, and all in the name of an entertainment which has the message that there should be more gender equality in Western Society. You work it out, words fail me. More ... Rev Jules Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:26:46 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4543 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4544/Should-Ireland-Boycott-the-Beijing-Olympics#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4544 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4544&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4544/Should-Ireland-Boycott-the-Beijing-Olympics If there are three things that politicised me as a callow student, it was in no particular order a) the way that musicians around the world took a stand against Apartheid South Africa b) the music of Christy Moore, Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen and c) a small paragraph on the liner notes for U2's 'The Joshua Tree' that encouraged fans to join Amnesty International. Two decades later, artists such as Yoko Ono Lennon and Mia Farrow are again taking a stand against abuses of human rights and again they are mobilising popular opinion and boycotts, an Irish invention by the way, against the continuing crisis in Darfur. So Sound Waves, being a rather liberal blog asks, should Ireland boycott the Beijing Olympcs? To help you decide I have posted up some (very few) relevant links below and, should you then come to the conclusion, either yes or no, you can convey your support of or protest against Ireland's planned participation in these games, directly to Ireland's Olympians. The Olympic Council of Ireland Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Official Site Irish Defences Forces To Deploy in Chad BBC: Q&A, Sudan's Darfur Crisis Amnesty International (Irish Section) China & Darfur: Washington PostMore ... Rev Jules Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:52:19 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4544 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4545/Surf-Music-2008-4-Paul-Westerburg#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=4545 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=4545&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/4545/Surf-Music-2008-4-Paul-Westerburg If you only download one track, make sure it is, "Right To Arm Bears', a subversive take on the American obsession with hunting wild animals, in which the animals fight back. Gnarly. To hear preview clips from the album click on to Lost Highway Records - Paul Westerburg - Open Season.More ... Rev Jules Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:21:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:4545