Bon Iver‘s latest single is Calgary, which is really good (check it out here), but the b-side on the single is this lovely number – I Can’t Make You Love Me/Nick Of Time. Originally recorded by Bonnie Raitt, it was written about a man who drunkenly shot at his girlfriend’s car and when asked in [...]
In the same spirit of a Sunday Supplement, today I’m doing a Bank Holiday Monday Supplement. I was reminded of this tune yesterday by a friend. It was originally featured on the movie Magnolia (a very good film, watch it if you can), when its sung by the cast in a pretty powerful montage. Its [...]
How much do I love Freelance Whales? A lot. This latest track is a cover of a 1980′s Devo tune, Girl U Want. This cover version definitely has its own sound compared to the original, which wouldn’t find itself in a Sunday Supplement slot in a hundred years! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Richie Egan gets around. I’m not saying he’s a man slut. He’s got his hands in many pots – The Redneck Manifesto and Vision Air being the other two bands he’s involved in. But Jape are due to release a new album in September, called Ocean Of Frequency. To attract our attention before then, Jape [...]
So we kind of forgot about Weekend Tunage last week – sorry to the fans for that. Hopefully we’ll make up for it this week. Today’s Weekend Tunage ain’t exactly new, but its new to me. Smith Westerns are a band hailing from Chicago, and their debut single is appropriately enough entitled Weekend. It was [...]
As a special treat this Sunday, we’re going to give you a second Sunday Supplement today.
After producing a Mercury-nominated sophomore album, the Bray native Fionn Regan is back.
