Hello hello, we’ve re-edited Ignition and stripped it down a bit. Perhaps a bit too much production went into the first edit and as a result we’ve taken a couple of parts out, re-written some pieces stuck a few other parts in there. Have a listen, it’ll all make sense. It’s on the homepage.
I have decided to keep things Irish again this week. No particular reason, it just happens to be the music that I’m currently listening to. So anyway, the second band to go under the musical scalpel which is Raving Reviews, are Delorentos. They are a Dublin based alternative rock band who formed 7 years ago. They have released 3 albums to date with their most recent offering, ‘Little Sparks’, only released this year.
The band drifted together in the usual fashion… inspired by boredom, creative energy, and a passion for music – obvious reference points are Pixies, The Cure, The Clash and Arcade Fire; more oblique influences slide in from most genres of music and virtually every decade from the 50s onwards.
The first track I have chosen for RR this week is their newest single ‘Care For’. The video was only recently produced and released. The second track is also from their ‘Little Sparks’ album. It’s called Bullet in a Gun’ and its a cracking tune. Have a listen to both below and be sure to share your opinions of the band.
Hello and welcome to the very first Raving Review, or RR (try saying that ten times in a row) for short. My name is Keelan and I am a music blogger. I am sure the Raving Wild guys have already introduced me so I’ll try keep this intro short. Well anyway the aims of Raving Reviews is to showcase the diverse range of musical talent out-there. So basically I will be highlighting a broad range of bands and musicians from across the globe. So whats the point of all this? I hope to use RR to draw attention to some of the smaller bands out-there who deserve to be listened to. Also hopefully we can get an interesting musical discussion started here. I promised to keep this intro short. Sorry I lied but I am finished now and its time to introduce the first band.
Jape are an Irish electro-rock band formed originally as a solo project by Richie Egan. They formed in 2003 and have gone on to release four albums. They have received impressive accolades including two Choice Music Awards for their 2008 and 2011 albums.
Their music is a blend of inspiring lyrics and rhythmic beats. Egan is a producer and manages to incorporate a wide range of interesting musical techniques in their songs. Their music style is an entity of its own and spans many genres including pop, electro, folk and alternative .
The single ‘Floating‘ , off their second album The Monkeys in the Zoo Have More Fun Than Mebecame an instant hit within the Irish Alternative scene. It earned extensive airtime on National radio and was responsible for elevating Jape to a higher level of popularity. ‘Floating’ has since been covered by The Raconteurs, Jack White’s side project. I have included the track below so you can listen to it yourself.
So there we have it. The very first Raving Review. Wasn’t too bad now, was it? I feel like I should have christened this review segment but somehow I don’t think smashing a bottle of champagne across the bow of my laptop would be such a good idea. Let me know what you think of Jape.
We believe that there is so much more that smaller bands can do to help each other out. Because of this we’ve decided to create a page specially for this purpose.
We have the very talented Keelan Foley on board with us. He’ll be creating some reviews of the bands that we all like and are friends with. Keelan shall be posting them on this page. Please do check back soon, you won’t regret it!
Hiya, while we’re still working out the logistics with recording I’ve been searching for material to keep your eyes happy. I’ve found a fella called David Halliday, he has a superb blog and if you’re interested in poetry he has a great collection which is very well presented.
We’ve just created an eclectic movie for ‘Colder’ along with a better quality version of the song itself. It shall be available to view on our homepage in the next half an hour. Please do have a listen and let us know what you think.
We just came back from Brixton after playing with The Raketts and it was a great night, thanks to all for coming. We’ve been very busy with this and so we apologise if we haven’t had a chance to post anything recently however we’re back to normal now.
We’re updating the site over the course of today and tomorrow. We hope you like it!
We’re possibly going to be starting to make a music video for Ignition today, it may be finished later or it may not but we’ll try and get it done as soon as we can.
Here at Raving Wild we are looking for some talented individuals to work with us on the band and the associated projects such as the website and social networking. For more info Click Here
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