hollowsolid: II Noisy Neighbours

This was originally meant to be the dumping ground for the noisier, more rambunctious music - so you could avoid them if you were having a non-noisy moment. But as usual, doctors differ and ideas die. So herewith, the mostly noisy neighbours.

1. Electric President | Wearing Influences On Our Sleveless Tshirts
Florida, Morr Music. Tasty. Let me know if I'm starting to sound like Pat Kenny.

2. Ms. John Soda | Hands
More indietronic von Munchen.

3. No Age | Glitter

4. The Beets | What Did I Do?
I love this. Under 2 minutes of well reared noise.

5. Rollerskate Skinny | Shallow Thunder
Yep. Another great original Dublin band. I love the cover on this.

6. Owen Pallett | Keep The Dog Quiet (Simon Bookish Remix)
A fiddle player by trade, this guy wrote the string arrangements for the Arcade Fire's first 2 albums + Beirut's Flying Club Cup + loads of others. He also performs as Final Fantasy and tours with nearly everyone. This song features a nice quirky melody and some odd rhythms. What more do you want?

7. Wolf Parade | Ghost Pressure
Just heard that these guys are going on an indefinite hiatus once they've completed the current round of shows. Sad news indeed. This song rocks and was on heavy rotation round our house this year.

8. Wormhole | Lay It On
Where to start with these lads? Some of the noisiest neighbours you could ever hope to meet. One of my favourite Dublin bands ever. Let's start with this (watch out for Waccy Baccy appearing nonchalantly out of a Wendy house to rock the corpo estate in Ringsend) :

And move swiftly along to this :

A definitive history of the band (and a nice general archive of certain bands in Dublin in the late 90s) by Stephen Rennicks is available here. God I love Wormhole.

9. Lali Puna | Micronomic
More Achers.

10. Weekend | Tiara

11. Parts & Labor | Sugar Kane
Faithful cover of a great song, even more notable for the absence of guitars. How do you cover a Sonic Youth song without abusing at least 1 guitar?

12. Bot'Ox | Bluesteel
Short and sweet.

13. The Cast Of Cheers | Auricom
Math rock is no longer welcome at breakfast in my house. Jaysis, fair enough I hear you cry. Not sure why I was surprised to discover this band is from Dublin... That artwork defines the special needs genre. Give that man a grant.

14. Cloud Nothings | Hey Cool Kid
Kind of hypnotic no-fi with unintelligible lyrics....but it's got a hook.

15. White Denim | Sex Prayer
Time to lash out my festive denims and do some squat tests, Waccy Baccy style.

16. Obits | Two-Headed Coin
Cant be saved and not get spent | It belongs to the government
Brooklyn but not indie/folk/hipster. This is Rick Froberg's (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes) latest band and they rock like all other bands he's been involved in.

Nice poster from a recent Dublin gig.

17. Harlem Shakes | Strictly Game
To all who've had a hellish 2010...and I know that includes quite a few of you. Stay Game.

18. Cut Copy | Unforgettable Season
Pop dressed in noisy clothing.

19. Gruff Rhys | Candylion
Welsh, pure pop oddness. This is from a 2007 album of the same name.

20. The Intelligence | Dating Cops
Altogether..."Woo-Woo-Woo-Woo-Woo-Woo-Woo!"

21. Windsor For The Derby | Maladies
A famous gig back in 2000 where Wormhole supported these guys in Whelans. I didn't go but ........I have the flyer?