August 6th: MICK FLANNERY & SUSAN O’ NEILL Live Album, CAOILIAN & TESSA In-store this Friday, FTIL In-store Signing this Saturday, GAZA Fundraiser, and lotsa releases

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Hi all!  Ray is away again this week on a well deserved break so its the two of us again. Lots to announce so Ill keep this part short. Have a good read below! 

 

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First up is an instore thats very close. This Friday in fact. Its the one and only Caoilian Sherlock with the amazing Tessa Rose Jackson! 

  

People. They released a (sad) duet a little while ago and its as earwormy as it get. One of the songs you wake up with in your head and go to bed still humming it. 

 

Kicks off at 6pm this Friday the 8th and its free entry

 

Heres the track “Sad Duet”: https://youtu.be/-iqJKZ5Zvyw?si=-SDB5XtRXYQsmTQh

 

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Releases for the 8th of August include…

Next bit to announce is is a nice one. For fans of For Those I Love, he’ll be here on Saturday the 9th at 2PM. To get entry to this one ye’ll have to pick one of the options here on our website. He’ll be signing records and having a chat so will be a nice afternoon in the shop!

Releases for the 15th of August are

 

Ray left a note before he left for Kerry. Heres what he said: 

Hi folks

Im writing this little piece on Sunday afternoon for the lads to put in the newsletter weds coming before i head off for a few days in Kerry. This is not a political piece, its simply a humanitarian piece. I have never mentioned this on these pages before but its to the forefront of my mind most days…Gaza.

Im sure a lot of you like me are just completely horrified and numbed by what is going on

there. It really is hard to fathom in a modern society. A man made famine. Not too dissimilar

to what happened in our own country 170 years ago. How is this allowed to happen? Im sure you feel rather helpless about it as I do.

My dear friend Mick (Monk) who is with us most Fridays of the year (some of you know him as

sandals!) and his daughter Jess have over the last few months been supporting families directly in Gaza. Jess got in contact via the internet months back now and has built relationships with numerous families over in Gaza. Some of these families have tragic rips in their family units now. 

We here have supported Mick and Jess’s project a few times over the last few

months, ah sure its getting really critical there now. We are putting it up on the newsletter if

folks want to donate 10 or 20 euro or whatever they can. Don’t buy a record next week or

whatever it takes. A donation would be brilliant… 

I can vouch for Mick and Jess 100 million percent, your donation will make a difference to some families over in Gaza. 

Here is Jess with a few words and the link to donate…xx

“Hi all, my name is Jess, and many of you know my Dad Mick Monk, a regular in Music Zone. I just want to take a moment to tell you about the work I am doing to get food and clean water directly to displaced families in Gaza.

Many of you will be aware that Gaza is facing a man-made famine. Scarcity means the price of basics is astronomical. Flour costs up to $50 per kilo, and a family needs $100+ a day to survive. There is also a severe cash scarcity. Every cash withdrawal is charged up to 52% in commission. People simply can’t afford basics, and are drinking salt water to appease hunger.

The aid that gets in is minimal and immediately looted by armed gangs working with the occupation and sold back to people at unaffordable prices. Those who can’t afford food are forced to go to distribution sites where massacres take place every day.

Standard organizations can’t distribute supplies, so grassroots aid is critical. I am in touch with friends and contacts there daily and I work with my contacts and others supporting families to supply basic needs and send messages of support. Any donations make a huge difference and bring hope”

Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=ZRD8SDJGP59W8&no_recurring=0&item_name=Donate+to+help+Displaced+Families+in+Gaza+&currency_code=USD

Email: jmonkjem@gmail.com

Back to Ray here now. Can I ask ye as well as donating could ye share around on yer social

media stuffs as well please. (Cheeky monkey i know) whats 20 quid?Please please xx

Adam here again. Great cause folks so please give what you can and a little of what you cant. The fact its gone on so long is our greatest failure as a planet… 

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Onto the week of the 22nd of August 

Oasis – Complete Studio Album Collection / Box Set 8CD

Electronic – Raise The Pressure & Twisted Tenderness Reissues (2LP Black Vinyl)

The Who – Live at the Oval 1971 (CD/2 LP)

With 35,000 in attendance, on September 18, 1971 The Who headlined Goodbye Summer: A Rock Concert in aid of Famine Relief for the People of Bangladesh at The Oval cricket ground in Kennington, south London. Newly mixed from the original 8-track analog multi-track tapes, this concert shows The Who continuing their dominance as the top live rock band of the era. The outstanding performance culminates in Pete Townshend and Keith Moon destroying their equipment in a grand finale.

Miles Davis – Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings (2CD/3LP)

  • Chris Stapleton – Traveller (10 Year Anniversary) (Coloured LP/Indies Coloured LP)

The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina/The Machines Of God 25th Anniversary (CD/2LP)

CD – 25th anniversary edition. Newly remastered CD reissue of this Pumpkins’ classic. Includes “The Everlasting Gaze,” “Stand Inside Your Love” and “Try, Try, Try.”

2LP – 25th anniversary edition. Newly remastered 180g vinyl reissue of this Pumpkins’ classic. Includes “The Everlasting Gaze,” “Stand Inside Your Love” and “Try, Try, Try.”

 

Then from Integral on the 29th we have:

Thats all from me folks so Ill hand ye over to Shane. Hope to see ye at Caoilian & Tessa! 

Thanks, Adam!
Hi all, hope ye’re all ok as can be.

Well said about Gaza above by Ray and Adam, and a massive well done to Mick and his Daughter, Jess, for their efforts. I hope people will support.
It’s tragic and horrific what is happening there every day, and to voice support for Palestine is absolutely not anti-semetic. People have enormous sympathy for the genocide that happened to the Jewish people in World War 2. But now there is a genocide happening to the Palestinian people, it is seperate to what happened in the 40s.
Torture is happening on a mass scale to a people who can’t really defend themselves so that’s why people want to help.
I know that probably goes without saying but we’ll say it anyway.
It feels like we’re powerless most of the time, but things like this can certainly help.

On the releases for síos an bothair, there’s a really exciting Irish one this week to mention:
MICK FLANNERY & SUSAN O’ NEILL – In the Game (Live 2021-2025)

It’s coming out on October 17th on CD or Vinyl! In my opinion, in the top 3 Irish albums of the last decade. We played the hell out of it in-store around release time. Brilliant hooks and lyrics. And their voices really compliment each other on it. To hear it live here with crowd reactions/interactions will be very cool.
Here’s a bit more info on it:
“July 28In late February 2020, Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill took to the stage of The Late Late Show in Ireland fora striking performance of their standout song, “Baby Talk” released the following week. What began as a one-off collaboration quickly sparked a creative connection between the two artists, one that would evolve into something much greater.

Soon after, Mick and Susan began writing and recording together, ultimately crafting a full album of original material. The result was In the Game, released in September 2021 to widespread acclaim. The record debuted atNo. 1 on the Irish Independent Albums Chart, remained in or near the Top 20 for several weeks, and went on to become the biggest-selling album in Ireland by a non-major label that year.

They tookIn the Game on the road throughout 2022, touring extensively across Europe and North America.Their live shows captivated audiences, with the album’s songs forming the backbone of a moving, timelessnarrative—about musicianship, love, struggle, and life onand off the stage. Over time, In the Game has becomea cherished album, continuing to resonate with listeners both in Ireland and abroad.

Now, five years on from that first performance, a live record captured across a series of shows from 2021 to2025—will be released this October, accompanied by a nationwide Irish tour and select UK dates.”

Here’s that Late Late Show performance: https://youtu.be/i5htWVUruxM?si=9nVm572b6dQW1wLz

Will be a great one to get. And it’s very reasonable too.

Here’s everything else (sorry if we missed bits this week, Ray usually sends us more stuff when he’s here):

Last but not least, there’s a brand new album from JEFF TWEEDY of Wilco, and it’s massive! It’s called ‘Twilight Override‘. out September 26th on 3 CD or 3 LP.
Here’s a bit more infor about it:
“Arriving five years after 2020’s “surreal and acutely felt” (New York Times) pandemic-era reflection, Love Is The King, Twilight Override is an intentional, sprawling three disc album, a testament to creativity in the face of overwhelming darkness. Recorded and self-produced by Tweedy at his Chicago studio, The Loft, with engineering and mixing from Tom Schick, Twilight Override features Chicago-based friends and family: James Elkington, Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart, Liam Kazar, and Tweedy’s children Spencer and Sammy.

The three chapters of Twilight Override stand alone, but together, they tell a story of the past, present, and future. Each of today’s singles is picked from one of the discs comprising Twilight Override, offering a peek at the musical and thematic range to come.”
Here’s one of the singles:
https://youtu.be/uqnWfHkCPT8?si=AK7ij715OwucpU2p

Think that’s all from us this week.

Before I go, have a look at the WhazOn website: https://www.whazon.com/
Lots going on worth going to there.

Thanks a mill for listening as always.
Shane, Adam Og, Mia and Ray from hols