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Mr November · 03-23-2011, 06:26 PM

Entry for Wednesday, March 23, 2011:

Ok so this is more for me to be able to scrapbook some exploring I'm doing. I've recently become interested in finding Indie type bands from places outside the usual North America.

This time, because of St. Pats day and because for various reason the place has sparked my interest, we travel to Eire.

Ok, so here's what I've dug up.

So this first band is called Redneck Manifesto. From what I can tell it's an instrumental band which reminds me of other personal favourites such as Toe (Japanese) and Special Others (Japanese). So I already really like this kind of pure instrumental guitar, bass, drum thing, and this band immediately sounded right to me. For the third band I've found, I'm now optimistic about Ireland's music scene.

(I'm actively searching for music and writing this at the same time)

I also thought their songs music video was pretty sick here.

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This one is Jape. Ok so the name is already good. And after listening to the song, it's not bad either. Kind of Beck-ish, and I like Beck so that's goodish. Wikipediad (is that a word?) "Jape" to confirm it was actually Irish. Turns out, according to this very credible source, Jape is an electric -rock band from Dublin, Ireland (I think that's in Ireland). I'll be checking this out a bit I think.

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Now for God is an Astronaut. First impression, The Police instrumentals. That's not really accurate though. This is another Irish band, this one again instrumental. Seriously good indie music film here too. I like this music, but I have a hard time imagining myself listening to in day to day life. That applies to a lot of other good bands too though. Maybe some others will find this good.

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Another Dublin band. The Future Kinggs of SpainI already knew about these guys but they're a mention. They aren't what I'm looking for, but they're a good band. Wont be adding them to my collection probably though. Just not my kind of music. Other people should listen though, because contrary to the consensus of the republic of my own brain, everyone doesn't think the same as me, and no you probably aren't all just pretending to disagree.

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This would be Cane141. Not sure how well known this one is. Seems like it might be in a bit of a niche market. The band comes from Galway started up in '97. That's all I really know. I liked this particular song.

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Other bands that came up:

The Jimmy Cake
The Frames
United Bible Studies
The Rags
Alphastates (Babelfish)

If anyone knows more about these bands (all the way up the page) and thinks they're worth listening more too, let me know please.

I don't think all of this is Indie, but as I say, in my personal listening day to day, I completely ignore genres and just listen to music for whatever it is. I basically learned that Ireland makes good instrumental music, and that there is no way I will die having heard all the great bands around the world that I should have

Hopefully I can get some of them though.

03-23-2011, 06:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mr November Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 429	Entry for Wednesday, March 23, 2011: Ok so this is more for me to be able to scrapbook some exploring I'm doing. I've recently become interested in finding Indie type bands from places outside the usual North America. This time, because of St. Pats day and because for various reason the place has sparked my interest, we travel to Eire. Ok, so here's what I've dug up. So this first band is called Redneck Manifesto. From what I can tell it's an instrumental band which reminds me of other personal favourites such as Toe (Japanese) and Special Others (Japanese). So I already really like this kind of pure instrumental guitar, bass, drum thing, and this band immediately sounded right to me. For the third band I've found, I'm now optimistic about Ireland's music scene. (I'm actively searching for music and writing this at the same time) I also thought their songs music video was pretty sick here. -------------thisandthenextisnotthesame--somehowtheyisdifferent-------------- This one is Jape. Ok so the name is already good. And after listening to the song, it's not bad either. Kind of Beck-ish, and I like Beck so that's goodish. Wikipediad (is that a word?) "Jape" to confirm it was actually Irish. Turns out, according to this very credible source, Jape is an electric -rock band from Dublin, Ireland (I think that's in Ireland). I'll be checking this out a bit I think. ----------------thisisheretoshowyouthatsomethingnewishappening-------------- Now for God is an Astronaut. First impression, The Police instrumentals. That's not really accurate though. This is another Irish band, this one again instrumental. Seriously good indie music film here too. I like this music, but I have a hard time imagining myself listening to in day to day life. That applies to a lot of other good bands too though. Maybe some others will find this good. ------------------wearemovingon.letgoofthat.it'stimeforsyouhavepolio omethingnew---------- Another Dublin band. The Future Kinggs of SpainI already knew about these guys but they're a mention. They aren't what I'm looking for, but they're a good band. Wont be adding them to my collection probably though. Just not my kind of music. Other people should listen though, because contrary to the consensus of the republic of my own brain, everyone doesn't think the same as me, and no you probably aren't all just pretending to disagree. -----------------------ifyoudontunderstandnowyouneverwill----------------------- This would be Cane141. Not sure how well known this one is. Seems like it might be in a bit of a niche market. The band comes from Galway started up in '97. That's all I really know. I liked this particular song. -------------------------irefusetoexplainthisanymore------------------------------ Other bands that came up: The Jimmy Cake The Frames United Bible Studies The Rags Alphastates (Babelfish) If anyone knows more about these bands (all the way up the page) and thinks they're worth listening more too, let me know please. I don't think all of this is Indie, but as I say, in my personal listening day to day, I completely ignore genres and just listen to music for whatever it is. I basically learned that Ireland makes good instrumental music, and that there is no way I will die having heard all the great bands around the world that I should have Hopefully I can get some of them though. Last edited by Mr November; 03-23-2011 at 06:53 PM.