ELECTRO-blues outfit GRIM have released new EP Throw Up.
It features five new tracks by the Northern Irish artist - aka Laurence McDaid - and is available to download now through http://grimderry.bandcamp.com/
For more information on GRIM, check out the Q&A he did with RealSoundsOK earlier this year.
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
GRIM Q&A
Your name:
Laurence McDaid.
Where are you from?
Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. There is no
good reason for my home-town to have two names, but such is the contrary nature
of humanity.
Name of band:
GRIM.
Who else is in your band?
My laptop Nigel (the most reliable drummer I’ve
ever worked with...)
How would you describe yourself?
Electro-blues: Electro because of the
‘instrumentation’. Blues because, mostly, I get irritated by things other
people seem to find totally acceptable; the music I write, therefore, is a sort
of catharsis. It could be more obscure, but you have to make some things easy
for everyone.
Who are your main influences musically?
I love Tom Waits, but he’s a sort of obvious one.
Mark Lanegan, Beck, Eels. If it’s more or less rock music but with something
distinguishing, I tend to love it...
What do you hope to achieve in music?
Well, I’m an angst-ridden white European man; so
the old cliché would suggest I’ll never achieve my subconscious goal of my
father’s approval... If I could influence one person or band enough to make
music, though, I’d be happy.
What has been the highlight of your career so far, and
why?
I got this gig opening for the Neil Cowley Trio, a
fantastic Jazz piano trio. The audience were amazingly open considering the
musical differences. The highlight, though, was this Scottish guy in the
audience with the loudest laugh I’ve ever heard the chuckled uproariously at
all my self-deprecations between songs.
And what’s the moment you want to forget?
Failure can be more useful than success, and it’s
definitely harder to forget. Forgetting my own ego-driven arrogance might be a
step in the right direction, though.
If you could choose just one of your songs to represent
your music, what would it be and why?
‘Little Fizz’ is kind of a fan favourite; I suppose
it determined the direction I was going in. I’d always been an advocate of the
song written in twenty minutes, but hadn’t really followed my own advice up
until that one.
Where can we listen to it?
Where can we find out more about your music?
Anything else you’d like to say about your band that I
forgot to ask?
People have this mental block about music that’s
depressing, but I find even the music people ‘dance’ to of a weekend has
depressing lyrical content about heart-break, or rejection. People connect with
music because of a human need to empathise and relate to their peers. GRIM is
my attempt to do that my way. EP coming soon.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
The Folk Remedy Q&A
Matt Whoriskey.
Where
are you from?
Derry,
Northern Ireland.
Name
of band:
The
Folk Remedy
Who
else is in your band?
Maria
Bonner (vocals, violin) and Rob Ryle (guitar).
How
would you describe yourselves?
We
are a folk group, heavily influenced by country and indie and we like to think
we merge these sounds with a pinch of pop too!
Who
are your main influences musically?
There
are so many but mainly our influences come
from Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Elbow, Neil Young, The Postal Service and Damien
Jurado &
loads more too!
What
do you hope to achieve in music?
Recognition
and we want our music to be heard all over. I think we do have something that people like at the
moment and it’s a dream of ours to share that.
What
has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Our
response on twitter, particularly over the last few weeks has been a huge
highlight. We’ve received countless followers, loads of radio play
and fantastic reviews from lovely, generous people!
And
what’s the moment you want to forget?
The
ride home from a gig in Sheffield a few weeks ago. Travelling over Snake Pass from Manchester and the return
leg over some unknown road in the Peak District was one white knuckle ride at
5mph I would like to erase from my memory! We’ve only been playing together a short while and
thankfully nothing disastrous has occurred on stage yet, YET!
If
you could choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it
be and why?
I
would say New York Skyline. It’s the first song I ever really wrote and it means a
lot to me. Since we formed the band, Rob’s and Maria’s input to this
song has made it even more meaningful. It was written on honeymoon.
Where
can we listen to it?
Where
can we find out more about your music?
Email us thefolkremedy@gmail.com
Anything
else you’d like to say about your band that I forgot to ask?
Just to mention that we have
an EP coming out in April called Sirens. It
can be streamed from http://soundcloud.com/thefolkremedy/sets/sirens-ep/
Also, our gigs are on: http://www.thefolkremedy.com/#!whenthefolk/ctzx
We’re supporting Linnea Olsson
from Sweden on Friday 8th March
too, who’s recently had a 4-star review in Q Magazine, so we’re excited about
that!
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