If this will help you I will do a "High Fidelity" top ten favourite records list.....so here we go 1. Sea Change-Beck 2. Grace-Jeff Buckley 3.The Boatmans Call-Nick Cave 4.Harvest-Neil Young 5.Poses-Rufus Wainwright 6. Mule Variations-Tom Waits 7. Either/Or-Elliot Smith 8. The Greatest-Cat Power 9. Velvet Underground-Velvet Undergrond 10.So Tonight That I May See-Mazzy Star. Also ..........The Muppet Show, Tom Waits, This Mortal Coil, Scott Joplin, Elliott Smith, crackly vinyl stuff, Randy Newman, Beck, Cat Power, power chords, Lo Fi stuff, Hi fi stuff, some alt country, some alt shift caps lock country, Rufus Wainwright, good ole laughing Len, Jeff Buckley giving it socks with just a Telecaster, Ogden Nash, White Stripes, silly punk stuff, Thomas Hardy (not many people know he had a band. He invented Hardy-Core which matched straight edge punk riffing to pastoral poetry.....) Nina, Billie, Scott Walker, Lee Hazelwood, Nick Cave, Mazzy Star, scratchy guitars and depraved blues, 30's and 40's stuff. The type of music made for attic rooms. And The Velvet Underground. And Nico. And reverb. There isn't half enough reverb around. Did I forget Big Star?Magnetic Fields?6ths?And Harry Nilsson?Wes Anderson, James Thurber, that Whistler painting "Nocuturne in Black and Gold", Nouvelle Vague (the album and the movement)Luis Buneul, John Fahey, twangy Duane Eddy licks, Adrian Utleys sweet and sour guitar solos for Portishead, Django Rheinhardt, John Barry, Arvo Part, ....ah, just call up to the house and we'll put a record on...
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Have a listen! EP available at www.poltergeistrecs.com
I’m not a big fan of the whole singer song writer thing, whinging in earnest tones bout being left broken hearted by Suzie Rottencrotch. I just don’t believe ‘em. Mr. Smyth on the other hand has two things most of the pretenders lack, vocal prowess and proper lyrics-Playrewind.com
Straight outta Ennis, comes Vertigo Smyth’s debut EP. His favourite albums list include Beck’s Sea Change, Jeff Buckley’s Grace and Neil Young’s Harvest. Despite his own material sharing an acoustic commonality with these records, the end result is a lot more playful and carefree and the 4 tracks here fly by. Opener ‘Comfort Me’ is a lovely ukulele-led number with handclaps and delightfully subtle backing vocals. ‘Dirty Blue’ admonishes hipster jeans in a laidback fashion complete with brass-mimicking mouth solo. A promising debut release-State.ie
A man with birds on his album can't be bad-Pa's Ma.
Hey there Vertigo Smyth! I just uploaded my new single, named "Good Memories", home recorded...I hope you to listen and comment! peace, love and take care you all!
ay up sir, you about at all to discuss this video business over the weekend? i'm kinda tied up and gagged til then but i'll be around saturday or sunday evenin if you're on for it
Hope all is well Mr.Tim, and that everyone is suitably loving your ep, I'm certainly loving all my wonderful tnings and bit and buttons. I met a guy who is thinking of selling cheap material and ribbons to colleges next year, maybe you could join forces, an enthusiac funny little guy.
Anyhow here is a we little notice hope you don't mind...
Hey, At long last I have pictures and prices of my new clothes. So if you like all things clothes and girlie take a look. All the pieces are one-off's, but I have stock ranging from 8-16. And as always I'll be down at the riverside market in Limerick, every sunday 12-5. Also my fancy new website will be arriving soon, I promise, and you will be able to make purchases online through etsy. com-but more news of that later, until then enjoy the new pics. Thanks Ruth
Im good, i've only just started looking for work and have an interview lined up so its all good. Im so used to not working (this is my 17th week of not working) so its gonna be weird to be back to doing 50 odd hours a week haha!
heya Tim, i only just listened to that recording Trisha sent me of your song on the tony fenton show. Snaps all round for you! that song was fab and the praise was great that they gave you. I hope that you being the daily download has helped you loads cos you deserve it! Must nag Trisha to send me some mp3s of you. I love rock out its really beautiful! Well done you!!!
