friday wake up call

Villagers have released a new song/video entitled "Occupy Your Mind".

"In the advent of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, please find attached a song written for you, your mother, your father and your gay brothers and sisters in Russia."

my 30 favourite albums of 2013

Happy New Year! Here's a look back at some of my favourite albums from 2013 ... other great albums that made it just outside of this list include Anthems by Pure Love, No World by Inc., You're Nothing by Iceage, Enola by I Can Make A Mess, Kveikur by Sigur Rós and Good Together by Chapel Club.


30. Direct Hit!: Brainless God

29. Nils Frahm: Spaces

28. The Flatliners: Dead Language

27. Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light

26. Zomby: With Love

25. Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart

24. Bad Religion: True North

23. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires Of The City

22. Deafheaven: Sunbather

21. Weekend Nachos: Still

20. The Wonder Years: The Greatest Generation

tuesday wake up call

Villagers performing "My Lighthouse" for Gigwise Session.



"My Lighthouse" is from the beautiful record, {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

monday wake up call

Video (directed by Tom Werber) for "Earthly Pleasure" by Villagers, one of my favourite songs of the year so far.



"Earthly Pleasure" is off of {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

friday wake up call

Villagers performing "Nothing Arrived" at this year's Glastonbury.



"Nothing Arrived" is taken from {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

nxne 2013 in photos, part iii

Villagers (solo show), June 15, 2013 @ Sidedoor in Soho House

saturday wake up call (nxne 2013 edition)

Villagers, 8pm @ Sidedoor + 12am @ The Great Hall!!!

"The Waves", Cardinal Sessions



"Cecelia & Her Selfhood"




Dead Bent, 4pm @ the Harbourfront Redpath Stage (FREE show!)

"Breakfast of Champions"





Millencolin, 8pm @ Yonge-Dundas Square (FREE show!)

"Fox"




Brazos, 6pm @ St. James Gazebo (FREE show!)

P0ST3RB0Y, 9pm @ Johnny Jackson

Our Founders, 10pm @ The Great Hall

The Death Set, 12am @ Lee's Palace

Iceage, 12am @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern

Fucked Up, 1am @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern

Soupcans, 2am @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern

sunday wake up call

Villagers performing "The Waves" live @ Le Grand Mix in Tourcoing, France.



"The Waves" is from {Awayland}—one of my favourite records of this year so far—out now on Domino.

Villagers are playing two shows at this year's NXNE, 8:00 pm @ Sidedoor and 12:00 am @ The Great Hall on June 15th.

thursday wake up call

Conor O'Brien (Villagers) performing "The Bell" on The Arts Show for BBC Northern Ireland.



"The Bell" is from the incredibly wonderful record {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

tuesday wake up call

Shorokh created this great video for the Mmoths' remix of "The Waves" by Villagers.

tuesday wake up call

Wonderful combination of animation and live footage video directed by Alden Volney for Villagers' "The Bell"!



"The Bell" is off of the incredible new Villagers record, {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

monday wake up call

One of my most anticipated albums of 2013, {Awayland} by Villagers is out today!
I've heard the record a handful of times now and it is pretty incredible... check out the following videos taken from {Awayland}.

"The Waves"




"Nothing Arrived"




"Passing a Message"

thursday wake up call

Villagers performing "My Lighthouse", live from Attica in Co Donegal.



The studio version of "My Lighthouse" will appear on {Awayland}, out on January 14th via Domino.

sunday wake up call

Conor O'Brien aka Villagers performing "The Waves" and "Home" on the Cardinal Sessions!

"Home"




"The Waves"




"Home" is from Villagers's wonderful debut, Becoming A Jackal, out now through Domino; "The Waves" is off of the upcoming record, {Awayland}, out on January 14th... I can't wait to hear it!

wednesday wake up call

"Nothing Arrived" by Villagers, directed by Alden Volney.



"Nothing Arrived" is off of Villagers' upcoming record, {Awayland}, out on via Domino Records.

wednesday wake up call

Villagers playing "Nothing Arrived" live from Attica.



"Nothing Arrived" will appear on the upcoming Villagers record, {Awayland}, out on January 14th, 2013.

thursday wake up call

Here's a video (directed by Alden Volney) for Villagers' new single entitled "The Waves", out on October 22nd, more details to come.

monday wake up call

Love the song and especially the video for "Cecelia & Her Selfhood" by Villagers. The extraordinary animation below was created by the very talented Adrien Merigeau!



Head over to Villagers' site to download "Cecelia & Her Selfhood".

for the cowards in the corner who just don't know what they're worth

How was everyone’s Record Store Day adventures yesterday? I got most of the things on my list; however, the one thing that I really wanted was Villagers’ Live at the Workman's Club in Dublin LP—it wasn’t available in North America. (Luckily, I was able to pick up the Villagers/Charlotte Gainsbourg 7-inch... love it!) So wanting to hear the Live at the Workman's Club in Dublin LP so badly, I searched and successfully downloaded it this morning. It is absolutely brilliant—every song is just perfect, Conor J O’Brien sounds incredible live! Check out the video for "The Meaning of The Ritual", Live at the Workman's Club below. (If anyone knows where I can buy this online... not ebay... please let me know. Thanks!)

song of the moment

Video for "The Meaning Of The Ritual" by Villagers—one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite albums from last year. Love the lines: "My love is selfish/How it separates the earth/It takes every shiny stone but leaves the dirt/For the cowards in the corner who just don't know what they're worth"