Tis the Giving Season #4

To: You
From: Porn On Vinyl

“Merry Christmas to all.
I hope you enjoy this.
Tracks 1 and 3 are written by me.
The rest are used without permission, but hey, it’s Christmas!

All songs recorded between December 22nd and December 23rd.
Tracks 1 and 3 written 3:47+ am on December 23rd.”

Download.

Porn On Vinyl is 17 year old Dubliner Aidan Wall, he records great lofi folk songs in his bedroom. Porn On Vinyl reminds me of both Elliott Smith and Neutral Milk Hotel. About 2 weeks ago, I invited him out to RTE to record a live session for The Analogue Hour. It went swimmingly, I haven’t heard the final mix of it yet but it sounded deadly in the studio at the time. It’s slightly less lofi than before, you can blame that on RTE’s semi analogue semi digital supercomputer sound desk. That will go out sometime mid January, I’ll post a reminder about it closer to the time.

Anyway, enjoy this free Christmas Ep and if you like what you hear download his latest full length for free, it’s called ‘I spent the night thinking with short periods of sleep interrupted by visions‘ and I highly recommend it!

Nollaig Shona!
(for the non irish speakers – Happy Christmas!)

What next?!

It’s Christmas Eve! So you really should have all of your Christmas shopping done. If not, what are you going to get for the clubber or clubbette in your life? Why not get them Ministry of Sound’s Annual 2009? It’s got some top tunes you know! Like Pjanoo, and Wearing My Rolex, and, eh, something by Basshunter… Or else, if you want to go all out, why not treat them to a super-fancy box set type thingy which features the marvelous compilation AND the Ministry of Sound Nightlife aftershave/perfume? It’s musky/clean/fresh (guys) or sensual/musky (again!)/fruity (gals), but either way, the bottle is sleek and stylish! Sold!

And it’s not just MoS who are venturing into the fruity world of perfume tie-ins – Hed Kandi, purveyors of funky sexy house and delicious downtempo grooves (I’m sorry) have released a perfume, appropriately called Eivissa. Quite. Apparently this scent will “evoke memories of those hazy summer days long throughout the winter months.” They’ve even outdone MoS on the description front – Eivissa is magical, sexy, seductive, uplifting and effervescent, it SPARKLES, it’s relaxed, easy to wear and “will take you from sunrise to sunset.”

I can only imagine how these things smell – if they really do smell like clubbing then they’ll hopefully contain enough sweat, dirt, alcohol, narcotics and nicotine to put off even the most hardened of partiers. Seriously though, if this is what it takes to sell CDs nowadays, I’m not suprised Zavvi has gone into administration. That said, queues in HMV are ridiculous this week, as is customary at this manic time of year. You never can tell? Enjoy the sales people! You might just get Nightlife or Eivissa for cheap!