Playlist: Music Library – Week Starting 6th December

The Music Library is an alternative music show which airs on Flirtfm 101.3, Galway’s alternative student station Monday-Friday between 8 and 9 am. I take charge of the tunes on Mondays.

Not Squares – Release the Bees
Explosions in the Sky – The only Moment we were Alone
Beach House – Zebra
Zola Jesus – I Can’t Stand
Cap Pas Cap – Friends
Yeasayer – Madder Red
Efterklang – Step Aside
four tet – sing
Teebs – Humming Birds
Lorn – Cherry Moon
Gold Panda – You
Marina and the Diamonds – I am not a Robot (Clock Opera Remix)

The last two tracks got cut off from the podcast which can be found here.

Gig: Cap Pas Cap

Cap Pas Cap are a Dublin based electronic-tinged indie outfit. Haunted Light is the band’s first album and was launched on the 13th of November off Skinny Wolves. On Saturday night the Rosin Dubh played host to the Leinster hipsters. They have been quietly raising a few eyebrows in the capital and getting favourable mentions in various blogs, however this failed to attract a reasonable crowd and those who chose to observe did so from a cautious distance leaving the dance floor to the tumbleweeds.

With such a lack of energy to feed off it’s somewhat unsurprising that CPC put on a show that was businesslike and nothing more. Their undeniably funky brand of danceable indie-pop had the desired effect on some of the venues more inebriated clientele as tunes like the infectious single ‘Friends’ were rewarded with the awkward flailing-limb moves they deserve.

Having won over pockets of onlookers with a notably up-tempo opening, the set dipped midway with a series of tracks that failed to make any kind of first impression, sounding rather generic and stale. Loitering between The Ting Tings and Fight Like Apes with a hint of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cap Pas Cap are not creating an entirely new or ground-breaking sound, but not every new act needs to be incredibly innovative, what CPC are doing for the most part is creating catchy pop tunes. Not-so-discreet glances and hand signals showed the band is still getting comfortable with some of the songs onstage.

A reversion back to the lively, provided a strong finish to Saturday night’s set with a handful of those impressed queuing up to get their hands on Haunted Light. With a more receptive crowd, a more inspiring stage presence and a removal of filler CPC could become one of the more exciting prospects in Ireland’s ever-growing indie scene.

Video: Cap Pas Cap – Friends

The second video from Cap Pas Cap whose debut album Haunted Light is being released November 13th on Skinny Wolves. This is one Irish act I can’t wait to hear more of.