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1969 Records is an independent label set up in 2005 by a bunch of music fans who are sick of too much style and not enough substance in the rock and pop world of today. This Dublin-based label aims to support artists with real talent and help them get their music out to a wider audience.

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April 10 - UPDATE

Hello everybody and welcome to the first 1969 Records update for 2010.

We have moved our hosting of the website, so it has been down for a week or two, so apologies to anybody frustrated by that, but we are back up live now and raring to go.

Where to start……
Congratualtions to Ducky and Lewis on the recent Meteor and Choice Music Prize nominations, it was great to get them, and congratualtions to eventual winners, the Coronas and Adrian Crowley respectively. We are hearing rumours of further nominations in the offing, so keep an eye out here for further updates. Proud and all as we are of DLM, it’s the record that is the most important thing, and its available to buy here in the shop, or in most good record shops, so if you havent checked it out yet, please roll up.

Also, the DLM alternanthem, which was recorded at the behest of the Irish Times is now available to download from itunes at this link so if you want to hear the track, or an instrumental version if you fancy a bit of karaoke (or even rewriting it), there is an instrumental version of the track available there also. The Irish Times are holding a reader competion to see who can come up with the (second) best alternanthem, so check out the Times website if there are any aspiring Walshs or Hannons out there……

There will be more from DLM in 2010, so keep an eye out for dates. In the interim, Mr Hannon's alter ego, The Divine Comedy release their new opus in May. Entitled Bang goes the Knighthood, the sneaky clips we have heard in '69 Mansions reveal one of TDCs best records, and obviously we all wish Neil and TDC the very best with it.

Right, enough about the competition, 1969 is delighted to announce the release of ALONEWALK by the inestimable DAVE COUSE which will be exclusively available here on the site from Good Friday, 2 April 2010. We will be getting it to the stores and up on sale digitally in the week or two after that, but Dave wanted people to have an opportunity to get it early through the site, and who are we to argue with Dave Couse. 8 brand new tracks, including a guest spot from the great Cathal Coughlan. As ever Ferg and Rike are instrumental…no pun intended… to how great the record sounds.

Go get it, you will not be disappointed.

PUGWASH resume their assault on the UK in April, and are playing in support of the APE Music release GIDDY with their debut bow in London on 28 April.

The show in being supported by the wonderful WORD magazine, who have grown to love all things Pugwashian in the last 12 months. As Thomas reports on the PUGWASH website……

Our biggest fans and dear friends at the wonderful WORD magazine are putting this evening of pop on and we thank them from the bottom of our hook-filled hearts. Here’s what the latest WORD e-zine says about the night….

A WORD IN YOUR EAR “On April 28th we’re putting on a gig at The Lexington, the pub over the road from the office. It’s headlined by Pugwash, who are supported by Duncan Maitland and The Wutars. Mark Ellen and David Hepworth are your masters of ceremonies. The Massive will be in full effect. Tickets are £10 and go on sale to the general public on Monday but you can buy them now from this link below!!”
PUGWASH LIVE AT THE LEXINGTON, ISLINGTON.

Releases

Following The World Should Know, Dave raced back into the studio, and after a Blue Nilesque recording session re emerged with the majestic Alonewalk. Spare, but beautifully recorded and played, this , by anyones standard, marks a departure for Dave Couse as an artist. With an entirely new palatte of sounds, the songs are a heady meditation on life and love and loss. Mastered by the beyond legendary Bob Ludwig....go on wiki him...anyone who has heard this album has been raving about it. Now its your turn.

Listen

THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD

Go and get your pads on, take your place in the sun, and salivate in expectation for the sound of Summer '09

THE PALE

Recording Proper Order started the greatest adventure the band have embarked on so far, with the genesis of the album beginning in eastern europe and finishing in Ireland. The band are reported to be "Very Very Very Happy" with completing the record and excited by the prospect of touring the new material.

NIALL COLFER

Finds is Niall’s first solo project. Playing many of the instruments on these new tracks himself, Niall has honed a distinctive style; a hushed confidence of melody and groove, inside disco, rock and sometimes even folk

PUGWASH

Pugwash follow up their most critically and commercially successful album 'Jollity' with their second '1969 Records' release entitled 'Eleven Modern Antiquities'. What we have is an amalgam of Thomas Walsh's songs and vision brought to the public ear by an orchestra of famed and highly respected musicians.

THE PALE

Over the course of the last few years The Pale have collaborated with a number of different artists and their main strength as a group is that they always think outside the box. As the group have toured they have added and subtracted instruments and players to the line-up. The mainstay of the group has remained to be the unique sound conjured up by Matthew and Shane.

COUSE & THE IMPOSSIBLE

Listen to samples of the 2006 Meteor nominated 'Best Album' - The World Should Know - by Couse & The Impossible - generally regarded by critics and public alike as a great return to form for the legendary Dave Couse with his new band, "The Impossible".

PUGWASH

Since releasing their debut power-pop album in 1999, 'Almond Tea', Pugwash, aka songwriter Thomas Walsh and friends,has become an instant favourite of Irish and British music critics alike.