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YOUR WEEKLY MUSIC FIX October 04, 2019 Music, Movies, Games & Video Charts Magazine IRELAND’S E S D I W S E N MUSIC VIDEO CHART N I TOP 10 #SpotLightChart ELKAE LYRA IAN GUERIN FINNEAS BLOOD HARMONY The Pondhawks Drop Top Alibi Conor Furlong Rapid Eye Movement Scott DeCarlo PureMzine PureMzine.com Editor: Chris Thompson [email protected] Music Reviews Dave Simpson Danielle Holian Interviews Eileen Shapiro Music News Anne Hunter [email protected] Gig Photography Paulo Nuno Film Reviews Tommy McCormack CONNECT Twitter @puremzine YouTube #PureMzine CONTRIBUTE? We’re always looking for writers to contribute each week to our magazine... submit music, gig, or film reviews to [email protected], thank you! Lukas Graham Release Autobiographical Single 'Lie' The Grammy Award- relationship that has proven to The track has been streamed nominated, multi-Platinum stand the test of time, and is over a billion times on Spotify, Lukas Graham share their new partially inspired by his now- a feat only 25 other artist have single 'Lie', which is out now on fiancé. In fact, the official accomplished, and resulted in Warner Records. The track is artwork for 'Lie' is a photo taken three Grammy Award accompanied by its official on the same night that the nominations. '7 Years' was video. couple met. 2016's highest-selling single by With 'Lie', lead singer Lukas Lukas Graham will embark a debut artist, and catapulted Forchhammer continues to upon a North American tour Lukas Graham to sold-out tours write from a personal and next month. See around the world, critical autobiographical place, taking lukasgraham.com/tour for a full acclaim and countless television listeners back to the beginning list of dates and ticket performances. of a young, tumultuous teenage information. The song transformed Danish Lukas Graham released their singer Lukas Forchhammer's second album '3 (The Purple life into a whirlwind a world Album)' last year, alongside the away from his beginnings. He single 'Love Someone' which was born on a couch in has been streamed over 500 Christiania, an impoverished million times. The band made quasi-commune located in the their made their global debut centre of Copenhagen, where he with their 2016 self-titled debut met his "boys" turned album, which reached #2 in the bandmates – Mark "Lovestick" UK and spawned the #1 smash Falgren (drums) and Magnús '7 Years'. "Magnúm" Larsson (bass). 03 DUBLIN POP ARTIST ELKAE SET TO RELEASE BRAND NDubliEn Wbased, SelecItroNnic GLE Pop/Soul artist ELKAE releases new single "Conflictus" on Friday October 11th with single launch in the Bello Bar on Saturday October 19th with special guests TBA. After the success of her first 2 releases ELKAE is taking the music world by storm! After a line of festivals, she'e been selected to showcase at Ireland music week this coming October. ELKAE has had her music on national and international radio, editorial Spotify palylists, and been featured in music blogs such as Nialler9, Discovernu (UK) and TrippleHQ (US). She is now set to release her 3rd single "Conflictus".(Full bio in link below) Conflictus is an empowering electronic pop song that captures the inner conflict at the crossover point in which the dreamer in you is challenge by pop track. Conflictus rounds off the realist in relationship the story of ELKAEs two expectations and love. It's the previous releases: SOLD the stronger side of you coming out first date, I FEEL - the and saying how you really feel. progression and now ELKAE explores a heavier side Conflictus, the exploration of to her electro/pop soul sound the mindset as the relationship and vocals with this powerful comes to an end. 04 PUREMZINE.COM LYRA ANNOUNCES HEADLINE TDherUe is nBo doLubtI thNat LY SRA iHs OW on the rise. Having just performed at the second stage at Electric Picnic, she has sold- out recent headline shows in London and Dublin and supported the likes of Jess Glynne, Dermot Kennedy and James Bay. Now, LYRA announces her biggest Irish headline yet, at The Academy Dublin on the 5th of March 2020. The Cork singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist earlier this month released her anthemic new single 'Mother', an ode to LYRA's Mum's powerful words of encouragement to forget your insecurities and rise above the haters. "Writing this one with Phil Cook (Birdy, Ellie Goulding), was special - it came together in one day. I feel very at ease in the studio with him - there I am, to sing, also my voice. It dust off & go hell for leather wailing away - not afraid of definitely got me down - with anything and everything singing a wild note, and he's especially about the singing you want to do - and always really open and encouraging of because I felt like I'd found my remember to encourage others those wilder things - it really passion but was ashamed of to do the exact same!" helps me shape the song," doing it. A perfect blend of dark explains LYRA. My mum always told me to electronic pop, LYRA's "The song is about growing rise above it all, accept myself creativity manifests itself in up and wrestling with who I as I was, to be proud of that and songs, stories and art. Her love was - something I think we all enjoy life... It's not always easy of vocal talents such as Kate go through at one point or - I still have insecurities and Bush, Lykke Li and Bat for another in this crazy thing worry about all sorts of things - Lashes is obvious: part vintage, called life! Growing up I was who doesn't - but this song's a part contemporary, she exudes teased about my appearance reminder to pick your ass up, a sense of being free from the quite a bit and then, as I began give it a big old shake to get the constraints of time and era. 05 The Pondhawks by Eileen Shapiro Often recited as being as well as exactly what they Jorie: They are in Chicago and reminiscent of The Beatles, the were up to... Mario is a jokester it's with Lighthouse for the Chicago based duo, The while Jorie just seems to Blind. They are really into Pondhawks are quickly rising entertain his comedy. Together PondHawks music. We had to as one of the biggest Indie they make an incredible sound bring all of our albums in, they factions in the world. Their that touches the hearts of fans wanted to be able to hear all of vocals and harmonies continue and listeners.. our music. to bend genres and delight fans. Their newest song, "Afraid of So what have you guys been What did you talk about? Love" continues to create a up to since we last spoke? buzz and fans are anxiously Jorie: Basically, what we went awaiting to see what's next. Mario: Just making it happen. over with you, the beginnings I spoke to Jorie and Mario We did a radio show this of the band, and about our regarding a psychedelic, morning. It was called CRIS, music, and songs that they fluorescent 50th anniversary and it was interesting because talked about, were they hard to festival celebrating Woodstock they were blind. do or easy. 06 PUREMZINE.COM Mario: Our favorite and stuff like that. was like except the pinada amphibians and reptiles....the didn't have any Rolexes in usual, you know... Mario: I've got enough them. They didn't give out any weirdness. bad ant- acid. You just came off doing a festival of some sort? Jorie: He's weird altogether. Jorie: It was Woodstock ....But I don't think you need all alright. People really got into it. Jorie: We did the Woodstock that gimmicky stuff if you can They had wigs on, all the tie- tour. That was actually pretty sing. dye. That's it 50 years later. good. Everyone was dressed up like hippies. Do you you do covers or only Mario: They had all the your own originals? psychedelic lights and they tried Mario: They told me to come to make it as groovy as they dressed the way I always Mario: We do covers, yeah. could, within the realm of do...the thing is Eileen, I pick a The last show we did was legality. They called it decade and I stick to it. almost a five hour show, so you Woodstock Festival 2019. know we're doing at least 3 1/2 Are you writing or recording hours of covers. We were doing Jorie: It was A private party anything new? our originals at the end for the with only invited guests, but a people that were fortunate lot of invited guests. It was on Mario: Oh yeah! We were on enough, wait I mean unfortunate this Estate. There was a sound our way to the interview this enough to miss our first set. system and everything. There morning and I was playing our That was a long day. It's was a was food and you could just new demo for Jorie. Our new groovy thing. walk around, that's how big it song. We've got about 25 songs was. in the queue. So it's like "what Jorie: We had like six encores do we want to do next?" or something. They just wanted Mario: I hit the pinada but I more. It was like a marathon. didn't get a Rolex. We were I've been reading your rolling with the punches. We reviews, and the consensus is Mario: Picture this, it was thrive on the humor of the thinking you sound like The outside Chicago....have you situation.