So Cow

chairman of the bored · 05.12.2009, 09:53 AM

Band from Ireland that plays punky pop numbers, some of them sung in Korean. I heard them play a live set on WFMU this morning and thought it was pretty cool. Definitely for fans of The Homosexuals.

http://www.myspace.com/socow
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/so_cow

05.12.2009, 01:11 PM

I'm kind of split about So Cow. He has some brilliant tunes, and then some others that sound average. In saying that, I haven't heard that much, so any recommendations are welcome. Thanks for the free music archive link.

chairman of the bored · 05.12.2009, 02:01 PM

Yeah, that free music archive is probably more deserving of its own thread. wfmu is the greatest. i thought 'casablanca' was a pretty decent tune.

PAULYBEE2656 · 05.12.2009, 02:12 PM

brilliant!! never heard of em and im irish!!! nice one!!!

DJ Rick · 05.12.2009, 02:16 PM

This guy has been an instant favorite of mine for pop perfection since I heard the first single "Moon Geun Yung". Two CDs were self-released over the last couple years, plus a couple 7" singles. The best of this material has been collected onto an 12" LP out now on Tic Tac Totally. He's touring right now....his second tour of the States, but his first with his own backing band.

05.12.2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

brilliant!! never heard of em and im irish!!! nice one!!!

In a way he (Brian Kelly) has more ties to the bands that are part of the Shitgaze scene than what goes on in Ireland/Europe, even though he has his own individual sound. The first time I've heard So Cow was about a year ago on DJ Rick's Art For Spastics, when he played 'Shackleton', to this day my favourite song of his. If memory serves me well he also covered Deerhoof.

05.12.2009, 02:30 PM

Shackleton is a brilliant pop song. It has a good lyrics, a great melody, a nice organ, and Kelly's voice is very good in itself. It could easily appeal to fans of Belle and Sebastian.

05.12.2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ Rick

This guy has been an instant favorite of mine for pop perfection since I heard the first single "Moon Geun Yung". Two CDs were self-released over the last couple years, plus a couple 7" singles. The best of this material has been collected onto an 12" LP out now on Tic Tac Totally. He's touring right now....his second tour of the States, but his first with his own backing band.

Thanks, I was wondering a while ago if he had a proper full-length out, and somehow I've never managed to check the various bistros on the internet.

chairman of the bored · 05.12.2009, 10:22 PM

The live set I heard this morning is up now. Pretty rippin.

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/So...Cheap_5122009/

05.13.2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chairman of the bored

The live set I heard this morning is up now. Pretty rippin.

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/So...Cheap_5122009/

Neat.

05.12.2009, 09:53 AM	#1
chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	Band from Ireland that plays punky pop numbers, some of them sung in Korean. I heard them play a live set on WFMU this morning and thought it was pretty cool. Definitely for fans of The Homosexuals. http://www.myspace.com/socow http://freemusicarchive.org/music/so_cow __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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05.12.2009, 01:11 PM	#2
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I'm kind of split about So Cow. He has some brilliant tunes, and then some others that sound average. In saying that, I haven't heard that much, so any recommendations are welcome. Thanks for the free music archive link.
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05.12.2009, 02:01 PM	#3
chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	Yeah, that free music archive is probably more deserving of its own thread. wfmu is the greatest. i thought 'casablanca' was a pretty decent tune. __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	brilliant!! never heard of em and im irish!!! nice one!!! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	This guy has been an instant favorite of mine for pop perfection since I heard the first single "Moon Geun Yung". Two CDs were self-released over the last couple years, plus a couple 7" singles. The best of this material has been collected onto an 12" LP out now on Tic Tac Totally. He's touring right now....his second tour of the States, but his first with his own backing band. __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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05.12.2009, 02:30 PM	#7
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Shackleton is a brilliant pop song. It has a good lyrics, a great melody, a nice organ, and Kelly's voice is very good in itself. It could easily appeal to fans of Belle and Sebastian.
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05.12.2009, 10:22 PM	#9
chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	The live set I heard this morning is up now. Pretty rippin. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/So...Cheap_5122009/ __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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