Squarehead (band) explained
Squarehead |
Origin: | Dublin, Ireland |
Genre: | Garage pop, indie rock |
Years Active: | –present |
Label: | Richter Collective |
Current Members: | Roy Duffy Ruan van Vliet Ian McFarlane |
Squarehead are an Irish garage pop band from Dublin composed of lead singer / guitarist Roy Duffy, bassist Ian McFarlane and Ruan van Vliet on drums.
History
Squarehead were formed in January 2010 when Roy Duffy began recording solo acoustic songs. Roy and Ian had previously been in a band (called Vimanas) with Lar Kaye of Adebisi Shank.[1]
The band released their first single "Fake Blood" on 7" Vinyl through Any Other City Records, a label run by Villagers drummer, James Byrne.[2] [3] In a public vote on Nialler9 Music Blog, "Fake Blood" was voted Number One in "Irish Songs of 2010" [4]
The band's second single, "Midnight Enchilada" was released by the Richter Collective Label (Adebisi Shank, The Redneck Manifesto, ASIWYFA) on 21 March 2011. The single has received plays on Don Letts & Lauren Laverne show on 6Music,[5] [6] the Dermot O'Leary show on BBC Radio 2[7] and the X-Posure show on XFM [8]
On 25 February 2011, Morrissey attended a Squarehead show at the Workmans Club, Dublin[9] [10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Music Feature - Squarehead: Totally Dublin . Totallydublin.ie . 2011-03-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110131172739/http://www.totallydublin.ie/music-feature-squarehead-55.html . 31 January 2011 . dmy-all .
- Web site: Domino | Artists | Villagers . Dominorecordco.com . 2010-10-04 . 2011-03-13.
- Web site: Any Other City Records - Dublin Record Label . Anyothercity.com . 2011-03-13.
- Web site: Nialler9 Irish Songs of 2010 poll results | Nialler9 Music Blog . Nialler9.com . 2010-12-16 . 2011-03-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110120041546/http://www.nialler9.com/2010/12/irish/nialler9-irish-songs-2010-poll-results/3/ . 20 January 2011 . dmy-all .
- Web site: Don Letts . 6 Music Programmes - Don Letts, 27/02/2011 . BBC . 2011-02-27 . 2011-03-13.
- Web site: Lauren Laverne . 6 Music Programmes - Lauren Laverne, Huey Morgan sits in . BBC . 2011-02-09 . 2011-03-13.
- Web site: Radio 2 Programmes - Dermot O'Leary, Zoe Ball Sits In . BBC . 2011-02-26 . 2011-03-13.
- Web site: Xfm X-posure Playlist - X-Posure Wednesday 16th February 2011 . X-posure.tumblr.com . 2011-02-17 . 2011-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112752/http://x-posure.tumblr.com/post/3344849547/x-posure-wednesday-16th-february-2011 . 2011-07-17.
- Web site: Morrissey rocks out to Squarehead . Hotpress.com . 2011-03-13.
- Web site: Morrissey & Squarehead . Deadl.wordpress.com . 2011-02-25 . 2011-03-13.