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Villagers

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Villagers' current single is That Day taken from Mercury Music Prize nominated debut album, Becoming a Jackal released on Domino Records.

Villagers is AKA Dubliner Conor J. O'Brien, O'Brien wrote his first song, aged just 12, a week after his older brother lent Conor his acoustic guitar.

O'Brien, created the artwork and played all the instruments on Becoming a Jackal (except for the strings and French Horn which were arranged by Villagers pianist/organist Cormac Curran). He released The Hollow Kind EP in February 2009 and the 7" 'On a Sunlit Stage' last October on the Any Other City label, run by Villagers drummer James Byrne. After signing to Domino, Becoming a Jackal was recorded in Villagers guitarist Tommy McLaughlin's home studio, with Tommy engineering and co-producing alongside Conor.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 29 Nov 2010 19:00

Music Played

  • John Cooper Clarke

    Thirty Six Hours

  • The Jim Jones Revue

    Shoot First

  • Frazer King

    Name Of The Father

  • Iron & Wine

    Far From 成人快手

  • Villagers

    On A Sunlit Stage

  • Villagers

    Set The Tigers Free

  • Killing Joke

    Love Like Blood

  • Jez Kerr

    Play Sumthing Fast

  • Harlem

    Someday Soon

  • Thin Lizzy

    Little Girl In Bloom

  • Talking Heads

    Electric Guitar

  • Gospel Music

    Automobile

  • The Kinks

    Wonderboy

  • Deerhunter

    Memory Boy

  • Ivor Cutler

    One At A Time

  • The Passage

    Shave Your Heads

  • Everything Everything

    Photoshop Handsome

  • Tap Tap

    Codine

  • Shugo Tokumaru

    Straw

  • The Mekons

    Like Spoons No More

  • Micah P. Hinson

    Watchers Tell Us Of The Night

  • James Brown

    Soul Power

  • 14 Iced Bears

    Train Song

  • Primal Scream

    In A Light

  • Micah P. Hinson

    Watchers Tell Us Of The Night

  • James Brown

    Soul Power

  • 14 Iced Bears

    Train Song

  • Primal Scream

    In A Light

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Nov 2010 19:00

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