Just Another Hurricane

Hot on the heels of Strictly Pleasure, comes another pop gem from Dublin pop prince James O' Neill, aka Bitches With Wolves.

Hurricane bears similarly high-end production to its predecessor and, with rumours abound of an even better track called 'Hercules' on the way, dare I speculate that an album might materialise this year?

Hurricane by Bitches With Wolves music

Local Heroes: Bitches With Wolves

Bitches With Wolves (aka James O' Neill) is someone I've posted about on the site before. As I said previously, James represents a breed of popstar of which we haven't really seen the likes since Samantha Mumba inexplicably 'pulled a Houdini' from the charts and our hearts.

The colourful costumes and high-energy performances are all well and good, but James's trump card is his flair for pegging down a contagious pop melody.

Last year, Broken Hearts became Bitches With Wolves' biggest hit to date and there's every chance that new single, Strictly Pleasure, will achieve similar success.

A fine slice of electropop that sees risqué lyrics pitched against stabbing synths and pulsating drumbeats, the track is sure to get an emphatic reception when Bitches With Wolves play Whelans, Dublin on February 3rd.

Bitches With Wolves - Strictly Pleasure



Bitches With Wolves - Broken Hearts



[Image: Peter Fingleton]

Prized Bitch

Congratulations to Jamie Corcoran, winner of our Bitches With Wolves competition. Jamie wins two tickets to see James & Co in The Academy tomorrow night.

Bitches With Wolves will also be performing in The Academy on Saturday the 10th, and again on the 17th. I was fortunate enough to catch them perform latest single 'Broken Heart' in Spy last night and suspect that that those Academy-bound are in for a treat.

Bitches With Wolves - Broken Heart



Download the track for free over on Nialler9's site.

Bitches With Wolves Competition

Last week, I posted about Dublin act Bitches With Wolves' three-night stint at The Academy on April 3rd, 10th and 17th.

Since then, I've managed to get my hands on two tickets to give away for the April 3rd date. To be in with a chance at winning, all you have to do is e-mail thebubbleboyblog@gmail.com and let me know what you would have as your accompanying animals if you were part of a band of bitches.

Personally, my preference would be parakeets.

Keeping An Eye On... Bitches With Wolves

Back in late 2008, Lyndsay and I moseyed along to the first ever night run by the now-defunct T.A.C. ensemble and had a blast of a time.

One of the acts playing on that particular night was Bitches With Wolves, fronted by Dubliner James O' Neill (one of those behind the hugely popular 'WAR' club-night in Spy). I'd never encountered the band before but found them camp, fun, slightly ridiculous and unlike anything I'd encountered in Dublin before then.

Since then, Bitches With Wolves have enjoyed huge success, supporting international acts like Groove Armada, Calvin Harris and Fatboy Slim during their Irish dates, as well as nabbing a slot at Oxegen.

This week they debuted a song called 'Broken Hearts' on Myspace. A combination of slick production, sleek vocals and killer hooks enable the track to pack a more potent punch than the earlier material and, to my ears, this sounded like the first real sign that Bitches With Wolves might graduate to headline slots.

Low and behold, James and co have now bagged for a three-date stint at Dublin's Academy 2 on Saturday April 3rd, April 10th and April 17th.

Tickets are €11.80 and I reckon I'm gonna venture along one of the nights to see if there's other new material up to the standard of 'Broken Hearts'. Lord knows, it'd be nice to have a decent Irish popstar. We haven't had one in aeons....