NI Gets Glastonburied

So Glastonbury is over, huh? Well, for some bands it may just be starting.

I'm of course elliptically talking about the BBC Introducing stage that featured two Northern Ireland acts (not counting Two Door Cinema Club, of course!), Rams Pocket Radio and Yes Cadets.

The sweaty performance of RPR's startlingly good track, Dieter Rams Has Got The Pocket Radios, is a striking example of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter McCauley's musical chops.

You can also check out an album's worth of his songs on Soundcloud by clicking on this lovely little link.

What's floated our proverbial boats here at The Big List is its rock arrangement and subtle complexity, lifting it above the plague of purge-worthy puerile pop pish and into the erstwhile exclusive, elevated and escalated echelons of excellence.

Here's some BBC footage of the song we're talking about, and you'll see stage right (your right, not her's) none other than the sassy songstress Silhouette on bass. 

Another talented singer, Silhouette, AKA Shauna Tohill, is usually seen behind the ivories in her alternate incarnation, and has made significant headway in her band's career, featuring heavily in new music radio stations and all that kind of stuff. Here's a look at her impressive ongoing efforts.

They could just combine the two bands into some sort of super group, but I suppose two different entities improves your chances of being spotted, and going by their Glastonbury selection, it's worked.

The other Northern Ireland ambassadors at the Worthy Farm festival was, as above, Yes Cadets. These indie dance pop minstrels have been going for several years and have been firm favourites with kool kidz everywhere, including those in the NI 'industry'.

Here's their stab in the Glastonbury limelight. 

I'm sure, after seeing the bulging crowds and blissful atmosphere, the rest of NI's musical upstarts will be foregoing their homework in order to, er, do their other homework, so bets are off on the 2013 representatives.