About yom

Maebh Murphy grew up in Waterford, Ireland and lives in Berlin, Germany. As a teenager, she participated in outreach programmes by Waterford Youth Arts and developed a taste for writing, acting, directing, dance and theatre. At Trinity College, Dublin she studied English Literature and Drama Studies. In 2006 she was a founding member of the "audiodetour" project, making mp3 choreographed audio guides in Dublin, Edinburgh, Berlin and New York. In 2007 she formed the band You're Only Massive, who have released several records on vinyl, cassette and itunes and played concerts in Europe and North America. Since 2011 she have been working with Ruby Tuesday e.v. Berlin as a band coach, instrument coach and organizer of music camps for people discriminated against on the basis of gender, and is currently in the process of setting up Girls* Rock! Ireland. She is a catalyst of Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Interests include electronic music, synthesizers, feminism, classism, the girls rock movement and veganism.

Listen to song sketches from upcoming Midi Grrrl EP

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the Midi Grrrl EP. It is so heartening to make a record, knowing that some people have already pre-ordered it. A huge thank you. Until the record is finished, here are a few short song sketches for you. Nothing close to full songs, and some of them won’t make it to the final cut, but it might give you an idea of how synth heavy this record is going to be!

xo midi grrrl

Listen Up! Festival

Listen Up! Festival is coming up this weekend. It’s a two day music festival “to change the rules” and I am so excited for this weekend of super talented musicians, super interesting workshop leaders and a panel discussion on the theme of “arty berlin – who is it for?”.

I’ve been working on the festival, which is funded by the Berlin Music Board, since June and this is the home stretch…at this point I am all strung out! I have to do physical activity to relax my mind and body. I have had so little time to do music and approach it like a sweet stolen treasure. So the other day, whilst waiting for the kettle to boil, I played a little synth and recorded this messy sketch below. It was a sweet short burst! Maybe you’ll hear one of the tracks in the flesh and in the fullest when the festival is over.

Until then, it would be wonderful to see some old and new faces at Listen Up! this weekend. I will be there from the start to the end, at the concert in Gretchen on Friday, the workshops and panels on Saturday and the concert in Südblock on Saturday night. And honestly, the line up is the bomb! Check it out here.

xo midi grrrl

listen up, berlin, kreuzberg

summr samplr + concerts in erfurt and berlin

summer music, 2013, free download, free music, berlin music, music berlin, berlin bands, you're only massive

We have some gigs coming up and so decided to release a
free music summr samplr of six tracks, old and new!

Right click –> –> HERE to download the zip file with 6 mp3s.
We hope you enjoy listening and dancing!
If you like what you hear, our vinyl records and mp3 downloads are available here: shop

Upcoming concerts:

  • Freitag, 19th July, 10pm, Erfurt.

Polyfantasiaball as part of the polyfantasia woche 2013

  • Saturday 10th August, Berlin.

as part of (ex best) friends fest, at bei ruth, ziegrastr.11-13, Neukölln.
This is a smoke-free event with eight bands:

starting at 3pm. with food, cake and haircuts. It is sad that the wonderful ex-best friends are calling it a day, but this will be a beautiful kiss-off. See you there.

xo

Midi Grrrl

Postcards from Ireland!

Hi there! I’m in Ireland, where I’ve visited a potential location for the girls* rock! Ireland music project in Dublin, been chilling with my family in Waterford and been getting to know the newest member of the family in Cork. Not to mention the fact that John, Dave’s dad, was featured singer at the singers club in Cork on Sunday. I think you could call this a summer holiday as the weather has been fantastic – just wish I had gotten to see some grrrlfriends too. Here are a few snaps! Xo

P.S. back to Berlin tomorrow – and then we are getting ready to play Antifee in Göttingen on Saturday 8th June, on the same night as some bands like Respect My Fist (band crush alert), Jolly Goods and Crime! It’s gonna be the bomb!

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Margaret Thatcher is dead so I’m reading Top Girls

Margaret Thatcher is dead! I despise everything she stood for, from her support of the apartheid regime, to everything she ever did in relation to Ireland, to her dismantling of the society she claimed didn’t exist, the miners, Pinochet, etc.

Tonight I am digging out my copy of “Top Girls” by Caryl Churchill from 1982 I think. I first read this play when I was 18 and it was the first time I was ever brought to question the allegedly feminist and definitely neo-liberal ideal of the career woman, who climbs high on the backs of other people and then shits all over those below you. I loved it at first read and have always half dreamed of directing / acting in it. It’s still very potent and relevant, especially as British people continue to suffer so much under Tory governance.

Whilst also featuring Isabella Bird, Lady Nijo, Dull Gret, Pope Joan (my fave pope! check out the film!) Top Girls focuses on two sisters, the daughter of one of them, and what it means to be a “successful woman”. The play is partially set in an employment agency argues that just achieving the same thing that men are taught to want to achieve in a capitalist society is not enough!

There are so many good parts in this play I can’t even start to quote them – you’ll just have to go see the whole bloody thing next time it’s on! Or ask me to act it out over the internet for you!

xo m

margaret thatcher, thatcher dead, top girls, caryl churchill,