Yearly Archives: 2013

Podcast (culturecafe2xm): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:33 — 30.2MB) | Embed This week the awesome Myles Manley came into the studio for a chat and a song and I also spoke to Dónal Mulligan from The Outing and to Francois Coulossi from Battle for the Bay. Here’s what happened: 1. DJ Flip [...]

Harts has been featured on the pages of this blog before for his track All Too Real. Finally, solo artist Harts, has released his debut EP. The five track EP includes All Too Real but also includes a track I’ve played all week, ‘The Music’. The EP is out a little while now and it [...]

Only seems like yesterday I was complaining about the release date of Kodaline‘s debut album being pushed back. It’s now just a month til ‘A Perfect World’ is released through RCA Records. Their forthcoming single ‘Love Like This’ is an uptempo track with a folky edge, ukulele and all. Now, they’ve stripped it all back [...]

Fresh off the stage at Vicar St for the launch of their album ‘Absolute Zero’, Little Green Cars have recorded and exclusive EP for Deezer. Tracks recorded for the EP are ‘Goodbye Blue Monday’, ‘The Kitchen Floor’, ‘The Consequences of Not Sleeping’ and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire’. Don’t forget to check [...]

I’m really liking this new track from London indie four piece Casablanca, decent indie pop, upbeat catchy and memorable. It’s the first release for the band since September last year when the revealed the AA release Yes/Natalie. They’re part of a growing bunch of friends whose bands are starting to take off, they’re mates with [...]

Podcast (culturecafe2xm): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:33 — 26.3MB) | Embed First show in Foxden Studios, it was great to have the chance to have a guest in to play a song or two, thanks to Tara Kennedy for the live music and thanks to Eleanor Creighton of Dublin Dance Festival and [...]

Maud in Cahoots at The Ferocious Mingle Market: May 9th 2013 I hadn’t heard of The Ferocious Mingle Market recently, I had been walking up Thomas Street, a bloke in front of me suddenly stopped and turned to an entrance where a man, I presumed a bouncer, was standing. I wondered what was going on [...]

What can I say about this tune.. it’s absolutely amazing. London Grammar are a three piece who produce damn good songs with a dance undercurrent. Dot Major, Dan Rothman and Hannah Reid whose vocals soar in an old school style, proper songs with dancey beats. Reid’s voice immediately makes London Grammar recognizable. Wasting My Young [...]

This week sees the release of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby on our shores. I haven’t read any reviews of the film, I’ll see it for myself thanks and I actually read F Scott Fitzgerald’s book yesterday. Going on what I read, I can see how music could be incorporated into the film at Gatsby’s [...]

I’ve been playing All The Boys from Swords on 2XM for the past while, I really like it. I really like the production on the track and think its a great step forward for them. The new video for All The Boys is quite quirky and has a nice dark edge to it. I wonder [...]