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Yup, It’s been a while! How are you doing? Well, I’m going to make a serious effort to update and upgrade this website, blog and now my vlog as well.
I enjoyed this week’s show, two great guests, two really enjoyable chats, and lots of great music. Here’s what happened:
Yard are a fantastic band with a hell of a punch, they’re about to go on an autumn tour. Find out more about the band on their Instagram.
You can also find the band on Spotify and get their early stuff on Bandcamp.
Fiach Moriarty is a fantastic songwriter and storyteller and I was delighted to chat about his new album, ‘Liberties’, a concept album about what Dublin and life would have been like for his great uncle who fought in the Great War.
You can get all the details from Fiach’s website, he’s doing a few gigs in Ireland soon and he’s also playing The British Library here in London as part of the Irish Writers Weekend.
Find Fiach on Spotify and Instagram
You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here. I’ve been bad at keeping the blog up – I will rectify that so all shows and playlists are online.
My entire archive is online on Mixcloud, I’m still not sure how long The London Ear will be in existence on RTE 2XM. Whatever happens to RTE 2XM, you will be able to listen to all episodes here.
I’ve promised to feature as many Irish creatives and musicians as possible for as long as The London Ear is still on RTE. This week, I decided to kick that off by chatting to Andrew Brennan from Pursued by Dogs
As I said on air, Pursued by Dogs have consistently made high-quality music, that I’ve always enjoyed. Swap Dimensions from their debut album is a banger!
Over the past few months, the band have released a string of tracks and I chat to Andrew about the subtle but important changes in approach the band have taken with their new music. Also the band are playing their first show since 2019 on December 8 in Bello Bar in Dublin. Grab your tickets here.
You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here. I’ve been bad at keeping the blog up – I will rectify that so all shows and playlists are online.
My entire archive is online on Mixcloud, whatever happens to RTE 2XM, you will be able to listen to all episodes here.
So I had this week’s radio show was pre-recorded before we got the news that 2XM was to close. You can read what I’ve written. It’s as good a time as any to get back into documenting who I speak to and what I play every week on The London Ear, I want to ensure I have a complete full archive here.
Brian Dillon is a musician and producer, and a member of the band Meltybrains? who are thoroughly intriguing and beautifully brilliant. He has also just released an absolutely stunning collaborative album, ‘Red Blood Cells and Righteousness’, under the moniker, The Line. The album, which is released on Strange Brew Records, features people like Sarah Corcoran from Pillow Queens, Loah, God Knows, Caoi De Barra and Sorcha Richardson to name just a few. I would highly recommend you check it out. It’s mind-blowingly good.
For fans of the Irish band, Toasted Heretic, the album was inspired by frontman, Julian Gough’s book, ‘Connect’. Go read it!
I’m genuinely delighted to have had the chance to speak to Brian about the record. Now that our 2XM platform will be no more, each of these conversations is more special.
You can get your hands on a copy of Red Blood Cells and Righteousness on Bandcamp. Check out Brian on Instagram.
You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here. I’ve been bad at keeping the blog up – I will rectify that so all shows and playlists are online.
My entire archive is online on Mixcloud, whatever happens to RTE 2XM, you will be able to listen to all episodes here.