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  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 126 with Jenny May Finn

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 126 with Jenny May Finn

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    Show 126 // July 30 2016 with video artist, Jenny May Finn

    On this week’s show, I was thrilled to be able to catch up with Jenny May Finn, a video artist from Dublin who is putting on her first exhibition this week, entitled ‘Your Face is Alright’.

    The exhibition takes place at The Archivist’s Gallery from August 5-7 2016. We chat how she is exploring life through her art.

    It also happens that Jenny May also attended DCU at the same time as myself and as chance would have it, lived next door to me in Glasnevin in Dublin.

    Here’s what Happened:
    1. Public Enemy: Harder Than You Think
    2. Rusangango Family: Lights On
    3. Sinead Harnett Featuring Grades: If You Let Me
    4. Christine and The Queens: Tilted
    5. Eoin Boyle: Skybirds
    6. The Cheek of Her: 9 Lives
    7. The Nocturnes: The Antler
    8. John Paul White: The Martyr
    9. August Wells: Here in The Wild
    10. Chat with Jenny May Finn
    11. Nubyian Twist: Headhunter
    12. Salt Ashes: Save It

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview and outside Ireland you can listen online.You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Don’t forget to check out the RTE 2XM website. You can keep up with me here.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

    You can keep up with Jenny May Finn on her website, on Twitter and on Instagram

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  • Tune of the Week // Christine and The Queens: Tilted

    Tune of the Week // Christine and The Queens: Tilted

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    Christine and The Queens’ awesome track Tilted, is this week’s Tune of The Week

    I remember the first time I heard this song, I absolutely loved how understated everything was. A simple drum and synth bass line drove the song and Christine’s vocals sound like how someone signs in their bedroom. Honest and letting everything out without screaming their head off.

    I listen to a lot of French music and French music radio always provides the soundtrack to my Saturday mornings. One of my faves from a few years ago, Christophe Willem never reached the heights he did in France, when venturing outside his native land. This isn’t the case with Christine and The Queens. Now, the album ‘Chaleur Humaine’ is a slow burner, having been originally released and reviewed by Pitchfork in 2015.

    At the time of writing, her album, ‘Chaleur Humaine’, is Number 1 in Ireland and Number 3 in the UK. This was obviously helped be her appearances at Longitude in Marlay Park, Dublin and Glastonbury amongst others in the UK.

    So far, I’ve managed to miss her festival appearances, instead have to be satisfied with online TV catchups.

    This is where I’m thinking ahead, to next summer. Myself and Tahlula want to go to Primavera. I was made too jealous looking at Facebook posts and videos of everyone having an awesome time. Plus we’ve been chatting about going to Barcelona for absolute ages. Take a week off and we can do both!

    This year the festival was headlined by Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Ros. Next year, I can see Christine and The Queens edging their way towards the top of the bill on the main stage.

    Tilted has a beautiful vibe for lazy summer days. Tune in, turn on, and I dare you not to try dancing like Christine.

  • #GhostbustersWaterloo // Marketing Genius

    #GhostbustersWaterloo // Marketing Genius

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    Marketing for Ghostbusters Movie Remake at London Waterloo Station

    There are some marketing or advertising campaigns that just make you think ‘Wow, that was really well done’. Walking through Waterloo Station, that’s exactly what I thought of the campaign for the Ghostbusters remake.

    I haven’t seen the movie and before I was actually in Waterloo, my timeline was flooded with photographs of the Marshmallow man breaking through the floor.

    Coming down the escalators from Waterloo East, the first thing you see is that the screens opposite have been completely taken by #GhostbustersWaterloo. The hashtag is everywhere. Also on one screen is a ‘Breaking News’ reel where NYC has been taken over and Ghostbusters are saving the day.

    For me, the touch of genius came in the form of slime, which had been slobbered down the electrical cables to the CCTV cameras. Very cool.

    It’s literally everywhere. Decals on the floor, give a number to call, well who are you gonna to call? Others are placed pointing in the direction of a Ghostbusters store, cleverly vamped up to look like the NYC Subway.

    The Marshmallow Man does take centre stage. He’s impressive. Standing in the main concourse, over the space of 5 minutes, lots of people take photos in the Marshmallow Man. Guys with business suits, older people, parents with kids and there’s a ‘Ghostbuster’ there to help everyone get in the photos. This also helps keep the queue of photograph hunters moving along.

    If I had one criticism it would be that on two separate days, I saw male Ghostbusters while the current film features an all female cast.

    The movie is a Columbia Pictures production, they’ve got a budget to spend and despite having heard awful reviews before release, anyone I’ve spoken to who has seen the movie, has enjoyed it.

    It’s also been given a summer release and it’s cute enough that parents can bring their older kids to it. If the kids like it, they’ll also want all the merch and slime toys that go with it. Here, all the kids want photos with the Marshmallow man.

    Good job marketing team! Don’t take my word for it, check out this Twitter search of photos using the hasthag #GhostbustersWaterloo. Despite the long hashatag and add then adding an image, in Twitter, you’re left with just 95 characters for a tweet. That doesn’t seem to matter. Easy least way to get trending online. Plus it’s also has a snapchat filter that can be accessed when you’re in Waterloo.

    Fantastic campaign.

    Here’s a few photos from Waterloo Station:

    Check out this video, keep an eye on the screen behind and at 0:57, the Ghostbuster helping the group get into formation for a photogrpah.

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 125 with JD Kelleher

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 125 with JD Kelleher

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    July 23 2016 // Show 125 with JD Kelleher

    Musician, actor and performer, JD Kelleher, joined my on today’s episode of The London Ear. JD reached number 2 in the Irish iTunes chart last week with his song ‘Imagery’. JD also gave me an exclusive first play of his cover of The Ramone’s ‘Blitzreig Bop’, from his forthcoming album.

    I also started this week’s show with the very awesome Goats Don’t Shave and Phat Kiidz collaboration ‘GAA Jersey’. You have to give it a listen.

    Here’s what happened:

    1. Goats Don’t Shave and Phat Kiidz: GAA Jersey
    2. Hare Squead: If I Ask
    3. The 1975: Somebody Else
    4. Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Mayflies
    5. Chat with JD Kelleher (Part 1)
    6. JD Kelleher: Imagery
    7. Chat with JD Kelleher (Part 2)
    8. JD Kelleher: Blitzreig Bop
    9. Chairlift: Moth to the Flame
    10. Christine and The Queens: Tilted
    11. Jones: Melt
    12. Shura: Kidz ‘n’ Stuff

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview and outside Ireland you can listen online.You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Don’t forget to check out the RTE 2XM website. You can keep up with me here.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

    You can check out JD Kelleher on Facebook and Twitter.