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Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 80: 30/01/2013

I had the pleasure of chatting with Rea Garvey this week, Rea is a household name in Germany, a solo artist one time frontman of Raemonn and a judge on The Voice of Germany. He’s coming to play a show in Academy 2 on February 18th so it was great to catch up with him. I also chatted to Sheelah Moloney, Director of 2020 Art Gallery in Cork about ‘Mirror Mirror, Beauty and Perception’, an exhibition which looks at body image. Here’s what happened:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Let The Day Begin
3. The Cribs: Leather Jacket Love Song
4. Little Green Cars: Harper Lee
5. Chat with Sheelah Moloney, Director of 2020 Art Gallery in Cork about ‘Mirror Mirror, Beauty and Perception’
6. Delphic: Baiya
7. Walk The Moon: Quesadilla
8. Chat with Rea Garvey (Part 1)
9. Rea Garvey: Can’t Stand The Silence
10. Chat with Rea Garvey (Part 2)
11. Rea Garvey: Colour Me In
12. Ram’s Pocket Radio: Cavities
13. The Riot Tapes: The Key
14. Chvrches: Lies

Thanks for listening, don’t forget you can listen to the full show again on the RTE Player. The show is broadcast every Wednesday at 1400 GMT and is repeated every Sunday at 2100 GMT. You can also subscribe to the Culture Cafe podcast on iTunes.

January 30, 2013
John Gibbons & Scimon Tist – All I Need ft. Rebecca Creighton (Video)

This is a stomper of a track from DJs John Gibbons & Scimon Tist. This is just a cracking tune, I’ve been listening to it /watching the video all day. Production is spot on and Rebecca Creighton‘s vocals are just perfect for the track. The video has a sinister animal forest cult thing going on and was directed by Jonathan Lambert, ably assisted by the genius that is Jebus along with Andy Brady. Altogether, just yummy!

January 29, 2013
Bullet to the Head: Film Review

This time of year is always good for films, some Oscar hopefuls get their release and there’s always something to savour. ‘Bullet To The Head’ is a new shoot em up, blow em up film, directed by Walter Smith (48 Hours/Another 48 Hours) and stars tough man, Sylvester Stallone. ‘Bullet To The Head’ isn’t going to feature in any ceremonies during award season.

Stallone plays ‘Jimmy Bonomo’, a New Orleans hitman who works alongside Detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), as they search for their mutual enemy, Bonomo’s partner’s killer. Even an appearance from the awesome Christian Slater as the playboy millionaire Marcus Bapiste, isn’t enough to save this.

The film is based on a graphic novel, ‘Du plomb dans la tête’, which can be a good thing but here is also the film’s downfall. The acting is like characters on a paper page, one dimensional. We are never shown anything to relate to or feel empathy with the characters. It’s not helped by Stallone’s monotone dialogue. Script wise, even some shared ‘jokes’ between the two leads isn’t enough while the incidental music throughout the film seems to be used in accordance with what would be chapters in the graphic novel. It’s used a little too much though and starts to grate.

But, if you’re looking for 91 minutes of mindless killing and a few explosions thrown in for good measure, this will be the movie for you. Otherwise, see what else is on.

Bullet To The Head opens in Irish theatre’s on February 1st.

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January 28, 2013
Download: Dinosaur Pile Up – Lip Hook Kiss

It’s now three years since Dinosaur Pile Up‘s debut album ‘Growing Pains’ and eighteen months since the Leeds grunge rock band knocked the stuffing out of the Academy 2.

The band have had a few line up changes in their time but it seems everything is now in place for a new album ‘Nature Nuture’ in 2013, ‘Lip Hook Kiss’ is the first we’ve heard from this and bodes well for the album.

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January 28, 2013