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  • Free Music Monday 30/07/2012: Panama

    Free Music Monday 30/07/2012: Panama

    panamaI had the honour of hearing this last week and thought it rocked! Panama are a Dublin based four piece who formed last year. My path has previously crossed with Paul McGonagle, drummer in the band, who was a member of Albyno Rhino.

    Anyway, I really like these guys’ sound, right up my street and they have a really good team around them which bodes well. I’m expecting good things from these guys. You can download ‘Safe Inside’ from Bandcamp, which is also embedding below the video. If you’re up to nowt on Friday night (3rd August) the guys are playing in The Academy 2 as part of Phantom Live.

    [Photo from Facebook]

  • Tune of the Week 27/07/2012: The Minutes

    Tune of the Week 27/07/2012: The Minutes

    The MinutesOver the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to get to know a lot of Irish bands and one that stood out for me since I heard the first tracks they recorded were The Minutes. Their debut album ‘Marcata’ is one of the best Irish rock n roll albums ever, I adore it.

    Since before the release of the album the guys, haven’t stopped gigging their asses off and have just announced that they will be on tour with The Hives in December and will also pack a show in Whelan’s on December 7th.

    Time flies and The Minutes have just released their ‘fourth and last song’ from Marcata, hopefully that means that there will be a new album from The Minutes sometime in 2013.

    ‘Gold’ is this week’s Tune of the Week and is available now on iTunes

    [Picture from Facebook]

  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM: Podcast 53 25/07/2011

    Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM: Podcast 53 25/07/2011

    Culture Cafe 53

    Thanks to everyone who tuned me way. Some of the pieces today were also on 2fm on Sunday night so what I’ve done is put the two into one podcast so here’s the running order for the podcast.

    1. Chat with Stephanie Francis from Crafthouse
    2. Chat with Noel Finnegan and Gary Dunne from LeCheile
    3. Chat with Andy Daly from Scene Not Herd (Part 1)
    4. Chat with Andy Daly from Scence Not Herd (Part 2)
    5. Chat with Maeve McGrath, Lunchtime Theatre, Limerick

    The running order for today’s show on RTE 2XM:
    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick Crossroads
    2. Kimbra feat Mark Foster & A-Trak: Warrior
    3. Chat with Noel Finnegan and Gary Dunne from LeCheile
    4. The Radioactive Grandma: Chasing My Tail
    5. Cfit: The Static
    6. Chat with Andy Daly from Scene Not Herd (Part 1)
    7. Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough?
    8. Chat with Andy Daly from Scence Not Herd (Part 2)
    9. Conor Furlong: Are you Going to Sleep Tonight?
    10. Niall Kelly: Your Worst Nightmare
    11. Chat with Maeve McGrath, Lunchtime Theatre, Limerick
    12. Kodaline: Lose Your Mind
    13. The Minutes: Gold

    Thanks to everyone for listening you can listen again to the July 25th show again on on the RTÉ player

  • Free Music: Cfit – Triage

    Free Music: Cfit – Triage

    CfitYes, I know I’m a day late, I was busy trying to do my 3D modelling assignment, you’re not going to say no to some free music are you? Thought not!

    Cfit have just unveiled a new video for their awesome track ‘The Static, which I can’t get enough of! To celebrate they are giving their album ‘Triage’ away free on Bandcamp.

    If that wan’t enough free stuffage Cfit are playing a free gig in the Mercantile, Dame St, Dublin on Thursday, 2nd August with support from Junah, on Thursday, 2nd August.
    Here’s the video:

    What are you waiting for? Go download the album!