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  • Kaiser Chiefs at The Olympia

    Here’s a dodgy phone photo of Kaiser Chiefs’ singer, Ricky Wilson’s head. How did I manage to get shots like this? Pop over to Goldenplec and find out!

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  • Tune Of The Week 26/08/2011: Ed Sheeran

    I love this track and it’s been knocking around my head all week. I love how Ed Sheeran give a subtle up yours to the music industry and comes out with a cracker of a track. I love his rap style vocals. This week’s Tune of The Week is Ed Sheeran and You Need Me, I Don’t Need You.

  • General Fiasco: The Age That You Start Losing Friends (Video)

    Derry quartet, General Fiasco have signed to ‘Dirty Hit’, which is already home to Benjamin Francis Leftwich and the amazing ‘Little Comets’. Really like the sound of this track that’s taken from their forthcoming EP which will be out in October.

  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 5 Playlist and Podcast: 24/08/2011

    Culture Cafe 5This week I was focusing on the Electric Picnic, looking at some of the musicians that are playing as well as some of the Arty things that are happening over the weekend, Oh and I got an invitation to become a certified clown! The show was originally broadcast on Wednesday 24th August 2011. Here’s what happened:

    1: DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick : Crossroads

    2: The Gorgeous Colours: It’s Ok To Be Normal

    3. Chat with Charles from Fossett’s Circus

    4. Everything Everything: MY KZ, YR BF

    5. Chat with Louise Allen of Craft Council of Ireland about Craftitecture

    6. Yuck: Shook Down

    7. The Event Guide with Kevin McCabe

    8. Chat with Robin James Hurt

    9. Robin James Hurt and The Band of Moonlight Love: Yarmouth Town

    10. Padraig McQuaid artistic director of ‘It’s No Picnic On The Streets’ exhibition curated by DePaul Ireland

    11. Lykke Li: Get Some

    12. White Lies: Holy Ghost

    13. Chat with Nightbox

    14. Nightbox: Pyramid (Hidden Cat Remix) Recommended Free Legal Download available from Facebook.com/nightboxband

    Hope you enjoyed the show, If you missed it, the show is repeated on Sundays at 2100 GMT. The podcast contains all the interviews in the show.

    Thanks for listening. Don’t forget you can listen online, on Digital and on UPC Channel 944.