Episode 4 of the Culture Cafe took place on October 12th 2009.
It featured an interview with Michael and Rowan from Irish band Director.
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Culture Cafe Podcast: Episode 4 12/10/2009
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Culture Cafe Podcast: Episode 3 7/10/2009
Episode 3 of the Culture Cafe took place on October 7th 2009.It featured interviews with Irish bands Von Shakes and Identity Parade.
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Culture Cafe Podcast: Episode 2 6/10/2009
Episode 2 of Culture Cafe featured interviews with author Michael Carroll, Fionn Kidney and Darklight Festival organiser Derek O’Connor.Rock band TKO came into studio.
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Noah and The Whale: Live at The Academy Review
Getting tickets for Noah and The Whale, I thought their sound was pretty inoffensive folk rock and would be a nice way to finish off the weekend as the gig was on a Sunday (May 8th). Despite good reviews of their Whelan’s show, five weeks prior, I wasn’t expecting too much.Exlovers had the job of warming up the growing audience with their brand of shoegaze pop. The London quintet seemed to have a little bit of an off night, admitting that they felt weezy after their ferry ride over. Long gaps between songs for tuning meant that any momentum the band built up was gone within seconds.
They don’t have a bad sound though with nice male lead vocals backed up with a female harmony line. ‘Just a Silhouette’ just a good response but most memorable track of the night was the single ‘Blowing Kisses’. The deserve another look before passing judgement. (more…)