Tag: arts

Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 90: April 10 2013

This week I had the opportunity to chat to Peter McCauley of Rams’ Pocket Radio, who I’ve wanted to chat to for ages and also to the amazing Imagine Dragons. I interviewed them for Goldenplec.com (watch out for a written feature) and nabbed the audio for the radio show, so I’ve included the version of our chat, without the music in the podcast.

I also had the chance to play some great new music, here’s what went down:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Enemies featuring Conor Adams: Executive Cut
3. Fred: Battles
4. Chat with Peter from Rams’ Pocket Radio
5. Rams’ Pocket Radio: Dieter Rams has got a pocket radio
4. Chat with Peter from Rams’ Pocket Radio (Part 2)
6. Rams’ Pocket Radio: Cavaties
7. aidan: Into The Future
8. Travis: Another Guy
9. Chat with Imagine Dragons including:
10. Imagine Dragons: Radioactive
11. Imagine Dragons: Hear Me
12. Imagine Dragons: Amsterdam
13. Imagine Dragons It’s Time
14. The Spikes: Move to Mars
15. Frantic Jack: Living Proof
16. Altered Hours: Sweet Jelly Roll

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.

April 11, 2013
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 88: March 27 2013

Great show this week, looking at the world’s of theatre, film and music. Thanks to my guests, Mark O’Brien, Director of ‘Waiting for Elvis’, which runs at the Axis Theatre in Ballymun, Triona Brick from Freshly Squeezed Film Festival and to Brian Gallagher from SOnance HOtel.

Here’s what happened:
1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Treetop Flyers: Change Will Come
3. Chat with Triona Brick, Media Manager of Freshly Squeezed Film Festival.
4. Spring Offensive: No Assets
5. Chat with Mark O’Brien, director of ‘Waiting For Elvis’
6. Fairchild Republic: Arcadia
7. Chat with Brian Gallagher of SOnance HOtel
8. SOnance HOtel: I’m Not Here
9. Chat with Brian Gallagher of SOnance HOtel (Part 2)
10. SOnance HOtel: Sub-Dude
11. The Spikes: Move To Mars
12. Liza Flume: Poisin (Daithi Remix)

Enjoy the podcast! 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.

March 27, 2013
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 87: March 20 2013

Firstly, thank you all for listening this week, especially since I coughed and spluttered my way through. Thanks also to my guests this week, Aidan Cuffe, editor of Goldenplec who chatted with me about Coast to Coat: Tea and Toast, and Eoin Hally from Superblondes who are releasing their single ‘Kill Some Time’.

Here’s the lowdown on what happened:
1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick
2. Tieranniesaur: DIYSCO
3. Little Green Cars: Harper Lee
4. Billy Bragg: Handyman Blues
5. Balthazar: The Oldest of Sisters
6. Chat with Aidan Cuffe, editor of Goldenplec, about Coast to Coast: Tea and Toast
7. Elaine Mai: IOU
8. Kodaline: High Hopes
9. Cat Dowling: Come On
10. Chat with Eoin Hally of Superblondes
11. Superblondes: Kill Some Time
12. Semi Precious Weapons: Aviation High
13. Alunageorge: Attracting Flies
14. Bastille: Pompeii (Kat Krazy Remix)
15. Willy Moon: My Girl (Hostage Remix)

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.

March 20, 2013
Culture Cafe Show 86: March 13 2013

Seeing as it’s the week where we all go green, I thought it was a good idea to focus on some Irish music. Thanks to my guests, Marlene from The Hard Ground, Gary from TheGManWorld.com and Ed from Vickers Vimy.

Here’s the lowdown:
1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. The Hot Sprockets: Soul Brother
3. The Spikes: Specialist
4. Chat with Marlene Enright of The Hard Ground
5. The Hard Ground: Bad Faith
6. Chat with Gary Meyler of TheGManWorld.com
7. Trumpets of Jericjo: Uh!
8. Chat with Gary Meyler of TheGManWorld.com (Part 2)
9. Protobaby: Microchip
10. Chat with Ed Drea from Vickers Vimy
11. Vickers Vimy: Days are getting better
12. Stephen James Smith and Enda Reilly: Mise Eire/I am Ireland

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.

March 14, 2013