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  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 79: 23/01/2013

    Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 79: 23/01/2013

    Quite a packed show this week, I spoke to photographer Amy Hanrahan, Birch Hamilton who is Director of the SDGI, they’re running Digital Biscuit this week. I also spoke to Cian Walsh from Cork band Toy Soldier.

    Here’s what happened:
    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
    2. The Traps: Calypso
    3. Chat with Amy Hanrahan
    4. Billy Bragg: Handyman Blues
    5. Swim Deep: The Sea
    6. Chat with Birch Hamilton of SDGI about Digital Biscuit
    7. Josephine: Portrait
    8. Friends of Emmet: Coming Apart
    9. Chat with Cian Walsh of Toy Soldier (Part 1)
    10. Toy Soldier: Natural Disaster
    11. Chat with Cian Walsh of Toy Soldier (Part 2)
    12. Toy Soldier: Climbing Trees
    13. To Kill A King: Cold Skin
    14. Axis Of: Lifehammer

    Culture Cafe 79
    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.

  • Tune of the Week 07/09/2012: Toy Soldier

    Tune of the Week 07/09/2012: Toy Soldier

    This week’s Tune of the Week comes from Cork based Toy Soldier. I first heard of Toy Soldier a while back when the band was in its infancy. I spoke to Cian Walsh on Culture Cafe Episode 26 on DCUfm. Since then the band has evolved, become a three piece and have been putting a hell of a lot of work in, gigging across Ireland and the UK and Tom Robinson loves them, so there!

    Toy Soldier is taken from their album, ‘Calling Up The Dusk’, which will be released on September 21. It’s Electro, it’s rock, it’s gritty, it has balls! This week’s Tune of the Week is Natural Diaster from Toy Soldier.

  • Toy Soldier: Wild One Single Review

    toy soldier cover

    Toy Soldier is a two piece electronic act from Cork and the brainchild of Cian Walsh. Walsh has been on the indie scene in a number of different guises over the past few years. Toy Soldier sees him team up with Fergal McCarthy. The result is a fresh, on the pulse sound, that could lead to bigger things.

    ‘Wild One’ is an uptempo track  with a slight electronic tip of the hat to Owl City. Where Toy Soldier differs is that their sound isn’t soaked in saccharine.  Wild One has a pumping bassline and a chorus that hits at 35 seconds in. This could easily go side by side with any current Top 40 opponent. Catchy hooks, delicate vocal harmonies and is that  (shock horror) a guitar I hear. Brilliant!

    Track 2 is ‘Battles’. For some reason the vocal melody reminds this listener of ‘Wonderful Life’ by Black from  the late 80’s. And that’s not a bad thing. ‘Battles’ isn’t as in your face as ‘Wild One’. Production is excellent with little sounds and noises you won’t even realise are there without a set of headphones on.

    Somebody please.. make these guys stars! Excellent stuff! Mr Record Company Man, if you’ve any money left, give some to Toy Soldier.

    10 out of 6

    http://www.myspace.com/toysoldier

    This was written for MusicReviewUnsigned