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  • The London Ear #402

    The London Ear #402

    The London Ear #402

    Hello and welcome to another episode of The London Ear, made with love, and filled with delicious sounds to whet your appetite to dig further into the sounds you find.

    Sound of The Underground

    Sound of The Underground is the section of the programme where I introduce you to a London-based artist or band. This week’s featured act is The Cool Greenhouse with Hard Rock Potato.

    Listen to all the tracks chosen for ‘Sound of The Underground’ in this nice handy playlist!

    Nessy Recommends:

    Once upon a time, I had a feature on this blog ‘Nessy Recommends’ followed ‘Tune of The Week’ from the late 00s. Yes, I’ve been BSing on the internet for that long! I thought it was something I could include in The London Ear.

    This week’s ‘Nessy Recommends’ track is from Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Burning!

    Check out the ‘Nessy Recommends’ playlist.

    The London Ear Playlist: Aug 27 22

    Here’s what was on the playliston this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    Hour 1:
    Video Blue: WEATHERSPEAK
    Connie Constance: Til The World’s Awake
    Echo Northstar: Someone else
    Chameleon: Show Me When
    Roe: Cut My Teeth
    Hagan: Pray For Me ft Ayeisha Raquel
    Altered Images: Glitter Ball
    The Art Crimes Band: Neon Skyline
    The Burma: Hard To Say
    Biig Piig: Fun
    Rowan: Bring Back The Day
    Irish Track From The Vault: Junkster – Waen
    Ailbhe Reddy: Shoulderblades
    Columbia Mills: Momentum
    Loyle Carner: Georgetown
    Hour 2:
    Ezra Collective ft Sampa The Great: Life Goes On
    Kealan X: Fever
    Sound of The Underground: The Cool Greenhouse: Hard Rock Potato
    Mhaol: Bored of Men
    Yumi And The Weather: Can You Tell
    Telifis ft Will Sergeant: The Age of Cling
    Sohn: MIA
    First Class and Coach: Neon Hip
    Duvet: Upon Landing
    Sweat Threats: Questions
    Kynsy: Love of Your Life
    Wekin: seams to sea
    PRTLND: High
    Nessy Recommends: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Burning
    The Pixes: Monkey’s Gone To Heaven

    Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

    You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here.

  • The London Ear #400

    The London Ear #400

    The London Ear #400

    Imagine! 400 episodes of The London Ear. That’s over 500 shows for RTE 2XM and previously, 2FM, including Culture Cafe when I lived in Dublin. I never take the 2XM platform for granted and I’m delighted that you choose to listen and join me on this journey. Thank you.

    Irish Track From The Vault: Futures Apart

    Today’s Irish track From The Vault comes from Futures Apart with their very first single ‘Andrew’s Pride’, released in 2010. They were from Wexford and featured Brendan Millar on vocals. Brendan now lives here in London and rumour has it he is working on solo material.

    I really loved ‘Andrew’s Pride’, I even gave it a little review back in the day and hearing it this week, well, it still sounds very fresh and current. Just a pity it’s not possible to find it online. So, for your chance to hear it, head to 45 minutes in on Mixcloud below. Don’t forget to turn up the volume!

    During Lockdown 1, I digitised all my CDs so I had this track on my hard drive. Need to dig out the cover!

    Sound of The Underground: TMPLE

    I love the sound of TMPLE. I recently saw a live version of ‘Whispers’ online and had to investigate more. ‘Whispers’ was released towards the end of 2021 as part of an EP and over the past little while, I’ve seen the TMPLE name pop up over and over again, so I just had to investigate.

    The lads seem to be more active on Instagram so I’d advise you to head over there to find out more.

    Listen to all the tracks chosen for ‘Sound of The Underground’ in this nice handy playlist!

    Nessy Recommends: Antony Szmierek

    Once upon a time, I had a feature on this blog ‘Nessy Recommends’ followed ‘Tune of The Week’ from the late 00s. Yes, I’ve been BSing on the internet for that long! I thought it was something I could include in The London Ear.

    This week’s ‘Nessy Recommends’ track is from Antony Szmierek, a Manchester-based – spoken word/hip hop artist.

    Check out the ‘Nessy Recommends’ playlist.

    The London Ear #400 Playlist – Aug 13 2022

    Here’s what was on the playlist for this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    Hour 1
    Telifis VS Basement Jaxx feat Sean O’Hagan The Space is Us
    Carrie Baxter Ft Jafaris: Satellite
    Just Wondering: Just My Luck
    Roe: Cold Feet
    I. Jordan: Always Been
    Siobhan: Black Hole
    Two Door Cinema Club: Lucky
    Clara Tracey: Baby Witch
    The Murder Capital: Only Good Things
    Pa Sheehy feat Sinead White: Surrender
    Sampa The Great feat Chef187 Tio Nason, Mwanje – Never Forget
    From The Vault: Futures Apart: Andrew’s Pride
    Nell Mescall: Graduating
    Local Boy: Milkshake Pilltaste
    Joy Orbison: Pink Ring

    Hour 2:
    Black midi: Sugar Tzu
    Piglet: It Isn’t Fair
    Sound of The Underground: TMPLE: Whispers
    Biig Piig: Fun
    Patrick Stefan: Drinking Alone in The Moonlight
    Zapho: Big Song Blue
    Hudson Taylor: Over My Head
    Def Nettle: Any Day Now
    Keeley: Where The Monster Lives
    Neil Dexter: I’ll Be Ready
    Nessy Recommends: Antony Smerick The Hitchikers Guide to The Fallacy
    Cat Dowling: Animals
    Bicep: Meli (II)
    Billie Eilish: all the good girls go to hell

    Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

    You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here.

  • The London Ear #399: Collaborations

    The London Ear #399: Collaborations

    The London Ear: Collaborations

    During this little ‘summer season’ of The London Ear, I thought it would be fun to produce a show of collaborations.

    When I talk to musicians, collaboration is a huge part of the creative process. Using each other’s skills, influences and inspirations can lead to some truly fantastic work which I showcase in today’s show.

    As always, we support Irish artists here on The London Ear but none of us live in a bubble so I feel it’s important to showcase what’s around us. It’s always brilliant to see how easy it is for Irish independent artists to stand shoulder to shoulder with their fellow international artists.

    Irish Track From The Vault

    Every week I play an Irish track From The Vault, a track we don’t hear enough of or one that we may have forgotten about.

    Haunted from Shane MacGowan with Sinead O’Connor was one that was suggested on Twitter and I just had to play. This track always reminds me of working in Slattery’s Bar in Rathmines in the mid-2000s. The place always had decent music on this track always seemed to play as we sat down after a night’s slog. Good times!

    Sound of The Underground

    Sound of The Underground is the section of the programme where I introduce you to a London-based artist or band.

    Staying with the theme of collaboration, I had to choose a track from Hagan. This track ‘Sise Ntweni’ features Aymos. Hagan has been working with a number of different artists over the past while. I really love the fusion of his Ghanian/British heritage with modern production and Aymos’ South African background.

    Follow Hagan on Twitter and Insta.

    Check out the full playlist for ‘Sound of The Underground’ on Spotify.

    The London Ear Playlist July 30 2022

    Here’s what was on the playlist for The London Ear on July 30 2022. It’s all about collaborations on episode 399 of The London Ear.

    Hour 1
    Mango & Mathman feat Lisa Hannigan: Deep Blue
    Denise Chaila, Sorcha Richardson, God Knows, Murli: Out The Gaff
    Dyvr Feat Havvk: The Others
    Tadhg Daly & Etaoin: Not Over You
    Dogs: Nick Kelly & Sean Millar: Heartbeat
    Eileen Gogan & Sean O’Hagan: Wave
    Paul Alwright Feat Maverick Sabre: All Love
    Kae Tempest & Grian Chattan: I Saw Light
    David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails: I’m Afraid Of Americans
    Diplomat M feat. Walter D’goon & Tony Fitz: Swine
    Le Boom Feat AE MAK: Dancing Bug
    Thanks Brother: F My Life
    Darce & Will DeBurca: Bob Ross
    From The Vault: Shane MacGowan & The Popes feat Sinead O’Connor: Haunted
    Campernero: Houseplants (Daithi and Paul Noonan)
    Shibashi feat Aoife Whenyoung: All The Lights

    Hour 2
    Gary Moore & Phil Lynot: Out In The Fields
    Sound of The Underground: Hagan & Aymos: Sisi Ntweni
    Maria Kelly feat Ciaran Lavery: Martha (Postcards version)
    iEuropean feat. Wolfgang Flür: Activity of Sound
    Public Service Broadcasting & Andreya Casablanca: Blue Heaven
    Zoid & Meljoann: Spacemission
    Electronic: Getting Away With It
    Zapho + Toluy Makay + Jenny Browne: Collide
    Bantum & Loah: April Brave
    Carrie Baxter feat Jack Tyson Charles: I Wasn’t Looking For You
    Joy Crookes feat Jafaris: Early
    Luciano Pavarotti & Passengers – Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno: Miss Sarajevo

    Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

    You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here.

  • The London Ear 397 with UPPBEAT

    The London Ear 397 with UPPBEAT

    The London Ear 397

    What a great show, even if I do say so myself! The London Ear episode 397 features chats with UPPBEAT, Irish Track from The Vault is from The Kanyu Tree and Siobhán is this week’s Sound of The Underground.

    The London Ear with UPPBEAT

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CfevpANIVMV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
    UPPBEAT on Insta

    You may remember back in 2019, I spoke to a young gent from Mayo called UPPBEAT. I was really impressed with his track ‘Hold Me Close’ and how open and honest his music was. Honestly in your lyrics and music doesn’t mean it has to be a singer-songwriter vibe with a guitar. You can be honest and be true in any genre. UPPBEAT connected with his alternative pop / hyper punk vibes.

    Fast forward a couple of years and UPPBEAT has added to his catalogue of music. In 2021, he released the album or what he calls the soundtrack ‘HI VIZ’. He has built a community of creatives around ‘HI VIZ’, with the album acting as the soundtrack. It’s a really great way of building a community around an idea rather than a physical place.

    I really enjoyed the chat with UPPBEAT, chatting about how his single ‘Exhale’ has just passed one million streams on Spotify without too much of the Irish media taking notice to what he’s doing. We also chatted NFTs, punk culture and Wallis Bird gets a shout-out.

    Follow UPPBEAT on Insta, Twitter, Tiktok and sure you can also listen to his music on Spotify.

    From The Vault: The Kaynu Tree

    This week’s Irish track From The Vault was born out of song I introduced on last week’s show. The Kanyu Tree released an album called ‘People Street’ on Sony Music in 2011. The lead single was ‘Radio’, literally a radio bop. But I’d often wondered what happened to the Cluskey brothers, who formed the band.

    When I introduced Geoffrey Harold’s new track ‘Birdcall’, I noticed that Shane Cluskey, lead singer in The Kaynu Tree was mentioned as playing piano on the track. So I just had to take the opportunity to play ‘Radio’ this week and follow it with ‘Birdcall’.

    The Kanyu Tree’s Radio video

    Sound of The Underground: Siobhán

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CgFdlgMMurD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
    Siobhan’s Irish football jersey. Swipe to see it on Insta.

    The Sound of The Underground is the part of the show where I introduce you to a London basic musician or act that I feel you should have in your life. This week’s Sound of The Underground is from Siobhán and, with a name like that you’d think that there’s Irish in there somewhere. A quick snoop around Siobhán’s insta and I found a photo of her in a retro Irish soccer jersey.

    ‘Black Hole’ is Siobhán’s debut and it’s a cracker. I can’t wait to hear what comes next from her. Very exciting things, I would say!

    You can keep up to date with Siobhán on Insta and TikTok and listen to her music on Spotify.

    The London Ear #397 Playlist 16 July 2022

    Here’s what was on the playlist for this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    Hour 1
    Gilla Band: Eight Fivers
    Sinead O’Brien: Like Culture
    Telefis: feat Sean O’Hagan: Space is Us
    Local Boy: Milkshake Pilltaste
    Kynsy: Point Of You
    Uppbeat: Psychotic
    Interview with Uppbeat
    Uppbeat: Exhale
    Interview with Uppbeat (Part 2)
    Devmo: Hey Big Sister
    From The Vault: The Kanyu Tree: Radio
    Geoffrey Harold: Birdcall
    Gabe Guersey: Push

    Hour 2
    Los Bitchos: Las Panteras
    M(h)aol: Bored of Men
    Sound of The Underground: Siobhan: Black Hole
    Local Boy: Milkshake Pilltaste
    Just Mustard: Seed
    Keeley: Where The Monster Lives
    Zaska: Gone in a Minute
    Phoebe Bridgers: Sidelines
    Matt Ó: Sonny
    Oliver Cole: Seaside Song
    Plastic Cowboys: Mundane Ecstasy
    Loyle Carner: Hate
    Laura Mulcahy: Cúmha i Ndiadh Aisling
    Bicep: Meli (II)
    Billy Idol: Hot in The City

    Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

    You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this