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  • Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 7 Playlist and Podcast: 07/09/2011

    Culture Cafe 7This was an interesting show! Loved chatting to the bands about their changing sounds and finding out about Dublin Contemporary. It’s lovely to get to know the people who are working in the Arts Offices around the country, this week was Cavan. I really enjoyed the chat with Aidan Wall from Kells Tourism Board about their quest to get the Book back! Hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoy making the show.. Here’s the running order:

    1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick:Crossroads (Culture Cafe Theme)

    2. Jape: You Make The Love

    3. Chat with Lesley Tully, Project Director of Dublin Contemporary

    4. Foster The People: Helena Beat

    5. Chat with Johnny from This Club

    6. This Club: I Won’t Worry

    7. Chat with Kerrie Duffy from Cavan Arts Office about Culture Night in Cavan.

    8. Nouveaunoise: Believe (This week’s Recommended Free Legal Download available from nouveaunoise.bandcamp.com)

    9. Culture Cafe Event Guide with Kev

    10. Chat with Aidan Wall of Kells Tourism Forum on their quest to get The Book of Kells returned to the County Meath town

    11. Cars Love Girls: Lose Your Mind

    12. Cee Lo Green: You’re So Square

    13. Chat with Aidan from The Gandhis

    14. The Gandhis: It Isn’t There

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  • The Gandhis: You Are My Friend Review

    GandhisThe Gandhis are a quirky little band. They released their debut single ‘Zaza’ a couple of years ago which I reviewed for Musician.ie, a ska inspired infectious track and always seem maintain a ‘hard to pigeon hole’ status.

    The new single, ‘You Are My Friend’ shows off the unique sound the band have. It has a slight sixties throwback feel with melodic vocals and brass section giving a street carnival feel to it. The Gandhis have been clever with the production on this, they’ve avoided a saccharin coating which could have put this in the same vein as Take That’s ‘Up All Night’. Instead they’ve allowed a rawness to remain which places them on a level with Mumford and Sons or Noah and The Whale. Going by the amount of instruments used on this, a live show would be a huge amount of fun. Uplifting.

    They’ve chosen a cover as track 2 on the disc, Jackie Wilson’s ‘Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher’. Such a classic, this could go either way. It chooses the good route. The band remain faithful to the original, great musicianship, nice harmonies. This track shows a great lead vocal.

    This band seem just to go from strength to strength, two really good tracks.

    Check out www.thegandhismusic.com

    ‘You Are My Friend’ is released on March 4th