Tag: The Riot Tapes

The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 56 // Nov 19 2014

There are some bands that just are awesome, everytime they roll into town, you don’t want to miss them. Electric Six are one of those bands. I was delighted to be able to catch up with Dick Valentine, who was on his way to the airport to go to Russian to start the tour.

Here’s what happened:

1. The London Ear Intro
2. Royskopp: Sordid Affair
3. Iggy Azalea: Beg For it
4. Mont Oliver: Golden Glow
5. Youth Allowance: Gains
6. Swords: Who Took Your Soul
7. Hannah Schneider: The Dreaming Kind
8. Rhodes: Breathe
9. Phox: Slow Motion
10. The Riot Tapes: Cardinal Rules
11. Electric Six: Danger, High Voltage
12. Chat with Dick Valentine of Electric Six
13. Electric Six: Alone With Your Body
14. Reigen: Come Back to Me
15. Black Rivers: Voyager 1

Thanks for listening, You can listen live every Wednesday at 1400 and the repeat of show is aired on Sunday nights at 2100. You can listen to the show again on the RTE player.

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November 20, 2014
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 81: 06/02/2013

A little later than usual, here’s the podcast and show notes for this week’s Culture Cafe. Thanks to my guests, Dave Browne from Picturehouse, Olive Barrett, curator of New Axis at the Talbot Gallery and to Elaine Doyle from The Riot Tapes. Here’s what happened:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Swim Deep: The Sea
3. Delphic: Memeo
4. Chat with Dave Browne from Picturehouse
5. Picturehouse: Hello
6. Little Comets: Violence Out Tonight
7. Washington Irving: Holy Company
8. Chat with Olive Barrett curator of New Axis exhibition
9. Windings: Something Outnumbered
10. a dark horse: The Heart Won’t Lie
11. Chat with Elaine Doyle from The Riot Tapes
12. The Riot Tapes: The Key
13. Imagine Dragons: It’s Time.

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.

February 8, 2013
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM Show 80: 30/01/2013

I had the pleasure of chatting with Rea Garvey this week, Rea is a household name in Germany, a solo artist one time frontman of Raemonn and a judge on The Voice of Germany. He’s coming to play a show in Academy 2 on February 18th so it was great to catch up with him. I also chatted to Sheelah Moloney, Director of 2020 Art Gallery in Cork about ‘Mirror Mirror, Beauty and Perception’, an exhibition which looks at body image. Here’s what happened:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Let The Day Begin
3. The Cribs: Leather Jacket Love Song
4. Little Green Cars: Harper Lee
5. Chat with Sheelah Moloney, Director of 2020 Art Gallery in Cork about ‘Mirror Mirror, Beauty and Perception’
6. Delphic: Baiya
7. Walk The Moon: Quesadilla
8. Chat with Rea Garvey (Part 1)
9. Rea Garvey: Can’t Stand The Silence
10. Chat with Rea Garvey (Part 2)
11. Rea Garvey: Colour Me In
12. Ram’s Pocket Radio: Cavities
13. The Riot Tapes: The Key
14. Chvrches: Lies

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.

January 30, 2013
The Riot Tapes: Photograph Review

I actually wasn’t going to write about this cos I basically did a review of it when I played it on the Culture Cafe on Thursday night but a few people who know my kind of music, asked me what I thought so here goes.

There are always a few comparisons and stereotypes a band will get with a female singer backed by a few blokes. The opening ‘Stupid Girl’ Garbage/Clash-like drum beat on ‘Photograph’ doesn’t dispel these. The feedback guitar intro then dips into a more Texas-like verse.

Elaine Doyle’s vocals are strong and commanding, I can’t figure out whether its her vocals or the vocal production that reminds me of Sharleen Spiteri. It’s enough to make me listen a couple of times to try and figure out if the vocal lines are reverbed or doubletracked. </nerd> (more…)

March 28, 2011