Groovers Corner with Peter Curtin: March 16th
Peter has an all Irish selection this week to mark St. Patrick’s Day plus some Studio 8 tracks from the vaults! || Listen || RTÉ Player || Mixcloud || Supply Demand [...]
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Groovers Corner with Peter Curtin: January 28th
New Irish music tonight from Denise Chaila, TapesJamican, Maria Somerville, Odd Ned, Glen Hansard, Po-lar-ity and SertOne. Peter has the exclusive play of the new [...]
The London Ear // Show 193 with Pursued by Dogs
The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 193 with Pursued by Dogs The self titled album from Pursued by Dogs is definitely one of my favourites of the year, so I was delighted to [...]
The London Ear // Show 191 with New Atlas
The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 191 with New Atlas On this week’s episode of The London Ear, I chat with musician, New Atlas, known to his friends as Owen McKenna. [...]
Le Galaxie – Back & Forth
Call them festival favourites, call them purveyors of potent pop tunes; they are both of these and more. Dan goes Back & Forth through the catalogue of Dublin-based [...]
Wolff in Session
If you’re looking for something raw and mean, we have just the thing for you! Wolff have been bringing their own brand of dirty rock n roll to audiences all over [...]
Playlist – The Alternative (with Dan Hegarty) – Tuesday, June 27
Beck – ‘Where It’s At’ Le Boom – ‘What We Do’ (Mix & Fairbanks Remix) Jacknife Lee – ‘Cookies’ The Avalanches – [...]
For The Record – ‘Junk Puppets’ by An Emotional Fish
If you look back at the landscape of Irish music in the 1990s, the name An Emotional Fish is clearly visible. ‘Junk Puppets’ was the Dublin’s band second album, and saw [...]
Playlist – The Alternative (with Dan Hegarty) – Wednesday, June 7
Daft Punk – ‘Robot Rock’ All Tvvins – ‘Too Young To Live’ Veruca Salt – Volcano Girls’ Kolibri – ‘Headcase’ Buck 65 – [...]
For The Record – Junkster ‘Junkster’ (1997)
During the mid and late 1990s there was a lot of guitar/electro crossover happening in music. My Bloody Valentine made a lasting statement with their 1991 album [...]