A music blog from Ireland.
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
A mix of summery tunes that I put together for Two Tube’s blog that was published yesterday. Features Le Galaxie, Ms Hazel, Tieranniesaur, Cloud Castle Lake, Orquesta, Goodtime/Laser Tom, Benny Smiles, Garret Moore, Me And My Dog, Windings, Come On Live Long, Little Green Cars, Cave Ghosts, Skelocrats, Squarehead, Enemies, Jogging, Logikparty and MBV. I
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Each month I post a round up of tracks suited for the young people’s audience on RTE2′s Two Tube show which airs from 5:30-7pm each weekday. Today we’ve got a slew of new releases from the past...
Monday, November 5th, 2012
Delighted to see that Community of Independents will return for a third series on DCTV. A special launch gig will take place in the Button Factory on 10 November, all free and with a line-up full of...
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Launched with a screening on Sunday night and an online upload on Tuesday, A Joyful Slog is a documentary about independent music in Ireland made by the Community of Independents crew at DCTV, and the YouTube video...
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Rubberbandits. Terrors of the telephone, angels of the airwaves. Messers with microphones, Limerick’s new leaders. While Father Ted and Dylan Moran have been the defining figures of great Irish comedy, a new pair of plastic padres have...
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Here’s a video of Groom performing a stripped-down version of This Golden Age in the RTE studio for Two Tube. You can download This Golden Age in its full glory free from Bandcamp. The song is taken...
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Always a pleasure to see a great idea come to fruition and here we have the first episode of the new Community Of Independents television show for DCTV. It features a live performance by Melodica Deathship, the...
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Ah these lads just don’t stop. Rubberbandits’ inimitable serious comedy returns with a discourse on gang equality for Channel Four. Gayracist or not – Rubberbandits just can’t put a foot wrong stepping out of line. The ‘Bandits...
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
This is beautiful: a photo of Iarla Ó Lionáird taken at the finale of the Other Voices show in New York last week. It was taken by Jacob Blickenstaff and there are two more on his blog,...