Irish Beats

Playlist, Sunday 20th July 2008

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:50:58 +0000

John Haggis was my guest in studio this evening to talk about the upcoming Irish Green Gathering festival in Co. Wexford which will feature a host of Irish bands. Check out www.irishgreengathering.com for more details! The second hour of the show was a much moodier affair, but then again it is Sunday .... 6-7PM 01. It's Coming Down - Colm Lynch 02. Santa Claus - Sarah Bates & Paul Malone 03. People Walk Away - Robotnik 04. Fever - Mundy 05. Mother's Little Helper - Eleanor McEvoy 06. Running - Fred ** Interview with John Haggis ** 07. Borrowed Time - Giveamanakick 08. I Got You On My Mind - John Haggis ** Interview with John Haggis ** 09. Guitar = Magic Wand - Jinx Lennon 10. Rhythm & Purpose - Channel One 11. One Night at My House - Ugly Megan 12. Not on Your Side - Ian Whitty and The Exchange 13. No Wit Can Save Me Now - Deaf Animal Orchestra 7-8PM 01. I Was a Man - Jape 02. You'll Get By - The Infomatics 03. Come on Citron - Halfset 04. Broken Wing - Clive Barnes 05. A Lady of a Certain Age - The Divine Comedy 06. Diggin' Holes - Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions 07. Another Idea - Dry County 08. Pony Tears - David Turpin 09. God and the Girl - Carly Sings 10. Mr. Kill - Cathy Davey 11. Radio - Katie Kim 12. A Thing or Two - Liz is Evil 13. Steve Austin - Acrojunk 14. Realistic Love Song - Jimi Cullen

Playlist, Saturday 19th July 2008

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:50:07 +0000

Up the Deise! 6-7PM 01. Stop - Shane Barry & The Distractions 02. Running - Fred 03. Treat Her Right - The Commitments 04. Movie Star - Roisin Murphy 05. Troubled Water - Liam Merriman ** Interview with Liam Merriman ** 06. Dragonfly Jig - Liam Merriman ** Interview with Liam Merriman ** 07. Love in Your Eyes - Liam & Simon Merriman **LIVE** 08. Give It a Chance - Floyd Soul & Wolf 09. Out of Our Hands - Gemma Hayes 7-8PM 01. Something Global - Fight Like Apes 02. Chocolate Factory - The Pale ** Interview with Ian Brown ** 03. F.E.A.R - Ian Brown 04. My First Born For a Song - Bell X1 05. Stranger Come Around - Primrose ** Interview with Beardyman ** 06. Your Smiling Face - Damien Dempsey ** Interview with Damien Dempsey ** 07. Leeches - Fighting Spiders 08. Dream Awake - The Frames

T'Oxegen T'Aftermath

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:05:59 +0000

The events of Oxegen are now a distant memory and we're back to reality now. There's heaps of pictures up on the main Beat website if anyone fancies taking a look. I seem to be in the majority of them for some reason!

Off to Oxegen

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:55:25 +0000

So all of Beat are off to Oxegen and we'll be broadcasting LIVE all weekend. As I write this, my tent is airing out the back, not having seen daylight since last year's festival season. As an indulgence, I bought a brand spanking new pair of wellies, in farmer-chic green. I will surely be the belle of the ball. Heaps of interviews lined up, including Mundy, Fight Like Apes, Republic of Loose, The Kinetiks, Dirty Epics and lots lots more. If last year is anything to go by, we could end up with anyone in studio over the weekend. If you're not going, listen in all weekend for all the goings-on that are on-going. Now, got to stock up on refreshments ...

Playlist, Sunday 6th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:09:06 +0000

Republic of Loose were my guests this evening and featured plenty of music from Irish acts who'll be performing at Oxegen next week. I had one eye on the tennis all evening. G'wan Bjorn Borg in the audience! 6-7PM 01. Damn You Hollywood - Fred 02. Hollywood - Gary Dunne 03. Movie Star - Roisin Murphy 04. Give it a Chance - Floyd Soul & The Wolf 05. This Story Goes - Chaplin 06. The Steady Song - Republic of Loose **LIVE** ** Interview with Republic of Loose ** 07. Got - Republic of Loose ** Interview with Republic of Loose ** 08. I Like Music - Republic of Loose ** Interview with Republic of Loose ** 09. When I'm Gone - Republic of Loose **LIVE** 7-8PM 01. Bite the Bullet - The Kinetiks 02. All Your Features - Caruso 03. It's Coming Down - Colm Lynch 04. Symphony of Sound - Saville 05. Outpatients - Sideproject 06. Apple in an Orchard - Jape 07. Country Bumpkin - Wallis Bird 08. December - Saviours of Space 09. Edith - Codes 10. Waiting - Delorentos 11. When Your Mind's Made Up - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova 12. Empire is a Cave - Ilya K 13. Hay Rap - The Saw Doctors

Playlist, Saturday 6th July 2008

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:33:55 +0000

Guitar-guru Clive Barnes was my guest in studio this evening, showing off his array of instruments (oo-er!) and talking about his upcoming tour with Jeff Lang. He also played a couple of tunes, which we so good I nearly wet myself with excitement. The second hour of the show was given over to playing music from some of the Irish acts who'll be performing at Oxegen next week. Let's hope the weather gets a bit better! 6-7PM 01. Pony - Dirty Epics 02. Rain Dancer - Rory 03. Leeches - Fighting Spiders 04. Let Go - Paul Van Dyke feat Rea Garvey 05. Taken Away in a Car - Sickboy 06. Granville Girl - Clive Barnes ** Interview with Clive Barnes ** 07. Visions from the Lowlands - Clive Barnes **LIVE** ** Interview with Clive Barnes ** 08. Willie Johnson's Guitar - Clive Barnes **LIVE** 09. A Superman - ODi 7-8PM 01. Something Global - Fight Like Apes 02. This is the End - Future Kings of Spain 03. On the Right Track - The Blizzards 04. Poison Prince - Amy McDonald 05. I Like Music - Republic of Loose 06. Alphabet Soup - Bell X1 07. Fever - Mundy 08. You Know Me Better - Roisin Murphy 09. Fiesta - The Pogues 10. This is Not a Test - Oppenheimer 11. Fallen from the Sky - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova 12. Lost in the Forest - Crayonsmith 13. Everyone Needs a Nemesis - Fighting With Wire 14. Tinabelle - Television Room 15. Attention - Dry County

Saving J - Kick Off

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:51:56 +0000

Saving J, who were my guests at the weekend have posted the video for their new single Kick Off online.

Playlist, Sunday 29th June 2008

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:34:22 +0000

Saving J were my guests in studio tonight to talk about their new single 'Kick Off.' I also reintroduced the Interesting Fact competition to win a grab bag of CDs. Some dubious entries, such as "Did you know that if a penguin sees and aircraft flying overhead it will fall over", some topical like "The euro cup final finished 1-0 for 6 years from 1978-83", but the winner came from Grainne in Clonmel who informed us that the strawberry is a cousin of the rose . Fragaria Virginiana of the Roseaceae family. Didn't know that one! Nowferya!!! 6-7PM 01. Give it a Chance - Floyd Soul & The Wolf 02. Apple in an Orchard - Jape 03. When You Sleep - My Bloody Valentine 04. Fever - Mundy 05. 2 x 1 - Jenny Lindfors 06. 99 Problems - Jay Z/The Beatles (Dangermouse Grey Album) 07. Kick Off - Saving J ** Interview with Saving J ** 08. Valentine - Saving J ** Interview with Saving J ** 09. Friend or Foe - Saving J **LIVE** 10. Death Threats - The Mighty Stef 7-8PM 01. Sometime Global - Fight Like Apes 02. Are You Not Wanting Me Yet? - The Aftermath 03. The Steady Song - Republic of Loose 04. No Wit Can Save Me Now - Deaf Animal Orchestra 05. Supergirl - Electric Penguins 06. 1981 - The Flaws 07. Never Talk - Ham Sandwich 08. Broken Wing - Clive Barnes 09. Medal - Halves 10. Back to Back - Cars in Walls 11. Conversation Killer - The Distractors 12. Party On - Damien Dempsey 13. How Soon is Now - The Smiths

Playlist, Saturday 29th June 2008

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:27:15 +0000

Katie Kim was in for Rob tonight and this is what she played: 6-7pm 1. Fight Like Apes - Something Global 2. Robotnik - People Walk Away 3. Si Schroeder - Eyes Wide Shut 4. Ann Scott - Skin Deep 5. Johnny Flynn - Tickle Me Pink 6. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow 7. John Haggis - This is for my Love 8. Rollerskate Skinny - Cradle Burns 9. The Things - La La La 10. Jape - I Was a Man 11. Ham Sandwich - Never Talk 12. Ugly Megan - One Night at my House 7-8pm 1. Goodtime John - Arrows 2. Fred - Skyscrapers 3. Channel One - Beneath a Field of Steel 4. Dry County - Attention 5. Republic of Loose - Comeback Girl (Snow Patrol remix) 6. Autamata feat Cathy Davey - Cloudseekers 7. Cars in Walls feat Nina Hynes - Teacup 8. Sunday Morning - No Dreams No Dopamine (Dave Grimes remix ) 9. Deaf Animal Orchestra - No Wit Can Save Me Now 10. Gemma Hayes - Home 11. Sweet Jane - Makin it Hard 12. SPR - Snowflake 13. Lisa Hannigan - Lille (demo)

George Carlin RIP

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:35:04 +0000

Counter-culture comedian George Carlin sadly passed away yesterday. He was 71.

Fight Like Apes Take Over World

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:31:32 +0000

Following the success of their two EP's in 2007, Fight Like Apes will digitally release their brand new single Something Global on July 13th 2008 on new Irish label Model Citizen. Fifteen hundred numbered copies of the single will also be made available as a limited edition CD on July 18th 2008. Recorded in Seattle and produced by John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Wu Tang Clan, Los Campesinos, Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Nada Surf), Something Global is a three-minute blast of electronic punk rock, which captures the energy of FLA's already legendary live performances. Also featured is their version of Mclusky's Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues (a live favourite) and another new Apes' song - Knucklehead. Hailing from Dublin, and weighing in at over six hundred pounds, Fight Like Apes combine the synth with the sword in a heroic combination of loutish vocals, brutal bass and digital distortion. Formed in 2006 with the simple intention of scaring audiences with 'poppy songs played so obnoxiously that everybody leaves', Fight Like Apes are: MayKay (vocals, keyboards), Pockets (keyboards, backing vocals), Tom (bass, backing vocals) and Adrian (drums). Fight Like Apes will play the Glastonbury Late n Live stage on June 27, the Glastonbury BBC Radio 1 Introducing Stage on June 28, T in the Park on July 12, Oxegen on July 13, and both Indie-pendence and Castlepalooza on the August Bank Holiday weekend. An nationwide Irish tour will follow - dates to be announced. Something Global will release online on July 13th and in all good record stores from July 18th on Model Citizen. To pre-oder the single by text message for 1 euro just text 'MUSIC 1224' to 57501.

Playlist, Sunday 22nd June, 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:29:49 +0000

Gorey's Jimi Cullen was my guest in studio this evening to talk about his new album 'Junkyard Poet.' The second hour of the show was given over to playing album tracks from some of my favourite recent Irish releases. Infomatics, Jape, Crayonsmith, Robotnik, Gemma Hayes - they're all in there. 6-7PM 01. Something Global - Fight Like Apes 02. Give It A Chance - Floyd Soul & The Wolf 03. We The People (Who are Darker than Most) - Sinead O'Connor & Republic of Loose 04. Magnet Line - Isan & Jeff Martin 05. Sailing on a Gun - The Tripps 06. Tomorrow's Child - Jimi Cullen ** Interview with Jimi Cullen ** 07. Realistic Love Song - Jimi Cullen ** Interview with Jimi Cullen ** 08. Butterfly - Jimi Cullen **LIVE** 09. Conspiracy - Stephen Hill 10. Hollywood - Gary Dunne 11. One Night at My House - Ugly Megan 7-8PM 01. Mr. Kill - Cathy Davey 02. 16 Going on 63 - Crayonsmith 03. You'll Get By - The Infomatics 04. The Day I Forgot My Mantra - Giveamanakick 05. Michael Grady Went to Mexico - Robotnik 06. Sad Songs - Ham Sandwich 07. Don't Forget - Gemma Hayes 08. Death Song - Fred 09. Troubled Water - Liam Merriman 10. Why Things Break - Joe Chester 11. Medal - Halves 12. Neon - Delorentos 13. Nothing Lasts Forever - Jape 14. Serotonin - Simple Kid

Playlist, Saturday 21st June 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:27:59 +0000

Enniscorthy's Issue-72 were this evening's studio guests and I also spoke to Angela Dorgan from Hard Working Class Heroes about this year's festival. Played a smorgasboard of music too including new ones from Fight Like Apes, Rory (formerly of the Revs) , Fighting Spiders and Ugly Megan. 6-7PM 01. She's Got Class - Jaded Sun 02. Sugar Shake the Cool Away - You're Only Massive 03. Leeches - Fighting Spiders 04. People Walk Away - Robotnik 05. Back of My Hand - Gemma Hayes 06. Free World - Tom Moorhouse ** Interview with Issue-72 ** 07. Halo - Issue-72 **LIVE** ** Interview with Issue-72 ** 08. Coming Down - Issue-72 09. Not on Your Side - Ian Whitty 10. Rain Dancer - Rory 11. Messing With the Kid - Rory Gallagher 7-8PM 01. Dead Record in a Vinyl Desert - Good Tiger 02. Ido's Dog Fight - Theo and the Red Beats 03. One Night at My House - Ugly Megan 04. Gone to Sea - New Amusement ** Interview with Angela Dorgan (Hard Working Class Heroes) ** 05. Something Global - Fight Like Apes 06. The Steady Song - Republic of Loose 07. Cloud Seekers - Autamata feat Cathy Davey 08. I Was a Man - Jape 09. The Bodies Start to Move - Joe Chester 10. No Wit Can Save Me Now - Deaf Animal Orchestra 11. Steve Austin - Acrojunk 12. Jolene - Dolly Parton

Acrojunk & Deaf Animal Orchestra To Rock Kilkenny

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:55:51 +0000

Those handsome devils from Acrojunk and the screaming simians from Deaf Animal Orchestra will be making much noise and pomp in Kilkenny's Pumphouse this evening. If you're around, do come and join us ...

Podcasts = Fixed!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:05:40 +0000

The podcasts are now back up and running! Those responsible for the loss of service have been harshly punished and have been banished to the coldest parts of Siberia to think about what they've done. All the existing podcasts are back online - the backlog of new ones (including Red Eye Society, Floyd Soul and the Wolf, Ugly Megan & Simon Fagan) will be published shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused and hope you will continue to fly Irish Beats. Update 21/06/2008: The shaggin' things are gone again. Can't publish any new ones at the moment. Pain in the proverbial. I shall endeavor to resolve this. All of the aforementioned podcasts are edited and ready to go - alas, they've nowhere to live! Grrrrrrrrrrr ........