Size2Shoes – Top 5
New York-based brothers Owen and Moley Ó Súilleabháin are the sons of legendary Irish composer and academic Micheál Ó Súilleabháin. Under the moniker Size2Shoes, they combine folk music with rap and human beatbox to create a truly unique style. Ahead of an exclusive live show with their father at Ballymaloe Grainstore, they pick a playlist...
I Am Niamh – Top 5: Body & Soul Preview
I Am Niamh is Dublin composer and singer Niamh Parkinson, who recently released her debut s/t EP. Ahead of an appearance at the Body & Soul Festival, we asked her for her own weekend selections… 1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Cave, the legend – not only is he an extraordinary musician and...
Biggles Flys Again – Top 5
Photo: Rickard Farrell Biggles Flys Again fly down to support This Is The Kit in Cork on Saturday night…here main man Conor Deasy gives us five tunes that light up his day… 1. Jape – Lying on a Deathbed This song was a b-side to ‘Hands of Fire’. I think it’s an amazing song. There’s...
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra – Top 5
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra bring their fine brand of western swing to Ireland next month…here key man Rob picks a playlist for us… 1. Spade Cooley – Miss Molly At the start of this video, it says “Spade Cooley, King of Western Swing”…in my opinion he was just ONE of the “kings”,...
The Lucid Dream – Top 5
UK psych rock band The Lucid Dream play their first Irish shows later this month…here singer Mark Emmerson gives us five favourite tunes 1. Verve – She’s A Superstar Starting off with the band that got us truly inspired as 15 year-olds back in 2000 (me, Luke and Wayne have been in bands together from...
Top 5 – Policy
Last month, we featured a band called Policy and their new EP (check back here). So impressed were we that we asked Robert Black to talk to us a little bit about his musical preferences… 1. Altered Images – I could be happy This song was on Top of the Pops 2 one night, don’t...
Cove – Top 5
Ahead of their debut gig at The Pavilion tomorrow night (Thursday), Philly from Cove picks a playlist for us… 1. Perfume Genius – Lookout Lookout The man is a genius. The amount of depth and emotion contained in even just a single verse is outstanding. When I first listened to this record, it completely redefined...
Screaming Demons of Trashville – Top 5
The evocatively-monikered Screaming Demons of Trashville from Dublin headline an Alliance Promotions bill at Triskel next weekend – here’s a custom playlist from them… 1. The Ramones – KKK The Ramones are one of those bands who don’t have a bad song. They are inspiration beyond belief and here is proof that you don’t have...
Top 5 – Morning Veils
Morning Veils is billed as the songs of Elaine Howley – ahead of a gig with Cove at The Pavilion next Thursday we asked Elaine for a few musical cues… Here are our top five. I chose the first three, number four is from Roslyn Steer and Aisling O’Riordan chose no. 5. Thanks for asking...
Al Scorch & The Country Soul Ensemble – Top 5
Grafting literate, character-driven song craft and Mid-American roots with a post-punk DIY attitude, Chicago-based songwriter, performer and instrumentalist Al Scorch charts a new musical topography with a five-string banjo. In his new full-length CD release, Tired Ghostly Town, Scorch delivers jubilant anthems and poignant reflections in 10 songs populated with a cast of vibrant characters....
Fang Island – Top 5
A Top 5 from a band who high five… Fang Island began in 2005 as an art project with original members, Philip Curcuru, Chris Georges, and Pete Watts, while attending Rhode Island School of Design. They were later joined by Bartell, St. Sauveur, Jacober, and guitarist Nick Sadler, former member of the band Daughters. Fang...
The Northern Drones – Top 5
The Northern Drones play Cork for a second weekend running, joining the Alliance Promotions lineup on Easter Sunday at Triskel TDC..here their drummer Justin gives us some of his seminal musical moments… 1. Neu – Negativland Ten minutes of rolling repetition in its most perfect form to kick off… 2. The Who – Disguises The...
