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The long-awaited debut album You from Dublin five-piece Meltybrains? was released on January 25 via Strange Brew records. Brian Dillon talks about what took them so long, their various acquaintances and sideprojects along the way - Micheál Quinn drums for Dermot Kennedy for example, Sim Simma is always one of the best parts of festival season, while Brian and Ben Bix also helped make the music, with Eoin 'Talos' French, for Emmet Kirwan's latest show Accents. It has been years in the making - an exploration of the journey of five young men, trying to get from one end of their 20s to the other. Much like the making of the album, this journey was trickier than any of them thought it would be. It’s an absolute beginner’s guide to the microcosm, the macrocosm and everything in between. It’s also a bit of fun and a pretty good record, combining influences from footwork, drone and j-pop with krautrock, psychedelia and prog. https://meltybrains.bandcamp.com/album/you

On the first episode of 2023, Damien Tuit, guitarist in the Murder Capital, joins to talk about their great second album Gigi's Recovery - and being from Rosscarbery, West Cork. We talk about how the band started, the impact of debut album When I Have Fears, and making the new album amid Covid lockdowns. Murder Capital play Vicar Street on February 26. 34.23: Graham Patterson is the director of Out of Place, a music documentary about Limerick City from the team behind Féile na Gréine festival. A meditation on the role music plays in building community, Out of Place seeks to explore the tensions that emerge when musicians struggle to carve out a space for themselves in their city. It features performances from and interviews with Denise Chaila, God Knows, Murli Hey Rusty, His Father’s Voice, and Post Punk Podge. The film is going to be shown around Ireland in the next month. The dates are January 27 - Belltable, Limerick (Irish Premiere) February 4 - Triskel, Cork February 16 - A4 Sounds, Dublin February 17 - Spirit Store, Dundalk February 18 - Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast February 25 - The Model, Sligo 54.45: New music to end the show comes from: David Kitt - Wishing Well Soft on Crime - Telex Eyes Montauk Hotel - Dive (Come Afloat)

Trad duo Ispíní na hEireann are the hardest working band on the island of Ireland and have just released their debut album called.... The Hard Working Men. On a wet Wednesday afternoon in the back of the Cobblestone bar in Smithfield, Dublin, we talk about the protests last year to save the pub and Ispíní's role in it. We also discuss how they got together and why the seisúin is so important. Then we talk through some of the tracks on the album, from Spancil Hill being set to the tune of Animals' House of the Rising Sun to Liveline ode Talk to Joe

10.11: Kate Ellis, artistic director of Crash Ensemble, talks through their 25th anniversary celebrations, involving a new album, [REACTIONS], an installation, and a couple of shows at the NCH (more info below). Plus we talk about Kate's journey to this point, how a tap on the shoulder as she was walking down Grafton Street changed everything for her. We hear three Crash tracks from [REACTIONS]: One Day, This is the Space Between Your Hand and Mine, and Stone or Rot. New music section 53.29: Moesha - Drag https://youtu.be/FbdfnLpV8aI 58.27: Sarah Buckley - Dream Catching https://sarahbuckleymusic.bandcamp.com/ More information on Crash Ensemble's 25th anniversary celebrations: [REACTIONS] limited edition double album release and film screenings Amidst the onset of the global pandemic, Crash Ensemble commissioned 17 Irish and international composers from a range of musical backgrounds to write new works for duos within the group. Building on existing collaborative partnerships and cultivating and nurturing new relationships, composers were invited to create a musical response to their experiences, the current state and their thoughts for the future. The [REACTIONS] composers are: Amy Rooney, Anna Mieke, Anna Murray, Anselm McDonnell, Bébhinn McDonnell, Bekah Simms, David Fennessy, Deirdre Gribbin, Diamanda Dramm, Éna Brennan, Jonathan Nangle, Rachael Lavelle, Rose Connolly, Seán Ó'Dálaigh, Sebastian Adams, Siobhán Cleary, and Stephen Shannon. Each composer documented their creative process with text and imagery, offering a fly on the wall view of the composers’ studio spaces, visual imagery and text journaling during the creative process. The duos were recorded and will now be presented in a limited-edition double album release [REACTIONS], coming November 25th. Audio visual material was combined with these recordings to make an accompanying film by Crash’s resident filmmaker, Laura Sheeran, which will be screened at The Irish Film Institute, Wednesday 30th November 2022. Performances at The National Concert Hall The 25th year anniversary programme culminates with two special concerts and a cutting-edge installation at the National Concert Hall (NCH). The first celebratory concert, Crash 25! Charged Disruption, on Saturday 3rd December (The Studio) sees the acclaimed ensemble, with conductor Ryan McAdams, perform Donnacha Dennehy’s magnetic, soulful and influential work Grá agas Bás with vocalist Iarla Ó Lionáird. In the second part of the concert Artist in Residence Diamanda La Berge Dramm and writer Neva Elliot present Crashed, drawing on the unique energy of the players of the group, through the use of their voices and instruments. For the second birthday concert, Crash 25! Living Perspectives, on Sunday 4th December (The Studio) the ensemble’s programme comprises Australian composer Liza Lim’s Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus and Barry O’Halpin’s experimental work Wingform, which takes advantage of Crash’s unique ability to cover a breadth of musical ground: winding melodies, mechanical rhythms, rapid lines and hypnotic drones. The previous week, from Thursday 24th November to Sunday 27th November, The Studio space in the National Concert Hall hosts Crash 25! Wingform Installation. The installation is the work of video artist and filmmaker Jack Phelan who created a work responding to the visual themes of Irish composer, Barry O’Halpin’s Wingform - a four movement work for solo guitar and ensemble. Using a simple set of shapes, materials and layout, the installation aims to evoke the essence of the ensemble. Tickets for Crash 25! Charged Disruption (3rd December) and Crash 25! Living Perspectives (4th December): €18 are available from nch.ie

3.55: Andrew from the Mary Wallopers on 'ooh ahh up the Ra', politics, Irish unity - oh yeah, and music. We talk about their brilliant self-titled debut album and why it took so long to release it (and why they said no to the music labels) https://marywallopers.bandcamp.com/album/the-mary-wallopers-2 New Irish music 37.39: Alain McFadden aka All The Brave Hunters on his debut single Rising https://allthebravehunters.bandcamp.com/track/rising 44.26: Molly O'Mahony on single Bittersweet, from her debut album The House of David https://mollyomahony.bandcamp.com/album/the-house-of-david 56.25: Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin on his debut solo album the Deepest Breath. We talk about his journey in music, from sean nós as a youngster to winning best folk album at the 2021 Folk Awards for Solas an Lae, a collaboration with Ultan O'Brien. https://eoghanoceannabhain.bandcamp.com/album/the-deepest-breath

5.32: Belfast-based artist Clara Tracey on her brilliant debut album Black Forest, recorded with Daniel Fox (Gilla Band) and released on Pizza Pizza Records. Clara talks about her album launch, cakes, how her homeopath forced her to contact Daniel Fox, influences and more New music section: 35.49: Ways of Seeing - Every Night https://waysofseeing.bandcamp.com/album/end-comes-to-light 39.56: Dashoda - Looking For You https://dashodamusic.bandcamp.com/track/looking-for-you 46.13: Kez - How Can You Not See? https://www.instagram.com/k.e.z/?hl=en 54.08: Part 2 of our interview with Clara Tracey as we go through most of the songs on Black Forest. She talks about her journey from Enniskillen to Paris, via London, and back to Belfast, the amazing album artwork by Salvatore of Lucan, Harry Clarke, cheese, and lots more. Buy Clara Tracey - Black Forest at https://claratracey.bandcamp.com/album/black-forest

3.56: Dublin singer-songwriter Rosa Nutty on her debut album World Still Blue, taking a four-year break to make it, almost getting stuck in Utah at the start of the pandemic, space, living away from Dublin (she's currently in Cavan) and lots more https://rosanutty.bandcamp.com/album/world-still-blue 52.53: Cork producer ActualAcid aka Jack Corrigan on his debut album Boredoms 400, Hausu Records, living in London, sampling, his cousin and rapper Stuntt Mane and plans for Boredoms 300... https://actualacid.bandcamp.com/ 1.34.02: Dublin five-piece art-rock band Akrobat on new single Eskimo off their debut album Jammed Space Movement, out Friday, November 4. They play Bello Bar on November 5 https://akrobat-band.bandcamp.com/album/jammed-space-movement

5.00: Cork five-piece God Alone on their brilliant second album ETC, released on Prosthetic Records. We talk about influences, from Talking Heads to Foals, and melding their various sounds with metal, how the band started, Cork (!), and their goals with ETC https://godalone.bandcamp.com/album/etc 47.36: Sligo artist Brídín chats about her self-titled debut album, her job as a funeral director and embalmer, the art of playing the harp, the grafter Clare Sands, and her collaborators on the album, who include Murli, Stephen Rea and Sharon Shannon https://bridin.bandcamp.com/ 1.22.31: Luke Reilly aka Blood Donor (and formerly of Otherkin) on his new single Lonely Street and his debut live show this Saturday, October 29, at the Workman's Cellar. We then hear Lonely Street in full to close the show https://blooddonor.bandcamp.com

3.55: Cork pop star Lyra talks about her new single '29 Box' and her upcoming tour - plus supporting Westlife on their UK arena tour. Lyra coined the term ‘29 Box’ herself - it references the most common size dimension of Snapshots used to create the perfect aesthetic on social platform sites. She says: "While social media is an invaluable tool and networking system, it can consume you and a small percentage of people can make it a dark place. I feel like we live in a world with two lives, our glossy online self, when in reality we all have our own pressures. I wanted the record to resonate with my fans, we need to celebrate our individuality.” https://lyra.ie/ 36.10: Neil Dexter returns to talk about his debut solo album I'll Be Ready. We wrap up any lingering thoughts about his former band Spies, talk influences such as Robert Wyatt, former scenes in Dublin, post-recession, and lots more. Neil plays the Workman's Cellar, Dublin, on October 20. https://neildextermusic.bandcamp.com/ 1.29.28: Sile Ní Dhubhghaill talks about her new project This Throat and introduces 'Ghosting', the first single off debut EP I Sent it Away to Die https://thisthroat.bandcamp.com/album/i-sent-it-away-to-die

2.12: Gilla Band singer Dara Kiely and guitarist Alan Duggan talk about their criticially acclaimed third album Most Normal. Gilla Band play the National Stadium in Dublin on December 9 and Belfast's Empire Music Hall on December 15. https://gillaband.bandcamp.com/album/most-normal 48.41: Bantum aka Ruairi Lynch is back on the show to talk about his new single 'On The Double', his new project The Gauze, and producing Listowel rapper Súil Amháin https://bantum.bandcamp.com https://thegauze.bandcamp.com https://suilamhain.bandcamp.com 1.14.52: Kerry singer-songwriter on her new track 'Invest', which we play in full to close the show https://open.spotify.com/artist/2s7JrceaCyj0KEfIQ8CjmS

6.19: Sixth-generation Cork fiddle player Clare Sands talks about her self-titled debut album and how it was inspired by the west coast of Ireland. We also talk martial arts, getting punched in the face in the middle of the night, and the white Russian cocktails... https://claresands.bandcamp.com/album/clare-sands 1.11.35: Farah Elle chats ahead of the release of her debut album Fatima, released on Friday, October 7. It's named after her mother, who returned from Ireland to Libya in 2011 to become health minister in the Libyan transitional government after the fall of Gaddafi. The album has also been seven years in the making. https://www.farahelle.com/ New Irish music this week, with introductions by the artists: 1.40.55: Kairiko - Tevfik Fikret https://open.spotify.com/album/4MXPCfvF0mBpecD0hhl5FG?si=UKZ6f7yKS4SYozf-zG9xRg 1.46.01: Staff Party - Solo https://staffparty.bandcamp.com/releases

5.33: Sorcha Richardson gives us a track-by-track breakdown of her brilliant second album Smiling Like an Idiot https://sorcharichardson.bandcamp.com/album/smiling-like-an-idiot 1.06.22: R Kitt talks about the Give Us The Night campaign, what they expected and were hoping for in the budget, and what to look forward to at Haunted Dance Hall at the National Concert Hall this weekend. shorturl.at/dgMOU 1.46.52: Dublin-based singer-songwriter Patrick Stefan on debut album Wayfare, travelling and finding music from around the world, swimming in Dublin, and more https://patrickstefan.bandcamp.com/ 2.35.09: Weekly new music section - new tunes from new artists in full, with introductions by the acts themselves. This week: Banríon - Fooling https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/banron/fooling-2 Ebben Phlo - All Nighter https://ebbenphlo.bandcamp.com/track/all-nighter Barefoot Gypsies - Be Free https://linktr.ee/barefoot.gypsies?utm_source=qr_code

4.40: Derry artist Roe talks about her debut album That's When The Panic Sets In, which is released on Friday, September 23. She talks about releasing it in two parts, deciding to dump her debut album while in a Reykjavík supermarket late one night, recording with Tommy McLaughlin at Attica Audio, and takes us through some of the tracks on the record. https://roemusicofficial.bandcamp.com/ 32.56: Waterford singer-songwriter Moncrieff put on one of the standout performances at Electric Picnic 2022, and to cap off a superb week, released new EP Warm and announced, and quickly sold out, a date at the Olympia in December. We talk about his journey, finding his sound and voice, his favourite sandwiches, and lots more. https://open.spotify.com/album/5eed330fRyfporIAak7ZmH?si=vFrqfL6dQuOLafiXkPgwzA New Music Weekly: Voicenotes and full songs from - 1.05.00: Tony Fitz - Denial https://tonyfitz.bandcamp.com/ 1.09.53: Chris Kabs - No Joke (ft JYellowL) https://open.spotify.com/track/5ajvHGjVBSZ753UFk9Gxi4?si=bb7d85fa06534045 1.15.18: Video Blue - First Snow (ft Aoife Power(Whenyoung)) https://open.spotify.com/track/7bWnW938Vk8Yz049FyQ8Ui?si=5490284782254f59 1.22.43: Ispíní na Éireann - Talk To Joe https://ispini.bandcamp.com/album/talk-to-joe

5.24: Daithí returns to the show to chat about his third album I'm Here Now, released on September 9 on Galway's Strange Brew records and featuring collaborators Ailbhe Reddy and Sinéad White (‘Sunset’), David Tapley of Tandem Felix (‘Polypoly’), Uly (‘Like The Water’), and Neil Dexter (‘Keep It For The Next One’). We discuss his running of artists' hideaway the Beekeepers, recording samples of gates, learning from Paul Noonan in Houseplants, and trying to break the UK. Buy the album: https://daithi.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/daithimusic1/ 1.00.19: Rising Dublin artist Kynsy chats about her busy summer of festivals, which culminated in Electric Picnic, headlined by Arctic Monkeys. We discuss her journey, songwriting and new EP Something to Do With Love, which is released today, September 14. https://kynsy.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kynsy___/ 1.48.19: New music this week comes courtesy of Ballina, Co Mayo two-piece Yop, who introduce 'Beyond Being' for us before we hear it in full https://yopballina.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.instagram.com/yop_the_band/

4.45: Junior Brother chats about his brilliant second album The Great Irish Famine https://juniorbrother.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-irish-famine 1.08.25: Katie Kim releases fifth album Hour of the Ox on Friday, September 9, the final one under the moniker. We talk about why she's ending it and how the album came together. Katie Kim plays the Button Factory on September 10. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/katie-kim-hour-of-the-ox-album-launch-with-support-from-tra-phaidin-tickets-352492684107?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb Buy Hour of the Ox: https://katiekim.bandcamp.com/ 1.51.45: Galway artist John Dog on his new single 'Under the Bed', which is released today and we get to hear in full https://johndog.bandcamp.com/music

5.05: Galway composer and singer Anna Mullarkey talks about her debut album Falling, which has just come out on Strange Brew records. We chat about her journey from Inishturk as a five-year-old to get sung at on the streets of Sweden to her first foray with a band in the Fellow Sponges and composing for film and theatre. Features lots of talk about synths. https://annamullarkey.bandcamp.com/ 56.02: Dublin singer-songwriter Jackie Beverly releases her debut EP Temporary State on September 8, and plays Whelan's the same night, supported by Laytha and Galia Arad. After indulging me in some pop and Primavera chat, we discuss the making of the album, being inspired by the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus and developing her sound. https://jackiebeverly.bandcamp.com/ Tickets to Whelan's gig: https://mcd.ie/artists/jackie-beverly/ New tunes and introductions from: 1.39.55: Last Survivor - Midnight Run https://lastsurvivorofficial.bandcamp.com/ 1.47.07: Constant Supply - Duvet Upon Landing https://constantsupply.bandcamp.com/ 1.53.33: Joey Gavin - I Want You To Stay https://joeygavin.bandcamp.com/

1.01: Some thoughts on Another Love Story festival, which returned to Killyon Manor at the weekend. 6.32: Marketa Irglova on Lila, her first album in eight years and the third in a trilogy. She talks about her journey from Once to entering Iceland's Eurovision song contest, and some of the stories behind the tracks on Lila, and influences such as Bridgerton and other TV shows. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SklVMGMsWTq7cJd9MixUx?si=ZDMqGoDKRUiJQAwAEmgTpw 41.06: Christy from Le Boom on supporting Denise Chaila at St John's Castle, Limerick, on Saturday, August 20. 44.14: Simon Roche, one-third of the Lumo Club night, talks about their boat party in Dublin Bay on Saturday, August 20. How it came about, what songs went down best, and was there any seasickness. We also chat about Oasis and their best songs, as Be Here Now turns 25. https://www.instagram.com/lumoclub/?hl=en NEW MUSIC!!! 1.01.24: Alice Kiernan introduces her single 'Golden', which is out this Friday, August 26. https://twitter.com/Alice_Kiernan https://smarturl.it/cxe9bt 1.06.38: Patrick Stefan introduces 'Just Another Love Song', taken from debut album Wayfare, which is released on September 23. twitter.com/patrick_stefan_ https://t.co/3xtlhlIuOA 1.12.19: Cabin aka Adam McCabe chats about 'The Parasocialite (Alternative Version)' off the just-released You’re On My Mind EP twitter.com/cabin_music https://linktr.ee/cabin44

A mid-west special of the TPOE podcast this week.... 4.15: God Knows on his new EP We Move the Needle, out on Narolane Records, and the Denise Chaila show taking place at St John's Castle in Limerick City on Saturday, August 20 https://narolanerecords.bandcamp.com/artists 32.33: Elaine Howley discusses her debut solo album The Distance Between Heart and Mouth, released via Belfast's Touch Sensitive Records https://touchsensitiverecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-distance-between-heart-and-mouth 1.02.18: Diarmuid O'Shea, chairperson of Féile na Gréine, discusses the festival that's taking over the streets of Limerick this weekend, August 19-21, featuring the likes of Junior Brother, Boyfrens and Girlfriend and a special bespoke beer crafted by sponsors Crew Brewing Company and Treaty City Brewery. 1.14.57: Niall Jackson tells us about a new single from his London-based band Sweat Threats before we give it a full play. It's called 'Questions?' https://sweatthreats.bandcamp.com/

We're fully recovered from All Together Now (just about), have listened to some episodes of WTF with Marc Maron and ready to go again. Coming up on episode 230 of the TPOE Podcast: 5:52 An interview with Thumper frontman Oisin Leahy Furlong about their debut album Delusions of Grandeur, which came out in March. We talk about touring, being a six-piece (and having two drummers), overcoming writer's block, the state of Dublin, and lots more. Buy Delusions of Grandeur: https://thumpermusic.bandcamp.com/album/d-e-l-u-s-i-o-n-s-o-f-g-r-a-n-d-e-u-r Thumper tour dates: https://www.hellothumper.com/#live 48:03 An interview with Joe Furlong, one half of the musical and visual project The Cope, with David Anthony Curley. They've just put out their debut single True Romance and Joe has just moved to Berlin. We talk about how the idea for The Cope formed at an impromptu karaoke party with Sorcha Richardson and what their plans are going forward. We also get to hear True Romance in full. See the-cope.com, instagram.com/thecope636, and twitter.com/TheCope636 1:08:18 Naoise is a queer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from North Dublin who released their debut EP I’m Not a Woman in July. Naoise tells us about the EP and introduces the track 'Normal Freak', which you'll hear in full. See facebook.com/naoisemusic9 and instagram.com/naoisemusic/

We've just about recovered from a great bank holiday weekend in Waterford for All Together Now, returning for the first time since 2019. Nick Cave was the main attraction, delivering possibly the best performance ever seen at an Irish music festival. While reviewing ATN with a little help from some friends such as punters Tara Robinson and Niall Mac Suain, artist Ailbhe Reddy, and Grub Circus curator Joe McNamee, we talk about the contenders for best ever performances at an Irish music festival. But first, it's the return of Zara Hedderman, who talks about hosting the IMRO Podcast. Later, artist Muireann Levis on a great new event, including pedal boats, that she's involved with in West Cork next week, while Chris Power talks to us about a new collective in Cork. Then, there's new music from Maija Sofia ('O Theramin') and Neil Dexter ('I'll Be Ready'), who both discuss the tracks as well. 02.16 Zara Hedderman returns to talk about hosting the IMRO Podcast, writing about music for a living, the new Angel Olsen album and reviewing for Pitchfork. 19:25 All Together Now reviewed ft Joe McNamee, Tara Robinson, Niall Mac Suain, and Ailbhe Reddy 25:09 Joe McNamee on curating Grub Circus food tent at All Together Now 44:11 1:02:07 CMAT's speech at All Together Now 1:14:02 Muireann Levis on her sound installation ‘Inbhear’ an exploration and a celebration of the soundscape and identity of Ballydehob, which takes place August 11-15. Tickets - https://ballydehobjazzfestival.org/ballydehob-jazz-festival-presents-muireann-levis-inbhear/ 1:22:49 Chris Power on Dose, a Cork-based multi-disciplinary platform creating spaces & events for local talent, the diaspora and artists based in Ireland 1:30:!5 Maija Sofia on her new single 'O Theramin'. Buy it at https://maijasofia.bandcamp.com/album/o-theremin 1:36:33 Neil Dexter on his new single and album 'I'll Be Ready'. Preorder - https://www.neildextermusic.com/shop/p/ill-be-ready-album-180g-vinyl-pre-order