"... we never managed to set up a self-sufficient Irish indie network..." (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

facking irish

 

[shower another shower]

I see a Golden Age for Thumped on the horizon.

 

[Carlow Punks!]

never mind

 

[pete]

I see a Golden Age for Thumped on the horizon.

i was thinking more of an iron pyrite age myself

 

[Anthony]

It's great. That said, I reckon it's just more accessible now and there must have always been good music being made.

Yes, and if Paul's blog proves anything it's that. It just sounds better these days.
http://rekcollector.blogspot.com/

 

[Foggy]

deadly blog!

Yes, and if Paul's blog proves anything it's that. It just sounds better these days.
http://rekcollector.blogspot.com/

 

[shower another shower]

JJJ FTW.

 

[Naomi Neu]

Although daytime radio is still full of crap it's definitely getting better, usually there's good stuff in the evening/at night. Donal Dineen always has some top tracks from local bands, Cathal Funge and Dan Hegarty do a good bit too, Jim Carroll has three or so Irish bands on his Phantom playlists, along with regional stations who usually have one decent fan of Irish bands in the ranks. You also have stations like Ceol Eire, Cian Ó Cíobháin's An Taobh Tuathail and Power FM. And of course the 2XM brigade like Sweet Oblivion et al are all good for dropping a good mix of Irish/International. Dude on Twitter just said he heard Paddy Kelleher on i105-107 recently as well which is...bizarre.

 

[Space]

Gerry Ryan played Moutpiece around noon on a Friday this year, that would never have happened ten years ago.

 

[washingcattle]

Well the fact that the powers that be are handing out more radio station licenses these days has more to do with local band radio play than any sudden up shoot in fine Irish bands existing self sufficiently.

What is the point of this thread ? 5 pages in I'm still lost.

Are bands not growing enough vegetables or something ?

 

[washingcattle]

Gerry Ryan played Moutpiece around noon on a Friday this year, that would never have happened ten years ago.

Well he was alive 10 years ago

 

[pete]

What is the point of this thread ? 5 pages in I'm still lost.

I found the the highlighted statements in post#1 a bit odd and wondered whether or not other people felt the same way.

 

[washingcattle]

Yeah C'Mon what gives here?

 

[washingcattle]

One more point I looked up this Jim Carroll fella and he's a journo used to be an A&R rep and a press officer for various record labels. My question is now simply where are his credentials to say "We" never managed to set up anything?

"We"? who the fuck is "we" ?

as far as I can see he is as much "them" as anyone could possibly be.

 

[shower another shower]

we built it, they own it.

 

[Carlow Punks!]

developed by hippies, sold by a faceless multi-national corporation

 

[Flux]

...

 

[HMD]

Gerry Ryan played Moutpiece around noon on a Friday this year, that would never have happened ten years ago.

and look what happened to him

 

[ann post]

 

[pete]

I'm not getting involved.