This weeks Hope Show on Radioactive International available here Aerial Salad - Conservative ThinkingSteve Ignorant - Love and a LampostDealing With Damage - Hate Can Set You FreeGood Luck - Hey MattDinosaur Jnr - TinyA Page Of Punk - Punk Til I DieRoughneck Riot - Ignorance Is EasyBear Trade - Bleedin' Heart TroubleFlies On You … Continue reading Hope Show 127 – the lowdown
Thursday Tunes – Petrol Girls
Ren from Petrol Girls selects 5 songs that are on the turntable in advance of their upcoming Dublin gig
Book of the week – Double Nickels on the Dime
33 1/3double nickels in the dimeMichael t. FournierBloomsbury press https://youtu.be/ojOeUfCnY5o?list=PLNbMX2YXmA85sluATxsrg7TpsukXiyafs I’ve spoke and written about this series in the past where classic albums get dissected by fans. Ones I’ve appreciated have been takes on American hardcore classics from dead Kennedy’s, fugazi and jawbreaker. Whenever the words hardcore classic are joined together in an American music … Continue reading Book of the week – Double Nickels on the Dime
Play of the Day: Paranoid Visions, Adverse Reality
Paranoid visionsAdverse reality Foad / Louderthanwar records For a band steeped in history and the history of punk it’s no surprise that this record captures 4 decades of Dublin. From the greyness of Dublin town through asking people are they happy to revenge killing, Deko's lyrics have lost none of their anger over the years. … Continue reading Play of the Day: Paranoid Visions, Adverse Reality
Hope Show 126 – The Lowdown
A weekly online raddio show from radioactiveinternatinoal playing all that is good in indie, punk, diy and folk
This Weeks Gigs: Jan 13 – 19
This weeks diy, punk and indies gigs in Dublin
Play of the day: The Pukes
Never mind the buffetThe pukesHoo Ha records https://youtu.be/w6LF34I3xHM The Pukes started as a punk rock ukelele collective. Their early gigs were raucous affairs with as many people on the stage as in the audience at times. They were the epitome of diy. Whether by accident or design the number of people on stage has dwindled … Continue reading Play of the day: The Pukes
Play of the day: Seth Anderson
Seth AndersonWe Could BeLittle rocket / One Week Records https://vimeo.com/212602333 I often think of penalty takers or goalkeepers as the sporting equivalent of singer songwriters. Last line of defence or hero or villain ready to win a game singer / songwriters lay it all on the line. Seth certainly puts it all out ther. Passionate … Continue reading Play of the day: Seth Anderson
Thursday Tunes – Last Reserves
Thursday Tunes returns for 2020 where we get a band playing an upcoming gig in Dublin to lit 5 songs they are currently listening to or have had an effect on their lives or music. This week we have Last Reserves, a punk band from Liverpool who are playing the Dando Sessions on Friday. First … Continue reading Thursday Tunes – Last Reserves
Book of the Week – There is no planet B
There is no planet BMike Berners LeeCambridge university press Any book that proclaims “in the 21st century it is totally unhelpful to have organisations that exist primarily in order to make profit” is going to pique my interest. Being a Cambridge university press publication I had some trepidation in that it would be coated in … Continue reading Book of the Week – There is no planet B