Strange Brew with gugai

SPRINTS reveal their plans for their long overdue holiday, and do a reasonable Michael D Higgins impression. Morgana’s superb new album is out - don’t miss the December shows. Madra Salach announce their new album with a brand new single. Great new singles all around this week. Get your tickets for the Delivery shows at the end of October. New video from Gurriers. Bricknasty announce a new EP. It’...

SPRINTS reveal their plans for their long overdue holiday, and do a reasonable Michael D Higgins impression. Morgana’s superb new album is out - don’t miss the December shows. Madra Salach announce their new album with a brand new single. Great new singles all around this week. Get your tickets for the Delivery shows at the end of October. New video from Gurriers. Bricknasty announce a new EP. It’...

Haiver played an absolutely stunning show at the Róisín and I got to catch up with Billy Kennedy in the flesh for the first time in a long time. Best boys and the Yacht Rock Sleaford Mods, Getdown Services are coming back to the Róisín for another best gig in the world ever. Pillow Queens are back! New album from Soak. Another beautiful taste of the upcoming album from Why? That long awaited Lily...

So many amazing albums out this week it’d make you sick. Gilla Band are back with an astonishing album number 4, Gurriers’ Nobody’s Coming To Save You is stunning, and the Trá Phaídín album is really something else. And Joey from Pizza Pizza tells me about his favourite Whiskeytown song. The Rua Rí tour is coming up. One of our albums of the year. Go see him.

Hello! Greg from Dead Pioneers loves some Kneecap! Please check out the incredible new album from The Next New Low. Babyrat’s debut single - finally! Are @ the hardest band to find? New music from Bricknasty, Kynsy & Lemonade Shoelace, Sorcha Richardson and Soccer Mommy. And Gilla Band’s album is nearly here. Twisted Teens are on Sub Pop now and have just released the first single from their third...

I had a chat with Rob from Just Mustard on what is now his show during the summer, and he dropped some pretty BIG news (congratulations, Rob) and chose his favourite My Bloody Valentine song. This Is Lorelei’s new album is out! The new Why? Album is nearly out! Sylvan Esso have a new album and they want you to dance. Nearly time for the Gurriers’ album too - going to be class. Also, that d’abdu re...

Loads of great stuff for you. Shamrock Showband almost chose Big Tom, but went with I Dreamed I Dream - appreciated - Last Apollo’s debut is out now! New album from WHY? Nearly time for those Haiver shows - check out The Ghost Dance. Swimmers Jackson is doing a load of gigs and instores for new album Komorebi. The new girlfriend. album, Carousel, is superb. New singles from Lily Seabird, Sulk Hoga...

The lovely Mease from Hassle Records drops by, figuratively, to chat about how class Galway is, Saskatoon and his favourite Dead Pioneers song. Haiver’s album is out and there are Irish tour dates. Less than a month to go until mary in the junkyard are in the Róísín (also Dublin, Belfast).

A pleasure to talk to Jonathan from Mercury Rev about All Is Dream, the Catskills and how awesome Susan Cooper’s books are. Paddy Hanna announces Paddy Hanna’s Bacharach Show Vol 1. The Swapmeet album is great. Don’t miss Sprints & Sexy Tadgh this weekend. Jake XF is back! Hope your Galway International Arts Festival is going well x

Bridie from Soak tells me about a MJ Lenderman song that she loves + TV On The Radio, Gilla Band, Chalk, Gurriers, Delivery, Shark School, mary in the junkyard, Really Good Time, This Is Lorelei, Shamrock Showband & Radie Peat

Hello hello hello. Matt & Julie from Havvk are with me to tell us how much they love Choose Life by Shark School. Feels like we’ve been waiting for ever for the mary in the junkyard album, and it was worth it! Morgana’s announced a tour and an album. Kormac has a new single and a new AV show in December. Another hit from the forthcoming album from Gurriers. And if anyone wants to be old, The Jimmy...

Strange Brew #459 - Hot Slob - 19/06/26 by gugai

The unbearable wait for the release of the stunning debut album from Shark School is finally over and you can stuff it straight into your ears, loud, right now. And get tickets for Femme Fest on 17 July. New single and album announcement from Morgana too. And This Is Lorelei. Nearly time for the Swapmeet & Mary In The Junkyard Albums too. AND a new single and tour from Soak. Class single from girl...

There’s a lot going on here and there’s not time to unpack it all. Dive in. Enjoy. Have a lovely weekend.

Heading to Beyond The Pale? Here’s some acts you should check out. See you there.

Finally, after 6 years, got to get Dark Tropics to Galway for show. Rio loves Chet Baker, so you’re in for a treat. Gilla Band are back with a new single, and so are The Mary Wallopers. Shark School have a new single, an album at the end of the month and upcoming live shows including Beyond The Pale and Femme Fest at Róisín Dubh. Catch Sprints for two shows at Róisín Dubh in July! Æ Mak’s new albu...

Loads of great stuff for you this week - Gurriers have a new single, album and live dates! The Dose EP is out - go see them next week. Mary In The Junkyard & Swapmeet both release single #3 from their forthcoming albums. Check out the incredible new single from Morgana - who you really have to see live. Car Seat Headrest revisit and reimagine Teens Of Denial. Nearly time for the Vicar St show from...

Some times, the stars align. Some times, Burglar’s favourite song is also your favourite song by The Goon Sax. Some band. Also, Burglar have a new single. So do For Nina. And they are both playing in the Grand Social on 16 April (followed by Nialler9) - you should definitely go to that even though it’s not in Galway. Lads. WU LYF have a NEW album. Only took 15 years. It’s better the first one too,...

This week - Telekura’s BEST INTERVIEW EVER (Takeaway - the Róisín is class)!!!! Check out the Daniel Avery remix of Just Mustard. Will Sheff is back with his second solo album on the way. Goodtime John has a new album, and a new video dedicated to the one and only Glenn Keating. Waxahatchee join the gang doing covers of This Is Loreli. Nearly time for the Kean Kavanagh produced Rua Rí album! And M...

New music from Shark School! New single Don’t Trust A Man is out now. The album, Selachimorpha, is available for pre-order now too! Check it out on strangebrew.ie and bandcamp. Rua Rí’s album is out and it is deadly. Don’t forget that Broken Social Scene (new single, album next week!) are in Ireland with Stars & Metric in September. Also, always great to play Stars. Death Cab For Cutie also back w...

Deep dive into Mexican music this week with the best people in the world. My new best friends for ever, Valeria from MusicMex, and Fran & Mario from La Bestia, tell me about a song they love. You should meet them. Also, check out Two-Man Giant Squid’s new single - I saw them last week and they are class. Shark School have announced another Femme Fest at the Róisín in July. Enjoy their new single....

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Here's Strange Brew #415 Eat Quiche, Sleep, Repeat (02/05/25) Coming to you this week from a hotel room in Wrexham where I’m watching some amazing bands at Focus Wales - you can hear some of them too RIGHT HERE. Also, let’s dip a toe into the line up for the Galway International Arts Festival. And Joshua Burnside on new music, picking up other people’s pints (!) and his favourite Adrianne Lenker s...

Here's Strange Brew #414 I Won't Be Afraid (25/11/25) You Dig Dug? Deep Dive on DUG this week as they tell me about their favourite Jake Xerxes Fussell, Facebook friendship algorithms, shitbag promoters, forthcoming albums, return of the I Dig Dug hats and more. As if that wasn’t enough, more from Paddy Hanna, new single and album announcement from Junior Brother and you know Boeckner! is coming i...

Strange Brew #413 Still Tryin' (11/04/25) Does it ever stop, like? Chatting with Yoni Wolf this week - can’t stop picturing him sitting beside Brian Eno, copying his homework - also, Paddy Hanna’s superb new album, Oylegate is out, so you’re going to want to get all over that. I did not expect to be playing some DJ Koze, but he’s only gone and released a track with Markus Archer from The Notwist,...