Strange Brew with gugai

How about you take some time and listen to the beautiful new single from Elaine Mai? Plus some new Meltybrains?, David Kitt, Enemies and lots more. Plus Booka Brass Band tell me about a song they love. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every...

New music this week from Daithi, We Cut Corners, Funeral Suits, Sample Answer, Oh Boland, Eoin Dolan, Le Boom, Sin Fang, Pixies, The XX plus David Kitt, Brian Wilson and, with great sadness, some Leonard Cohen. And Pinegrove tell me about a song they love. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Th...

What's going on this week over at Strange Brew? Well, I, for one, am glad you asked, because there's a shitload of stuff happening. There's the superb brand new single from Daithi feat. Sinead White, what I hope is a sign of return to form from The Flaming Lips, plus brand new, hot off the press music from TooFools, Le Boom, JFDR, Agnes Obel, Raf Rundell, and some Windings, Reina Del Cid tell me a...

Battles tell me about a song they love. Kind of. New music from Enemies, Hiss Golden Messenger, No Monster Club, Pinegrove, Civil Civic, C Duncan, Cloud Nothings, Bantum, Sand, The Radio Dept., We Cut Corners and Autumn is a good time to play a bit of The Notwist, so let's do that. Sure, any time is good to play The Notwist. Right? RIGHT? Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibra...

I talk to Whitney about a song they love, and there's music from No Monster Club, The Lemon Twigs, Rusangano Family, Rejjie Snow, Cass McCombs, I Have A Tribe, LVL UP, Jagwar Ma, Civil Civic, Mount Alaska, Pale Rivers & Breathe Owl Breathe. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. a Every Thursday night a...

Dublin's Overhead, The Albatross tell me about a song they love, I have two copies of the new record from The Low Anthem ((and free gig tickets) to give away, as well as, and I kid you not, music from Sand, Windings, Agnes Obel, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, We Cut Corners, Katie Kim, Swords and Sleigh Bells. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, th...

This week on Strange Brew, Sorcha from Ships talks about a song she loves, and we have music from Sand, So Cow, Cass McCombs, Pale Rivers, Mick Flannery, James Vincent McMorrow, Solar Bears, Enemies, Oh Boland, Pixies & Windings. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. a Every Thursday night at Róisín Du...

Mmoths, Jack Colleran, tells me about a song he loves, we bid farewell, almost, to Enemies, plus new music from Meltybrains?, Preoccupations, So Cow, Bon Iver, Warpaint, Dan Deacon, PAVO PAVO, Windings, Goat Girl, plus some Yo La Tengo. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. a Every Thursday night at Ró...

Philip King (Scullion, Other Voices) talks about a song he loves, and there's new music from Keaton Henson, The Handsome Family, Maria Kelly, Kim Gordon, Emma Pollock, Warpaint, Grandaddy, The Album Leaf, plus some Scullion and Jape. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín...

The exceptionally talented Lisa O'Neill tells me about a song she loves, and there's new music from Mick Flannery, Pixies, The Middle Ages, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Crystal Fighters, Hiva Oa, Thee Oh Sees, Booka Brass Band, Cass McCombs, plus some Frightened Rabbit and The Redneck Manifesto. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not t...

Back in July, I talked to the lovely Soul Jazz Orchestra about a song they love. It took a while, but it was worth it. You can fill your ears with it, and also hear some new music from Windings, And The Kids, Swords, Keaton Henson, James Vincent McMorrow, Teenage Fanclub, Grandaddy, Dan Deacon and Lunch Money. Spot on. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past,...

Everyone has songs they love. I'm very lucky that in my line of work, I have met many interesting, intelligent and entertaining people, and even more fortunate that some of them took the time to talk to me about their favourite songs. In this second part of the collection of conversations from my regular 8Radio.com show (Fridays from 9-10pm), I talk to John Grant, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Greg Dulli,...

The legendary Elvis Costello talks to gugai about a song he loves, plus you can hear actual music from Cass McCombs, Everything Shook, Talos, Not Squares, Plaid, Frightened Rabbit, Junk Drawer, Big Star and The Shins. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ir...

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Krapanos tells me about a song he loves, and there's new music from Bon Iver, Talos, Lisa Hannigan, Angel Olson, Carriages, Star Parks, Extra Fox, Hiss Golden Messenger, Hot Cops and a bit of Woodpigeon, to be on the safe side. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday...

Lisa Hannigan talks about a song she loves, and there is new music from Talos, of montreal, Deerhoof, Warpaint, D D Dumbo, Cathy Davey, Oh Boland, plus All Tvvins, The Faint, Arab Strap and Naoise Roo. Good times, indeed. Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite talks about a song he loves, and brand new music from All Tvvins, Caoilian Sherlock, Extra Fox, Dinosaur Jr., Warpaint, Ben Bix & Feather, Swords, The...

Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite talks about a song he loves, and brand new music from All Tvvins, Caoilian Sherlock, Extra Fox, Dinosaur Jr., Warpaint, Ben Bix & Feather, Swords, The Julie Ruin, Oh Boland and some Battles and Bodies Of Water. HO!! Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night...

Former Delgado, Chemikal Underground co-founder and record producer extraordinaire, Paul Savage, tells me about a song he loves, and you can hear new music from Local Natives, Angel Olsen, Pixies, The Garden, Karl Blau and Dott plus Maria Kelly, Architecture In Helsinki, FM Belfast, Overhead, The Albatross and The Delgados. What could possibly go wrong? Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock...

Saul Williams tells me about a song he loves after his Galway show, plus new music from Cathy Davey, Okkervil River, The Lemon Twigs, Arab Strap, The Avalanches, Ezra Furman, Have Your Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS, LVL UP and Overhead, The Albatross. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every...

Emma Pollock, former Delgado and one of the founders of Chemikal Underground Records, has a chat about her new album, and tells me about a song she loves, plus new music from The Lemon Twigs, Junk Drawer and Guilty Optics, plus loads of music from bands playing the Strange Brew Summer Shindig 12 on July 28th, including Bitch Falcon, Oh Boland, Field Trip, Search Party Animal, Slow Place Like Home,...

Talos! A brand new song from the Cork band, and Mr. Talos himself tells us about a song he loves, and there's music from We Cut Corners, Glimmermen, Dan Deacon, Slow Place Like Home, Nothing, Dinosaur Jr., Arab Strap, The National, James Vincent McMorrow, Julia Jacklin & Pleasure Beach. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too dist...

A great selection of music for you this week. Benny from Hot 8 Brass Band talks about a song he loves, there's new music from Emma Pollock, Pixies, Ezra Furman, James Vincent McMorrow, Ciaran Lavery, Okkervil River, Local Natives, Bitch Falcon, Lucy Dacus, Planet Parade and a classic from And So I Watch You From Afar. Enjoy. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the...

We have great new music from Ships, The Low Anthem, I Am The Cosmos, Hot Hot Heat, Emma Pollock, Bat For Lashes, plus Jurassic 5, Overhead, The Albatross Oh Boland, Car Seat Headrest, Daithi, and T.P.M. tell us about a favourite song. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín...

Pre-Body & Soul, we have new music from I Am The Cosmos, Ships, Funeral Suits, Local Natives, Bitch Falcon, Gold Panda, Civil Civic plus Wolf Parade, Mercury Rev and Dublin's Lynched talk about one of their favourite songs. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galw...

We've got Ports, The Dying Seconds, Barq, Moonface & Siinai, Big Thief, Hop Along, Augustines, Lisa Hannigan, Car Seat Headrest, Whitney, Plaid, Overhead, The Albatross, Wolf Parade and William Tyler. Enjoy Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and e...

Summer's here and there's new music from The Avalanches!! Also, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, We Cut Corners, Sonny & The Sunsets, Hilary Woods, Elm, Samaris, Fufanu, Dinosaur Jr., Plaid, Teleman plus Oh Boland, The Shins, Slow Place Like Home and Battles! All in one place. Amazing. What an age we live in. Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and...