Who Art Thou?

Today's guest is Alex from Ex Oh Promotions making his return on the podcast to talk about the amazing festival he is putting on this week, The Next Big Thing 2025, which will be live from The Workman’s Club on  Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th of January 2025. I'll be chatting to Alex all about the incredible acts playing this year, which includes Still Blue, VaticanJail, Dream Boy, AILSHA, Peb...

Today's guest on the podcast is Irish Goregrind/Gorenoise/Harsh Noise band from Limerick, Lymphoedema! A one-man band (with one of the coolest logos going) and probably one of the most brutal sounding bands to be on the podcast, I'll be chatting with Lymphoedema about how is interest in extreme music began, how this project started, where the inspiration for his sounds come from and basically just...

Today I am going to be chatting to Caskré, which is the professional and artistic identity of recording, mixing and mastering engineer Jamie Hyland! I'll be chatting with her about all how her interests in music and mixing and mastering began, how working in the vinyl factory MLV helped inform her work, the many projects she has worked on including the A Lethal Black Ooze vinyl release (which was...

Today I am very excited to say that I am joined on the podcast by Richard Duhig, the host of The Metal Cell Podcast and most recently, an award winning filmmaker. For this episode, I'll be chatting to Richard about his film, 'We Swallow the Ocean', which is a documentary about the creation of Partholon's incredible album 'The Ocean Pours In'. We'll be discussing how the idea came about for creatin...

We are starting the week off in style in that I have the amazing talent that is Singer, songwriter and mental health advocate, Luke Clerkin, making his return on the podcast! For this episode, I'll be chatting to Luke about his much-anticipated debut album, 'Orpheus', which will be released on the 31st of January. We'll be covering the Greek myth that inspired the album's title, the life stories a...

Today on the podcast I am joined by Emma and Fionn on the band Shayatin! Shayatin formed from the discontinued alt-rock band Late Night Pharmacy, who previously were awarded funding as part of the Department of Culture’s Music Industry Stimulus Package. It is the first band to feature local singer-songwriter Emma Lohan, whose strident, powerful lead vocals lend palpable emotion to the instrumental...

The first episode of 2025 is out now and the fantastic band that is silverglass will be making their return on the podcast! I'll be chatting to Tadgh and Eoin about the band's brilliant debut EP, 'CELL COLLAPSE', which was released last October and has such awesome songs like 'Seraph' and 'Anhedonia'. We'll be discussing how this EP was made, the conceptual and visual ideas behind it and favorite...

The final episode of the year! For this episode, I'll be going through my favorite Metal albums of the year and I'll be joined by a few awesome lads of the Irish Metal scene - Conor of LaVein, Steve of Grey Stag and Jason of Uragh! We'll each get two picks that we will be doing a deep dive on as well as going through all the other albums we loved as well. Try and count how many times I say the wor...

Today I am joined on the podcast by James Foy of Bedroom Bop Rock band from Belfast, Mucksavage! I'll be chatting with James about the beginnings of his interest in music, how this band was formed and the band's debut single, 'Dirty Chin', which was released in October of this year. Written by James as a subconscious way to process the grief of losing his uncle, he was careful to keep the song fro...

Today I'm joined on the podcast by Brasko and Alex of The Last Vinci for a very special episode of the podcast. I'll be interviewing the lads about two significant milestones, 10 years as a band and 30 years of amazing friendship and how it's shaped the band and their sound and what the band has in store for us in 2025. We'll also of course be covering the band's latest single 'Sonova Beach', whic...

Cell Games make their grand return to the podcast! I'm joined on the podcast by Tristan to talk about the band's brand new single, 'Witches X Bitches', which will be released this Thursday on the 12th of December, a much scarier day than Friday the 13th. I've seen this song performed so many times, for me it's always a highlight of the band's set so to finally have it released and to chat about it...

Today I am joined on the podcast by brothers James and Brian Edwards of the two-piece Rock band HUNTINGS I'll be chatting with the guys about their brilliant debut album, 'Songs of Last Resort', which was released on October 24th and features such electrifying singles as 'Turn On', 'Doom' and 'Sparks' Over the course of 9 songs, they explore themes of love and loss, relationship dynamics, dealing...

Welcome to a new episode of the 'Who Art Thou?' podcast! On this episode I am joined on the show by Rob Moore of the 3 piece experimental Punk band, Fierce Shook, from Tullamore. We're going to primarily be chatting about the band's second EP, 'Something Sophisticated', which was released this year on the 11th of October and was produced by Shauny Cads in Last Light Studios, Dublin. The 4 track EP...

Today I am joined on the podcast by Dexter Hodkinson, guitarist of the Depressive/Atmospheric Black Metal band, Their Last Stop. We will primarily be chatting about the band's fantastic self-titled EP, which was released last year, establishing the band as a brilliant new addition to Ireland's extreme music scene. I'll be going through the EP with Dexter, chatting about how the band was formed and...

I have a very special episode of the podcast out today in that it's the first time I have ever had a band from outside of Ireland on the podcast, and we're going big in that I'll be joined by Greg Armstrong and Bob Fraser of Edinbrugh's own, Codespeaker! I'll be chatting with the lads about their incredible new album, 'Scavenger', which was released on November 8th and features some of the bleakes...

Today I am joined by Shane of the Belfast Heavyweights, Ferals! The band last month releasd their largest body of work to date, the EP ‘ Love & Other Obsessions ’. The EP showcases a band acknowledging their past but always reaching toward the future, bringing contemporary sounds in to support emotionally extravagant songwriting, that according to the band explores the idea of love as the ulti...

Today I am joined on the podcast by Limerick's own, Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets! Having a jam-packed busy year, I'll primarily be chatting to Dylan about the band's second release of the year, their brand new album 'the story after they're gone', which was released on October 11th. I'll be chatting about the recording process of this album, the reasoning behind the title and the album's artwork...

Today am I joined on the podcast by artist Chloe Harte! I first came across Chloe's artistic skills through her artwork with David ofmg / Haunted Images and began seeing her stunning work again and again on my feed, working with such fantastic bands as Peer Pleasure, Azure and Rowdy Outsider. I'll be chatting to Chloe about how she creates her art, where she gets her inspiration from, Judge Dredd...

Today I have Mikey and Louis of the band Joe Maxi on the podcast! In the episode I'll be chatting with lads about their brand new single, 'Butterfly', which was released yesterday and will have a pretty awesome music video accompanying it that is to be released on the 1st of November! This single serves as the first song off the band's new EP, 'The Game', which will be released on the 22nd of Nove...

Today on the podcast I am joined by Oliver and Tom of Bees & Sawdust. I'll be chatting to the guys about their brilliant latest EP, 'TEETHING' which was released in May of this year. Produced by Tristus Boyd, the EP showcases the bands eclectic mix of sounds and unique blend of music and features such awesome songs like 'Idiot Party' and 'SPORTSDAYMASSACRE2024'. On top of chatting about 'TEETH...

On today's episode I will be chatting to indie alt folk artist, Tokoloshe! I first met Tokoloshe in Sin E (adding to the ever extending list of guests on this podcast through that bar) and after his performance we spent the night having a lovely chat about how awesome Sepultura are and how he should come on the podcast. So it was fantastic to finally have him on, especially since we'll be chatting...

Today I am joined on the podcast by Rob and Leigh of Idle Discourse! The plan of this episode was to chat to the lads about their fantastic EP, Volume 2, which was released in July, featuring songs like 'Caveat', 'Demonstrate' and 'Astra', all of which have remained on the top of my Repeat list for the duration of the summer - We kind of stuck to the plan. In keeping with tradition from the last t...

Today's guest on the podcast is artist Ciara Lee! Ciara is an artist who is fascinated by club culture and the details of the dancefloor, which is used to inform her fantastic 'Balter' project. To balter is to dance artlessly without particular skill or grace but usually with great enjoyment, which is showcased in her fantastic paintings from the project, with each piece possessing amazing movemen...

Today I am joined on the podcast by Carlow's own, MACRUA! We will primarily be discussing MACRUA's latest single, released on the 20th of September. Titled “Intro to My Mindset” it marks an interesting and exciting shift in genre mixing clever lyrics with equally memorable and catchy melodic motifs. Inspired by heavy hitters Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and Eminem the track tackles MACRUA’s fe...

Today I am joined on the podcast by Brandon and Conor of Peer Pleasure! We'll be chatting today about the band's upcoming singles, 'The Real Thing - Live' which was released yesterday, 'Pedestrian', which is out on the 31st of October, the band's upcoming tour and the band's upcoming debut album. An absolutely amazing and highly requested to get on the podcast, it was a real pleasure to finally ha...