Lauren Kennedy on NYC gigs, Irish music, going viral and moving back to Ireland for the summer (Podcast)

I'm your radio radio show! Hello and welcome to the Nylonine Podcast. We are going to be talking to Lauren Kennedy, a viral video sensation. The Irish woman who went viral on the track star YouTube channel last year when she won 20 grand for her correctly guessing. All the Irish bands selected for her on the show. Lauren is an at-law and woman who's lived in New York for the last six years. You may have seen it late last year and it was actually the second time that she'd been on the show. First time she was surprised by Bonnie Verre who was playing new music on track star. And you may like me, I haven't seen that video. What wondered what the story was with this Irish woman in New York and all of the gigs she was going to if you follow her Instagram you can see. All the gigs, she'd been going to all the Irish bands particularly. I asked her if she wanted to have a chat about the music that she loved. She's actually just moved back to Ireland for the summer. So perfect time to chat to her. So good time to catch up with her. We talk going to gigs in New York or the Irish band she's seen there. Going viral on that video platform and then moving back to Ireland for the summer. So lots to talk about and Lauren is sure it's over more recent music faves with us. So allow myself we're going to do that as well. So let's have a chat to Lauren. Yeah, you probably should. Okay. Ready? Ready? You're going to drive trackster into the ground. I just feel like you're going to know this still. Yeah. You know it. You fuck your what? Yeah. I do. That's what I was afraid. I was going to make definitely sure. I actually saw them before they turned into this band when I was like 16. They have 60,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. You've seen them before too. Yeah, I haven't actually seen them since they became this band. What's the name of the band? It's soda blonde. Say your final answer. It is soda blonde right? Yes it is. You can have. Sorry, you can't. Okay, I quit now. I'm too scared to go ahead. This is the thing. Go right here. I have control. I'm so. You have to all time record on the show. I did nothing. I was going to do that today. I thought I was going to let Ireland and Macon Lai. What's your secret? Spend all of your wages on going to concerts. Lauren, how are you? Hello. Nice to have you on the Northern Nine podcast. I know. I guess most people would know you from your detracts to our video. It was a very engaging video. You do darn proud basically. I'm so glad to hear that. I was almost too scared to do it because I was worried about how it would turn out. No, I'm pretty happy with the reaction. Yeah, so you'd been on it before briefly with the Bonnie Veriting, right? You start just an impromptu thing, that whole thing, like you're literally walking by, yeah, yeah, yeah. The first time I ever met them, I was aware of them because I had seen their videos before. Yeah, yeah. I was usually walking through Astro Place and I was like, that's the track star guy. They're holding up the sign and being like, guest, the artist, win money and they're like, do you want to come on out? I was like, okay. And over at Hongtae, it's on me. And usually they get the thing where you get to pick the genre. And they just start playing music and as a way. I was like, I didn't get to pick the genre. I was just panicking. I was like, no, no, no, just guests, new artists, no one's heard this. So it ended up being a hilarious surprise. Like one of my favorite artists there. Yeah, yeah, of course. So yeah, if you haven't seen the video, he's literally there. Like, what is sunglasses on? Sun glasses on my fans. Like I have seen them like, but I did not recognize them. Yeah, I kind of kept in touch with the love of that and just I was so interested in what they were doing that the next time I actually spoke to them was when I went into chat to them in their office and they were like, come on, do your own app. So like you never did it before. So they twisted my arm and I, that's where the second video came from. But yeah, pretty impromptu as well. Did they give you, like, do you give them a heads up on like what you generally like or what's the vibe? They actually didn't ask me that time. And I was like, should I pick like, because I would be usually, if I had to pick a genre, it would be like Indy Rock, maybe classic rock kind of folk. But he was like, we're going to do Irish. And I was like, okay, all right. Okay. Yeah. That would be exactly what I listened to. Yeah. It was great. You don't need the money at the end. So like, you know, big shout out as well. So, but yeah, okay. That's the video. But like what had you in New York in the first place? Because that alerted me to your whole existence, basically. And it was like following Instagram. I was like, this one was going off to loads of great Irish gigs in New York. And it was like living the dream in a way. So what had you in New York in the first place? When did you go with it? So I moved out. I was probably like six and a half years ago straight out of college. Did that thing where I meant to go for a year? And I just fell in love with New York immediately. And it just happened to be right before the pandemic. When I was 2019 December. So I ended up being kind of stuck over there for three years without being able to come home. But look, it was honestly some of the best times of my life. I was actually in a science job for the first five and a half years, which I believe. I just did all of this extra stuff on the side. And I kind of realized this time last year as I'm kind of kid in myself here. I'm working in a lab when no one actually knew I was working in a lab nine to five. On the outside, I was just, you know, these things like New York is the best place for us. There's something every night week. And there's so much iron over there. Well, that's what I noticed. I was like, okay, you got the you nailed all the Irish choices. And then like, even the hotheads and errors, one of all that I was like, good choice, good choice. All of a sudden, then you were like my eyes in New York. Because I remember like I went, I've obviously beaten all New York World Times. And most recently, I think it was like two years ago. We were waiting, friends waiting in London to get into go around as great crack and then just so many things. And then you're like, you see all the Irish bounce panels. Check it out, your account was like how to see who's playing that week. Because you seem to be at everything. Yeah. And that's the beauty of it. Because like these acts come over like UK and Irish acts. And they haven't quite made it yet. So you're going to these act. There's a venue that's like, say like five and a half for my gaff. And it'd be like $10, $15 tickets. And you're seeing like, it's where I first saw a scene. And I was like, I'm not going to play that much. I'm going to play that much. I was more like I would get tickets for a gig in Dublin that I might be waiting like a month or two for. I was only really when I moved to New York that I was like, "Oh, hey, I can actually do this all the time." I was only really just kind of developed from that. Before you moved, what did you get to see the last few months in New York? One of the ones that really sticks out to me is one of the artists I mentioned to you. It was Joe Vales' show. But I want to say it was November, but it still sticks out my mind so much to me. It was this tiny, tiny venue. I think it was 200 car, called Main Drag, in the basement of our record shop in Brooklyn. The tickets were $10, which feels illegal now. No one would become such an intimate, tiny, little gig that. It honestly felt like a secret that we were there. And just like that we got to see that was just. incredible. Yeah, well, it was, I mean, like you said, it was the first gig. But like he wasn't, he's been, I have such a funny rise in a way because, you know, it's like he deliberately went abroad, I think. I mean, he was in college in Manchester, Liverpool, he was under all of a sudden, he was like blowing up locally there and then went on tour with Gis, and you're like, hold on, this last go-aise they're on tour with Gis. What's happening? I'm not so curious about this because like, when I first heard of them, I was like, there was other stuff online from him and then was wiped. It was only like a single, I think. But apparently they're kind of beating wars or something over his soundcloud tracks. And I was, this sounds kind of weird to me, but I was like, there has to be a trace of this fall somewhere online. And I think it was like an old Facebook page from the band that we're showing all their Manchester gigs. And I was like, okay, so we did exist. Like he didn't just go nowhere. No, no, no, no, he didn't. Yeah, I mean, even the first press release, I think it said like, you know, it, you know, Manchester basically would a couple of gigs like that were sold out in Sleek, kind of saying, they're like, all right. Yeah. And I think it was, I don't know if they're going on now. There was also from Bangkok all right for a while. Or Bangkok, yeah. Yeah, yeah. But actually, that is your first choice. Your first choice is the Dove Ellis album. So we'll start with that. We're obviously doing the best of the month, best of the best recent listening. And so Lauren, your first choice is Dove Ellis's album Blizzard. Obviously, choice music prize nominated as well. This year, it was an unusual one because it's released in December. And anyone who knows me pays to add to me enough is like, no, no, no, it's not going to like that. December is always just such a busy period because it's like impossible to listen to the new music stuff for me as well as like the end of the year. So I'm always like, don't release now. In December, it's a terrible idea. It's no one's going to listen to it. Not the case with this guy. Obviously, because like he has the groundswell as well. And he was supporting Geese and all that stuff. And then he releases this album and it sounds a bit like, you know, Jeff Buckley, Ray, Ernie Radiohead, it's kind of boils to it. And you're like, all right, and this is going to do well, isn't it? Precisely. Like that's exactly what I was comparing to at the time. Jeff Buckley, Tom York, there are so many other comparisons being thrown around. And even just like in the feel of it, I think somebody else mentioned McChrystford, who's honestly one of my favorite artists of all time. And not like sonically, it's more like the way he commands an audience and makes you feel like he's not exactly in your face frontman. It's like he kind of requires you to like lean in and listen to him. And I think because he's not that in your face about it, it causes the audience to want to do that. But yeah, he's just, I've never been so blown away by an act of my life, especially from somebody so shy and unassuming. For sure, yeah, yeah, he's very shy. I'm watching his other voices interview there. A couple of weeks ago, I was like, well, I think that might be his first like on camera interview as well. So like, must be. Yeah. But other keeping it intentionally small, I don't know what the situation is there, but like it does seem like yeah, they're definitely trying to not blow it up too much because he's fine. You're you on the first second night in the work ones? Second night. Second. So yeah, he's doing two work ones shows when he could have easily probably done the bigger street show already. Yeah. But I think that's right. That's right. That's like what I'll like, Modra, Sala, like, and I'll do. And they have don't they have an answer. Big big street show now, but they did what three nights in the work ones in the end. So like, it's the right strategy. Bill slowly, a lot kind of stuff. So let's have a quick listen to. Love is one song from the record. [Music] , [Music] For you to early 2000s, early late 90s, please think about that kind of music. It's not like, it reminds me of all that like you said, like my Christopher is kind of at touchpoint for it, but yeah, kind of reminds me of all that music that, you know, I had on CD at the time. Yeah, fans are more popular around that time as well, particularly. Yeah, it is. And I just love how like delicate it is at first, like really self-fugging and just the build up to that. Seeing that life is just incredible. Yeah, great. So you look forward to seeing that again. That'll be next week. Yeah, and hotly anticipated gigs in Dublin for sure. That's the two of the other developers gigs next week on the Tuesday. My first choice for this best in the month is an old album, but an old new version of it. So if you know the story about David Kitt's big romance, it is originally released in 2001. And it's one of those situations, which you know, kind of what we're talking about there, like when you released music back then, there was labels who were soiling our shartist. In this case, it was V2 Virgin 2 released this record. And when it came to David Kitt wanting to try and do some sort of anniversary version of the record, he had contacted the label or people involved in the label. I think was probably a maybe Warner who owned the record overall now. Basically couldn't get anywhere with you know, talk to somebody who actually had the rights. And because you know, maybe the record wasn't selling, going to sell a huge amount of copies in terms of their anniversary in terms of what they would look at, they decided not to like, it's all 60,000 copies in Ireland originally. Made in Pulse Studios off chemistry, which can be cute originally. So couldn't get the rights to re-release it. So fully pulled the tailor's whipped on it and said, I'm going to re-record all these songs because I have the rights to the songs, obviously, but not to recording. So basically took all the original blue prints, kind of the ideas for the album called up Ken McEw again, went kisser, was living in balance kelligs and carry at the time, record the whole album again, and scratch in the studio and released it again last month. Yes, a Warner was, it was under a contract that grants a label ownership of the master recordings for the universe forever. So that's what he did. He took the power back because no one else was going to do it. So in the end, what he did was release the really lovely version of the album, which is very faithful, but also has some new songs in there as well. Now you talk about gigs. Last month, I went to see David Kip playing one of two nights in the National concert hall where he did the album in full. And oh my god, it was like, what are those situations where you're like, I remember liking this album around that time. Like 2001, I was just about to start college. I think I just started college around that time. So I was like, Kitter was like slightly older than me in a way, as in literally older than me, but like, you know, it was older music as it was like people were into that already. And I was like, start to get into that slowly probably over the next five, 10 years, but I just hadn't seen, I've been following David Kip for a long time. I know him now, you know what I mean? I'm like, get that's true. That's Kitter. He's like the latter around town. You know, I'm well, he's been released in great albums for years, but it was really nice to have that focus on this just that particular album because when he did small moments first, the for the EP that came up beforehand, and then he did this and he did it with a full like nine piece band Katie Kim, who else was in a Rachel Avell, Paul Smith, Ryan Hardigan, a lot of like really good Irish players. Then the new songs as well really resonated with me as well. There's a song called I Walk with Sean Garvey, and he told a great story about that being in Kerry with this Sean Garvey's older man, and he's like, they became friends, you're a lockdown, they said they'd go for a big walk, and they went for a walk down to this like stone circle, and there was a guy with a with a drone overhead, and Sean Garvey just says, put away your drones and listen to the stones, and that's in the song. So it's just a great album, and it was really lovely to see an album get its flowers in the National Concert Hall, the Bindunis National Concert Hall landmark gigs recently, and this was one of them. And like I said, I think Kitter allows the times, but I've never seen them like this with nine different people, and it just meant like the entirety of April this album was fully on my rotation, and like the most listened to record I had last in the last month. So yeah, I'm gonna play into the breeze, is the song that really come back on me last this last month. So, here's a bit of it. ♪ I see where it ends, I'm running ♪ ♪ Where I can start again, I'm running ♪ ♪ Stepping into the breeze, I'm running ♪ ♪ Kicking water down, stream, I'm running ♪ ♪ I can see where it ends, I'm running ♪ ♪ Where I can start again, I'm running ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh yeah ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh yeah ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh yeah ♪ - Do you know this record, Lauren? - I was familiar with one of the songs that that song I recognized, but it was this song from what was it, from Hope's song from Hope's song? - Yes, well I was gonna play it for you 'cause like, it means you come on after it. - That's, that's very live though. - Oh, was it? - Yeah, it was, I used to, that's where I get off, so well, it was Hope Street, there's Power Street, Hope Street. - Well, when I came across it, I was like, I remember saving it at the time, and I was just, I always familiar with David Kip, but not to the level I was probably five when that first record came out. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - It was familiar to me, but I wouldn't, I wouldn't know him too deeply, but that song, I've listened to a lot of where it's song from Hope Street. - I remember that. - I know it's, I remember that. - When say Angel that I came across it, but I was like, this guy's great. - God, good. - Well, this is the first song I'm the right. ♪ Same old lines ♪ ♪ Hope on my street people pace ♪ ♪ Just like a broken beat ♪ ♪ Just like a broken beat ♪ ♪ Seven steps ♪ ♪ Take me to your door ♪ ♪ Seven steps ♪ ♪ Each one a broken beat ♪ ♪ Each one a broken beat ♪ ♪ I lose one more hour ♪ ♪ My daddy and that's all right ♪ - That's great tune, that's great. - Yeah, record, record, record, record. - I think that Nash Costal, plan marketing is a really nice way of kind of giving those albums and those Irish artists their flowers, but while they're here, because obviously in the last few years, like I've been talking to Kate Nash last week about it, you know, Chanel Conner, is everything when it comes out. I mean, obviously she's much loaded, but when it's a lot of celebrations become pastures in that regard, so it's really nice. So when there's somebody you can do that and play a record 20 from 25 years ago, and you know, it's a unique perspective because he's basically re-release the version of this, a new version of the album. And it sounds very fateful, but there is something very current about it and he says, like then, you know, he was inspired by instrumentation, inspired by a new ground electronic and hip hop references. So there's a lot of that kind of, like that's the DNA of this record. So I guess it sounds pretty fresh because of that. And the other thing I was thinking of, I know I actually did something he said at the game, which I didn't know when you were talking about, like living on Hope Street or near there. He talks about like London Bridge and one of the songs. I didn't realize for years until the gig that he was talking about London Bridge around by, where I grew up, which is actually around by Arstown and our Colngardins down in Bath Avenue. So I was like, I always thought London Bridge was obviously London, so he was like, I was living in London Bridge at the time I said around the corner from where I grew up. So I was nice to hear as well. So I was like, okay, brilliant. Didn't know that. So a nice thing. But yeah, a great album came out and vile there about a month to go. So it's a really, really lovely, vile version as well. So lovely, lovely stuff you can get that on the bank. They've got bank.com. Now, what have you got next Lauren? You've got, I have from Florence, really. So have you seen Florence Road yet? Because like, so I'm last year, and then like, it's clear when you see a band like this, you're like, okay, well, they're gonna be huge. And they have continued to be huge lately. - Erich, actually, it's been insane. And they're pretty new on my radar. Because like, have they been played in like, Irish radio, are they in that kind of? - Yeah, I don't know, actually, I mean, to be honest, I probably, I've logged off Irish radio most recently, especially daytime. So, but you would imagine like, they should be playing. - Yeah, 'cause I went along, I actually didn't twice this month, but the first, I was lucky enough to be invited to one of their really small shows, the first US headline show actually, in "Baby's Alright" in Brooklyn. And it's probably 300 people in there, but there is 700 on the wait list for that night alone, just for a public pick. So, they were, they really blew me away. They're incredible. And they're, they're 21 years old, all of them. Such wise heads and young shoulders, like they really have their priority straight. And they're just, they're professionals through and through. I just can't believe that they, I think that they're 17 when they won that competition school, but have just been practicing out in one of their father's sheds at the back yard. And I think Hannah only learned how to play the drums during the pandemic. And they're absolutely sick. Like watching them is just incredible. So yeah, it's my first time, but I saw them a second time, just a week before I came home there in Brooklyn Paramount, they were opening for the last dinner party, who I also want to talk about, but just even in that, like size venue, like being able to command a crowd as an opening act wasn't credible to see, 'cause it's not that common that you're able to do that in a venue that size, especially when you don't have the massive production and the theatrics that the opening act will have. But there is people around, they're like, who are they? Like what's their name? I was like, happy to tell them. I was like, oh, they're the Irish bands. They're great. They're off with it. But yeah, they really, really impressed me. They're amazing. Yeah, they're great. They, I think they just have their head, and they're just like they said, but also they had a couple of very high-profile supports like they did at Olivia Rodrigo. And I think the UK and other states perhaps, obviously they're on warners, that that'll help as well in terms of that. But one of the things that keeps happening, and so I'm pretty right in our at-go for a paper that is kind of an industry paper abroad. And it's basically to answer the question, why is order class? Because obviously everything keeps happening for our artists. There's so many Irish artists on the opposite. You nearly forget to mention some of them. You're like, I saw there yesterday that your man, Femi, is like doing massive numbers with his song Noble and on a few of his others. You can easily miss these things. Moyo, people like that, obviously there's like, the people at Medina for years, Durham Kennedy, and then his Ambulent, like all of these knee-cappin'. Like it just keeps going and going. You're like, all of these acts are just doing massive things around the world. And I think one of the ideas seems to be that like, success, pre-success, and confidence. There's a confidence in Irish music now, and Irish musicians. And I see that in Florence Road. I see that they're just like, they've got their head and their shoulders, they know what they want to do, they know what they don't want to do as well, I think. So hopefully it continues with that, because they're building it slowly, but still it's only gonna get bigger, I think. For this band, for sure. Yeah, I think they're. Didn't they go to jump up a level again this year? For sure. I think as they work towards probably a debut album, there's probably something else. It'll all break for them, for sure. Again. So yeah. But this is what Addison raised, or I think they said. So that's obviously, like I'm not a huge fan, but she's absolutely huge. So that'll be incredible for them. And Kingsley and Anders were in this album at some point. That's right. Yeah. So Florence Road hanging out to draw, is it an end? ♪ I love ♪ ♪ Don't wait ♪ ♪ Don't wait ♪ ♪ Don't wait ♪ ♪ Just a way ahead of me ♪ ♪ Trust me, I'm not falling ♪ ♪ I don't see the sun in carpets in morning ♪ ♪ Trust me, I'm not falling ♪ ♪ I can never think about you at all ♪ ♪ Leave me hanging out to join ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I'm hanging out ♪ ♪ Leave me hanging out to join ♪ So that's what we're going to be, spring forward. They have one called Fallback. I'm always getting those two things to do. I still will not know which one it is. It's a lie that they really think about it. But yeah, they started, their whole thing was like, I think you mentioned the pandemic, like they recorded all of their doing like live. They were really smart with social media stuff and TikTok and all just doing like short clips of them and their garage. Yeah, I performed like that was one of the things. that really brought them to attention. And their covers, they really, I talked to Lily about this and they still do all of their own social media. It's so organic, it's not somebody forcing them to do it and they enjoy it and you can tell by them, they're kind of going the opposite direction to Jovellus. He's going under there there, just continuing to do what they always did and people love it. So they're really using it to their advantage in that way. But it's just great. He's the opposite, he's like, he's delivered, he wouldn't, I don't think he even put up anything that he was even on tour with these, you know. There's like one post and I was like, I love it. And they both work, that's the thing because like, well, I think like Florence or more immediate fan base, but Jovellus is one, they like to work for it a bit more. It's less algorithm basis. Yeah, for sure. Well, here's something that's less algorithm based for sure, but it's not even on most streaming services, but a band that become slowly enamored over the last month is a band called Shamrock Shalband. They are quite ridiculous. How would I describe Shamrock Shalband? I described them when I wrote about the most father Ted Korr, I'm not the first one to do so, but they are basically, you know, operating in the slipstream of Seema in a way. They're, if Seema opened the door for young people to like country and western music openly, these labs are like, gonna take that. I'm gonna bring it into this kind of strange place where they're singing songs about their car. It's definitely, all of their quotes is about them is like, they're definitely not a show band. They are the show band. There's only three of them. There is something about that. Their inspirations are from this kind of old-fashioned kind of music. It's very unusual. I have to say, like it's, you wouldn't automatically go, well, I love this band, what I tell you was, when I heard my week hair, which is their, their newest single, I was like, that's a bit of a weird one. And then it just wouldn't leave my head. So what happened was, about two weeks ago, we went on holidays for a week to Westcork and the whole time I just had this song on my head and it was like, something's wrong. So the song I have was like, I really, I had this strong urge then to listen to, they had an album last year, which I missed. It was on fine count, just called "Shout Rock Show Band," but they have a new album there in June. So, this is what prompted me to get into them. They are Conor McColley, JB Bishop, who's also known as Mukno, and he plays with Jinks Lenin and Joel Harkin on Pedal Steel. They have, let's play, my week hair is from the upcoming album. This is the one that got me into this hook. So, be prepared for this, never to leave your brand. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] Country guards don't give a shit 20, 20 in the review mirror When the screen fog does, in the evening we spend too long Dreaming about tomorrow, not tomorrow's in the past Problem is, there's a moment inside your way It's never gone the right way Yes, the album came out last Friday so we're running out of very brief listen to it really so far Not a proper one to be able to talk much better but they are playing big big tour from September onwards Card of the Dundak, Goa, Waterford, Glasgow, Manchester League, Sheffield, Nottingham So they're doing a full UK tour as well so that's what we're seeing now is seeing a lot of these kind of acts now Especially the folk adjacent acts doing really well in the UK as well so yeah it's an exciting time for Irish music We get to see them at all do you think? I hope so, it really depends on whether I'm still here in September I had to stop myself buying tickets even for like Marjorie Sardak at December show and I was like okay from September onwards I just need to wait I was like I'll find a ticket if I find a ticket if I need it It's meant to be, it's meant to be Yeah, definitely it's a great album, I only listened to it once or twice through myself over the last few days since it came out But that song in particular just I think it perfectly sums up It's something like universally nostalgic like it's obviously very specifically Irish talk about like driving the back roads on learners per mess and waiting for the displew Friday But you know it's just it's a great song I think if you enjoy them there's another gorgeous folk musician No she's a purester and through with Eva Coil She kind of spent a lot of time in Sweden as well so there's kind of a Nordic side of music too but it's really interesting to listen to Eva Coil, yeah nice Check that out, Evacoil.bankam.com you can see there Are you good? My next choice is to make you feel at home is I picked a New York Act But not just Danielle, New York Act, a new one but also one that is on DFA records James Murphy's LCD sounds as some label And every now and again you know other than LCD whenever they're up to stuff but DFA have continued releasing music throughout and this is a duo for when you mentioned the venue I think they started it off doing gigs in babies all right originally and that's where they started and then what their music has this kind of it's DFA record So you know what you're going to get you're going to do these lovely dry drums you're going to get a nice bass line you're going to get nice synths and stuff like that as well It's very much like that if you like the band fuckers who are playing here next week as well very much in that vein like I do these Indie Slees nights here Lauren And like it's kind of the Indie Slees thing is something that I've just absolutely embraced again the last couple of years and it's been really fun I think it's nice when you hear something that's like brand new that is very much in that wheelhouse and this is one of them I'm like I love this track It's a real fun dance track The fun did our latain Hughes Billy Shere producer modus Felix and this song is called Get a Grip Emma Dufo is on this one very much Indie Slees co-ordered let's have a listen We're going to have a look at the music video for us through the trees and the other talk of the town when the bush comes to shut then you step over the line When you fall I won't catch you baby time up your time so clip your wings turn the fat cut the line kill the vibe It's just a normal conversation you don't have to subscribe We're going to sleep in with the fish she's got six feet underground so keep it all the way up up and turn it all the way down Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Get a grip Get a grip Get a grip Just stay still That's from Dito on DFA We enjoyed that being playing the DJ in the Fairbish As in the last two times I played three times I played I played a fun track Speaking of fun tracks You mentioned the Mario on the band you went to see as well with Florence Rhodes The last inter-pregorate they have a new song They do indeed a big dog And it's funny you mentioned LCD sand system but when I saw them they actually did the most incredible cover of New York I love you Oh yeah, that was like a couple weeks ago Yeah, I saw footage from it So good So the last inter-pregorate have been around a good way now I think Tommy Tieren and I had them on very early on his show I think it was February 24 He first had them on And that's one of the very few things I still watch when I live abroad I always tune into Tommy Tieren You're logging into the RT player Yeah, I try to try my best Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It works But yeah, it's really taken by them I think, well, this is part of the problem with them is that they kind of arrived fully formed They had this identity, they had this Kind of theatrical quality about them And then it kind of came out that people are given out that they were all like britt school Like put together, whatever But I always enjoyed their music but I didn't fully appreciate them until I saw them live a few weeks ago Like every, they played for two full hours straight But it wasn't just They weren't just The performance show was like a full theatrical production for the whole time Yeah, I've been really gone to that vein, I haven't seen them now At all, but I remember early singles when they played the workman They played the sport of Hosea Here when he played in the 3 Arena and they did a late show in the workman's then And there was such a frenzy Like we have a discord True to Nail or Nguyen group of Supporters and stuff like that, I remember it was like people who were going to that and there was such excitement about this band Not saying it dissipated in any way but it just You know, they've kind of established themselves now so it's It kind of feels like I mean they two albums deep already Yes, they are Like they've been there for one last year and one of the year before so pretty dexie then from the part Last year I haven't been able to keep up with what I'm saying Yeah, well, it shocked me as well and I didn't preach it until they were standing in front of me Is that their talent is spread out throughout the group Each and every one of them is a stand little alone, like a blowaway musician There's the kind of rotation in who's performing like obviously the front woman is Abigail And she's kind of got this Kate Bush, David Bowie kind of presence like running around stage, she's incredible But then there's another member Aurora that takes over and does this Like she picks up a keytie and then she's sacks and then she's piano solos And she did this really great song I think it was called "Gyuha" I can't don't know if I can buy it properly, it was an Albanian song Talking about immigration and it was just. It was really special, like I wasn't expecting to be that blown away So I wasn't a die-hard, going into the concert at all, but I really liked that It was amazing Cool, and this is a new song again They had big songs in New Song, yeah They're just non-stop, let's have a listen (I'm a big dog, I'm a big dog) (I'm a poignant man, I'm a bit shy) Are you poignant in terms of the stage stuff as well? Yeah, definitely Music, it's huge and cinematic But what they actually do while they're performing on stage is just massive In terms of even sets, production I don't know how they weren't exhausted after two full hours of playing Because we were exhausted standing watching But couldn't look away. I can't even go to the stage the bathroom because they got miss any of this. It was, yeah, it was incredible. Really. Yeah, the last plate here in November and last year in the, in the Olympia. So probably you, we probably play a much bigger venue now. So yeah, it's a next time whenever they even else to be this way, arena, they sent me on a US tour from also the rest of the year. So probably not this year, but who knows? You never know. Yeah, that is last year. So last year, apparently to get in, get in the IK with a band from Cork, it's a band called Croydon Loser. So this band came out in 2023. It was the first, my early days of January that year, it's the first like great song I heard. They had a song called Friends. Now I love no way of music and that kind of like post-punky 80s New York style of music that came out of this like literally a freak scene. Of until recently I was managing Skinner who had an album, his first album, new wave, vaudeville was all kind of inspired by that kind of stuff. Croydon Loser take things in a much more abrasive direction. They're much more, they're very much a noise band in lots of ways. The album, the IK is, which is as called, it is based off of basement improvisations in Cork. They're very much a cork band. They very rarely play seemingly outside of that. They've samcleg on bass clarinet, Arthur Pazzy, those guitars vocals, Meal, if it's your own bass and worry to work on drums. There's a bit of a rimbum in there as well. James Chancen, the contortions are a noted influence by the camp called the Mozambi or a B band that are dystopian dance parties. This is the IK and yeah, I didn't know what songs plays. I'm going to play two bits of two different ones. This one's called Eat the Evidence. I think it would be a really good live band, but I've yet to see them. And now Open me Is next Open Hmm Open Could be Could be Little interested Who would be across the world? If so I'm not sure I know what I'm talking about. But I got a Yeah But isn't it better than staying in bedpots isn't it? But still, staying in bedpots isn't it? But still, staying in bed don't be Yes, we are the The Ick can help us We are two weeks ago on Trapped animal records in the UK They seem to be doing lots of tours and stuff around the UK as well. So lots going on with them as well. Very glad they exist. They call it a "scrunk". And so, we are going to go to the UK And then we will go to the UK and we will go to the UK. And then we will go to the UK. Produced by King Kavanaugh and I was on "South Buy Records." The album has that great. I've said this to my partner last week, a couple of days ago, and she was like, "I've never heard that phrase before. I was like, this is a classic Irish phrase. Tell your mother where I saved your life, right? Do you know what that means? You've heard that before? I haven't heard that in context though. Yeah. No, no, no. People used to do it. Like, when I was a kid, people used to do it where they'd like, you know, they'd grab you and then they'd throw you and then they'd pull you back and say, "Tell your mother where I saved your life." No? Maybe it's something that people have forgotten about. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, it's a real like, you do it when you're eight or nine or ten in school, kind of thing. It's a. If you're in about somewhere, Bush. Yeah, it's funny. Funny. Okay, okay. Maybe you're showing up my age now. By the end of. That's fine. But yeah, a lot of the songs in this time of year, it's a really lovely record. Very much about places in Cork. Co, he did a track by track for me talking about specific streets and times. He was busking and when he wrote some of these songs as well. So here is a song from the record called "Make Over Which He Wrote" as he was busking. [Music] , I'm singing in the way I feel. She took me up to Mayfield and she drove me in the van and fired. Swimming in the smore. Feeding in my shoulder. I can feel you getting older. [Music] It's really lovely music. The album continues in that way in very much so. And actually, I think he clearly must know the phrase because he called his album "Telium, Modern, Sets, Life." But also, this song and Johnny Workman comes from something he used to say to his mom and dad when he was younger. And that young boy. So, this Johnny Workman. [Music] [Music] [Music] He's Johnny Workman for some of these set, "State With Parents" all the time. So, he turned it to a song. But yeah, really lovely album. I haven't seen too much about it since the came out in terms of like, but you know, I've talked about this before recently. The algorithm doesn't help me show you everything. So, you didn't ever know what's happened in half the time. But hopefully, he's doing well in terms of-- I think you might have mentioned him before. Did you-- is it-- Yeah, yeah. One of his-- I don't know you looked into him after you mentioned it. And I was listening to a couple of those songs. It's just a gorgeous album. Are the other songs-- It's a fish cold deep. It's a great song as well. Lovely stuff. Yeah. Yeah, really good. But yeah, death you will be listening to that now. Yeah, it's great. It's great. And I think-- There's many gigs organized, yeah. But I think there are a few played as small and dullman here last week. It seems to be very doing local court gigs mostly at the moment. But I think-- It's going to do really well. So it'll definitely be playing around the place. Other than that, in terms of music, I always struggle with trying to fit five choices. It's too little learned. I can't-- I can't fit everything in. But other things, I've been excited about this. Want to listen to a lot. Nine-inch noise. I love the Nine-inch nails album inspired by their coach Ella Performance. Really great. The Return of Boreds, the Canada. Trying to see if we can organize some sort of listen party for their album at the moment. When it comes down to 28, the Return of Roo Life, a wave that will never break a bandily, used to love. And then they came back and all of a sudden they're here again. We like the new album from Aldous Harding, came out last Friday. Ella really nice listening to that yesterday. So we enjoyed that in terms of-- Irish Artists, I didn't feature here yet, or I didn't mention here today is Cable Boys album forever. They're launching that, I think, on Friday night in the developer. And then two of their album, one in nearly included, was Johnny's Dream World by Modern Woman. Kind of remind me-- an English band, very much remind me of English teacher and a bit of the PJ Harvey kind of scrunky, alternative rock stuff as well. And then Anna Moore, Dancefront, Octo, Octa, Seagulls, First of all, a great, great thing. And I mentioned, I already-- Aldous Gays, you've been-- so we know what you've been up to. Anything else you've been enjoying lately, or anything you've been reading, or watching, or anything to mention. In terms of what I'm watching, honestly, it's been all go. So the only thing I'm-- I'm a really excited-- You just moved country there like last week, so it's-- I recently rewatched-- General series rivals that came out last year. I don't know if you saw it. 10 and Danny Dyer. There's a great cast and a-- I didn't see it. No, no, no. I would recommend it. And in terms of something that you can actually sit down and enjoy, that's not stressful to watch. It's a-- that season two is coming out tomorrow, and I actually-- I thought it was brilliant. So that I will be watching, but I haven't really been watching much. Yeah, on that front, I'm a little bit limited, but I have all the time in the world. Yeah. Well, I mean, we've got two and a half year old, and a little around the way very shortly. So the time to watch anything, I watch about five films is very limited. I know people you've said it to, even you're like, when you have-- Jill, you're never going to get a chance to watch anything. It was like, it's all good true. You never do. But the only thing you can kind of watch is a half an hour or 40 minutes show. We watch it and how to get to heaven from the del fast, evening, which is-- Well, we'll get-- The Lisa McGee from "Dairy Girls" new show. It's kind of like a fun murder mystery, really easy watch, and as well as that season two of "The Pit," it's the only other thing I've been watching. Oh, yes. That's dressed me out. I know I would have watched it at some point, but it feels a bit too real to me. Yeah, I know it is. It's very intense. My partner can't watch it. So I'm just like-- It's just something I watch now. I'm like, no, what now? I have so many things I'd like to see. The second season of "Beef" is supposedly very good. The list is on the way around for films. I've yet to see, but that's just going to happen. What are the top of your films? I would recommend "Centimidal Value" if you haven't seen that yet. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have actually-- Oh, you have seen that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I liked it. I liked it. I thought it was cool. It all came three years, soundtracks. They just-- they blow me away every time. But he's just amazing. Yeah, music was good. For sure. I did like it. I did like it. But like thinking like I was like, I don't know if the central relationship landed totally for me, but I love this film. I love the house for such a huge part of it, you know what I mean? Yeah. It's almost character in itself. Yeah, absolutely. And I love to see it. Yeah, I was just surprised by where it was going as well. So yeah, one of the few films I've actually seen recently-- well done. Victor, I won. Oh, and I forgot to mention is Broken Social Scenes New Album, "Remember the Humans," "Canadian Band," I mentioned them because we do these listen priorities every month. And the next one is the last one, "Say the Month," in "Big Romance," and we're doing their classic 2002 album, "You Forgot It in People." At the time, I say, when I started doing "Do it in the Night of Night," it was like, this was the band for me that was buzzing. And no one was like, this was one of the reasons why I started doing what I was doing. Because I was like, no one in our own talk about this band. And then they were playing "Blood and Fire" three, or, well, "Ted Barbeque Center" back then in 2004, 2005. And it kind of convinced me to do what I was doing. Because I was like, no one's talking about this. Why aren't they talking about this? This band are amazing. So we're going to be playing that record on the 27th of May. Take us around the end, probably for that. So you can come down. It's good fun. The listen party's a kind of fun. So by the time people are like, what's a listening party? It was like, well, you've been to the cinema, right? It's a bit like that, except for more. social, you know, the thing about the big romances, they have a lovely sound system there that's just like fantastic way going from West Corco to be actually the builder. So you hear things in that room, it's like 45 people maximum, it's a really nice room in which to do these things and it's really nice to give an album at that time so we kind of pick modern classic records and do that. So it's a really lovely thing to do so that's what I'll be doing on the 27th of May. Larin, you obviously you have anything else you have planned, you want to go see? So Dove Atlas is the first one up on Tuesday and then I think Florence Router playing the Olympia on the 27th of May as well. So maybe my swing in there but it sounds like a listening party might be on the agenda as well at some point. Oh yeah, yeah, full summer of Antics here, two or a centimeter club will be great. I think Ethel Kaye, Nolbe Plain, Paul Weller. You're trying to do any of the festivals then or beyond the pale I'm down for, I'm actually working so that'll be a fun one. I've actually never been and then I'll be out altogether now with Shannakiha I think I'll be going to that but I haven't gone to that in years. I think I went on their second year and it was just fun and it's just gone, there's no traffic problems anymore because I remember that that was the year everyone's traffic for six hours. So they solved that pretty quickly thankfully and they got and they got rid of the bees mostly. Not all night so one. I do get somewhere else. Yeah, yeah, I remember talking to somebody and Irish DJ who will remain nameless but only for his own blushes but I just met him right after he got stung on the mouth. Where a bee came out of his can. Let's talk them in the mouth so he had a nice pop, and he was like, ah-ha-ha. Good way. No, no, no, no. It's the time. I'll tell you off here. It's fine. But it may be learned that there's a word, "specifobia", and it's fear of wasps. And I learned it from that festival. That's what I mean. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, I developed it all together now. Okay. I mean, it's 19. It's a good thing to know, isn't it? I guess you usually don't know until you're in the take of it. So yeah. But I have to say it's been fine the last few years. So you shouldn't have any to worry about. I'll be there for at least one day, and hopefully I'd be on the panel on the Sunday if- I mean, I don't know if it should be saying this really, but like if our child is basically due the week after that, we just have to wait and see what happens. Like Beast of Boys are my favorite band of all time, and Mike D for the Beast of Boys is playing it on Sunday. So I was like, shit. Yeah, you can't live that. Well, I might have to miss it. And that'll be fine. But you know, if the baby hasn't arrived yet, then yeah, that's what'll happen. We'll see. Well, Lauren, great to have you on the show. We're going to talk to you. And thank you for sharing your choice. I hope you have a lovely Irish summer now. And then we'll see if you stick around or go back. And then sure. Thank you so much. We'll see you in a lovely time. I really appreciate it. Great. And thanks for being on the show. Cheers. Louise Meacham. You too. Thanks for listening to The Nine or Nine Podcast. If you like what we do, why not consider supporting us at patreon.com/9 or 9.