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Well rounded sports, music fan & blogger. 🎧 Host of 'The Human Recommendation' radio show 📻 @flirtfm.ie Writing ✍️ @thetonearm.com Newsletter 📨: buttondown.com/thehumanrecommendati… Podcast 🎙️on @mixcloud.bsky.social #TeamHuman

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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For your weekly music discovery fix, tune in to the The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 this evening at 8pm on @flirtfm.ie 101.3 FM in Galway city and streaming via flirtfm.ie/listen #musicdiscovery #teamhuman #collegeradio
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast, Dublin singer/songwriter @sorcharichardson.bsky.social who popped in to the @flirtfm.ie studios last week to talk about her new album 'Draw The Outline'. Interview now available on @mixcloud.bsky.social 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #podcast
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The Human Recommendation #78, Sorcha Richardson by The Human Recommendation
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tune in to the The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 this evening at 8pm to @flirtfm.ie on 101.3 FM in Galway city and streaming via flirtfm.ie/listen for your weekly music discovery fix! #musicdiscovery #teamhuman
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 18/09/2026
The Brooklyn musician, composer, and performer on 'been thinking bout confession,' her third album, written on a century-old baby grand after hitting walls with the guitar, plus Sondheim, the pomp of Catholicism, and whether a sound made on a computer counts. Frances Chang Takes a Moral Inventory:
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Frances Chang Takes a Moral Inventory
The Brooklyn musician, composer, and performer discusses 'been thinking bout confession,' her third album, which she wrote on a century-old baby grand after hitting walls with the guitar, and touches on Sondheim, the pomp of Catholicism, and whether a sound made on a computer counts.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My latest interview for the @thetonearm.com music journal with musician, composer, visual artist, and performer Frances Chang. Frances discussed her third album 'been thinking bout confession' and her internal conflict with digital versus analog. Read it here:👇 www.thetonearm.com/frances-chan...
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Frances Chang Takes a Moral Inventory
The Brooklyn musician, composer, and performer discusses 'been thinking bout confession,' her third album, which she wrote on a century-old baby grand after hitting walls with the guitar, and touches ...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Up next on the pod, episode #77 with @swimmersjackson.bsky.social who released his third album 'Komorebi'. Niall popped in to the @flirtfm.ie studios 📻 to talk about it, along the Galway connection to the record. Interview available on @mixcloud.bsky.social here: www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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The Human Recommendation #77, Swimmers Jackson by The Human Recommendation
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Listen 🎧 back to last night's Human Recommendation show over on the @flirtfm.ie @mixcloud.bsky.social archive. Playlist and playback ▶️ link below 👇 www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... 📻 #musicdiscovery #teamhuman
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tune in to the The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 this evening at 8pm on @FlirtFM.ie in Galway city and streaming via flirtfm.ie/listen for your weekly music discovery fix! #musicdiscovery #teamhuman
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Over on the Blowtorch Records blog, you can read my interview with Cork band Pebbledash www.blowtorchrecords.com/post/intervi...
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Cork band Pebbledash | Ireland Music Week | Damien Joyce chat
Damien Joyce interviews Pebbledash band members Fionnbharr Hickey and Cormac Donovan O’Neill ahead of their upcoming Ireland Music Week appearance
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Industry executives estimate that almost 10 per cent of streams are now deemed to be fraudulent, with AI generating much of the music" www.ft.com/content/c1f1...
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Music industry targets AI songs in crackdown on streaming fraud
Scammers are flooding platforms with tracks then deploying bots to rack up plays and royalty payments
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Last week's Human Recommendation show is still in the @mixcloud.bsky.social college room radio Top 10. You can catch up with it, through this playback link ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Next up on The Human Recommendation, I spoke with Fionnbharr Hickey and Cormac Donovan O’Neill from Cork band Pebbledash who create this sublime blended mix of noise rock, dream pop and traditional Irish music themes. Interview is available on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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The Human Recommendation #76, Pebbledash
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tune in to the The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 this evening at 8pm on @FlirtFM.ie in Galway city and streaming via flirtfm.ie/listen for your weekly music discovery fix. #musicdiscovery #teamhuman
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A Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Seeds That I Planted is the nearly 6 minute long single from A Place For Owls and @gololimpicomx.bsky.social. Possibly my favorite song we’ve ever done. First apfo song with lyrics in English and Spanish. Just fricken listen to it man
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Great conversation with @swimmersjackson.bsky.social earlier today in the @flirtfm.ie studio. 📻 Niall released his third album, 'Komorebi' today, it's available from @bandcamp.com along with a sweet vinyl option swimmersjackson.bandcamp.com/album/komorebi Check it out and Support independent music
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Swimmers Jackson @swimmersjackson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My new album 'Komorebi' is out today. I would love if you'd have a listen. swimmersjackson.bandcamp.com/album/komorebi
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
GazeFest returned to Dublin last Friday pulled together for a 4th year by Old Crows promotion with local band Skyless, Belfast band Silk, Fife's Sunstinger and London based band Deary. Have a listen 🎧 to my dispatch from the event 🎸here, on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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GAZEFEST - The Fest that celebrates itself by The Human Recommendation
Flying the flag for shoegaze, GazeFest returned to Dublin last Friday with local band Skyless, Belfast band Silk, Fife's Sunstinger and London based band Deary The Fest that celebrates itself, was pul...
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Darren Hayman @darrenhayman.bandcamp.com · 31/08/2026
Yesterday whilst manning a stall at Canada Water I painted these three paintings of the skyline. I’d very much like to keep them together as a triptych and sell them as a set. Low price as they’re a bit of oddity but I’m very pleased with them. darrenhaymanart.com
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Flying the flag for shoegaze, GazeFest returned to Dublin last night with local band skyless, Belfast band Silk, Fife's Sunstinger and London based band Deary The Fest that celebrates itself, was pulled together for a 4th year by Old Crows Promotions #teamhuman #shoegaze #GazeFest
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There's something bubbling in the underground music scene of Rome 🇮🇹 and I had the pleasure to find out more, by talking with alt rock Italian band Pearl Moth. They release their debut album 'Feverish Wild Things' on Sept 25th. Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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The Human Recommendation #74, Pearl Moth by The Human Recommendation
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Human Recommendation show returned tonight after the summer break, listen 🎧 back on the @flirtfm.ie archive on @mixcloud.bsky.social Link and playlist below 👇 www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 17/08/2026
Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St. Pierre discuss signing to Paper Bag Records, moving from rural Manitoba to Winnipeg, and turning pandemic isolation into sundayclub's self-titled debut album. The Tonearm's Damien Joyce comes in from the cold. The Long Nostalgia of sundayclub's Manitoban Dream Pop:
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The Long Nostalgia of sundayclub's Manitoban Dream Pop
Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St. Pierre discuss signing to Paper Bag Records, moving from rural Manitoba to Winnipeg, and turning pandemic isolation into sundayclub's self-titled debut album.
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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Fair play to Danny León, the Spanish Olympic skateboarder. This shot may never be eclipsed.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Over at the Osheaga music festival last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Eddie and Eoghan from Kingfishr who were good fun youtu.be/COULMOx_7zY?...
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Kingfishr interview at the Osheaga music festival in Montreal
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hard to believe it was a week ago already since the first day of Osheaga
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@listeninghabit.bsky.social Fyi, a boutique indie label based in Montreal that I think you will like: petitvillagerecords.bandcamp.com (follow @petitvillage.bsky.social for more)
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Petit Village Records
Petit Village Records is an independent record label located in Montréal, Québec.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Cork band Cardinals released their debut album Masquerade back in February via So Young Records. Hearing these songs performed live was a joy last night, the accordion sound blended with the indie guitar, bass and drums is even better live! #livemusic
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
bbc.com/news/article... 😑
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OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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Audio Antihero (New Avery Friedman Single Out Oct 9th!) @audioantihero.bandcamp.com · 21/07/2026
‘If I Let It Quiet’ by Josaleigh Pollett is out on Friday. Pre-save - recordu.lnk.to/if-i-let-it-quiet @bandcamp.com - josaleighpollett.bandcamp.com/album/if-i-l... @brosaleigh.bsky.social
The creepy Vince McMahon members he gets progressively more excited and horny.

The captions read “the first album” / “the second album” / “the third album”

Beneath is a photo of Josaleigh Pollett looks super excited with the caption “the fourth album”
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Waxy.org @waxy.org · 21/07/2026
NYT on how Google's AI search is hurting the open web: starving websites big and small of search traffic while regurgitating their information for profit www.nytimes.com/2026/0...
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How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web
As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast 🎙️is indie folk artist Jacob Brodovsky, from Winnipeg. He has just released his sophomore album,'Tell The Kids We Tried' which was recorded live to an 8-track tape machine. Listen 🎧 over on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #teamhuman
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The Human Recommendation #72, Jacob Brodovsky
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Last show of The Human Recommendation tonight at 8pm 📻 before @flirtfm.ie goes off FM broadcast, returning August 24th. Join me for the best in indie and alternative rock, shoegaze, EMO and indie folk music from Ireland and around the globe 🌎
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My latest interview for Atwood Magazine, "Falling in Love With the Chaos”: GIMMY’s Gemma Owens on Refusing to Be Molded by the Music Industry and Their Latest ‘Labour of Love’ atwoodmagazine.com/glbv-gimmy-l...
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Interview: GIMMY’s Gemma Owens on Refusing to Be Molded by the Music Industry and Their Latest ‘Labour of Love’ - Atwood Magazine
Australian indie surf/garage band GIMMY make eccentric, emotional music with no boundaries, pairing unapologetically honest, witty songwriting with a sound built to be played loud. In conversation wit...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@ernie.tedium.co just a fyi, nothing you didn't know already.... "In this conversation with Trevor Noah, Eugene and Cory explains how monopoly power, incentives, and the lack of competition may have contributed to changes in Google Search" youtu.be/IgE3NVedPLg?...
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The Inside Story of How Google Ruined Search
YouTube video by What Now? with Trevor Noah
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Listen 🎧 over on @mixcloud.bsky.social, interview with Houston band Hew is #1 in the EMO chart and check out their album 'Your Version' available via @tinyengines.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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retrofuturista.bsky.social @retrofuturista.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Martin Bisi is an American sound engineer, producer and songwriter who has run BC Studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn since 1981, where he has worked with Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Swans and Herbie Hancock, releasing records under his#NoWave #PostPunk #IndustrialMusic #IndieMusic @martinbisibc
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Martin Bisi Talks Dancing On The Power Lines: An Interview From Inside BC Studio
Dancing On The Power Lines: Martin Bisi on Songwriting After Four Decades Behind the Glass Transmission 405: Interview with Martin Bisi Martin Bisi has spent forty-five years on the other side of the glass at BC Studio in Gowanus, engineering records for Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Swans and Herbie Hancock while quietly building his own body of work as a songwriter. For years he deliberately kept his own music away from the sounds passing through his mixing desk; that changed around 2011, when he let his influences bleed openly into his own records.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast Houston EMO band Hew, their excellent debut album 'Your Version' is streaming everywhere and vinyl via @tinyengines.bsky.social Listen 🎧 over on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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The Human Recommendation #71, Houston band Hew
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
How "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes went from a modest indie rock hit to a melody chanted in stadiums across the globe youtu.be/0D8BvcTxrl8?...
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The Most Famous Seven Notes in Sports | SC Featured
YouTube video by ESPN FC
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tonight's radio show 📻 on @flirtfm.ie features indie rock/folk/emo/dreampop/dark country and shoegaze! Irish acts include Lemoncello, Sorcha Richardson, Theatre and Bleech 9:3 along with a slew of great acts from around the globe 🌎 #musicdiscovery #teamhuman
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MDonaldson → @8sided.blog · 10/07/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: Damien Joyce talks with sundayclub's Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St. Pierre about the rusty-stringed Mexican Strat that carried "Blue Wave," the challenge that ensues when the bass player misses a gig, and whether 'shoegaze' is a code word for 'awkward' →
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The Long Nostalgia of sundayclub's Manitoban Dream Pop
Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St. Pierre discuss signing to Paper Bag Records, moving from rural Manitoba to Winnipeg, and turning pandemic isolation into sundayclub's self-titled debut album.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 10/07/2026
Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St. Pierre discuss signing to Paper Bag Records, moving from rural Manitoba to Winnipeg, and turning pandemic isolation into sundayclub's self-titled debut album. The Tonearm's Damien Joyce comes in from the cold. The Long Nostalgia of sundayclub's Manitoban Dream Pop:
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The Long Nostalgia of sundayclub's Manitoban Dream Pop
Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St. Pierre discuss signing to Paper Bag Records, moving from rural Manitoba to Winnipeg, and turning pandemic isolation into sundayclub's self-titled debut album.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Tonight at 8pm, show #68 of The Human Recommendation featuring Irish acts SAOL, David Keenan, Gurriers & Theatre. Also, some top indie from the southern hemisphere including GIMMY, Fragile Animals & Office Dog. Tune in on 101.3 FM 📻 in Galway city or @flirtfm.ie #teamhuman #musicdiscovery
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brosaleigh @brosaleigh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So so happy I got to sing on a song with my angels in @aplaceforowls.bsky.social - some of my favorite musicians and also human beings. An honor to be in your orbit. Son of Man is out today!
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drew @grmnygrmny.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
my 13 years at bandcamp are coming to an end - i’ve been laid off along with most of the remaining engineers. best job i’ve ever had, working with the best people you could ever work with. unceremonious end to quite a ride.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Next up on the pod 🎙️Columbus musician Caeleigh Featherstone, who plays bass, guitar, keys, and sings. She is an integral member of the wonderful Ohio band, Saintseneca and wrote, produced, mixed her solo album under Mukiss. Listen 🎧 over on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
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The Human Recommendaion Interview, #69 With Caeleigh Featherstone
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Miss the radio show last night? Catch the playback over on the @flirtfm.ie @mixcloud.bsky.social archive. The show playlist and play back ▶️ link below 👇 www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... #teamhuman #musicdiscovery
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
For your weekly music discovery, tune in at 8pm on 101.3 FM in Galway city or via the web stream at @flirtfm.ie for show #67 of The Human Recommendation #teamhuman #musicdiscovery
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 28/06/2026
"One of the people I was talking to when we were choosing names suggested choosing a name that would pass the 'bar test.' Meaning, if someone's asking for your band name in a loud bar, it needs to be an easy name that they're going to get right off the bat when you're trying to yell it at them."
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The Mending — Tahlia Amanson on the Reinvention of Myra Lee
The Brooklyn trio's 'Capture the Flag' features six songs recorded live in two days—and it's the closest Tahlia Amanson has come to telling her parents the truth.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 26/06/2026
The Brooklyn trio's 'Capture the Flag' features six songs recorded live in two days—and it's the closest Tahlia Amanson has come to telling her parents the truth. The Tonearm's Damien Joyce gets it all on tape. The Mending — Tahlia Amanson on the Reinvention of Myra Lee:
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The Mending — Tahlia Amanson on the Reinvention of Myra Lee
The Brooklyn trio's 'Capture the Flag' features six songs recorded live in two days—and it's the closest Tahlia Amanson has come to telling her parents the truth.
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@damienjoyce @damienjoyce.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@clivethompson.bsky.social fyi, a Brooklyn based trio that I highly recommend 🎸
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