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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tap in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com or listen via the Android and iOS apps, make yourself a hot beverage and get in the chat! This one's for the Butcher. 🔪

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A shot of Andy Williams, a former member of Every Time I Die and Atomic Rule, in action.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

...King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Overmono, Virtual Riot (solo & with Blanke), AJJ, San Holo, Hovvdy, Blackwater Holylight & Marsh! Something for everyone there, I think. Tap in with your drink of choice on Monday at listen.dublindigitalradio.com ⚡🎶📻

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Following this morning's broadcast, episode 021 of Direct Current is now available to stream on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud! We packed 28 songs into this one, the playlist (with alt text!) is below and you can catch up over here >> www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...

An edited image of an obscured sign against a leafy green backdrop, upon which is the playlist for Direct Current's August 3rd 2026 edition, titled 'We Once Were Electric' (h/t Kavinsky's 'Zenith'). Hour one reads as follows:

James Ivy - Texas
Really Good Time - Do It
Verse Metrics - Evil Only Travels in Straight Lines
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Haiver - Better (feat. Devin Casson)
Michigander - Freaking Out
Josaleigh Pollett - Cherry
Do Nothing - Act Natural
The Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds
Dinosaur Jr. - Blowin’ Up
Frog - Dark Out
Death Cab For Cutie - Trap Door
Din of Celestial Birds - Takeoffs & Landings

(Lilac text indicates a song from an Album of the Month)

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Din of Celestial Birds, Ninajirachi & Porter Robinson, Harry Teardrop, Nia Archives, Daniel Avery, Hammok, Wild Pink, Sennen & Blueneck! Tap in via the DDR Android and iOS apps or online at listen.dublindigitalradio.com, make yourself a coffee and get in the chat. This one's for Vincent. 🇫🇷🖤

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A photo of Vincent Belorgey, AKA, Kavinsky, who passed away unexpectedly last week.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

(The very important coffee mentioned)

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

...Editors, Harker and Eels, before a trio of long songs from Placid Angles, Chalk and If These Trees Could Talk bring it home! Listen via the Android/iOS DDR. app or via listen.dublindigitalradio.com, make yourself a cuppa and hop in the chat! See you Monday! ⚡📻🎶

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Tap in over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com or listen on your phone via the Android/iOS apps, make yourself whatever beverage you fancy and get in the chat - see you there! ⚡📻🎶

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Frightened Rabbit are on the playlist today in tribute, followed by Billy Kennedy's new project Haiver. Something carries on. Tap in over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com and I'll see you in the chat. 🎶📻⚡️🐰

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A photo of Scott Hutchison, lead singer of Frightened Rabbit.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Grab your beverage of choice and lock in over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com - hop in the chat or get at us on here if you're so inclined, while you Lose Your Self in a packed two hours of music 🌌

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Now Playing 🎶 Hot Mulligan - Bon Jonah 💿 The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still FUCKING HELL THESE ARE A GOOD LIVE BAND. Sold out show in Dublin last night, we saw them from up top. Have a photo which is one of the few we have of all five. Tades and Chris move around a LOT.⌛

The Michigan band Hot Mulligan on stage at the Academy, Dublin, Sunday March 15th 2026.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Despite the circumstances I'm proud to say Direct Current has evolved again. Thank you for tuning in, and take care out there.

Tim Very, formerly of Manchester Orchestra, behind his drum kit.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

• Music from further afield courtesy of snake eyes, Colour of Fire (their first new song in 22 years!), Free Throw, Tigers Jaw & the return of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever The weather's bad enough here we won't be going anywhere, so bundle up with us over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com! ☕⚡📻🎶

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Some stuff has changed but despite everything, it's still us. Grab your beverage of choice and lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com - see you there for our first episode of 2026 🎶📻⚡

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Chalk, @theantlers.bsky.social & Fox Stevenson. We hope you find something you like. We like the idea of live-posting the show over coffee, so we'll be doing that. Grab your drink of choice, lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com and pop in the chat - see you there! ⚡🎶📻

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com or on the app, grab your beverage of choice (whether it's 11am at home or 7pm here we'll likely be on the coffee) and get in the chat, or you can follow along here on Bsky for live updates and commentary! ⚡🎶🇦🇺

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The clocks went back at the weekend so we will take the biggest coffee we can get our hands on, please. ☕ Tune in via listen.dublindigitalradio.com or via the app, join us with your beverage of choice and come chop it up in the chat! 🎶📻⚡

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

(*Stay Inside is also what I've gotta do today!) My beverage of choice is Lemsip, so grab yours, lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com and come chop it up in the chat! Normal service resumes next month with the last regular show of 2025! 🎶⚡📻

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

(And yes, we got the setlist because of course we did)

The setlist from Bartees Strange's Manchester show, August 25th 2025.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

• We report back from the @bartees-strange.bsky.social Manchester gig last week All this and more from 11 - lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com with your beverage of choice (STRONG coffee today please) and hop in the chat! 🎶⚡📻

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

DOWN THE FRONT WITH... @mogwai.scot Now Playing: Lion Rumpus With earplugs in tow, we saw them play the first of a two-night stand at Vicar Street recently. A jaw-dropping, life-affirming experience. Here's what they played...

The setlist from Mogwai's show at Vicar Street, Dublin, July 26th 2025.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

• New @theantlers.bsky.social and Jay Som back to back • More good stuff than a good stuff convention Grab your beverage of choice (ours is a coffee, thanks), lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com and get in the chat! ⚡📻🎶

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Following last week's broadcast, Episode 007 of Direct Current is now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud! Catch up here >> www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita... << and see below for the 29-song playlist ⚡

The playlist for the first hour of Episode 007 of Direct Current, which aired on Monday July 7th under the title 'with hope crossed on our hearts', reading as follows:

kendrick lamar - wacced out murals
big sleep - pick a cheek
far caspian - autofiction
cliffords - my favourite monster
nerves - takes a second
april - tv show
feint & dj sally - bloom
boxplot - rose tint

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

lakes - slow fade (lucky art/big scary monsters)

version
hypernow (single version)

wet leg - cpr
just mustard - pollyanna
we are scientists - what you want is gone
fox stevenson - yas!

The playlist for the second hour of Episode 007 of Direct Current, which aired on Monday July 7th under the title 'with hope crossed on our hearts', reading as follows:

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH

george gadd & the aftermath - invisible

hot mulligan - and a big load
the beths - no joy
turnstile - sole
sprints - descartes
greywind - waterfall
wednesday - wound up here (by holdin on)
biffy clyro - god only knows
biffy clyro - a little love
burnt tapes - new lungs
nation of language - i'm not ready for the change
liquid mike - at&t
the murder capital - love of country
bob vylan - bait the bear
moving mountains - ghosts

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

• @themurdercapital.bsky.social & Bob Vylan back to back 🇵🇸 Lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com with your beverage of choice and get in the chat! 🎶📻⚡

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Episode 006 aired on June 12th 2025, featuring songs from Nine Inch Nails, @hyperpotions.bsky.social & Scottay, Hotline TNT, @shura.gg, jasmine.4.t, PUP, THUMPER, Sean McVerry, Slow Crush, Alex G, For Those I Love & more. Here's your 28-song rundown: www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...

The playlist for the first hour of Direct Current, aired on June 9th 2025 under the title 'you put it together', reading as follows:

nine inch nails - the day the world went away (single version)
hyper potions & scottay - lowlife
pretoria - emerson, everywhere
for those i love - you stayed/to live
hotline tnt - julia’s war
bc camplight - a sober conversation
forth wanderers - 7 months
jai wolf - (i dread the day he takes you to) paris

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
shura - i got too sad for my friends

richardson (feat. cassandra jenkins)
recognise

cdsm - shockable rhythm
jasmine.4.t - you are the morning
goo - call in sick

DOWN THE FRONT WITH…
pup - concrete

king gizzard & the lizard wizard - deadstick

The playlist for the second hour of Direct Current, aired on June 9th 2025 under the title 'you put it together', reading as follows:

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH
strange new places - sleep for dinner

thumper - the drip
wolf alice - bloom baby bloom
sean mcverry - better
real lies - wild sign i choose you
slow crush - thirst
ruston kelly - wayside
nine inch nails - the hand that feeds
the maccabees - pelican
alex g - afterlife
kae tempest - statue in the square
for those i love - of the sorrows
nine inch nails - hurt

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Episode 005 aired on May 12th 2025, featuring music from the likes of The Dirty Nil, Dan Mangan, @brutalligators.bsky.social, Fat Dog, Soot Sprite, @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social, Swim School, Origami Angel, Lakes, Anamanaguchi & Pelican. Here's the 29-song playlist: www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...

The playlist for the first hour of Direct Current, aired on May 12th 2025 under the title 'no pieces fit, no leads connect', reading as follows:

the dirty nil - true devotion
cable boy - purple (end of the world)
for nina - hounds
dan mangan - cut the brakes
problem patterns - sad old woman (feat. matt korvette)
michael cera palin - gracious
brutalligators - coffee & codeine
fat dog - peace song

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
soot sprite - wield your hope like a weapon

days after days
vicious cycles

preoccupations - ill at ease (single version)
kathryn joseph - DEER.
caroline - tell me i never knew that (feat. caroline polachek)
little known - headwreck
ezra furman - power of the moon

The playlist for the second hour of Direct Current, aired on May 12th 2025 under the title 'no pieces fit, no leads connect', reading as follows:

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH

swim school - alone with you

the dirty nil - gallop of the hounds
we are scientists - please don’t say it
viagra boys - medicine for horses
katatonia - lilac
a burial at sea - hy-brasil
origami angel - hm07 waterfall
brutalligators - can’t sleep
rival consoles - catherine
lakes - version
left iris - georgia
anamanaguchi - darcie
pelican - pining for ever

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

• New music from Pretoria, Hotline TNT, CDSM, THUMPER, Slow Crush, Alex G, Kae Tempest & For Those I Love Lock in over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com, grab your beverage of choice and get in the chat! 🎶⚡📻

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

• The High Voltage Track of the Month comes from Edinburgh's swim school • One of our favourite songs of a still-unfolding 2025 from Viagra Boys (seriously, their new album is so good and we say as much) Grab your beverage of choice and lock in at listen.dublindigitalradio.com! 🎶📻⚡

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Episode 004 aired on Monday April 14th 2025 and features 30 songs. Playlist with alt text is below - hope you enjoy these two episodes; we'll get back to work on this month's episode and see you Monday week, yeah? www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...

The playlist for hour one of Episode 004 of Direct Current, which aired on Monday April 14th 2025 under the title of 'have you seen me lately?', reading as follows:

spanish love songs - routine pain
spanish love songs - self-destruction (as a sensible career choice)
boyfrens - ringsend
junk drawer - nids niteca
somebody’s child - porcelain (losing all my patience)
florist - started to glow
feeble little horse - this is real
cola - keys down if you stay
avery friedman - new thing

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
maria somerville - luster

projections
stonefly

pup - hallways
m(h)aol - snare
these new puritans - industrial love song (feat. caroline polachek)
athletics - like hell
mamalarky - won’t give up

The playlist for hour two of Episode 004 of Direct Current, which aired on Monday April 14th 2025 under the title of 'have you seen me lately?', reading as follows:

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH
florence road - heavy

49th & main - mr. rain
adebisi shank - start a band
turnstile - never enough
search results - be laurel
virgins - b l o o m s
superheaven - stare at the void
wet leg - catch these fists
petey usa - the milkman
frankie cosmos - vanity
gordi - alien cowboy
daithí - ferry2aran
klangphonics - ghost (find me again) [feat. anna metko]
spanish love songs - brave faces everyone

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Episode 003 aired on Monday March 17th 2025 and features 26 songs. See the attached images for the playlist with alt text! 🌊 www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...

The playlist lineup for hour one of Direct Current 003, which aired on March 17th 2025 under the title of 'greetings from serotonin bay', reading as follows:

the wonder years - low tide
dose - parallelogram
cloth - golden
the ophelias - cumulonimbus
jessica pratt - world on a string
coheed and cambria - searching for tomorrow
anxious - counting sheep

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
great grandpa - patience, moonbeam (run for cover)

junior
kid

destroyer - hydroplaning off the edge of the world
adult mom - crystal
ezra furman - grand mal

DOWN THE FRONT WITH…
porter robinson - is there really no happiness?

underscores - cops and robbers

The playlist lineup for hour two of Direct Current 003, which aired on March 17th 2025 under the title of 'greetings from serotonin bay', reading as follows:

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH
soot sprite - all my friends are depressed

the wonder years - junebug
cloakroom - unbelonging
acloudyskye - float
fontaines dc - it's amazing to be young
october drift - heal
black foxxes - where have you been
soft blue shimmer - bodyknot
shura - richardson (feat. cassandra jenkins)
constant follower - the smile you send out returns to you
matt berninger - bonnet of pins
chalk - pool scene
baths - the sound of a blooming flower

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Grab yourself your beverage of choice and lock in over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com! 🎶⚡📻 (P.S. We've had a lot going on behind the scenes but will catch up with Mixcloud uploads this coming week!)

Gareth, the presenter of Direct Current on Dublin Digital Radio, after wrapping Episode 004; brown hair, glasses, wearing wired headphones & a grey long-sleeve shirt, and smiling.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

DOWN THE FRONT WITH @porterrobinson.com Been there, saw that, got the setlist. Wow. Now Playing 🎶 Is There Really No Happiness?

The setlist from the mentioned Porter Robinson show at the 3Olympia Theatre on March 10th 2025.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Following last week's broadcast, Episode 002 of Direct Current is now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud - catch up here >> www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita... << and see below for the 31-song playlist! (Technically 32 but who's counting? Oh yeah, we are.)

The first hour of this month's episode of Direct Current. Playlist reads as follows:

'002. february 17th 2025 | love of country/hate of man [episode title]

los campesinos! - to hell in a handjob
blue slate - this is how i sleep at night
the tisburys - forever
snow patrol - but i'll keep trying
the hold steady - sequestered in memphis
craig finn - people of substance
cheekface - growth sux
youth lagoon - speed freak

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
the murder capital - blindness (human season)

the fall
can't pretend to know

japanese breakfast - orlando in love
mallrat - pavement
skinner - calling in sick
long neck - soft animal

DOWN THE FRONT WITH...
los campesinos! - a psychic wound

arm's length - funny face
clipping. - change the channel'

The second hour of this month's episode of Direct Current. Playlist reads as follows:

'002. february 17th 2025 | love of country/hate of man [episode title]

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH

glare - guts
birkham - ephemeral
clive from accounts - save me
glass animals - helium (hudson mohawke remix)
self esteem - focus is power
lucy dacus - best guess
scowl - not hell, not heaven
perfume genius - it's a mirror
bright eyes - rainbow overpass (feat. alex orange drink)
black country, new road - besties
mogwai - fanzine made of flesh
snow patrol - called out in the dark
the weeknd - baptized in fear/open hearts
petey usa - model train town'

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thank you for your patience - following the January 20th broadcast, Episode 001 of Direct Current is now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud! Catch up with it here >> www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita... << and see below for the 28-song playlist! New episode next week 👀

The playlist for hour one of the January 20th episode of Direct Current, reading as follows:

'001. january 20th 2025 - is there anyone out there?

jean-paul makhlouf & cash cash - reach for the stars
enter shikari - the great unknown
amoyamo - let's go out
porter robinson - perfect pinterest garden
bdrmm - john on the ceiling
avalanche party - shake the slack
coheed and cambria - someone who can

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
bartees strange - horror (4ad)

wants needs
sober

divorce - antarctica
the maccabees - no kind words

DOWN THE FRONT WITH...
idles - danny nedelko

heavy lungs - get out
sharon van etten & the attachment theory - afterlife'

The playlist for hour one of the January 20th episode of Direct Current, reading as follows:

'001. january 20th 2025 - is there anyone out there?

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH
prima queen - the prize

baroness - march to the sea
kendrick lamar - reincarnated
hyphen - hate yachts, not dinghies
enter shikari - stop the clocks
one true pairing - endless raim
wild beasts - wanderlust
slowly slowly - forgiving spree
touché amore - hal ashby
the weather station - mirror
julien baker & torres - sugar in the tank
hyper potions & mylk - so cute
michael cera palin - wisteria
everything everything - no reptiles'

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

A couple shoutouts are necessary - the new logo's ready! A massive thank you to @ducc.uk for working on this 💜

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Grab yourself a drink and lock in - the show's second phase starts today and am so excited for what we've got coming up! 🔌🎶⚡

Photo of radio broadcaster wearing glasses, a hoodie and headphones.

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Direct Current @directcurrent.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Charging: Direct Current A new music radio show with plenty of juice. ⚡ Switching on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Monday at 11am. 📻🎶

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