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

Now Playing: Every Time I Die - Map Change For Andy. Rest in peace, big man. ❤️ See you next month.

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

Now Playing: Movements - Live By the Sword Fuck ICE too. It's always been Fuck ICE round here. One of the best protest songs we've ever heard, from Cali band Movements, whose new album Happier Now landed with a splash earlier this month. ⚔️

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

ALBUM OF THE MONTH A Gurriers - Nobody's Coming to Save You (@pias.com) Gurriers play Vicar Street on Thursday October 29th & the 3Olympia Theatre on Sunday October 1st in support of their stunningly powerful new record. Now Playing: Pins 🧷

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

Now Playing: Macklemore - Hind's Hall 3 years of Israeli genocide next week. Fuck the IOF and fuck Ed Sheeran. Macklemore plays the 3Arena on Monday October 26th with all proceeds going to Palestinian charities. Good luck getting tickets y'all, RUN IT UP AND SELL IT OUT. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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

Now Playing: Hot Mulligan - It Smells Like Fudge Axe in Here The Lansing band celebrated one year of their excellent fourth album The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still last month. We caught them in Dublin in March, they levelled the Academy and weren't (👀) afraid to speak their mind.

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

Now Playing: CHVRCHES - Roses The first new material from the band in a good while, Glasgow's CHVRCHES are set to return with a new record next year by the looks of things. This is a hell of a warmup. 🌹

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

Now Playing: Tigercub - Cut the Eyes Out of the Photographs Another from the Brighton band, who land on Irish shores in a few short weeks - this is from their excellent new record Nets to Catch the Wind, released in April 📸

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

Now Playing: The Spook School - Falling WHAAAAAAAT?!? This Glasgow band returned from the moon and follow up 2018's Could It Be Different? with Like A Heartbeat on Friday January 29th 2027 on @ilovealcopop.bsky.social. We'll need until at LEAST then for it to sink in that they're back together. ❣️

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

Now Playing: @spanishlovesongs.bsky.social - Good American The strings from Sounds We Cannot Hear lined up just well enough to segue nicely into this! The lead single from Future Nausea, the forthcoming fifth album from Spanish Love Songs, out November 6th on @purenoiserecords.bsky.social. ☢️

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

ALBUM OF THE MONTH B @protomartyr.bsky.social - Hotel Usona (@dominorecordco.bsky.social) Another from the Detroit band's conceptual seventh album which reimagines the USA as an embattled hotel - USoNA a different name which didn't quite catch on. Now Playing: Sounds We Cannot Hear 🎺

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

Now Playing: Fat Dog - Call It What You Want The London septet's new album Cancel Me (I'm Tired) is unleashed on Friday via @dominorecordco.bsky.social, and they've sold out two Dublin shows (Whelans, Nov 18th/19th). Big dog energy. 🐶

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

Now Playing: @anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Yeah I Guess Anyway For Real arrives later this year via @polyvinyl.bsky.social 🐀 A companion record to the New York-formed band's Anyway (which turned a year old last month), we can expect new songs and reworked album material. Bring it on.

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Ratatouille Ratjam

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

Now Playing: @fontainesdc.bsky.social - Marianne We saw them as The Fontaines just down the road 11 years ago and now they're the third Irish band to ever headline Slane Castle (June 26th/27th 2027) - Dopamine Chamber lands Friday October 16th on XL. So, so proud of Fontaines D.C. 💙

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

HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH ⚡ Girl in the Year Above - Wet Paint The paint (ink) has barely dried on their @transgressive.bsky.social label signing, so now's a good time to get on board with this Irish/Cornish band - next year's shaping up to be a big one 🪣

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

Now Playing: Death Cab For Cutie - Photobooth From the band's 2000 album We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, introduced at the Dublin show as 'a song written before a lot of [you younger fans] were even born'. We felt our bones creak 😭

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

Now Playing: Haiver - Ghost Dance It was an emotional time at this Glasgow band's Belfast show at the weekend, led by ex-Frightened Rabbit member Billy Kennedy, yet equally cathartic to know that indeed, something carries on. Their debut album is out now, this is its opener and title track 👻

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

ALBUM OF THE MONTH B @protomartyr.bsky.social - Hotel Usona (@dominorecordco.bsky.social) The first of two from this constantly inventive Detroit band, please enjoy your stay. We hope the business expands into the UK and Europe next year! 🏨 Now Playing: Exalted Eagles

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

Now Playing: girlfriend. - Horses This Dublin band support both the Altered Hours (November) and Enter Shikari (December) at various shows around the country, fresh from releasing their second album Carousel earlier this month 🎠

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

Now Playing: Christian Cohle - When the Party Left You An abrupt gear change into this breathtaking song from Dubliner Christian Cohle, whose new album Queen of Ashes is out on Friday October 16th - he's at the Workman's Club to launch the record on Nov 13th 🥳

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

ALBUM OF THE MONTH A Gurriers - Nobody's Coming to Save You (@pias.com) An incredible second-album level-up from Dublin's band of the moment, with two home shows (at different venues!) booked for late October and November 🕵️ Now Playing: Nobody's Coming to Save You

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

Now Playing: Spanish Love Songs - El Niño Considers His Failures The first of two from this returning Los Angeles band, from their 2018 breakthrough record Schmaltz. New record on the way with a UK/EU tour scheduled for early next year 🌀

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

Now Playing: Basht. - Kids vs Guns The first of a few topical songs on today's show, this is from Dublin band Basht., whose debut album Poor Advice is out Friday week, landing October 9th on LAB Records. They've sold out the Button Factory (Saturday Nov 7th) too! 🔫

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

Now Playing: The Last Vinci - Begging For Some Help Unbelievably lucky to be attending that Tigercub Dublin show, not least because it's opened by local trailblazers The Last Vinci, whose new album 15 Minutes at a Time is well worth your attention 🕰️

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

Now Playing: Tigercub - Sleepwalker The Brighton band are finally, miraculously, playing Irish shows next month! Workman's Club, Dublin, Oct 17th / Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, Oct 18th - we're at the former. Here's a barn-burner from 2021's As Blue as Indigo 🐅

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

Now Playing: Jawdropped - Split Lip All rippers, no skippers on this LA band's debut album Secret to Spare, which we ran through multiple times on the day it dropped. Out now via @transgressive.bsky.social 🫦

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

Now Playing: Death Cab For Cutie - Punching the Flowers We caught these Seattle legends at the 3Olympia recently, got right barrier and had a blast - their new album I Built You a Tower is stunning, and that back catalogue... bulletproof! 🌼

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

Now Playing: Slow Pulp - Better Man The Wisconsinites released their new album Melodie in mid-September on @antirecords.bsky.social, and touch down in Dublin to play the Button Factory on Saturday January 30th 2027 🎼

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

Direct Current 28.09.26 Now Playing: Please Louise - Bury My Head Louise McNamara's been off radar for a while after being one half of Heathers throughout the 2010s, but she's back as Please Louise, with a debut EP slated for November ⛏️

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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 · 28/09/2026

...Basht., Christian Cohle, girlfriend., Haiver, @fontainesdc.bsky.social, @anamanaguchi.bsky.social, Fat Dog, @spanishlovesongs.bsky.social, The Spook School, CHVRCHES, Macklemore and Movements! So much happening, and the second hour playlist run is frankly ridiculous.

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

In between, we've got pairs from Death Cab For Cutie and Tigercub, Albums of the Month from Gurriers (@pias.com) and @protomartyr.bsky.social, a High Voltage Track of the Month from Girl in the Year Above (freshly signed to @transgressive.bsky.social!) and all sorts from Slow Pulp, Jawdropped...

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

Good timezone everyone! Episode 023 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am. We really had to lock in to get this one over the line, so you should definitely tune in. We start with Please Louise (of Heathers) & finish with Every Time I Die (Andy Williams forever).

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

Good timezone everyone! Episode 022 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social on Monday at 11am, and I'm getting well out in front of this one because I won't be doing the usual listen-along on account of being at my sister's wedding over the coming weekend 💍

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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 · 28/08/2026

I made you a mix for this one - got Albums of the Month from Johnny Foreigner (@ilovealcopop.bsky.social) and @blocparty.com in here, as well as a High Voltage Track of the Month from Belfast band Broncos, and music from *deep breath* Mattstagraham, Ninajirachi, Dummy, Protomartyr, Lone...

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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

Coda: Kavinsky - Horizon Rest in peace, Vincent. Safe travels. 🖤

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

Sounds like they're going back into the studio sooner than you'd expect too from what I've heard. Yes please - incredible comeback record and I need more where that came from!

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

Now Playing: Kavinsky - Zenith (feat. Prudence and Morgan Phalen) Tell the people you love that you love them. Try your best to bring some light into this dark, fucked-up and unfair world we live in. Take care out there. See you at the end of the month. 💜

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

Now Playing: Blueneck - Did You See the Sunrise? The physical release of this Bristol band's first album in a decade, Moonlighting, has moved back to next Friday, August 14th, but it's out now on Bandcamp. (*stage whisper* Bandcamp Friday is this week) 🌅

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

ALBUM OF THE MONTH A Haiver - The Ghost Dance (TA! Records) It's been a while and no, we still cannot get through this song without crying. Scott Hutchison forever. ❤️ Now Playing: Crime

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

Now Playing: Sennen - Here It Comes NEW SENNEN!!!! HOLY SHIT! You read that right. The London band are on on @soniccathedral.bsky.social now and they're releasing their first album in more than a decade, New Quiet, on Friday October 30th ☀️

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

Now Playing: Wild Pink - 500 is the New 250 John Ross is simply unstoppable. We've heard his new record Still Coming Down - how does he keep getting better?!? How much will fifty [quid] fill? It's out Friday August 21st on @firetalkrecs.bsky.social ⛽

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

Now Playing: @hammokband.bsky.social - Semi-Automatic Machines Us the first time we heard the chorus kick in like: The Oslo band are in Dublin Sunday October 4th at the Sound House and it's gonna GO OFF. 🎰

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Hank Hill Holds On in Wind

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

if you don't Know About This, you should.

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

Now Playing: @danielmarkavery.bsky.social - Lemon Dropping straight in from Nia Archives and taking the intensity up a few notches, a new cut from Daniel Avery, who's gone from new album to remix album to 12" single to being back in the studio literally rn. He's on a serious tear 🍋

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

Now Playing: Nia Archives - Feelingz Go Numb Out of nowhere, the new record from Manchester's Nia Archives is riding high as one of our favourite albums of 2026. Unfairly snubbed for a Mercury Prize nomination too, dammit! Pop over for a Dublin show please? 🧊

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