Irish Beats 4th April 2021

It was an all-vinyl affair on this evening's Irish Beats as I dug into my collection to bring you some of the warmest homegrown sounds around. There was one electronic selection before breaking into the guitars - well worth turning your radios up to 11! The second of the show was a documentary following one WIT student's quest to get into the format. 'Gianluca Wants a Record Player' asks questions like what's so appealing about vinyl? Who's listening to the format? Does it really sound better than Spotify? Should Gianluca go ahead and get a turntable?

https://www.mixcloud.com/roboconnor/irish-beats-4th-april-2021/

Hour 1

1. Strongest Thing - God Knows & Bantum, feat. Farah Elle
2. Incapable - Roisin Murphy
3. Change Your Mind - Wounded Healer
4. New Day - Kormac feat. Jack O'Rourke
5. Jean Bean - Join Me In The Pines
6. Nobody New Around You - Daithi
7. Rí Rá - Denise Chaila
8. The Fly - U2
9. As The River Flows - Wallis Bird
10. All Your Love - Oliver Cole
11. James Dean - David Keenan
12. Boys In The Better Land - Fontaines D.C.
13. Loyal - Ailbhe Reddy
14. Dreams - The Cranberries

The second hour was the documentary 'Gianluca Wants a Record Player' which can be heard on SoundCloud below. There was time to squeeze one more track in at the end which was:

Twisted Arrow - Arborist feat. Kim Deal