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A @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social show and new music hub with plenty of juice. ⚡

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Coda: Toby Fox - Friendship (Hyper Potions Remix)

Thank you for all your support this year, and we'll see you for a new year on Monday January 19th 2026. Don't forget. 💜
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Fox Stevenson - Sunk Cost Fallacy

Playing out with another of our favourite songs of 2025, the closer and title track from Stanley Stevenson-Byrne's brilliant new record. We'll see you next month for part 1 of our 2025 retrospective.

Monday November 24th, 11am. 7pm AWST.
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Bloc Party - Blue

They celebrated 20 years of Silent Alarm this year, and with a new record on the way sometime in 2026, we wanted to play this highlight from 2023's High Life EP. 💙
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Joyce Manor - Well, Whatever It Was

The Long Beach band are back with I Used To Go To This Bar on Friday January 30th via @epitaphrecords.bsky.social. 🍰

Here's the video we mentioned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPE...
Joyce Manor - "Well, Whatever It Was"
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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October 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The Format - Holy Roller

YEP. Brand new music from Arizona duo Nate Ruess and Sam Means. Barely seems real but their first album in almost 20 full years, Boycott Heaven, is out on Friday January 23rd 2026 ⛪
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Westerman - About Leaving

With a new album, A Jackal's Wedding, out next Friday, Will Westerman lands in Dublin on Sunday February 15th 2026 for a show at Opium 💒
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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@theantlers.bsky.social - Something in the Air

Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner's project returned a couple of weeks back with the powerful, harrowing Blight, and they're in Dublin for their first Irish show in seven years in Whelan's on Friday March 6th 🍁
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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The Wonder Years - I Don't Like Who I Was Then

...it's none other than Dan Campbell from our Philly favourites. Their revamped anniversary edition of 2015's No Closer to Heaven is out now, with a UK run set for January 🪜
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Spanish Love Songs - Lifers Too

A sequel song to the opening track from 2023's No Joy, the Los Angeles band offer up a full band version on next month's new EP A Brief Intermission in the Flattening of Time (Nov 21st, @purenoiserecords.bsky.social). It's got a hell of a feature...
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Cardinals - The Burning of Cork

With their debut album in the can, Cardinals support NewDad at the 3Olympia on Friday. Masquerade is out Friday Feburary 13th 2026 👹
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Enter Shikari - Satellites (feat. Sam Ryder)

Always up for an excuse to play some Shikari. We know who this is for, you're welcome 🌈 Taken from the St. Albans band's London show last year, this is a song that means a lot to us and this live take is incredible.
October 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Turnstile - BIRDS

The Baltimore band couldn't be contained by the National Stadium so they're only playing the goddamn 3Arena this Saturday. High Vis and Gurriers in support, this is gonna be one for the ages. ☁️
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Bob Vylan - Sick Sad World

Four words: DUBLIN. SHOW. NEXT. MONTH.

Sold out as hell. If you know you know. Bob Vylan play Vicar Street Wednesday November 26th and here's their new song, prefaced with giving Charlie Kirk a good kicking. Only good fascist is a dead one, you get it.
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
⚡ HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH ⚡

TAPE TRASH - Rapture Boy

We got absolutely SIDESWIPED by this earlier in the month, and it's one of our favourite songs of 2025. The Oslo band's second album, Eden, is out on Friday via @tinyengines.bsky.social 🙏
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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The Maple State - Don't waste your time

Don't take forever is good advice. It's also the name of the Manchester band's new album, only their second in 20 years. We see what they did there 🏘️
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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And So I Watch You From Afar - Search:Party:Animal

From 2011's pulverising second album Gangs - the Belfast band are at the Ulster Hall in Belfast for an end of year celebration on Friday December 19th and they are bringing the LITERAL ULSTER ORCHESTRA ALONG. SEE YOU THERE 🎻
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Sister Ray Davies - Big Ships

We found space down the back of the couch for a couple extra songs so here you go; this is from Alabama band Sister Ray Davies, whose debut album Big Ships is out Friday November 14th on @soniccathedral.bsky.social 🚢
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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HEALTH - Vibe Cop

Similar wavelength here but you can always trust Los Angeles band HEALTH to bring crushing heaviness to the table. Conflict DLC is out December 12th, here's one of the singles from it 🧨
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Chalk - Can't Feel It

The Belfast band's debut album currently holds the title of Most Anticipated 2026 here at DC Towers. Out in the spring, it's followed by Dublin and Belfast shows in May. ⚔️

This one's for Liam. 🕊️
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
💿 ALBUM OF THE MONTH 💿

Daniel Avery - Tremor

The London polymath's @dominorecordco.bsky.social debut is staggeringly good and out on Friday.

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The Ghost of Her Smile (feat. Julie Dawson of NewDad) / Greasy Off the Racing Line (feat. Alison Mosshart of the Kills)
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Rosie Carney - Here

The Hampshire-born and Ireland-based artist is set to follow up 2022's I Wanna Feel Happy next year, here's her first new music since then. 🏠
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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KETTAMA & Prospa - I Believe

Galway's Evan Campbell's been chipping away at things as KETTAMA since 2019 and his recently released debut album Archangel is worth every moment of the wait. Here's a cracking teamup with Prospa 😇
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Delivery Service - Ghost

The fledgling Dublin band have a debut EP on the way, which is good news because we need more. This is from back in March, with some seasonal vibes in the context of this episode 👻
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Flycatcher - Dissolve

The New Jersey band released their debut album Wrench on Friday, and this is a song we've been keeping in the back for months. Glad to finally play it on the show 🔧
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM