Latest Blowtorch records Podcast Episodes
Ep 53 Rob Flynn aka Rob Rua from Galway DJ collective Ar Ais Arís
Blowtorch Records Podcast - April 23, 2024 15:00 - 51 minutesWhat a delight to talk to Rob Flynn aka Rob Rua in episode 53 of the Blowtorch Records podcast. Rob is our guide to all things heavy bass and his passion, which was ignited by the arrival of dubstep in the 00s, shines through. With no less than four record labels (Rua, Spheres, Foxy Jangle and ...
Ep 52 Michael Smyth from Virgins and their debut album
Blowtorch Records Podcast - April 10, 2024 15:00 - 1 hourMichael Smyth from Belfast's Virgins guides us track by track through the band's debut album nothing hurt and everything was beautiful. Virgins have quickly become one of Ireland's most promising bands, flying the flag for Irish shoegaze since their sold out and critically acclaimed debut EP t...
Ep 51 Rob Smith from Swedish Railway Orchestra
Blowtorch Records Podcast - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutesHere at Blowtorch Records we love a deep dive and episode 51 is devoted to the divine sounds of The Swedish Railway Orchestra's new album Once Upon A Time... Rob Smith is the man behind the project and he is our guide as we go through the album track by track and hear the influences and inspira...
Ep 50 Dave Harvey from Seabass Vinyl
Blowtorch Records Podcast - March 24, 2024 17:00 - 56 minutesSeabass Vinyl is Scotland's first ever, and currently only, vinyl pressing plant. As vinyl is our favourite obsession there's no better subject for the half century of Blowtorch podcasts than Seabass co founder Dave Harvey. Dave and his wife Dominique have setup a state of the art pressing plan...
Ep 49 Kyle Thornton from Nerves
Blowtorch Records Podcast - January 23, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutesOne away from the half century episode and we are chatting to Kyle Thornton, the frontman from Mayo/Galway trio, and contender for loudest band in Ireland, Nerves. Fresh from a triumphant continental debut in Paris and with recent single Empty garnering rave reviews, Kyle is in fine form. He ch...
Ep 48 Ex Strypes drummer Evan Walsh & his new project The Savage Hearts
Blowtorch Records Podcast - January 15, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourThe Savage Hearts is the new project of Evan Walsh, former drummer of The Strypes. Episode 48 finds us chatting with him deep in the Cavan countryside as he casts his mind back to his formative musical experiences and influences; and brings us right up to date with the imminent release of The Sa...
Ep 47 Recent & upcoming vinyl releases from Blowtorch Records
Blowtorch Records Podcast - November 29, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutesThere's a chill in the air as November segues into the advent season. Time to pop your headphones on, pour a glass and cosy up with our review of recent vinyl releases and lookahead to what's coming in 2024. Tracks played: Reggie 2 - Search Results What Is The Point? - Telebox Feel - TV Peopl...
Ep 46 Jason Mahon from Bigmoon Records in Drogheda
Blowtorch Records Podcast - September 26, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutesBigmooon Records is an independent record store in Drogheda, Ireland and episode 46 finds me chatting to owner Jason Mahon. From travelling all over Ireland for lockdown record fairs to opening a physical record shop, promoting gigs and helping to kickstart the music scene in the town, we get in...
Ep 45 The Japanese Jesus debut EP Depression Breakfast
Blowtorch Records Podcast - June 21, 2023 19:00 - 19 minutesEpisode 45 finds us delving deep into Depression Breakfast - the debut EP from Limerick's Japanese Jesus. It features full playback of each track with background on the band, the songs and the influences behind them. Tracks played Insignificant Tension Eamon Dunphy (Is Always Grand) Lactose De...
Ep 44 Sligo garage punk band Some Remain
Blowtorch Records Podcast - March 29, 2023 15:00 - 42 minutesEpisode 44 and we are having the craic with Jamie, Colm & Matthew - unfortunately Leo couldn't make it - and get the Some Remain origin story. How they got together and started out with their Rumble Studios video, where the name comes from and the music scene in Sligo. We also mention transport...
Ep 43 Welcome Adore to Blowtorch Records
Blowtorch Records Podcast - February 21, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutesAdore are an Irish garage punk trio made up of Lara Minchin on guitar/vocals, Lachlann Ó Fionnáin on bass/vocals and Naoise Jordan Cavanagh on drums. And we are beyond excited to announce they are hooking up with Blowtorch Records. They have no music on streaming platforms, no videos on YouTube...
Ep 42 Andy Marke from Fuzzed Up and Astromoon Records
Blowtorch Records Podcast - January 26, 2023 23:00 - 45 minutesAndy Marke runs Fuzzed Up and Astromoon Records as a joint venture with Ian McGlynn. He also hosts DJ nights, promotes Dublin gigs and presents a show on Near FM. Himself and Ian have carved out their own psych/garage/Kraut rock/shoegaze infused niche and it's a top place to spend some time wit...
Ep 41 Unsung heroes of the Galway music scene #3 with Keith Wallace
Blowtorch Records Podcast - January 03, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourIn the third of the series we talk to the head of Galway's Rusted Rail Records and Loner Deluxe founder Keith Wallace. He reminds us of what Galway and its music scene was like when he started the label in March 2006 and guides us through the story of finding acts on MySpace, and burning and re...
Ep 40 OWLS and his End Me EP track by track
Blowtorch Records Podcast - December 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourThe big four oh for the Blowtorch Records podcast and we celebrate by chatting to Emmett from Longford electronic outfit OWLS. His mantra is dark tunes you can dance to. He is searingly honest and gives us a fascinating insight into how he opens himself up and manifests his dark side through the...
Ep 39 A deep dive with Sam Girling into his Attacca mixtape
Blowtorch Records Podcast - November 18, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutesSam Girling is an artist, producer and DJ from Bedford in the UK. He has just released his 13 track Attacca mixtape digitally and it will be available on Blowtorch vinyl in Jan 2023. We chatted with Sam to find out more about him, how he makes his music and in particular this continuous 20 minu...
Ep 38 Unsung heroes of the Galway music scene #2 with Jake Tiernan
Blowtorch Records Podcast - November 09, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutesIn the second of the series we talk to ex Turnstiles' bassist and Galway's Free House promoter Jake Tiernan. He guides us through his journey from basic bassist to touring with Turnstiles and how the lack of a place to play prompted him to start Free House. Which I should point out does not mea...
Ep 37 Unsung heroes of the Galway music scene #1 with John O'Connor
Blowtorch Records Podcast - November 02, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutesIn the first of a new series we talk to Galway music promoter John O'Connor who runs the city's A Modern Movement. The aim of the series is to shine a light on the heroes in the shadows. Those who host the small scale shows and events which encourage and develop upcoming bands and where you mig...
Ep 36 Virgins' debut EP Transmit A Little Heaven - track by track
Blowtorch Records Podcast - September 12, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutesWe're back! After a summer break we return with a bang, albeit one with loads of fuzz and reverb on it, as Richard talks to Michael Smyth from Belfast's Virgins about their upcoming shoegaze EP Transmit A Little Heaven. He gives us some great background on the band and the recording of the EP, ...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 35 with Francis Watters from Future West
Blowtorch Records Podcast - June 29, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourBack to the chats for this episode as I catch up with Francis Watters - the frontman from Dundalk's alt-fi foursome Future West. They have a new 9 track album Who Will Forgive All My Sins out August 19 digitally and on Blowtorch vinyl and we discuss all aspects of the band and how they got to th...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 34 Recent Releases May '22
Blowtorch Records Podcast - May 11, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutesWe're blasting into Summer with a whole host of digital and vinyl releases. Welcome to the latest in our series which rounds up Blowtorch Records' recent output. In this episode we have 6 singles and 1 album. Each track played in full and the inside scoops on what's coming next. The Ballhaus -...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 33 with Rob Smith from The Swedish Railway Orchestra
Blowtorch Records Podcast - April 11, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutesEpisode 33 finds me chatting with Dublin DJ Rob Smith about his electronic project The Swedish Railway Orchestra. With a new album Dance To The Drum Machine due for release in July and lead single The Ballhaus dropping on April 13, it's the perfect time to catch up with Rob. We find out the ori...
Ep 32 - Recent Releases from Blowtorch Records March '22
Blowtorch Records Podcast - March 14, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutesHappy Spring loyal listeners and welcome to the latest in our series which rounds up Blowtorch Records' recent releases. Since the last summary we've had 8 releases - I told you it was going to be a busy 2022. There's a plethora of new music in the pipeline along with some thrilling vinyl relea...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 32 Recent Releases March '22
Blowtorch Records Podcast - March 14, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutesHappy Spring loyal listeners and welcome to the latest in our series which rounds up Blowtorch Records' recent releases. Since the last summary we've had 8 releases - I told you it was going to be a busy 2022. There's a plethora of new music in the pipeline along with some thrilling vinyl relea...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 31 with Arthur and Tadhg from Cork's Ash Red
Blowtorch Records Podcast - February 21, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutesEpisode 31 and we welcome Arthur Murray and Tadhg O'Keeffe from Cork alt-rock trio Ash Red Hot on the heels of their recently released third single Downtown, we chat about the formation of the band, evolution to the current line up and future plans. We also get a deep psychological insight int...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 30 Nixer go deep on their new single & EP People Feel
Blowtorch Records Podcast - January 20, 2022 16:00 - 1 hourEpisode 30 - our pearl anniversary and what an auspicious edition, as for the first time we welcome back a previous guest. To celebrate the release of People Feel from their upcoming six track EP, say hello again to Nixer. They've been quiet of late and now we know why. Peggs and Seán have been ...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 29 Recent releases Jan '22
Blowtorch Records Podcast - January 10, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutesHappy New Year listeners and welcome to our first podcast of 2022 and the latest in our series which rounds up Blowtorch Records' recent releases. It was a busy end to 2021 and 2022 is shaping up to be even busier. There's loads of quality new music coming this year along with exciting vinyl re...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 28 Artist, producer and writer Wyse
Blowtorch Records Podcast - December 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hourIn the last edition of 2021, we welcome Wyse to the podcast and to Blowtorch Records. Hailing from Portsmouth in the UK, Wyse is a singer, songwriter and producer with a live band of the same name. She is driven by a need to express difficult truths; by a visceral need to communicate the life sh...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 28 Artist, producer and writer Wyse
Blowtorch Records Podcast - December 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hourIn the last edition of 2021, we welcome Wyse to the podcast and to Blowtorch Records. Hailing from Portsmouth in the UK, Wyse is a singer, songwriter and producer with a live band of the same name. She is driven by a need to express difficult truths; by a visceral need to communicate the life sh...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 27 Keeley Moss from psych pop band Keeley
Blowtorch Records Podcast - November 30, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourKeeley, the band, are fronted by Keeley Moss and describe their sound as a blissful buffet of dreampop and psychedelic rock. She describes herself as 'A sonic sorcerer like no other. True crime. True music.' Well there is nothing in this podcast to disabuse us of this and all the better for it. ...
Blowtorch Records Podcast - Ep 26 Recent releases Nov '21
Blowtorch Records Podcast - November 17, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutesThe third podcast in our series which rounds up recent releases from Blowtorch Records. Opening up with the title track from the brilliant new Jagged Baptist Club album Temptation Death House we continue with these singles: Half Cut - South Wales four piece The Rivers Blue Light Trails - Belf...
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