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The Point of Everything

The Point Of Everything

The Point Of Everything is a podcast based out of Cork that tackles the biggest issues in the music world, near and far, every week. Expect chat, music, and interviews every week

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00:45:43

TPOE 257: Whenyoung

The Point of Everything ·

2023/04/12

Whenyoung are Aoife Power and Andrew Flood, and they've just released their second album Paragon Songs, via AntiFragile Music. Formerly UK based, I caught them in transit on the move back to the west of Ireland. We talk about hype and major labels, why they're moving home, finding their voice through music, supporting Nick Cave, and lots more. Aoife says: "Every step is a new time in your existence and noting it down marks it, celebrates it and reveals you to yourself. These lyrics represent who I

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01:02:47

TPOE 256: Swimmers Jackson

The Point of Everything ·

2023/04/05

Dublin-born, London-based artist Niall Jackson aka Swimmers Jackson releases his second album Now Is All via his own Wonky Karousel Records label this Friday, April 7. Made between March 2020 and March 2022, it's a journey of sorts through the pandemic. He released his debut album Murmuration in May 2020, but with no opportunity to tour, Jackson took to writing as many songs as possible to document the feelings of that time before heading back into a studio in Limerick over Christmas 2021 and St

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00:42:04

TPOE 255: David Kitt

The Point of Everything ·

2023/03/29

David Kitt releasees his ninth album Idiot Check via the label Re:Warm on March 31. Fresh from opening up for David Gray - as well as playing in his band and on his record - Kitt talks about spending time in Paris and Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry, during Covid and how that led to Idiot Check as well as 2021's album of reworkings of his previous work, entitled 20. Then we talk through some of the tracks on the new album, from working with collaborator Katie Kim, to relationship breakups, learning Irish,

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00:50:31

TPOE 254: Ailbhe Reddy

The Point of Everything ·

2023/03/22

Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy has just released her second album Endless Affair, the followup to 2020's Personal History. She says: "Endless Affair is about a fear of letting go. Either of a party or a relationship. The start of the album is about wanting to hold onto youthful chaos and old romances. The end is an acceptance of how letting go is natural and grounding. I think it shows the duality that can exist within a person. They can be a drunk mess at a party, a good friend, a daughter,

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01:09:41

TPOE 253: Choice Prize review, Sister Fenix, Dashoda

The Point of Everything ·

2023/03/15

We start off by looking back at last week's Choice Music Prize ceremony and hearing the winning speeches from Irish artist of the year Fontaines DC (Conor Curley), classic album recipient Sinead O'Connor, introduced by Dave Fanning, and Irish album of the year winner CMAT for If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, with a speech given by drag queen Lavender. 12.25: Sister Fenix are a new act comprising Senita (Shookrah) and Jess Kav (Barq) who have just put out their debut single 'Benefactor of Love'. They

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01:07:26

TPOE 252: Choice Prize Preview with Tilt's John Barker

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2023/03/01

Tilt's John Barker (https://twitter.com/JohnBarkerTilt) returns as we run the rule over the 10 nominees for the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022 and try to predict the winner. The actual victors will be revealed at a live show at Vicar Street on Thursday, March 9. Shortlist (and order of discussion on podcast): Anna Mieke - Theatre (Anna Mieke under license to Nettwerk Music Group) Aoife Nessa Frances - Protector (Partisan Records) CMAT - If My Wife New I’d Be Dead (CMATBABY) Dermot

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00:52:48

TPOE 251 LesSalamandas

The Point of Everything ·

2023/02/22

Ballydehob, West Cork-based duo Colyne Laverriere and Julie O’Sullivan released their debut album There's a Sea Between Us on Valentine's Day. They talk about how they started out, having worked together at Budd's in Ballydehob and crafting the songs in the acclaimed, beloved venue Levis's, recording in Canada with producer Daniel Ledwell(Mick Flannery, Ben Caplan, Jenn Grant), and then go through some of the songs on the record, from the mothers-influence Rejane to the everything's-gonna-be-OK

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00:44:15

TPOE 250: Chosta

The Point of Everything ·

2023/02/15

Chosta aka Conor Kelly is a Dublin artist who releases his debut album Twilight Transmission on Friday, February 17. He launches the record with a show at the Workman's Cellar that night. Twilight Transmission is a concept record about a fictional network of interconnected radio stations, inspired by the outliers of radio station programming, including Donal Dineen, NTS and Dublin Digital Radio, in an increasingly homogenous radio landscape. I met Conor at Trinity on a bright, brisk spring day to

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01:07:21

TPOE 249: Crowhammer

The Point of Everything ·

2023/02/08

Dublin-based three-piece Crowhammer released their eight-plus-years-in-the-making debut album Vol 1: Tales from Vertexia on New Year's Day 2023. Mixing kraut, prog, stoner, and space rock together, it's a wild concept album that you'll want to play very loudly as you parse the story. Here's what Crowhammer say of the concept: In a far off galaxy an evil wizard has unleashed a deadly virus on the planet Vertexia. The only hope in developing a cure lies in travelling to the Wizard's home planet in

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01:00:38

TPOE 248: Meltybrains?

The Point of Everything ·

2023/02/01

The long-awaited debut album You from Dublin five-piece Meltybrains? was released on January 25 via Strange Brew records. Brian Dillon talks about what took them so long, their various acquaintances and sideprojects along the way - Micheál Quinn drums for Dermot Kennedy for example, Sim Simma is always one of the best parts of festival season, while Brian and Ben Bix also helped make the music, with Eoin 'Talos' French, for Emmet Kirwan's latest show Accents. It has been years in the making - an

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01:06:15

TPOE 247: The Murder Capital, Out of Place

The Point of Everything ·

2023/01/25

On the first episode of 2023, Damien Tuit, guitarist in the Murder Capital, joins to talk about their great second album Gigi's Recovery - and being from Rosscarbery, West Cork. We talk about how the band started, the impact of debut album When I Have Fears, and making the new album amid Covid lockdowns. Murder Capital play Vicar Street on February 26. 34.23: Graham Patterson is the director of Out of Place, a music documentary about Limerick City from the team behind Féile na Gréine festival. A

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01:13:38

TPOE 246: Ispíní na hEireann

The Point of Everything ·

2022/11/30

Trad duo Ispíní na hEireann are the hardest working band on the island of Ireland and have just released their debut album called.... The Hard Working Men. On a wet Wednesday afternoon in the back of the Cobblestone bar in Smithfield, Dublin, we talk about the protests last year to save the pub and Ispíní's role in it. We also discuss how they got together and why the seisúin is so important. Then we talk through some of the tracks on the album, from Spancil Hill being set to the tune of Animals'

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01:02:11

TPOE 245: Kate Ellis (Crash Ensemble), Moesha, Sarah...

The Point of Everything ·

2022/11/23

10.11: Kate Ellis, artistic director of Crash Ensemble, talks through their 25th anniversary celebrations, involving a new album, [REACTIONS], an installation, and a couple of shows at the NCH (more info below). Plus we talk about Kate's journey to this point, how a tap on the shoulder as she was walking down Grafton Street changed everything for her. We hear three Crash tracks from [REACTIONS]: One Day, This is the Space Between Your Hand and Mine, and Stone or Rot. New music section 53.29: Moesha

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01:37:52

TPOE 244: Mary Wallopers, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, All...

The Point of Everything ·

2022/11/16

3.55: Andrew from the Mary Wallopers on 'ooh ahh up the Ra', politics, Irish unity - oh yeah, and music. We talk about their brilliant self-titled debut album and why it took so long to release it (and why they said no to the music labels) https://marywallopers.bandcamp.com/album/the-mary-wallopers-2 New Irish music 37.39: Alain McFadden aka All The Brave Hunters on his debut single Rising https://allthebravehunters.bandcamp.com/track/rising 44.26: Molly O'Mahony on single Bittersweet, from her

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01:42:57

TPOE 243: Clara Tracey, Ways of Seeing, Dashoda, Kez

The Point of Everything ·

2022/11/09

5.32: Belfast-based artist Clara Tracey on her brilliant debut album Black Forest, recorded with Daniel Fox (Gilla Band) and released on Pizza Pizza Records. Clara talks about her album launch, cakes, how her homeopath forced her to contact Daniel Fox, influences and more New music section: 35.49: Ways of Seeing - Every Night https://waysofseeing.bandcamp.com/album/end-comes-to-light 39.56: Dashoda - Looking For You https://dashodamusic.bandcamp.com/track/looking-for-you 46.13: Kez - How Can You

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01:40:00

TPOE 242: Rosa Nutty, ActualAcid, Akrobat

The Point of Everything ·

2022/11/02

3.56: Dublin singer-songwriter Rosa Nutty on her debut album World Still Blue, taking a four-year break to make it, almost getting stuck in Utah at the start of the pandemic, space, living away from Dublin (she's currently in Cavan) and lots more https://rosanutty.bandcamp.com/album/world-still-blue 52.53: Cork producer ActualAcid aka Jack Corrigan on his debut album Boredoms 400, Hausu Records, living in London, sampling, his cousin and rapper Stuntt Mane and plans for Boredoms

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01:29:02

TPOE 241: God Alone, Brídín, Blood Donor

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2022/10/26

5.00: Cork five-piece God Alone on their brilliant second album ETC, released on Prosthetic Records. We talk about influences, from Talking Heads to Foals, and melding their various sounds with metal, how the band started, Cork (!), and their goals with ETC https://godalone.bandcamp.com/album/etc 47.36: Sligo artist Brídín chats about her self-titled debut album, her job as a funeral director and embalmer, the art of playing the harp, the grafter Clare Sands, and her collaborators on the album, who

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01:34:33

TPOE 240: Lyra, Neil Dexter, This Throat

The Point of Everything ·

2022/10/19

3.55: Cork pop star Lyra talks about her new single '29 Box' and her upcoming tour - plus supporting Westlife on their UK arena tour. Lyra coined the term ‘29 Box’ herself - it references the most common size dimension of Snapshots used to create the perfect aesthetic on social platform sites. She says: "While social media is an invaluable tool and networking system, it can consume you and a small percentage of people can make it a dark place. I feel like we live in a world with two lives, our

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01:21:36

TPOE 239: Gilla Band, Bantum, Kate Dineen

The Point of Everything ·

2022/10/12

2.12: Gilla Band singer Dara Kiely and guitarist Alan Duggan talk about their criticially acclaimed third album Most Normal. Gilla Band play the National Stadium in Dublin on December 9 and Belfast's Empire Music Hall on December 15. https://gillaband.bandcamp.com/album/most-normal 48.41: Bantum aka Ruairi Lynch is back on the show to talk about his new single 'On The Double', his new project The Gauze, and producing Listowel rapper Súil

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01:53:39

TPOE 238: Clare Sands, Farah Elle, Kairiko, Staff Party

The Point of Everything ·

2022/10/05

6.19: Sixth-generation Cork fiddle player Clare Sands talks about her self-titled debut album and how it was inspired by the west coast of Ireland. We also talk martial arts, getting punched in the face in the middle of the night, and the white Russian cocktails... https://claresands.bandcamp.com/album/clare-sands 1.11.35: Farah Elle chats ahead of the release of her debut album Fatima, released on Friday, October 7. It's named after her mother, who returned from Ireland to Libya in 2011 to become

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