Updates from nessymon.com https://nessymon.com Updates from nessymon.com Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:46:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/nessymon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Nessymon-website-icon-copy-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 nessymon.com https://nessymon.com 32 32 19743278 The London Ear #505 Interviews: Dan from Yard + Fiach Moriarty https://nessymon.com/the-london-ear-505-interviews-dan-from-yard-fiach-moriarty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-london-ear-505-interviews-dan-from-yard-fiach-moriarty Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:09:59 +0000 https://nessymon.com/?p=26148 Yup, It’s been a while! How are you doing? Well, I’m going to make a serious effort to update and upgrade this website, blog and now my vlog as well. I enjoyed this week’s show, two great guests, two really enjoyable chats, and lots of great music. Here’s what happened: The London Ear #505: Nov 2 2024 Playlist Hour 1: Biig Piig: Favourite Girl Gordi X Soak: Lunch at Dune EFÉ: You Say That I’m Crazy The Butterfly Graveyard: Underdog […]

The post The London Ear #505 Interviews: Dan from Yard + Fiach Moriarty first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> Yup, It’s been a while! How are you doing? Well, I’m going to make a serious effort to update and upgrade this website, blog and now my vlog as well.

I enjoyed this week’s show, two great guests, two really enjoyable chats, and lots of great music. Here’s what happened:

The London Ear #505: Nov 2 2024 Playlist

Hour 1:
Biig Piig: Favourite Girl
Gordi X Soak: Lunch at Dune
EFÉ: You Say That I’m Crazy
The Butterfly Graveyard: Underdog
Mr Billy Fitzgerald: Old Loves
Yard: Bend
Dan from Yard
Yard: Call
Listener’s call – Karen
The Kates: Unbalancing
Patrick Stefan: You Are
LobePine: feat C.A.M. Serious People Rule The World
Nessy Recommends: Overhead The Albatross: Paul Lynch

Hour 2:

Sun Mahshene: Turning Tide
Rua Ria: You’ll Only Like Me When I’m Dead
Sound of The Underground: Yankee: Hand Luggage
Conversation with Fiach Moriarty
Fiach Moriarty: + Damien Dempsey: I’m off to Gallipoli
Conversation with Fiach Moriarty Part 2
Fiach Moriarty: Travelling Man
Rooue: Would I
Chubby Cat: Got Hope
Mr Billy Fitzgerald: Old Loves
Dutch Mustard: Thank You
Tayne: In This Trend

Conversation with Dan from Yard

Yard - promotional band shot - three members of the band are sitting on a bench waiting for a Dart in Dublin. There is a sign behind them pointing to Greystones and one that says platform in english and as gaeilge

Yard are a fantastic band with a hell of a punch, they’re about to go on an autumn tour. Find out more about the band on their Instagram.

You can also find the band on Spotify and get their early stuff on Bandcamp.

Conversation with Fiach Moriarty

A promotional shot of Fiach Moriarty, looking pensive and into the distance, he wears a blue shirt and waistcoat

Fiach Moriarty is a fantastic songwriter and storyteller and I was delighted to chat about his new album, ‘Liberties’, a concept album about what Dublin and life would have been like for his great uncle who fought in the Great War.

You can get all the details from Fiach’s website, he’s doing a few gigs in Ireland soon and he’s also playing The British Library here in London as part of the Irish Writers Weekend.

Find Fiach on Spotify and Instagram

Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

Thank you for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here. I’ve been bad at keeping the blog up – I will rectify that so all shows and playlists are online.

My entire archive is online on Mixcloud, I’m still not sure how long The London Ear will be in existence on RTE 2XM. Whatever happens to RTE 2XM, you will be able to listen to all episodes here.

The post The London Ear #505 Interviews: Dan from Yard + Fiach Moriarty first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> 26148 Vanessa Monaghan / Nessy Listen on Demand to The London Ear https://nessymon.com/listen-on-demand-to-the-london-ear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=listen-on-demand-to-the-london-ear Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:11:55 +0000 https://nessymon.com/?p=26126 If you’d like to catch up with The London Ear, here are your listen on demand options: Thanks for listening! Listen on the RTE Player! Head to the RTE player, the first episode of the programme that pops up is the most recent broadcast. Listen on Mixcloud: Mixcloud has an archive of all episodes of The London Ear. You can listen in full here. Here’s a random episode in the Mixcloud widget below: You can find previous episode of The […]

The post Listen on Demand to The London Ear first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> If you’d like to catch up with The London Ear, here are your listen on demand options:

Thanks for listening!

Listen on the RTE Player!

Head to the RTE player, the first episode of the programme that pops up is the most recent broadcast.

Listen on Mixcloud:

Mixcloud has an archive of all episodes of The London Ear. You can listen in full here.

Here’s a random episode in the Mixcloud widget below:

You can find previous episode of The London Ear here

The post Listen on Demand to The London Ear first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> 26126 Vanessa Monaghan / Nessy The London Ear #460 with Andrew, Pursued by Dogs https://nessymon.com/the-london-ear-460-with-andrew-pursued-by-dogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-london-ear-460-with-andrew-pursued-by-dogs Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:41:18 +0000 https://nessymon.com/?p=26108 I’ve promised to feature as many Irish creatives and musicians as possible for as long as The London Ear is still on RTE. This week, I decided to kick that off by chatting to Andrew Brennan from Pursued by Dogs In Conversation with Andrew from Pursued by Dogs As I said on air, Pursued by Dogs have consistently made high-quality music, that I’ve always enjoyed. Swap Dimensions from their debut album is a banger! Over the past few months, the […]

The post The London Ear #460 with Andrew, Pursued by Dogs first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> I’ve promised to feature as many Irish creatives and musicians as possible for as long as The London Ear is still on RTE. This week, I decided to kick that off by chatting to Andrew Brennan from Pursued by Dogs

In Conversation with Andrew from Pursued by Dogs

As I said on air, Pursued by Dogs have consistently made high-quality music, that I’ve always enjoyed. Swap Dimensions from their debut album is a banger!

Over the past few months, the band have released a string of tracks and I chat to Andrew about the subtle but important changes in approach the band have taken with their new music. Also the band are playing their first show since 2019 on December 8 in Bello Bar in Dublin. Grab your tickets here.

Pursued by Dogs - gig poster

The London Ear 25 November 23 // Playlist

Here’s a rundown of today’s playlist on The London Ear.

Hour 1
Sprints: Shadow of a Doubt
Kynsy: Something To Do With Love
The Clockworks: Lost In The Moment
Partland: Last Chance Hero
Kneecap ft Grian Chatten: Better Way To Live
Rooue: So Bad
Lemonade Shoelace: Soul Syndrome
Sipho: Run For Your Life
New Dad: Nightmares
Nessy Recommends: Anamoe Drive – Out Like A Light
The Line feat Ben Bix + Michéal Quinn: Light Work
Boy From The South: Man Down

Hour 2:
David Holmes: Stop Apologising
Corrugated Tunnel: Dogs
Sound of The Underground: X Juno: Break Free
Pursued by Dogs: Swap Dimensions
Conversation with Andrew from Pursued by Dogs Part 1
Pursued by Dogs: Undone
Conversation with Andrew from Pursued by Dogs Part 2
Pursued by Dogs: Silent Hand
HAWKE THE BAND: If I Made The World
Fia Moon: Fire
Voids: Uncompleted

Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

Thank you for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here. I’ve been bad at keeping the blog up – I will rectify that so all shows and playlists are online.

My entire archive is online on Mixcloud, whatever happens to RTE 2XM, you will be able to listen to all episodes here.

The post The London Ear #460 with Andrew, Pursued by Dogs first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> 26108 Vanessa Monaghan / Nessy The London Ear #459 // Guest: The Line (Brian Dillon) https://nessymon.com/the-london-ear-459-guest-the-line-brian-dillon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-london-ear-459-guest-the-line-brian-dillon Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:50:53 +0000 https://nessymon.com/?p=26083 So I had this week’s radio show was pre-recorded before we got the news that 2XM was to close. You can read what I’ve written. It’s as good a time as any to get back into documenting who I speak to and what I play every week on The London Ear, I want to ensure I have a complete full archive here. Interview with Brian Dillon AKA The Line Brian Dillon is a musician and producer, and a member of […]

The post The London Ear #459 // Guest: The Line (Brian Dillon) first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> So I had this week’s radio show was pre-recorded before we got the news that 2XM was to close. You can read what I’ve written. It’s as good a time as any to get back into documenting who I speak to and what I play every week on The London Ear, I want to ensure I have a complete full archive here.

Interview with Brian Dillon AKA The Line

Brian Dillon is a musician and producer, and a member of the band Meltybrains? who are thoroughly intriguing and beautifully brilliant. He has also just released an absolutely stunning collaborative album, ‘Red Blood Cells and Righteousness’, under the moniker, The Line. The album, which is released on Strange Brew Records, features people like Sarah Corcoran from Pillow Queens, Loah, God Knows, Caoi De Barra and Sorcha Richardson to name just a few. I would highly recommend you check it out. It’s mind-blowingly good.

For fans of the Irish band, Toasted Heretic, the album was inspired by frontman, Julian Gough’s book, ‘Connect’. Go read it!

I’m genuinely delighted to have had the chance to speak to Brian about the record. Now that our 2XM platform will be no more, each of these conversations is more special.

You can get your hands on a copy of Red Blood Cells and Righteousness on Bandcamp. Check out Brian on Instagram.

The London Ear Playlist // Nov 18 2023

Here’s what was on the menu on this week’s episode of The London Ear.
Hour 1:
Mount Palomar+ Marina: Embers
Voids: Uncompleted
Everything Everything: Cold Reactor
Pillow Queens: Suffer
The Clockworks: Lost in The Moment
The Amniotics: HMPB
Honas: Everyday Life
HAWKE THE BAND: If I Made The World
Nessy Recommends: Partland: Last Chance Hero
Ava Jay: Nice Girls
Patrick Stefan: Don’t Be Afraid
Fia Moon: On Fire
Corrugated Tunnel: Hold Back
Elliot Mo: Circles
Hour 2
Soda Blonde: Boys
Antony Szmeriek: Dance Better
Sound of The Underground: Kid Of The Star System: Rockets To The Sun
The Line Ft Feel Bad Movie Club: Earth Died Streaming
Conversation with Brian Dillion – AKA The Line (Part 1)
The Line Ft Sarah Corcoran: Hero of Coincidence
Conversation with Brian Dillion – AKA The Line (Part 2)
The Line Ft Dan Fox and Neev: The World Told No Lies
THEE U.F.O.: Junk Funk Garbage
Def Nettle: Boat Race
Velourias: A Forest of Lungs
My Sweet Beloved: Houndstooth

Listen On-Demand to The London Ear

Thanks for listening, The London Ear is broadcast online and on your radio apps, in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ 2XM. You can always listen to the show on-demand after it has been broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1200.

You can find all previous episodes on the pages of this site here. I’ve been bad at keeping the blog up – I will rectify that so all shows and playlists are online.

My entire archive is online on Mixcloud, whatever happens to RTE 2XM, you will be able to listen to all episodes here.

The post The London Ear #459 // Guest: The Line (Brian Dillon) first appeared on nessymon.com.]]> 26083 Vanessa Monaghan / Nessy