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A quick and not altogether thorough look at some of my favourite Irish tracks of 2016 - Le Boom, Toby Kaar, Oh Boland, Daithi, Enemies, We Cut Corners, Talos, Ships, Bitch Falcon, No Monster Club, Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, So Cow, Overhead, The Albatross and Elaine Mai. I ran out of time then. It's been a great year for Irish music.

A quick and not altogether thorough look at some of my favourite Irish tracks of 2016 - Le Boom, Toby Kaar, Oh Boland, Daithi, Enemies, We Cut Corners, Talos, Ships, Bitch Falcon, No Monster Club, Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, So Cow, Overhead, The Albatross and Elaine Mai. I ran out of time then. It's been a great year for Irish music.

If you ever wondered what February & Mars' favourite song is, then you're in luck this week on Strange Brew. Plus, a super remix of Wesen by Daithi, plus Belfast's Robocobra Quartet, that new song by Why? I really love, and some All Tvvins, Steve Mason, new music from Dublin label Popical Island's latest, Switzerland, some Welsh psychedelia, and more. Enjoy.

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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This week, I say goodbye to Allo Darlin' and Enemies, I get very excited about new songs from Why?, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Bad Sounds, Pale Rivers, Oh Boland, Brian Mooney, and some Talos, Deus, The Redneck Manifesto and The Low Anthem tell me about a song they love (it's by King Creosote, incidentally).

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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Yup. At The Drive-In have new music out! So that's great. What else? Oh, some Frightened Rabbit, a great Fleetwood Mac cover by Tayne, The Redneck Manifesto, No Monster Club. Enemies have just released their latest, and final, album and it's great so let's have some of that. Also, Bad Sounds, The Lemon Twigs, Elaine Mai, Little Green Cars, Gavin Prior, and WHY? have a new album coming out, so let's get excited about it. No track yet, so we'll make do with one from the last record. Also, Sinead White tells me about a song she loves. Sound.

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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Music? Loads of it. Elaine Mai, Eoin Dolan, Le Boom, And The Kids, Daithi, Mates Of State, Funeral Suits, John Grant, Grandaddy, Windings, Jape, Talos, and We Are Scientists tell me about a song they love.

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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How about you take some time and listen to the beautiful new single from Elaine Mai? Plus some new Meltybrains?, David Kitt, Enemies and lots more. Plus Booka Brass Band tell me about a song they love.

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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New music this week from Daithi, We Cut Corners, Funeral Suits, Sample Answer, Oh Boland, Eoin Dolan, Le Boom, Sin Fang, Pixies, The XX plus David Kitt, Brian Wilson and, with great sadness, some Leonard Cohen. And Pinegrove tell me about a song they love.

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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What's going on this week over at Strange Brew? Well, I, for one, am glad you asked, because there's a shitload of stuff happening. There's the superb brand new single from Daithi feat. Sinead White, what I hope is a sign of return to form from The Flaming Lips, plus brand new, hot off the press music from TooFools, Le Boom, JFDR, Agnes Obel, Raf Rundell, and some Windings, Reina Del Cid tell me about a song they love, an old one from The Radio Dept. even though their new album is great, and, as we prepare to bid them a fond farewell, some Fight Like Apes.

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai.

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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twitter/@gugai

Battles tell me about a song they love. Kind of. New music from Enemies, Hiss Golden Messenger, No Monster Club, Pinegrove, Civil Civic, C Duncan, Cloud Nothings, Bantum, Sand, The Radio Dept., We Cut Corners and Autumn is a good time to play a bit of The Notwist, so let's do that. Sure, any time is good to play The Notwist. Right? RIGHT?

Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. a

Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com.

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twitter/@gugai