This week Steve reviews Silverbacks brand new album Easy Being A Winner, delving into the constructivist foundations, literary lyricism and textural shapes of the Irish post-punk outfits’ third record.

Meanwhile, The Count of Monte Playlisto reviews new music by the T.A. Narrative, Skinner, The X Collective + Decaberet + Senita + Qbanaa, Sarah Crean, and Baba. Adding them all to TLMT’s Irish Mixed-Tape playlist on Spotify.

00:00 Intro

00:30 Silverbacks Album Review

10:50 Playlist Picks

18:40 Outro

This week Steve delves into what men can do to help make live gigs safe spaces for all, and the lessons in empathy learned after recent events surrounding the Last Dinner Party’s scheduled Lincoln show.

Steve also reviews Orla Gartland’s brand new album ‘Everybody Needs A Hero’.

Meanwhile, the Count of Monte Playlisto picks out new music from the Wood Burning Savages, Leah Rose, Modernlove, Sal and Ria Timkin.

00:00 Intro

00:30 Live Gigs, the Last Dinner Party and Safe Spaces

17:51 Orla Gartland Album Review

24:00 Playlist Picks

30:00 Outro

This week Steve reviews Blind Faith, the brand new album from Gemma Hayes via the Frida Kahlo quote “I never paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality” and what kind of self portrait Hayes paints with her latest record.

Meanwhile, the Count of Monte Playlisto chooses new music from the Murder Capital, Big Sleep, Queen Bitch, Shark School, Sprints, and Silverbacks for TLMT’s Irish Mixed-Tape playlist on Spotify.

00:00 Intro

00:30 Gemma Hayes Blind Faith Album Review

08:08 The Count of Monte Playlisto

08:35 Playlist Picks

17:01 Outro

This week Steve muses on the negative effects of hype for both the artists receiving it and the music scene as a whole, reviews the debut solo album from NewDad’s Julie Dawson Bottom Of The Pool, and the Count of Monte Playlisto picks out new music from Big Love, Susan O’Neill, The Kates, PostLast, and Junior Brother.

Steve reviews Gurriers debut album Come & See through the medium of Hunter S. Thompson’s famous Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas passage regarding the fall of the 60’s hippy movement.

Meanwhile, the Count o Monte Playlisto picks out new music from Kynsy, Roe, Skinner, Lord Jane and Gemma Bradley, adding them to TLMT’s Irish Music Mixed Tape Playlist on Spotify.

As Oasis top the UK album charts with their 30th anniversary edition of the seminal debut record Definitely Maybe, Steve muses on the impact on working classes voices in art, then and now.

Meanwhile, the Count of Monte Playlisto reviews new music by Maria Kelly, Susan O’Neill, Spooklet, Bantum, The Psychs, and Róis, adding them to TLMT’s Irish Mixed-Tape on Spotify.

This week Steve muses on the announcement of Oasis reuniting for live shows in 2025 via the history of Paris, how music exists beyond the confines of mere nostalgia and the positive influences and social aspects of the seminal rock bands reunion. Meanwhile, The Count of Monte Playlisto reviews new music from Really Good Time, Big Sleep, Kingfishr, Vera, Dunx, and Ciaran Lavary & Liz Lawrence.

This week Steve reviews Romance, Fomtaines D.C. much anticipated fourth album via a detour to Du Cubisme and the concept of deconstruction and experimentation. Meanwhile, the Count of Monte Playlisto reviews new music from Gurriers, Elle Cove, Bicurious, Aby Coulinaly and Enola Gay, adding them to TLMT’s Irish Mixed-Tape playlist on Spotify.

This week Steve reviews Tim Chadwick’s sublime new album Pulverise and pays tribute to Eoin French a.k.a Talos.

Meanwhile, the Count of Monte Playlisto reviews new music from Julie Dawson, Gemma Hayes, Dylan Flynn & the Dead Poets, Lucy Gaffney and Lullahush, adding them to TLMT’s Irish Mixed-Tape on Spotify.

This week Steve muses on U2’s classic album Achtung Baby and how the group’s stylistic change may be echoed in Fontaines D.C upcoming Romance. Also, we review And So I Watch You From Afar’s ‘Megafauna’. Meanwhile, the Count of Monte Playlisto delves into the latest releases from the Irish music scene including Fontaines D.C, Roe, Silverbacks, Yard, Ruá and Christian Wethered and add them to Spotify’s Irish Mixed-Tape playlist.