Direct Current
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Direct Current 19.01.2026
Now Playing:
🎶 @themountaingoats.bsky.social - This Year
Couldn't think of a better way to kick off 2026. This song, from John Darnielle's incredible 2005 album The Sunset Tree, is for anyone who needs it.💜
Now Playing:
🎶 @themountaingoats.bsky.social - This Year
Couldn't think of a better way to kick off 2026. This song, from John Darnielle's incredible 2005 album The Sunset Tree, is for anyone who needs it.💜
January 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Direct Current 19.01.2026
Now Playing:
🎶 @themountaingoats.bsky.social - This Year
Couldn't think of a better way to kick off 2026. This song, from John Darnielle's incredible 2005 album The Sunset Tree, is for anyone who needs it.💜
Now Playing:
🎶 @themountaingoats.bsky.social - This Year
Couldn't think of a better way to kick off 2026. This song, from John Darnielle's incredible 2005 album The Sunset Tree, is for anyone who needs it.💜
Good timezone, everyone! A new year brings a new episode of Direct Current on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social - Episode 014 kicks off with @themountaingoats.bsky.social (you already know which song) & Affection to Rent, closing with new Thumper from the band's incoming second album, out next month.
January 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Good timezone, everyone! A new year brings a new episode of Direct Current on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social - Episode 014 kicks off with @themountaingoats.bsky.social (you already know which song) & Affection to Rent, closing with new Thumper from the band's incoming second album, out next month.
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
January 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Direct Current 22.12.25 📻
Now Playing: PUP - No Hope
💿 Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Kicking off with a short, sharp, sad one from the Toronto band, whose London show in May was one of our live highlights of 2025. 🐶
Now Playing: PUP - No Hope
💿 Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Kicking off with a short, sharp, sad one from the Toronto band, whose London show in May was one of our live highlights of 2025. 🐶
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Direct Current 22.12.25 📻
Now Playing: PUP - No Hope
💿 Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Kicking off with a short, sharp, sad one from the Toronto band, whose London show in May was one of our live highlights of 2025. 🐶
Now Playing: PUP - No Hope
💿 Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Kicking off with a short, sharp, sad one from the Toronto band, whose London show in May was one of our live highlights of 2025. 🐶
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 013 and the final Direct Current of 2025 airs at 11am on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social - in tandem with last month's show, this is Part 2 of the 2025 Rewind, exploring more of our favourite songs of the year in a continuous mix. No brakes on this one. 🚫
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 013 and the final Direct Current of 2025 airs at 11am on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social - in tandem with last month's show, this is Part 2 of the 2025 Rewind, exploring more of our favourite songs of the year in a continuous mix. No brakes on this one. 🚫
Direct Current 24.11.25 📻
Now Playing: Fox Stevenson - YAS!
💿 Sunk Cost Fallacy
And we're off - let's get the 2025 Rewind underway with a killer opener from Stanley Stevenson-Byrne, yeah? 🦊
Now Playing: Fox Stevenson - YAS!
💿 Sunk Cost Fallacy
And we're off - let's get the 2025 Rewind underway with a killer opener from Stanley Stevenson-Byrne, yeah? 🦊
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Direct Current 24.11.25 📻
Now Playing: Fox Stevenson - YAS!
💿 Sunk Cost Fallacy
And we're off - let's get the 2025 Rewind underway with a killer opener from Stanley Stevenson-Byrne, yeah? 🦊
Now Playing: Fox Stevenson - YAS!
💿 Sunk Cost Fallacy
And we're off - let's get the 2025 Rewind underway with a killer opener from Stanley Stevenson-Byrne, yeah? 🦊
Good timezone everyone! We are in Australia currently so are outlining today's show heaps early, it's barely gone 7am back home! Episode 012 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am Irish time/7pm AWST, and it's time for part 1 of the 2025 Rewind. ⏪
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Good timezone everyone! We are in Australia currently so are outlining today's show heaps early, it's barely gone 7am back home! Episode 012 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am Irish time/7pm AWST, and it's time for part 1 of the 2025 Rewind. ⏪
Genuinely how the hell are all the singles this good weeeeeeew
The final TAPE TRASH single "SAVE YOURSELF" is out today! 'EDEN' is out 10/31. Almost there!
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October 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Genuinely how the hell are all the singles this good weeeeeeew
Direct Current 27.10.25
🎶 Now Playing
Fox Stevenson - Curtain Call
Leeds-based banger merchant Stanley Stevenson-Byrne released his long-awaited second album as Fox Stevenson back in June; we're powering up today with a very relevant song from it 🚫👑
🎶 Now Playing
Fox Stevenson - Curtain Call
Leeds-based banger merchant Stanley Stevenson-Byrne released his long-awaited second album as Fox Stevenson back in June; we're powering up today with a very relevant song from it 🚫👑
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Direct Current 27.10.25
🎶 Now Playing
Fox Stevenson - Curtain Call
Leeds-based banger merchant Stanley Stevenson-Byrne released his long-awaited second album as Fox Stevenson back in June; we're powering up today with a very relevant song from it 🚫👑
🎶 Now Playing
Fox Stevenson - Curtain Call
Leeds-based banger merchant Stanley Stevenson-Byrne released his long-awaited second album as Fox Stevenson back in June; we're powering up today with a very relevant song from it 🚫👑
Good Bank Holiday Monday timezone everyone! The last regular show of the year airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, with Episode 11 of Direct Current bookended by two songs from Fox Stevenson. Dance With the Dead & @hyperpotions.bsky.social/MDK bring the Halloween week vibes to start.
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Good Bank Holiday Monday timezone everyone! The last regular show of the year airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, with Episode 11 of Direct Current bookended by two songs from Fox Stevenson. Dance With the Dead & @hyperpotions.bsky.social/MDK bring the Halloween week vibes to start.
Direct Current 29.09.25
🎶 Now Playing:
TEED - The Echo
Orlando Higginbottom drops his Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs moniker and news of a new album; Always With Me arrives Friday December 5th on Nice Age 👕
🎶 Now Playing:
TEED - The Echo
Orlando Higginbottom drops his Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs moniker and news of a new album; Always With Me arrives Friday December 5th on Nice Age 👕
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Direct Current 29.09.25
🎶 Now Playing:
TEED - The Echo
Orlando Higginbottom drops his Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs moniker and news of a new album; Always With Me arrives Friday December 5th on Nice Age 👕
🎶 Now Playing:
TEED - The Echo
Orlando Higginbottom drops his Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs moniker and news of a new album; Always With Me arrives Friday December 5th on Nice Age 👕
Good timezone everyone! *sniffle cough achoo etc* I'm sick! Not as sick as today's episode of Direct Current though 🤭 In lieu of the usual format, Episode 010, which airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, will be a mixtape-style show. Less chat from me (for the best) and lots of jams.
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Good timezone everyone! *sniffle cough achoo etc* I'm sick! Not as sick as today's episode of Direct Current though 🤭 In lieu of the usual format, Episode 010, which airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, will be a mixtape-style show. Less chat from me (for the best) and lots of jams.
Direct Current 01.09.25
Now Playing 🎶
Pillow Queens - HowDoILook?
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of In Waiting, the Dublin band play the National Concert Hall on Tuesday October 21st 🪞
Now Playing 🎶
Pillow Queens - HowDoILook?
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of In Waiting, the Dublin band play the National Concert Hall on Tuesday October 21st 🪞
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Direct Current 01.09.25
Now Playing 🎶
Pillow Queens - HowDoILook?
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of In Waiting, the Dublin band play the National Concert Hall on Tuesday October 21st 🪞
Now Playing 🎶
Pillow Queens - HowDoILook?
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of In Waiting, the Dublin band play the National Concert Hall on Tuesday October 21st 🪞
Good timezone, everyone! Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, and we power up with Dublin's Pillow Queens, who play an anniversary show at the NCH next month, with new Irish music on the way from TRM, @beautysleeptheband.bsky.social and Adebisi Shank before midday.
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Good timezone, everyone! Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, and we power up with Dublin's Pillow Queens, who play an anniversary show at the NCH next month, with new Irish music on the way from TRM, @beautysleeptheband.bsky.social and Adebisi Shank before midday.
Direct Current 04.08.25
Now Playing
@anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Endless Fantasy (with a little Capsule Silence tip)
The New York-formed band's incredible new record Anyway is out on Friday via @polyvinyl.bsky.social, so let's power up with the title track from Endless Fantasy.
Now Playing
@anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Endless Fantasy (with a little Capsule Silence tip)
The New York-formed band's incredible new record Anyway is out on Friday via @polyvinyl.bsky.social, so let's power up with the title track from Endless Fantasy.
August 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Direct Current 04.08.25
Now Playing
@anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Endless Fantasy (with a little Capsule Silence tip)
The New York-formed band's incredible new record Anyway is out on Friday via @polyvinyl.bsky.social, so let's power up with the title track from Endless Fantasy.
Now Playing
@anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Endless Fantasy (with a little Capsule Silence tip)
The New York-formed band's incredible new record Anyway is out on Friday via @polyvinyl.bsky.social, so let's power up with the title track from Endless Fantasy.
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 008 of Direct Current airs at 11am. We open with @anamanaguchi.bsky.social, whose imminent, album-of-the-year contender Anyway is the Album of the Month. We close with... well, tune in for a surprise 🎺 Elsewhere, there's all this going on:
August 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 008 of Direct Current airs at 11am. We open with @anamanaguchi.bsky.social, whose imminent, album-of-the-year contender Anyway is the Album of the Month. We close with... well, tune in for a surprise 🎺 Elsewhere, there's all this going on:
Following last week's broadcast, Episode 007 of Direct Current is now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud! Catch up here >> www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita... << and see below for the 29-song playlist ⚡
July 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Following last week's broadcast, Episode 007 of Direct Current is now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud! Catch up here >> www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita... << and see below for the 29-song playlist ⚡
Direct Current 07.07.25 | @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social
Now Playing
🎶 Kendrick Lamar - wacced out murals
He's currently on the international leg of his Grand National Tour with SZA, and we see them in Paris next week (!!), so why not warm up with the opener from GNX?
Now Playing
🎶 Kendrick Lamar - wacced out murals
He's currently on the international leg of his Grand National Tour with SZA, and we see them in Paris next week (!!), so why not warm up with the opener from GNX?
July 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Direct Current 07.07.25 | @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social
Now Playing
🎶 Kendrick Lamar - wacced out murals
He's currently on the international leg of his Grand National Tour with SZA, and we see them in Paris next week (!!), so why not warm up with the opener from GNX?
Now Playing
🎶 Kendrick Lamar - wacced out murals
He's currently on the international leg of his Grand National Tour with SZA, and we see them in Paris next week (!!), so why not warm up with the opener from GNX?
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 007 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am - we power up with Kendrick Lamar, play out with Moving Mountains, & have a whole bunch of good stuff in between, like all this:
• New Irish music from Big Sleep, Far Caspian, Sprints & Greywind
• New Irish music from Big Sleep, Far Caspian, Sprints & Greywind
July 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 007 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am - we power up with Kendrick Lamar, play out with Moving Mountains, & have a whole bunch of good stuff in between, like all this:
• New Irish music from Big Sleep, Far Caspian, Sprints & Greywind
• New Irish music from Big Sleep, Far Caspian, Sprints & Greywind
Ahead of next week's show, Episodes 005 & 006 of Direct Current are now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud page! Playlists and links below 🎶
July 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ahead of next week's show, Episodes 005 & 006 of Direct Current are now streaming on the @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social Mixcloud page! Playlists and links below 🎶
Direct Current 09.06.25 | @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social
Now Playing
@nin.com - The Day the World Went Away
Powering up with something from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, off 1999's The Fragile - the Nine Inch Nails live band kicks off the Peel It Back World Tour here in Dublin on Sunday.
Now Playing
@nin.com - The Day the World Went Away
Powering up with something from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, off 1999's The Fragile - the Nine Inch Nails live band kicks off the Peel It Back World Tour here in Dublin on Sunday.
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Direct Current 09.06.25 | @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social
Now Playing
@nin.com - The Day the World Went Away
Powering up with something from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, off 1999's The Fragile - the Nine Inch Nails live band kicks off the Peel It Back World Tour here in Dublin on Sunday.
Now Playing
@nin.com - The Day the World Went Away
Powering up with something from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, off 1999's The Fragile - the Nine Inch Nails live band kicks off the Peel It Back World Tour here in Dublin on Sunday.
Good timezone everyone! Episode 006 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am - we power up and play out with @nin.com with no fewer than three songs from them to celebrate their long-overdue return to Dublin this weekend.
June 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Good timezone everyone! Episode 006 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am - we power up and play out with @nin.com with no fewer than three songs from them to celebrate their long-overdue return to Dublin this weekend.
Direct Current 12.05.25 | @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social
Now Playing
🎶 The Dirty Nil - True Devotion
The Canadians return with a new album in July, and we atart today with one half of a warmup single they dropped in January 🐅
Now Playing
🎶 The Dirty Nil - True Devotion
The Canadians return with a new album in July, and we atart today with one half of a warmup single they dropped in January 🐅
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Direct Current 12.05.25 | @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social
Now Playing
🎶 The Dirty Nil - True Devotion
The Canadians return with a new album in July, and we atart today with one half of a warmup single they dropped in January 🐅
Now Playing
🎶 The Dirty Nil - True Devotion
The Canadians return with a new album in July, and we atart today with one half of a warmup single they dropped in January 🐅
Good timezone everyone! Episode 005 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, and there's SO MUCH going on, like all this for example:
• New Irish music from Cable Boy, For Nina, Little Known & Left Iris
• Two each from The Dirty Nil & @brutalligators.bsky.social
• New Irish music from Cable Boy, For Nina, Little Known & Left Iris
• Two each from The Dirty Nil & @brutalligators.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Good timezone everyone! Episode 005 of Direct Current airs on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 11am, and there's SO MUCH going on, like all this for example:
• New Irish music from Cable Boy, For Nina, Little Known & Left Iris
• Two each from The Dirty Nil & @brutalligators.bsky.social
• New Irish music from Cable Boy, For Nina, Little Known & Left Iris
• Two each from The Dirty Nil & @brutalligators.bsky.social