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Arcane Roots - A Wave, Across the Sea
Going out with a bang today courtesy of the first new music since 2018 from the reunited and expanded Arcane Roots. Now a five-piece, they've got big plans for 2026, and we can't wait for what's next. 🌊
See you next month. 💜
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Joyce Manor - Grey Guitar
Up there as one of our favourite songs of 2026 thus far, this is the closing track from the Long Beach band's new album I Used to Go to This Bar, out now via @epitaphrecords.bsky.social 🎸
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@hyperpotions.bsky.social - Raindrops
The first new music of 2026 from Ian Tsuchiura, which drops harder than the temperatures here at the weekend. Certified banger, we're on board for whatever this year has in store for them! 🌧️
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@barteesstrange.bsky.social - Ain't Nobody Making Me High
Currently out supporting Biffy Clyro across Europe, the Baltimore-based Bartees Strange's new EP Shy Bairns Get Nowt is out now on @4ad.com 🥣
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Enter Shikari - Juggernauts
The St Albans band are definitely up to something, with a UK arena tour plotted for November, so here's an eternally relevant highlight from 2009's Common Dreads 🦁
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sunburned in London
Not dead, just hard at work on a new record set for release this year, the first new music from this Melbourne band in a hot minute is an epic preview of what's to come ☀️
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Tigers Jaw - Primary Colours
The Scranton, PA band return next month (also on Friday March 27th) with their first album in five years, Lost on You 🎨
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Nihilists - Climbing Over Bodies
This Manchester band are hopefully releasing their debut album this year, the first full-length from James Mudrizcki since 2011's Puressence swansong 🪜
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The Wonder Years - Stained Glass Ceilings
Featuring a guest verse from Jason Aalon Butler of Letlive., this song, steeped in emotion, focuses on the failures of late-stage capitalism and its ripple effects on the working class 🌉
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Free Throw - A Hero's Grave
NOT TO MENTION - the Nashville band Free Throw are back on the same day with Moments Before the Wind, the follow-up to 2023's Lessons That We Swear to Keep. 🌬️
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Dance With the Dead - Chaos Theory
Hoping they manage to get overseas touring their new record - Malombra is out Friday March 27th, which is turning into a low-key stacked release day - The Twilight Sad, Courtney Barnett, Robyn, The New Pornographers, these guys, damn! 💀
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Colour of Fire - All the Wolves I Have Known
Dropping into this directly from Exploring Birdsong - the first song from the reunited Yorkshire band in more than two decades. It's so good to hear Owen Brinley's voice again! This is the title track from their second album, out in May 🐺
⚡ HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH ⚡
Exploring Birdsong - 42
GODDAMN THIS IS GOOD. This Liverpool band have their debut album on the way later this year and this is a song you *need* to hear. 4️⃣2️⃣
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Converge - We Were Never the Same
Now for a completely different kind of intensity to finish off the first hour of the show - the closing track from the Salem band's sledgehammer of a new record. Love is Not Enough was released on Friday via @deathwishinc.bsky.social 🕯️
DOWN THE FRONT WITH... Sprints
They packed out Whelans for @warchilduk.bsky.social last month (with the excellent Brooki on support) and we could have picked *anything* off their new record All That is Over for this slot, but we went with its massive closing track.
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snake eyes - soup
A pointed swipe at the out-of-touch, served piping hot. The Brighton band's debut album arrives Friday March 6th on @ilovealcopop.bsky.social 🍲
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Cable Boy - Something in My Head
We've been on board with this Dublin band for a while, and are delighted to see their debut album's on the way. Forever arrives Friday April 17th, and they play the Grand Social on Friday May 15th ♾️
💿 ALBUM OF THE MONTH 💿
Big Sleep - Holy Show
Now Playing: Pick a Cheek/Old Friend
The Dublin band were teasing this record this time last year, and it's almost here, seeing release through LAB Records on Friday ⛪
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🎶 Basciville - Saintmaking
At Whelans on Thursday April 2nd, the Wexford band return after a while away with Love in the Time of the State, out on Friday March 13th and sounding very promising indeed 👼
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🎶 Magdalena Bay - This is the World (I Made It For You)
Two albums in and still batting 100, the LA pair played Vicar Street earlier in the month, and their new compilation Nice Day is out Friday April 17th 🌐
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Militarie Gun - Wake Up and Smile
They stuck the landing and then some on second album God Save the Gun, and California band Militarie Gun play the Button Factory tomorrow night 👋
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Deftones - infinite source
The Sacramento band are riding the wave of unbelievable and fully-deserved popularity ten albums in, and play a sold-out 3Arena tonight. We can't be there, but they return to play the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday August 25th with IDLES in tow. 🐍
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Rosie Carney - In My Blue
3 for 3 on the singles from her eagerly-awaited new record, the Donegal native releases Doomsday... Don't Leave Me Here next Friday February 27th. 🟦
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Cardinals - I Like You
The Cork quintet's debut album Masquerade was released on Friday, and they're at the Workman's Club in Dublin on Saturday March 7th 🪗
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Happy Out - Offset Sincerity
We're sure Dave Campbell is happy out - his main gig THUMPER release their new album Sleeping With the Light On this Friday. His side project with Sam Killeen is one to keep an eye on 👀
Direct Current 16.2.26
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Biffy Clyro - Different People
The Scottish band were in a whole different class at the 3Arena last month, so we're powering up with the opener from 2013's double album Opposites 🌳
Person with brown hair and glasses, wearing a purple/pink hoodie and sitting in a chair, two fingers of their right hand raised. They're smiling.
• Music from further afield courtesy of snake eyes, Colour of Fire (their first new song in 22 years!), Free Throw, Tigers Jaw & the return of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
The weather's bad enough here we won't be going anywhere, so bundle up with us over at listen.dublindigitalradio.com! ☕⚡📻🎶
• New Irish music from Happy Out, Cardinals, Rosie Carney, Basciville and Cable Boy
• Dublin's Big Sleep in the Album of the Month slot with Holy Show
• An *incredible* High Voltage Track of the Month from Liverpool's Exploring Birdsong
• We report back from SPRINTS packing out Whelan's last month
Good timezone, everyone! Episode 015 of Direct Current airs at 11am on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social and believe us when we say the playlist is more stacked than your breakfast pancakes 🥞 We power up with Biffy Clyro, play out with new Arcane Roots (!) and have all this in between:
CODA: And So I Watch You From Afar - Animal Ghosts
Played this for what might be the first time ever at their huge Ulster Hall show last month so making sure we squeeze it in. |/\|
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