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A look at the music of next weekend's Quarter Block Party festival, including tunes from O Emperor, Percolator, PowPig, God Alone and more. Plus, a conversation with festival music curators Caoilian Sherlock & Aisling O'Riordan, joined by performers Elaine Malone and Anna-Mieke BishopTracklisting:01. O Emperor - Switchblade02. Percolator - Crab Supernova03. Tandem Felix - Were You There?04. Rory Francis O'Brien - Burning White Dove (live)05. Damsel - A Signal Sent06. The Sunshine Factory - Cruelest Animal07. Davy Kehoe - Storm Desmond (Excerpt)08. Bad Bones - You09. Pillow Queens - Rats10. PowPig - Blue Manchild11. Elaine Malone - No Blood12. Andy Wilson - I’ll Be Yours13. Hawkbastard - Avalon14. God Alone - Samhain15. Pale Rivers - ‘My Own Comeback’16. Cal Folger Day - ‘Rawkin’ Chair’17. INTERVIEW - Quarter Block Party18. Anna-Mieke - ‘My Lagan Love’

A roundup of gigs and recent releases, including tunes from Spekulativ Fiktion, Crevice, Ealadha and Outsider YP, plus chats with Declan Synnott of Sioraí Geimhreadh about the band's February 11th gig at the Spailpín Fánach, supporting GNOD R&D.01. Spekulativ Fiktion - Epilogue02. JarJarJr. - Cast the First Stone03. Crevice - Black Box04. The Quiet Club - Snow Birds (short excerpt)05. Ealadha - Bathe06. MT Heart - Signs07. Outsider Y.P. - Saddest Day08. Woven Skull - Chantelle09. Sioraí Geimhreadh - Sitting Patiently (excerpt)10. Interview: Declan Synnott (Sioraí Geimhreadh)11. Arthur Itis - Hot Garbage12. Tuath - Seacht Seachtaine

This week on Red on Red: we take a listen to some recent releases, tunes from artists partaking in next month's Cork Sound Fair, and sessions from the recent Green on Red live special. We also chat with singer-songwriter Laurie Shaw about new album 'Weird Weekends', and with rapper Outsider YP about his new EP as well as February 18th's Outsiders' Summit networking event for young creatives.01. Saint Caoilian - 'I’ll Be a Fool For You' (Green on Red Session) (@caoilianjsure)02. Spekulativ Fiktion - 'Lock All Doors' (Green on Red Session) (@craicmob)03. Elaine Malone - 'You' (@elai_malone)04. Ghostking is Dead - 'Cast Iron' (@hausurecords)05. Laurie Shaw - 'Shatterproof'/Interview (@laurie_shaw_)06. Partholón - 'Jerusalem' (#partholon)07. Outsider YP - Interview/'Lost Bonds' (@outsideryp)08. Gadget and the Cloud - 'And I Told You Something True' (@gadgetatc)09. African Fiction - 'Heat' (Excerpt) (@african_fiction)

This week, we preview next month's Cork Sound Fair (@CorkSoundFair), taking in music and audio from artists performing at Cork's new leftfield electronic festival, happening on March 23rd and 24th. Curator Conor Ruane and artist Robert Curgenven talk about the festival, plus new music from Cork psych-rockers The Altered Hours.01. The Altered Hours - Over the Void (@TheAlteredHours)02. Robert Curgenven - Allegro in Segrito Oltre (@robertcurgenven)03. Nadir - I Might Be Human (#nadir)04. Autumns - Female Model (@AutumnsIre)05. Davy Kehoe - Storm Desmond (#davykehoe)06. Warrior - Birds (excerpt)07. Beatrice Dillion and Call Super - Fluo (excerpt)08. African Fiction - The Most Boring Thing Happened in Iceland Today (@africanfiction)

This week, we take a special preview of two big metal gigs: this Saturday's UrbanAssault all-dayer festival at An Spailpín Fánach, and Cosmonaut Music's one-year anniversary gig, happening Saturday March 3rd. We have music from metal and hardcore bands on both line-ups, and a chat with UrbanAssault promoter Danny Lee.01. Horse - Dragging (@HorseBandIRE)02. Bailer - Long Gone (@BAILEROfficial)03. Partholon - Jerusalem (@Partholonian)04. Corr Mhóna - Dall (@CorrMhonaBand)05. Na Cruithne - Sionnach Damnú (@NaCruithne)06. Overoth - Sigil of the Empty Throne (@Overoth)07. Rest - Sol Luna Astra (@ThisIsRest)08. God Alone - She Was the Sea (@GodAloneBand)09. We Come in Pieces - You Had Me at Hell (@WCIPBand)

This week on the podcast, we take a look at April's It Takes a Village festival, happening April 13th-15th at Trabolgan in East Cork. We're joined in studio by festival bookers/curators Joe Kelly and Ed O'Leary, and we run down the line-up, discuss the festival's setting, and take in tunes chosen by the lads themselves, including The Altered Hours, Lankum, The Jimmy Cake, Shookrah, and more.01. Bantum - Take It (ft LOAH) (@ruairilbantum)02. Shookrah - Gerascophobia (@shookrah)03. Bitch Falcon - Clutch (@bitchfalcon)04. The Altered Hours - Over the Void (@thealteredhours)05. Lankum - Lullaby (@lankumdublin)06. Saint Sister - Causing Trouble (@saintsister)07. Le Boom - What We Do (@leboom)08. Cian Finn - So Nice (Dreadsquad Remix) (@cianfinns)09. The Jimmy Cake - Tough Love Pt.1 (Excerpt) (@thejimmycake)