Tag Archives: Paddy McKenna

Alternative Christmas Mixtape: Day 7

  By Culch.ie | December 18, 2011 - 12:00 pm | Music
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How’s the hangover? Can’t handle anything too heavy today? Paddy McKenna has picked a nice gentle Christmas tune to soothe you through Sunday… It’s just a few years old but this song has become my favourite Christmas song. There’s not many quality, modern Christmas songs around but this is magical. It isn’t your classic ditty with mentions of ‘santy and sleighbells’ but it’s got a real old and familiar feel, stunning harmonies and beautiful winter inspired lyrics. More Fleet Foxes awesomeness.   Paddy McKenna is a RTE 2fm DJ. He is also the lead singer of Storyfold who themselves have released a Christmas song this December, with all proceeds going to the Society of the St. Vincent de Paul. Check out the video here. Culch.ie’s Alternative Christmas Mixtape is curated by Sinéad Keogh, Aaron McAllorum and Lisa McInerney. (Yeah, we said curated…)

New Music: Rocket Science by Storyfold

  By clairekane | June 1, 2011 - 11:47 am | Music
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Having an album produced by Greg Haver of Manic Street Preachers and Super Furry Animals fame is in itself a feat for an unsigned Irish band. The five-member Storyfold released their debut album Rocket Science in May with acclaimed music blogger 2UIBestow heralding it as one of the most anticipated albums of this year. The juvenility of the band is apparent throughout the album as the American pop-rock sound is relatively constant and couples with the sweet vocals of the unsullied-sounding Lindsey Hogan. Hogan and fellow vocalist Paddy McKenna were seemingly born to sing together as their respective stylings merge perfectly together over backing music. This is most evident in the power pop-esque The Battle; an emotional song which is riddled with meaningful lyrics and the two singers’ sweet, expressive strains. Reluctance to use the word “average” when reviewing the album is a good sign for this Dublin fivesome. It … There’s more →

Storyfold: Trick of the Light

  By Sinead Keogh | April 27, 2011 - 8:05 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Quick sticks! Storyfold’s music vid went live all of 5 minutes ago. Go be one of the first to see it! Need a bit more info? Dublin 5-piece Storyfold have launched their music video for Trick of the Light this evening. It’s edited by U2 editor Stephen O’Connell. The story goes that O’Connell bumped into Storyfold’s frontman Paddy McKenna in a branch of AIB six years ago. He probably didn’t think that a casual offer to give him a call if McKenna ever needed an editor would lead anywhere…but fast-forward to a cold call at the start of this year and suddenly Storyfold have got themselves an O’Connell-edited instant classic filmed in the incredibly watchable surrounds of a disused 18th century Georgian townhouse. It’s called Trick of the Light and it’s the first single from the album ‘Rocket Science’ which will be launched at a gig in Whelan’s on May … There’s more →