I really strive to make the arrangements sort of weightless…

Who: Great Lake Swimmers (Toronto, Canada)
Latest record: Lost Channels (Nettwerk & (weewerk))
Online: myspace.com/greatlakeswimmers and greatlakeswimmers.com
Our favourite video: Pulling on a line
Where we met: Crawdaddy
Why we like them: We loved interviewing Tony! So many stories, so many unusual themes compared to the interviews that we usually do. Very inspiring.

I love the concept of documenting time, of stopping time

Who: Bob Dixon (Finglas)
What does he do: freelance photographer, mostly focused on music photography
Online: bobdixonphotography.com and myspace.com/drbobdixon
Our favourite photograph among his: this one
Where we met: The Back Loft
Why we like him: He portrayed some of our favourite artists, and did it pretty well! :)

Behind the scenes: This interview was done just a few minutes before the opening hours of the Back Loft, La Catedral Studios, where Bob was holding an exhibition of his work. It took a little longer than expected, so we ended up filming also when the first visitors started to arrive. The background noise you can hear in the second half of the interview is them stepping around the exhibition hall. Of course, we couldn’t stop them..! :)

Because [the Dublin music scene] is so small everything can get old quite quickly. So yes, I think people are eager to hear and see new things

Who: One Day International (Dublin)
Latest record: Blackbird (FatCat, 2009).
Online: myspace.com/onedayinternational and onedayinternationalmusic.com
Our favourite video: Not over you
Where we met: Whelans
Why we like them: So many artists we interviewed recommended us to check out One Day International. the first one was Vyvienne Long, then Lisa Hannigan and so on. we’ve been chasing them for months and the night we had this interview it was actually the first time we saw one day international in concert. It was magic.

Behind the scenes: first of all, we have to apologise with One Day International. This interview was done back in April. For some reason, it took us so long to put it online (the same happened with the interview with Frightened Rabbit, done in February and hopefully online next week..). That said, here is the real behind the scenes: after interviewing the band we bumped into Dominic, Vyvienne Long’s good friend who had provived us a location to interview vyvienne last year. we chatted with him a little and it turned out that One Day International’s cello player was his flatmate at the time of Vyvienne’s interview! so, Eimear, does this livingroom look familiar to you? :)

Everybody’s gotta label you something…I don’t really pay much attention, honestly, to it. [...] I try to just make sure that whatever I do is timeless…

Who: Mayer Hawthorne (Los Angeles)
Latest record: A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw)
Online: myspace.com/mayerhawthorne and www.stonesthrow.com
Our favourite video: Maybe So Maybe No
Where we met: Crawdaddy
Why we like him: because of his unique ability to dig from classics while keeping his own attitude and skills. Class!
Behind the scenes: As you can hear, Mayer had a sore throat on that night but he did not let us down and agreed to still do the interview…perfectly run by our featured guest Jonas

Living your life in opposition to other things…I don’t think it really helps to obtain a great, happy existence

Who: Glen Hansard (Dublin, Ireland)
Latest record: Strict Joy (Anti)
A good chat about…: In part II Glen talks about how he feels about being titled “The Godfather” of the Irish scene, the TV show “Other voices”, and the evolution of bands.

A good chat about…: In part III we ask Glen how he feels about his present, past and future between The Frames and the Swell Season and a different irish band that he’d like to play with for a day…

Online: myspace.com/theswellseason
Our favourite video: star star**
Where we met: Odessa
Behind the scenes: We met Glen by chance the night of Mark Geary’s concert at Odessa. He popped up on stage to duet with Mark on a couple of songs, and it was so good! After the show we decided to give it a try and ask him for an interview. We thought he’d say no. We were wrong. And happy.

How we came together…we all played instruments, which helped..

Who: 8Ball (Dublin, Ireland)
Latest record: With all your friends (Death of a Clown Records)
Online: myspace.com/8balltheband
Our favourite video: dig it
Where we met: whelans upstairs
Why we like them: apart from their music being super cool and different from most of the stuff we usually hear in town, we do regard them with esteem because so far they’ve been the only band that managed to say “Hi, we are … and you are watching OneMoreTune.ie” at the first take! :)

Behind the scenes: we actually met 8Ball twice. The first time was after their gig at Crawdaddy a couple of months earlier, but because the crowd around was so loud, we decided to show up again and give it a second try. It definitely went better, even though we had some people passing by (our fault indeed: the idea of standing next to the toilets was not really smart..).

I love playing in Dublin because of the energy of the crowd. It’s just unmatched…

Who: Joan Wasser AKA Joan as Police Woman (New York)
Latest record: Cover (Reveal)
Online: myspace.com/joanaspolicewoman and joanaspolicewoman.com
Our favourite video: to be loved
Where we met: Crawdaddy
Why we like her: because the aesthetics of her music and her videos is simply mesmerising.
Behind the scenes: We were nearly risking to cancel the interview when Jonas kindly agreed to run the questions for us :) Well done Jonas!

I think about Dublin all the time…

Who: Mark Geary (Dublin, Ireland)
Latest record: Opium (Independent Records / Sonablast!)
Online: myspace.com/markgeary
Our favourite video: you’re the only girl
Where we met: Odessa Club
Why we like him: before meeting him in person, of course we liked his music. Thanks to this interview we realised that not only is he a good singer-songwriter, he’s also a super sweet guy, very friendly and very gentle.
Behind the scenes: after the (great) gig that Mark held at the Odessa that night (and after having an unexpected interview with Glen Hansard!) we went back to chat a little with him and we found out that he’s into soccer and he’s a fan of Francesco Totti. Good taste, Mark! ;)

I didn’t want to record something that I wouldn’t want to listen to…

Who: Valerie Francis (Dublin, Ireland)
Latest record: Slow Dymano (VF Records)
Online: myspace.com/valeriefrancis
Our favourite video: Punches
Where we met: IFI
Why we like her: for the grace of her songs’ arrangements (which make “slow dynamo” definitely one of our favourite records of 2009)
Behind the scenes: you might have noticed that, because of the light, when Valerie shows the CD packaging it seems totally white. well, of course it is not white. it has some very nice pictures on it, that’s why we asked Valerie to show them and explain what they are about. Sorry for the inconvenience, but after all, getting to see the artwork could be another good reason to buy the CD! ;)

It’s not ambient at all..

Who: The Ambience Affair (Dublin)
Latest record: the second edition of their EP “Fragile Things” (2009)
Online: myspace.com/theambienceaffair
Our favourite video: Fragile Things as performed at the HWCH launch at Road Records
Where we met: at HWCH launch
Why we like them: we are not sure if we like more their music or the funny way they laugh :D
Behind the scenes: we first heard a song by The Ambience Affair on a compilation that Angela (HWCH) passed on to us. It sounded really good but didn’t seem like it was a two piece band playing. then we went to see them at the HWCH launch in Road Records and, again, it sounded really good but didn’t seem like it was a two piece band playing. where’s the trick, guys?? :)