Léim Thart is the podcast for the latest in music. Here you'll find a curated lineup of interviews with the hottest artists. The roster includes guests who've topped the UK and Irish charts, won BRIT and Ivor Novello Awards, and been GRAMMY-nominated, alongside album reviews, and segments in Irish and English on a range of subjects!
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Is é Leim Thart an podchraoladh le gach rud ceol a chloisteáil. Éist le hagallaimh, léirmheasanna, agus míreanna i nGaeilge agus Béarla ar do rogha ábhair!
Edinburgh's Aidan Jones is the latest in the Léim Thart hotseat! I've been playing his music non-stop for over a year now and felt like we needed to sit down and talk through his EP 'Overkill' which has just received a deluxe release in time for the summer.
Originally released in December, the EP tells a full story as a time capsule, and racked up over 100,000 streams independently. The deluxe release has 2 new songs; 'Dog years' for his late best friend Charlie, and a new ending to the story with 'You & i', which I've been listening to on repeat. With his first gigs already underway, I'm really excited to see what's to come.
Watch this episode on YouTube HERE (https://youtu.be/LimDI6Vp0mU)
Follow Ruairí Egan / Léim Thart HERE (https://lnkfi.re/leimthart-social)
'Overkill' is out now where you listen to music.
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'Overkill' Deluxe Tracklist
1. Kiss
2. Mine
3. Isn't he pretty
4. Boyfriend
5. Butterflies
6. Overkill
7. Dog years
8. You & i
18 Feb 2026
62 - Leigh-Anne Talks Debut Album & Touring in Ireland!
Leigh-Anne has found her wings. Since starting her solo career in the summer of 2023, her legion of listeners have patiently waited, and now her debut solo album 'My Ego Told Me To' is finally here, dropping on Friday 20th February. She sat in on Léim Thart to fill me in on this new era, and the incoming tour which starts this April right here in Dublin at the 3Olympia Theatre!
Having released her first solo EP 'No Hard Feelings' in 2024, and embarking on her first solo tour, including 2 sold-out nights at Dublin's Academy Green Room, she has taken the music to new heights in making an album, and the tour is bigger and better than ever.
From 2011 to 2022, Leigh-Anne Pinnock was a member of global juggernaut girlband Little Mix alongside bandmates Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards. With a string of hits including 'Shout Out To My Ex', 'Wings', 'Black Magic', and 'Touch', they sold over 60 million records, clocked over 12 billion streams, scored 5 UK number-one singles, and won 3 BRIT Awards, including being the first female band to win the award for Best Group in BRITs history.
Watch this episode on YouTube HERE (https://youtu.be/GcIbPaAMptw)
Follow Ruairí Egan / Léim Thart HERE (https://lnkfi.re/leimthart-social)
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'My Ego Told Me To' Tracklist:
1. Look into My Eyes
2. Dead and Gone
3. Revival
4. Been A Minute
5. Goodbye Goodmorning
6. Burning Up
7. Most Wanted feat. Valiant & Rvssian
8. Best Version of Me
9. Me Minus U
10. Sunrise
11. You ARE a star
12. FREE
13. Tight Up Skirt
14. Talk to me nice
15. Heaven
29 Dec 2025
61 - Best of 2025 with Jacob Alon, DUMBPHONE, Aidan Jones, George Lyons & Tebi Rex
What a year it's been for music! We've had an abundance of great tunes and albums throughout 2025, and I've wrapped it all up into this very special Best of 2025 episode taking you through the pinnacle of music this year. I'll also be joined by Jacob Alon, DUMBPHONE, Aidan Jones, George Lyons & Tebi Rex to talk through their songs which made the list.
Listen to the Best of 2025 Longlist HERE (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LRBX7m1BMHRjdKPGS2vDs?si=4715f5c511a14e5c)
Listen to the Best of 2025 Shortlist HERE (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7bfwi0ejvh1kglawdLiMyx?si=790c8f5d4fa049fc)
Follow Ruairí Egan / Léim Thart HERE (https://lnkfi.re/leimthart-social)
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Best of 2025 Shortlist (in order of release):
MØ & Biig Piig - SWEET
Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You
Jacob Alon - Don’t Fall Asleep
DUMBPHONE - Cry In Your Sheets
Aidan Jones - Mine
PinkPantheress - Girl Like Me
GRACEY - Gimmicks
Lorde - Man Of The Year
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
George Lyons - LOLA
CMAT - EURO-COUNTRY
Conan Gray - Eleven Eleven
Tebi Rex - And I’m Mad. (feat. Becky McNeice)
Lily Allen - Tennis
ROSALÍA - Reliquia
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My Top 10 Albums (no order)
Lady Gaga - MAYHEM
Jacob Alon - In Limerence
PinkPantheress - Fancy That
Conan Gray - Wishbone
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Lily Allen - West End Girl
ROSALÍA - LUX
Rose Gray - Louder, Please
Olly Alexander - Polari
Jamie Duffy - Jamie Duffy
Inside a recent episode
60 - Goodbye, Tebi Rex.
Published 15 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It meant a lot to me. That kind of, like, that's an immeasurable. That's so special. That's a very unique experience that very few people in the world get to do and that's not really lost on us. But like, it's cool. Like I'm looking forward to the final show to see in some of these people, like there's people who are coming who went to the first headline show in 2018 in work, and who got their first case at that show. Oh, I know that story. That's so funny. Like, I'm hoping, like we performed at Girls Engagement, like I hope that that couple comes to the final show, you know, like I hope all these people that have been along the Tabi Rex story and like I would love to see them again. […]
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