On the weekend of March 29 when a collective facepalm spreads around Europe over Brexit, at least one city will be fuelled by an inclusive, open-door international ethos, as Tallinn Music Week once again hits […]
For the record: The sound and vision of Eamonn Doyle’s Dublin
Few artists in the early days of techno had a long-term projection, aside from an abstract idea they were making the music of the future. Legacies were for classic rock bands, and even a 10-year […]
The Armed keep flipping hardcore
The Armed call themselves a “punk rock band from Detroit, Michigan” on their Bandcamp page, but they’re selling themselves short. The band take hardcore rage as a starting point and wrangle in atonal electronics, noise-rock […]
Post Punk Podge: Kicking against the brown envelope pricks
If you thought the Rubberbandits’ disguise of plastic bags on their heads was unique, get a load of Post Punk Podge – whose method of subterfuge involves a balaclava made from an An Post padded […]
Interview: Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley on the enduring legacy of Daydream Nation
One of the defining music documentaries of the 90s was 1991: The Year That Punk Broke, which captured noise-rock pioneers Sonic Youth on tour in Europe in 1991 with a rising young band called Nirvana. […]
Deconstruction time again: Massive attack tear apart their masterpiece Mezzanine
In the hysterical climate of retromania, band reunions and anniversary tours, it’s easy to forget the albums that actually deserve the adulation. In recent times we’ve had 10-year anniversary tours of indie detritus bands such […]
House is a feeling: A modern teen’s love for classic dance music
What does house music mean to me? To put it simply, it means everything really. As Marshall Jefferson famously says: “With that house music you can’t go wrong.” I wholeheartedly agree with that melodical statement! […]
