In the four years since David Bowie’s death, tributes have stopped feeling like a wake, and rather a celebration of maybe the greatest pop music icon of them all. As we’re hoovering up pine needles, […]
Author: Conor McCaffrey
Moo Kid’s 2019 in 20 albums
“We’re all so sick and tired of seeing things as they are,” sings Nick Cave on Ghosteen‘s epic ‘Bright Horses’. “The fields are just fields, and there ain’t no Lord.” Sick and tired is the […]
And So I Watch You From Afar put a lid on their debut album
And So I Watch You From Afar opened their 2009 debut album with a track called Set Guitars To Kill, and then set about doing that over the next 10 years. The Northern act are […]
Dave Clarke: Still kicking the doors in
The Baron of Techno returns to Dublin tonight to knock some shape into your Advent calendar with some DM boot kickdrums. Get all your shopping done before tonight — it’ll be a late one, and […]
Scary Eire: ‘The return of the Celtic Funk Warriors’
With Irish hip-hop going through a commercial and critical golden era, here’s a chance to catch the original OGs for a Christmas party tomorrow night. Scary Eire laid the groundwork 25 years ago, as the […]
The Pharcyde re-upping their Bizarre Ride
The Sugar Club has been hosting hip-hop hall of famers for years, and tomorrow it’s The Pharcyde’s turn. The Compton crew are the latest act to take classic albums on the road, with 1992’s Bizarre […]
Ronnie Spector: ‘The Original Bad Girl of Rock’n’Roll’
The ‘Original Bad Girl of Rock’n’Roll’, Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes are behind some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. The 1963 hit Be My Baby was voted by Billboard as No1 […]
Declare Independence: Björk’s singular artistic vision
Björk has called her latest live show her “most elaborate staged concert to date” and the most ambitious project she’s ever conceived — strong words from one of the most singular artists working in music. […]
Lizzo: Cuz she loves you…
The first Monday in November was a predictably drizzly and grimly grey affair in Dublin, but one corner of the city was sending out all the positivity, as Lizzo became the latest figure to be […]
Giggs’ Big Bad self
After releasing his debut album in 2008, South Londoner Giggs is bordering on being considered an OG of second wave grime. Blockbuster hook-ups and features with the likes of Stormzy, Drake and M.I.A. have helped […]
Imperial Wax: When you just can’t give up
Some bands carry on great things after the death of a singer — AC/DC and Mayhem for starters, but when that singer is Mark E Smith, one of the true singular visionaries of the last […]
Daughters: May induce vomiting
Faith No More frontman Mike Patton’s label Ipecac is named after the drug that induces forceful vomiting, and hardcore noise act Daughters are one of the sickest bands on the roster. Ipecac roped in the […]
⸸ De Mysteriis Dom Mayhem ⸸
In the early 90s NWA claimed to be ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Group’, but they probably hadn’t heard of Norwegian black metal lords Mayhem. The Oslo band inspired a wave of church burnings and when […]
‘Forward for freedom!’ Laibach march on with Party Songs
When you hear that Laibach are releasing an EP called Party Songs, you’re pretty sure they’re not aiming for the kind of party that’ll be soundtracked by a cheeseball Spotify playlist. Your boss won’t be […]
A Scottish hello: The Vegan Leather – Poor Girls / Broken Boys
The final track on The Vegan Leather’s debut album is called ‘Zeitgeist’ — but Poor Girls / Broken Boys is no trend-chasing scenester cash-in record. Unlike, say Two Door Cinema Club who traded in their polite […]
