OTHERAPY? Button Factory, Dublin, Thursday. IT’S hard to imagine that 20 years ago Therapy? were on the Donington Monsters of Rock festival bill above Slayer — a blip in the metal/time continuum. In the mid-90s […]
Author: Conor McCaffrey
Interview with The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett: ‘We’ve always been pirates’
You’ve always got an idea that The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett from is always pissed off at something, but when he answers the phone he’s well chipper, bordering on content. He admits he’s got “a right […]
Nick Curly interview: ‘I have house and techno inside me’
GERMAN DJ Nick Curly says he’s not really up for the house vs techno vs EDM vs real vs fake wars that have been turning the dance scene into a bitching session over the last […]
Gigs round-up: November 27 – December 3
THUNDERCAT, The Sugar Club, Dublin Sunday & Monday. Bass virtuoso Thundercat was one of the stars on Flying Lotus’s freewheeling broken jazz epic You’re Dead!, but his slapping and high fretwork at FlyLo’s gig in Vicar Street […]
Gigs round-up: November 20-26
CHELSEA WOLFE, Button Factory, Dublin, Wednesday. Californian Chelsea Wolfe has released one of 2015’s dark masterpieces in her eighth LP Abyss. With track titles like Carrion Flowers, Simple Death and Color of Blood, you have a good idea what you’re getting before you take the plunge, but it’s […]
A Sort of Homecoming: U2 land in Dublin
Apart from maybe Bruce Springsteen playing a show in New Jersey, the most powerful homecoming in rock’n’roll has got to be U2 landing in Dublin after a worldwide trek. The last time they were cool […]
Gigs round-up: November 13-19
IN DREAMS: David Lynch revisited, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Wednesday David Lynch productions can’t be separated from their scores and songs — from Angelo Badalementi’s misty Twin Peaks theme to the jazz interludes and skuzzy rockabilly […]
Gigs round-up: November 6-12
JOHN GRANT, Vicar Street, Dublin, Monday & Tuesday It’s hard to think of any other artist with a higher approval rating in Ireland than John Grant. The Colorado singer-songwriter got his latest gold star when he filled […]
Tiga interview: No more hiding behind my records
You wait years for a Tiga live show and two gigs come along in the space of six months. The Montreal producer has already got a gold star for his final night showcase at Body […]
Jean-Michel Jarre interview: ‘We need to rebuild the future’
Electronic music was always supposed to be about looking to the future, but French pioneer Jean Michel Jarre worries that we’re getting blinded by misty-eyed nostalgia. Chatting about his new album Electronica, Jarre concedes that […]
Electric Dreams come true: Giorgio Moroder interview
Afew A Few years ago if you’d predicted Giorgio Moroder would be making music with Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears you would’ve been laughed out of town. The Italian’s legacy as one of the greats […]
Nile Rodgers interview: ‘Chic is a celebration of my life’
If you’re wondering how Nile Rodgers keeps on top of his endless collaborations and a to-do list as big as a phone book, the clue might be his early starts. We get a lunchtime interview […]
Gigs round-up: October 30 – November 5
DEVIL’S NIGHT DISCO, District 8, Dublin, Tonight, E22.50-40. BLOOD never flows as red as it does in the old 1970s Italian horror movies, and giallo maestro Dario Argento is getting a double-bill screening of Suspiria […]
McAlmont and Butler interview: ‘We don’t take this lightly’
In the run-up to the marriage equality referendum earlier this year, there were many poignant speeches, online proclamations and status updates, and McAlmont & Butler’s single Yes started to become an unofficial anthem of affirmation. […]
‘Everything has radically changed’: Interview with Flashmob’s Alessandro Magani
THERE’S an extra day of partying over the bank holiday, and it’s turning into the busiest weekend of the year in Irish clubland. Milan DJ Alessandro Magani, aka Flashmob, has picked a good time to […]
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