Fucked Up, Hangar, Dublin, tonight There’ll be tops off in Hangar tonight as Canadian hardcore act Fucked Up turn amps, heat and sweat up to 11. Led by grizzled livewire Damian Abraham — a cross between […]
Author: Conor McCaffrey
Gigs round-up: May 15-21
VILLAGERS, Olympia, Dublin, Wednesday & Thursday IN AN interview a few weeks ago, Villagers’ Conor O’Brien told me there “won’t be many rock’n’roll moments” on the latest tour that hits Dublin this week. He was speaking just before the release of […]
Gigs round-up: May 8-14
JEROME HILL + DEFEKT, Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Friday Jerome Hill heads up the most raucous line-up of the weekend, taking his freewheeling rave spirit and cut-up mixing to Cork, meeting techno, electro, raw hip-hop and garage at a crossroads. The Bastardo Electrico promotion crew have also […]
It’s more fun to compute: Interview with Wolfgang Flür of Kraftwerk
TO most rock fans, the idea that Kraftwerk are more influential than the Beatles is more controversial than John Lennon’s claim that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. But it’s an idea that’s losing its […]
The artist in residence: Jeff Mills interview
When techno first rewired the late 80s counterculture, few could’ve predicted the gradual shift from studios and basement clubs in Detroit, to art galleries and classical concert halls. Techno was more ‘other’ than Kraftwerk’s prophetic […]
‘You should hear it on big fuckin speakers’: Le Galaxie on new album Le Club
OF ALL the albums released this year, Le Galaxie’s new LP Le Club is the one you can judge by its cover. The sleeve is a shock of pink and sky blue, with flying cars, palm […]
Gigs round-up: April 24-30
FLYING LOTUS, Vicar Street, Dublin, Wednesday. Ever since the laptop became a viable tool for electronic musicians to create whole albums, there’s been a conflict between the complexities in the productions and its recreation live. There’s […]
This time it’s personal: Interview with Villagers’ Conor O’Brien
In an interview last year, Johnny Marr gave me an insight into a working manifesto that’s stuck with him for 30 years, saying: “Believe it or not, there’s a real trick to making it sound so […]
Gigs of the week: April 17-23
JULIAN COPE, Whelan’s, Dublin, tomorrow One-time accidental pop star Julian Cope has become one of music’s most singular underground voices since his chart act The Teardrop Explodes drowned in gallons of LSD and imploded in 1982. […]
Everything ship-shape: DGTL festival in Amsterdam
It’s still not warm enough to ditch your jacket and the sky is a hundred shades of grey, but we’re waiting on a ferry at the back of Amsterdam Centraal station – festival season is […]
Gigs of the week: April 10-16
THE BOMB SQUAD (Hank Shocklee), Sugar Club, Dublin, Tonight PUBLIC Enemy are a rare enough hip-hop act with a production team that get as much praise as the MCs — largely down to Hank Shocklee of the […]
Gigs of the week: April 3-9
Sting and Paul Simon, 3Arena, Dublin, Tuesday YOU have to feel for Art Garfunkel and his loyal fans who packed into Vicar Street a few weeks ago, singing iconic Simon & Garfunkel songs without […]
Gigs of the week: March 27-April 2
NICKY MINAJ, 3Arena, Dublin, Tuesday, & Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Wednesday BAR Kanye West, Nicki Minaj is the most divisive figure in hip-hop right now, even if she’s not at Glasto headline status just yet. Minaj is another […]
Just for the record: Paul Oakenfold on 25 years of Perfecto
WITH any given pop culture movement there’s always a ‘back in the day’ — a nebulous chain of events that ignite a scene and help forge the myth. Then we get the year-zero pinpoint events […]
Gigs of the week: March 20-26
MORRISSEY, Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Tuesday ASIDE from his role as one of the last great iconic frontmen, Morrissey’s greatest talent these days seems to be keeping us all guessing. After Morrissey bowed out before Christmas […]
Moo Kid 