Cock-rock parody act Steel Panther have always been a joke that kinda got outta hand, but who knows where they fit in the post-MeToo era. Seriously, though, they sold out the Academy in Dublin last […]
Category: Gig previews
A big Shout-out to Tears For Fears
Too often, the shorthand for 80s pop is a few lazy pointers like frizzy perms, shoulder pads and cheap Casio preset production line hits. But when you dig underneath the anthemic choruses and tinny synth […]
More notes than most: Black Midi
The genre black MIDI is a term that describes the art of using MIDI files to repeatedly remix a song so the track contains a huge number of notes layered over each other – thousands, […]
Azealia Banks: If you’ve run out of celebrities to troll, just troll half a country
It takes some serious effort to be the most controversial person on the cesspit of humanity that is Twitter, but Azealia Banks has been there, done that, and she’s been racking up the troll points […]
Fucked Up: Stretching hardcore to the limit
Toronto act Fucked Up have transcended their hardcore punk roots without selling out in the slightest – on their 80-minute concept album Dose Your Dreams last year. Loosely, it’s a story of a factory worker […]
DJ Stingray is always the sound of the future
A key figure in the Detroit techno underground, Sherard Ingram aka Stingray has been DJing for over 25 years, as well as producing futuristic hyper-speed electro and conceptual ambient and downtempo works – the latter […]
Planet Earth is blue: Dublin Bowie Fest returns
Now that it’s been three years since David Bowie’s death, festivals and tributes have become more of a celebration rather than the genuine loss felt in the direct aftermath. Like the passing of Prince a […]
