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! […]
Operation Daybreak: Obscure war film with a killer synth score (1975)
It’s good having a wide circle of heads to slip you good music, but this is the first tip-off I’ve ever got in my granny’s house having a cup of tea. I was caught off […]
Broken rules: Neneh Cherry’s still a restless maverick
Neneh Cherry has just won a Swedish Grammi Award – with her latest LP Broken Politics winning Best Electronic Album of the Year. It’s a quick reminder that she’s actually Swedish, even though she’s left […]
Journey man: The story behind Michael O’Shea’s mystic folk masterpiece
Like many great legends, the story behind one of Irish music’s most revered cult records starts with a door. Not some metaphorical passageway, but an actual busted door that travelling folk musician Michael O’Shea dragged […]
Gum Takes Tooth’s “what-the-fuck aural mesmerism”
London duo Gum Takes Tooth are a self-described “two-man everything machine endlessly seeking what-the-fuck aural mesmerism”, and they suit the hyperbole. The pair’s third album Arrow is a snarly, wired-up tangle of rusty electronics skuzzy […]
Non-stop erotic cardboard cabaret: Sado Opera’s new NSFW video, In the Dark
“Beyond the glare of streetlights, neon signs and policemen, there’s another world taking shape in the shadows and the music gets louder as you approach,” is the latest tantalising once upon a time intro from […]
Talos interview: This album is a bit more widescreen
“The next thing always has to be 10 times better than the last or else what are we doing?” says Eoin French. You get the idea that he’s facing the ‘difficult second album’ cliche head-on. The Corkman is talking […]
Sleaford Mods: We don’t need nobody else…
The 2017 Sleaford Mods documentary Bunch of Kunst followed the post-punk minimalists’ rise from the sticky carpet pubs of UK satellite towns to the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage and a deal with legendary label Rough Trade […]
Shabazz Palace: True cosmic hip-hop outliers
Seattle hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces’ journey from avant-garde rap to the astral plane outer limits got a cosmic turbo boost with their most recent album project. Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs […]
The Messthetics – way more than half of Fugazi
Post-hardcore punk experimentalists Fugazi are the least likely band to reform for a cash grab — after 16 years as the ultimate DIY act and capping gig tickets at barely break-even prices. But even if […]
Elvis-fronted Nirvana is like a drunken idea that even made sense the morning after
It’s the kind of drunken idea that rarely gets past the wtf checking your texts hangover stage — but Elvana really are a band of Geordies who play Nirvana covers — with an Elvis impersonator […]
Sound minds: January 2019 in 21 tracks
Thank u January, next. Here’s some music you might’ve missed under the deluge of shit memes about how long it lasted. Last month was powered by street meat, desert synthwave, dank dub, DIY minimal wave, […]
Dead To Us: A fond Girls Names obituary
Girls Names have decided to call it quits. The full stop came with a post on Instagram, just 11 days shy of a decade since their first ever show. With that announcement ends a journey […]
Surely Time’s Up for Steel Panther?
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 […]
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