Hamburg DJ Helena Hauff has released one of the electronic albums of the year in Qualm, a visceral slab of analogue electro with a punk edge, and hands-dirty track titles like Fag Butts in the […]
Kirkis channels Bowie and MJ, but mostly the fear on Dead Nightclub
Here’s a new brain-wrong video from Melbourne artist Kirkis, who’s got plenty more weirdness where that come from. Dead Nightclub is the first track from his second album Kirkis 2 and follows his debut Vide […]
Echo & the Bunnymen: too many strings attached
You’re never much more than a year away from an Echo and the Bunnymen gig in Ireland, but this time they’ve probably got a lot more to prove as they hit Dublin tonight. Their last […]
Real metal machine music: Author & Punisher – Beastland
The term industrial music evokes plenty of gut reactions, from the avant-garde nihilism of Throbbing Gristle to the crossover thrash headbutts of Psalm 69-era Ministry. But in the wrong hands it’s vaguely goth metal with […]
Interview: Author Nick Soulsby on his oral history of Swans – Sacrifice and Transcendence
For a band that inspires so much devotion and cult hyperbole, a book about Swans was always set to be a colossal task. Since the early 80s, the name Swans has been used as a […]
‘Defining mortality’ on new Dopplereffekt EP Athanatos
Electronic conceptualists Dopplereffekt have just announced details of a new EP, which seems to be another exploration of their later period science themes. Athanatos apparently build on the concepts of 2017’s Cellular Automata (Moo Kid’s […]
OCTAVIAN IS ENJOYING THE PARTY WHILE IT LASTS
London rapper Octavian has told the story about being homeless around the time the London Olympics was happening down the road from where his mum kicked him out of the house. But his rise through […]
Jinx Lennon holds up a surreal mirror to Ireland’s lunacy
Punk poet and singer-songwriter Jinx Lennon has over nine albums held up a surreal mirror to Ireland’s post-crash spiral and new bubble fakery, with oblique observations that are always a few steps ahead of the […]
All the right noises: September 2018 in 21 tracks
GAZELLE TWIN – Better In My Day (From Pastoral LP) Gazelle Twin leaves aside her blue school gym gear and body horror themes examined in her album Unflesh, for a grotesque character study of Middle […]
Get more Cure for your buck
The worst kept secret in Irish goth land was finally let out today, as the venue for The Cure’s return to Dublin was announced. After teasing the date on social media last week, Robert Smith […]
Gruth interview: ‘This is music born of intense personal experiences’
Gruth is an artist whose style has been hard to pin down over his three releases on the Brazilian experimental label Tormenta Electrica. Finnish producer Juha Puuperä brings a black metal aesthetic to his dark […]
Boxed Off headlines the Irish gigs list
BOXED OFF: Fairyhouse Racecourse, Meath, tomorrow, SOLD OUT IT’S impressive selling thousands of tickets to a dance music festival at the end of September, but Boxed Off is further proof that Ireland’s love affair with […]
Take me to church: Other Voices heads to Mayo
We barely get time to breathe after summer festival season before we’re bombarded by winter weekenders, with circus tents swapped for pubs, clubs and indoor auditoriums, and the wellies, hotpants and muscle vests stored away […]
Class action: HWCH 2018
Now in its 18th edition, Hard Working Class Heroes is now an Irish music institution, an annual showcase of the best of the underground and a chance for Irish audiences and industry heads to get […]
Collapse EP: A comfort blanket when there’s nothing left to say about Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin is a bit like The Beatles at this stage; whether you are in deep or have just a passing regard for him, most people at least know the name. I remember reading about […]
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