One of the most iconic bands to emerge from the late-70s New Wave and post-punk era was also one of the weirdest. You’ll know Talking Heads’ go-to songs like Psycho Killer, Road To Nowhere and […]
IDLES: giving landfill indie a kick in the teeth
Bristol punks IDLES are one of the few English guitar lad bands who are punching up through the underground with something to say — helping to finally banish second- and third-hand indie bands still waiting […]
Same as he ever was: When David Byrne played the Galway Arts Festival (2004)
Any anoraks out Byrne-watching on July 26 might have bumped into a stranger in a strange land. According to his online tour journal, the singer took his fold-out bike for a ride on Salthill Prom […]
You never quite know what you’re gonna get with the Brian Jonestown Massacre
If you’ve seen the 2004 music documentary Dig!, you’ll know the bitching and high-wire tension between the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre scored all the bullseyes over the actual music. Jonestown leader Anton […]
Jon Hopkins dragged out of his Luminous trance for live show
British electronic producer Jon Hopkins has one of the best albums of the year behind him in Luminous Beings. The record is a project informed by a journey of transcendental meditation and psychedelic exploration, and […]
There’s always high expectations with Low
There’s no end to songs, protests and think-pieces about the ongoing calamity surrounding the Trump era, but no other music other act has tackled the US shitshow with as much elegance and subtlety as Minnesota […]
What the hell’s going on in the video for Billy Ocean’s Loverboy?
When Michael Jackson released his Thriller video in December 1983 it was a year zero for presenting pop music – a 14-minute short film directed by John Landis, with higher production values than most horror […]
