Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford on Album Two and Army Tanks
My phonebook is paltry. The most famous person in it is one of the Redneck Manifesto and, well, James Ford from Simian Mobile Disco. James’ little black book, on the
The DLR Festival of World Cultures – Interview with Jody Ackland
The DLR Festival of World Cultures returns at the end of August bringing its unique, colourful blend of Irish and international acts to the magnificent surroundings of Dun Laoghaire. With
GAZE Film Festival – A Guide From Festival Programmer Cian Smyth
The GAZE Film Festival has had humble beginnings having been around in various guises since 1992 when homosexuality was still a criminal act in Ireland. The ever-increasing popularity of the
HeartsRevolution – C.Y.O.A.
You have to be wary of a band said to have formed to sell neon unicorn jewellery out of a souped-up ice-cream truck in NY. Hearts Revolution are as enigmatic
Noisettes – Don’t Upset The Rhythm
Once billed as the ‘Black Karen O’ for her scrappy, impassioned stage performances and attic-raiding personal style, Noisettes frontwoman Shingai Shoniwa seems to have mellowed of late; their recent album
The Dead Weather – Horehound
An admission from the offset: I hate the term ‘side project’. I find it dismissive and think that it lends any musical undertaking a gimmicky air. With this cleared up,
Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall
When you’re Jay Reatard, showing your softer side doesn’t mean hiring a string quartet and getting all wistful. It means singing “I’m watching you, and all the things you do”
Beastie Boys – Ill Communication (Expanded)
Aside from the main draws of Sure Shot the all-conquering Sabotage, this remastered edition features unreleased tracks and behind-the-scenes glimpses, and a stoner deconstruction of Heart-Attack Man and a gorgeously
Nouvelle Vague – 3
Didn’t the 80s have lots of rap? Didn’t they virtually invent hair metal? Such questions arise listening to this pretty but terminally impassive offering from Nouvelle Vague, the very existence
Gran Torino
True, Clint Eastwood’s virility now seethes through thinning flesh, brittle bones and puckered cheeks but its impact is still almighty. The aged Dirty Harry star’s impending octogenarian status does nothing
Bad Seed Solo: Conway Savage
A star among Nick Cave’s formidably bearded retinue, Conway Savage first joined the Bad Seeds on organ and piano duties for the Good Son tour of 1990, going on to
Cool Herc – Hercules and Love Affair Interview
Fusing a lifelong passion for classic myths and legends with a teenage taste for disco Andrew Butler created one of 2008’s finest acts in Hercules and Love Affair. A salacious
The Poor Mouth
The Poor Mouth was originally written in 1941 by a man with more pseudonyms then Diddy Puff Sean. Christened Brian O’Nolan and assuming the title Myles na gCopaleen for this
Sophie Ellis Bextor: The Grammatically Correct Interview
Sophie Ellis-Bextor is a pop star in the old-school sense. She’s a genuine old-fashioned star, fierce and glamorous to the hilt in videos and performance, but reticent about life out
Ciara feat. Missy Elliot – Work
Do you remember those rumours of a few years ago about Ciara being a hermaphrodite? Ok she did look a little butch, she was quite muscly, tall with wide shoulders,