Boys Noize
Alex Ridha is a busy man. He is taking a well deserved break and enjoying a stroll around a particularly blustery Berlin, as Totally Dublin catches up with him for
Music – Interview – David Turpin
There couldn’t be a more fitting month in the calendar than October, for the release of David Turpin’s Sophomore album Haunted! Buzzing with spectres and demons, yet also encompassing the
O Emperor – Po
With a chosen moniker like O Emperor, you’d be forgiven for expecting the Waterford natives to have delusions of grandeur. ‘Po’ is a taster of upcoming first album Hither Thither
Marina and the Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road
After being the subject of much adulation for what seems like aeons, it’s hard to believe that this is the first ‘proper’ single from official Next Big Thing Marina and
Amanda Blank – Shame On Me
Funkier and tighter than previous efforts and not as embarrassing as the quite turgid ‘Might Like You Better’, Amanda Blank’s second single is arguably one of the better tracks off
The Dead Weather – I Cut Like A Buffalo
Despite coming up with the goods by producing this year’s Horehound LP, The Dead Weather still have to shake off the annoying side-project tag. Regardless of this handicap, White, Mosshart
The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant
Imagine for a moment the sinking Titanic of British indie, shipwrecked as it is on the iceberg of lady-helmed electropop. There’s a serious shortage of lifeboats, but thankfully Leeds’ The
Sebastian Barry on Tales of Ballycumber
Sebastian Barry is a writer-downer, not a writer. Echoing the sentiments of Michelangelo who said that his sculptures already existed within the stone, Barry feels his work exists already in
Brendan Benson – My Old Familiar Friend
In his fourth solo release and his first since his dalliance with the Raconteurs, singer-songwriter Benson continues his late 70s-inspired musings to create guitar pop perfection. On tracks like the
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
There are many good reasons to record a double album. Just because it occurred to you that you should is not one of them. Having said that, I enjoyed this
Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N’ Cheek
The day had to come when Dizzee washed the grime off his high-tops and scrubbed up nice in a suit. Much has been made of this newer, starrier, self-produced incarnation