Stee Downes
You have to wonder if Stee Downes gets dished out the same 24 hours a day as the rest of us. The unassuming Dubliner juggles an exhaustive list of job
Folk Wagon: Interview with Emmy the Great
Emma Lee Moss is better known as Emmy the Great, a Hong Kong born, London-based singer-songwriter with good looks and a beautiful voice. Her self-proclaimed anti-folk sensibility produces spider-web delicate,
The Incredible Hulk
Marvel Studios’ battle for dominion over our leisure time continues to gather momentum with one of their most popular characters smashing back onto our screens. He’s big. He’s green. He
Think
Here’s a riddle for you: When is a long player not a long player? Answer: When Lovvers are involved. The expression ‘fast and furious’ may well have been created for
Fight Like Apes: Going Global
What a difference a year makes. This time in 2007, Dublin nutso-pop quartet Fight Like Apes were banging their heads on top of a mountain of hype and Next Big
Poxy Tilly and the Wall
Poxy Tilly and the Wall. There I was at the lowest point of my Thursday evening doldrums, watching the lashing rain out the office window and cursing the homeless man
Ladyhawke – From Dusk Til Dawn
Opening up the Human League to a whole new generation is no easy quest, but Ladyhawke seems determined to fulfil it. From Dawn Til Dusk is a fairly wholesome slab
Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat
The Kaisers are back with their distinctive brand of, erm, cutting social critique and inventive chourses. “What do you want for tea?” “I want crisps!” runs one of the more
Dublin Fringe Festival
Temple Bar will once again be flooded with innovative, daring performances and shows, drowning it in music, theatre, dance and visual arts. Opening on the 6th of September for 16
Detboi
Dublin may seem just a bit off the track when it comes to the infusions of bassline house and generally chirpy chopped vocal carnage emerging from the UK club scene,
Cinematic Sound: Interview with Calexico
Stick at any job for 20 years without any major promotion and you’ll probably find yourself considering taking a running jump out your office’s second floor window. Calexico, however, have
Summer Song
Apparently written as a throwaway joke for DFA and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, if this is Portland’s Jona Bechtolt and his new recruit Claire L Evans’ idea of a quick
Wrestlers
Can you smell what the Chip are cooking? Continuing on a rather DFA-themed week here at Totally Dublin comes Hot Chip’s newest ‘Made In The Dark’ cut. Guitarist Alan Doyle
Summer Grof
Where’ve these guys been? While Vampire Weekend and Born Ruffians capitalize on their bouncy pop stylings, the sextet have been seemingly stuck in label hell. They’ve only spent their spare
Fools
Having swelled their Electric Picnic tent with the voices of fans singing along to their irresistable sepia-tinted hit ‘Fools’, our favourite San Franciscan duo (well, now a trio) the Dodos
Planet Health
Chairlift work under such a convincing 80’s sheen they could be dropped seamlessly into a Club Nassau 80’s night slowset without anybody batting an eyelid. Thankfully, they don’t try and
Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin
If you haven’t listened to O’Death before, I should warn you in advance: be ready to have your face kicked in. The band’s official genre is gothic-folk, a niche usually
Kings of Leon
If you’re one of those people who hate bands when they get successful then you’ve probably loudly stated your disgust at Tennessee’s Kings of Leon by now. Their album Youth