The Hundred In The Hands – The Hundred In The Hands
THITH are a Cindy Sanders band. Aesthetically perfect in that way only Brooklynite boy-girl projects can be, signed to Warp, and currently boasting a promo video where a girl pukes
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Prolific as Bradford Cox is, one suspects he may have finally run aground creatively here. Halcyon Digest sees much retreading of old territory, with any new paths explored turning into
Music – Interview – Thread Pulls
Minimalist is one thing, Thread Pulls are another. With only two members, typically playing bass and drums and embellishing them with textural loops, they craft austere but accessible post-punk of
Motor City Drum Ensemble
We’ve lost count of the amount of times we’ve heard people whinging about Irish closing times, or the lack of good night clubs, or any one of several other gripes
Squick and Easy
It’s difficult to believe that Meljoann’s impeccably produced, woozily electro-influenced R’n’B came from Dublin, but it did. TD tries to find out how it happened. So you were presented to
The Abominable Grinderman
She was raised by beasts Photographed by vultures Here come the Wolfman! The Abominable Snowman! Gotta little poison Gotta little gun Sitting in the bathtub Waiting for the Wolfman to
Interview: Discotekken
Customer loyalty is an increasingly rare thing when it comes to club nights; however, Discotekken is fast becoming an institution. Those who go to this monthly night in the Twisted
Mano Le Tough – Baby Let’s Love
Greystones ex-pat Mano Le Tough’s latest concoction, the Baby Let’s Love ep, has landed on Dirt Crew records, and it’s another step in the right direction for the Berlin transplant.
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Being both an inner-city boy and a post-Neon Bible cynic to the AF cause, you can imagine the cynicism I’ve approached the Suburbs with. All the begrudgery in a block
Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Despite the label wranglings, Big Boi’s delayed solo debut couldn’t have had a more timely release. Between mainstream hip-hop’s current squalor and Dirty South’s failure to progress beyond weak Lil
Prince – 20Ten
Prince doesn’t have much truck with the internet these days, indeed he recently declared it to be “dead” (you will want to adjust your Facebook accounts accordingly). Conventional record labels
Klaxons – Surfing the Void
Of all the cretinous, audacious crimes committed by Klaxons (inventing the nu-rave genre and all the day-glo Skins-gen horridness attached to it, binning the first edition of their sophomore album
Liars Liars, Pants on Fire
When we talked to Angus Andrews, Liars’ Aussie-accented, Frankenstein-frontman, January snow was blowing in the window and we were still playing with the Game Boy Color we got for Christmas.
Sky Larkin – Still Windmills
Sky Larkin lead singer Katie Harkin sees potential in still windmills, the potential ‘to be activated and energized’. It could very well be the indie pop trio’s new single that
The Black Keys – Everlasting Light
Starting off immediately with thumping drums, Everlasting Light builds up to a bit of a surprise when the vocals are first introduced. Singer Dan Auerbach goes falsetto, coming through in
Philip Selway – By Some Miracle
Considering that Phil Selway is best known as the drummer for Radiohead, there’s a noticeable lack of drums in By Some Miracle, the first single from his solo album, “Familial”.
7 Inches of Plastic: Interview with Nouveaunoise & Logikparty
Nouveau Riche:: Nial Conway and Conor Gaffney make up Nouveaunoise, Galway’s sample manipulators, electronic beep coaxers and acoustic layerers du jour. Their debut album, Paraphrase Accolade, was finally released this
Robyn – Body Talk Pt 1
With a surfeit of synth-toting popgirls clogging up the charts, Robyn re-enters the fray in a paradoxical position, at once a wise elder and a “me too” straggler. After huge