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,
Major Lazer – Hold The Line
This single comes with a strange providence, as baffling as the tapestry of samples- phone vibrations, ringing cash registers and neighing horses- that make up its chorus. Some sources claim
Jamie T – Sticks ‘N’ Stones
‘He’s out on the town trying to find trouble’, but Jamie T’s latest ode to laddish exploits tells the story of an embarassingly abortive night out. When he spits out
Music – Interview – Patrick Kelleher
What do a hazelnut spread jar, a baby accordion and a drum machine have in common? They are the unlikely ingredients in a recipe for genius. Originally from Glendalough, Co.
!!! – A Chat Chat Chat with Chk Chk Chk
It’s the bane of any journalist’s life: the transatlantic phoner. It will inevitably take place on the hottest day of the year when the object of your professional desires would
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kasabian’s long-standing alignment with the Gallagher brothers has been both the making and the ruin of them. It seems that, try as they might, their name cannot be mentioned in
The Gossip – Music For Men
In their tenth year as a band, the Gossip make their return with a fourth studio album, Music for Men. Frontwoman Beth Ditto is famously fond of laying herself bare,
Regina Spektor – Far
I have something to confess. I’m in love with little Reginka. Thus, objectivity is not a strong point of mine on this front. However, it is with a heavy heart
La Roux – La Roux
Is the retro-futurist girlpop movement capable of yielding even one memorable album? La Roux’s fellow frontrunner Little Boots unleashed a debut album as flat as Dot Cotton’s walking corpse, and
Phoenix – Interview With Thomas Mars
Every summer has a sound. Last year, Vampire Weekend and MGMT soundtracked festivals and barbecues the world over and now, at the dawn of summer ’09, it’s starting to sound
Legion of Two
Alan O’Boyle and David Lacey should really need no introduction to anyone who has followed the Dublin music scene over the last 15 years. They are legends in their own
Music – Interview – DM Stith
How does one go from being a shy kid, brought up in a staunchly religious home, to being one of the most talked-about new artists on New York’s esteemed indie
Crazy P
If Niamh Farrell of Ham Sandwich fame thought she had it rough answering for her band’s nom de plume she should spare a thought for poor Danielle Moore who, ever
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Until last winter’s Greek riots it could safely be assumed that the postmodern teen had ceased to give a burning shit about that most outmoded of rock culture’s cornerstones; revolution.
The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is a modern album constructed completely out of the dust and memories of the past. The tuneful simplicity of American folk pioneers. The humble, hymnal
Music – Interview – Funzo
Dinah Washington once sang about being Mad About The Boy. While Liam McDermott himself is safe, his band, Funzo, had better watch out. Because I am most definitely Mad About
Sunday Night Bingo at The George
A sunny Sunday in Dublin is an all-too-rare happening these days, so when one bops along it’s pounced upon and waved around ‘til every drop of sunshine has been shaken
Mr Scruff Interview
Anyone who’s sold their sole to the Dublin dancefloor knows this fair city of ours has acted as a dumping ground for half arsed sets on more than one occasion.