Brand New Retro: Fab 208 – Radio Luxembourg
"208 is my magic number. It’s a throwback to the early 1970s when I and thousands of other music-starved Irish teenagers listened every night to Radio Luxembourg 208". - Brian…
Brand New Retro: Too Late Fanzine 1978 – 1982
Too Late was a Dundalk-based homemade magazine that was also sold in Dublin between 1978 and 1981. Brian McMahon asked its editor and publisher, Eamonn McMahon (yes relation) to reflect…
Brand New Retro: Paul Martin – First Face
During Lockdown, fashion photographer Paul Martin unearthed boxes of negatives that inspired him to publish his new book First Face: a collection of photographs of new Irish models shot in…
Brand New Retro: Charity Walks
Whether you were a walker, a sponsor, or just an onlooker, it was impossible to avoid the charity walk fad of the early 1970s.
Brand New Retro: i-D Magazine visits Dublin 1985
"After 11, there's nothing." When i-D visited Dublin in 1985 they found a backward and grim city beset by unemployment and emigration.
Brand New Retro: The Beat Scene Boys in Town – May 1968
This photo, taken in May 1968 at the top of Grafton St, shows six lead singers and four DJs from the Dublin beat scene - all young, all looking smart,…
Brand New Retro: Thumbprint On A Teenage Heart
"The Bay City Rollers were my first crush, my first love. They were a sexual awakening for most of us.” Mary McNally recalls her teenage years as a Rollers fan…
Brand New Retro – Fashion at The Central Hotel 1960
With revamp building work now underway at the closed Central Hotel, it’s hard not to get nostalgic and reflect on the good times spent there.
Our 200th issue is here…
Still sailing and failing since October 2004, our 200th edition has landed.
Brand New Retro: Creation
The decor at Creation House took inspiration from Berlin too. It was modern, elegant, sleek, sophisticated - just like Creation magazine, whose office and photographic studios were conveniently located on…
Brand New Retro: Christmas Presents Past
From tins of biscuits and tobacco to packets of cheese and nylons, Brian McMahon of Brand New Retro takes a quick look at vintage adverts for Christmas gifts produced by…
Brand New Retro: The early days of video and KillianM2 TV Archive
Rent or buy? Betamax or VHS? Brian McMahon asked Greg Molloy, the man behind the KillianM2 TV Archive, to tell us more about the early days of video and this…
Brand New Retro – HB Ice Pop Culture
It's ice pop weather right now so, what better time than to revisit pops from the past courtesy of Brand New Retro.
Brand New Retro – Tokyo Olympics
In the early 1980s, young bands like Duran Duran, ABC, Japan, Spandau Ballet, Freeze, Modern Romance and Haircut 100 stormed the Irish pop charts with a new kind of dance…
Brand New Retro: Ireland – the Holiday Island
Best read while listening to a red headed woman playing a harp.
Brand New Retro: Classic Irish Logos 1999-2006
The unearthing of an old computer hard drive containing hundreds of Irish logos and designs from the Celtic Tiger era has led to the production of a new zine and…
Brand New Retro: John Byrne – Advert Records
Brian McMahon talks Irish advert records with John Byrne the DJ, record collector, writer and archivist who put together the excellent Quare Groove compilation album in 2018.
Brand New Retro: Survival in a Nuclear War
"While reading Surviving in a Nuclear War, I couldn't help noticing how similar the messages were to those delivered during the Covid-19 lockdown."