5 Facts You Never Knew About These Halloween Songs
Thriller: This iconic song, synonymous with Halloween, nearly had a very different title. Before the title ‘Thriller’ came to Michael Jackson on a whim the song was originally called ‘Starlight…
Albums In Review
The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – Always Foreign Always Foreign marks a thematic departure for Connecticut collective hereon in referred to…
An Interview With: And So I Watch You From Afar
And So I Watch You From Afar have been one of the Irish flagbearers of post-rock for over a decade now and they return with their latest serving, The Endless…
Gig In Review: LCD Soundsystem at the Olympia
I don’t think there’s ever been a band so far removed from underdog status as LCD Soundsystem. Inherent in being under-appreciated, unrecognised or uncool are notions of empathy and benevolence.…
How to Survive College Using Teen Angst Songs
Every college student has experienced starting a new academic year. Wondering what it involves? Whether it’s surviving fresher’s or finally achieving that golden week of lectures, there’ll be a mad…
An Interview With: Military Road
Flying the flag for UCD are the five-piece, alternative rock band, Military Road who recently finished up their second consecutive performance at Electric Picnic. The band members are almost all…
Albums In Review
Concrete And Gold: The Foo Fighters Any hopes that the Foo Fighters would modify their sound may have been long flushed down the toilet. The reliability of that solid anthemic…
Albums in Review
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream Of all comeback records, the thought of American Dream was the most mouth-watering. James Murphy’s inimitable oeuvre stands out from the dance music scene. and…
An Interview With: Otherkin
Rapidly rising through the ranks of the Irish music scene are the Dublin garage rock fourpiece Otherkin. The band are fresh off the back of gracing the stage at Reading…
An Interview with ‘The Academic’
Music editor Aoileann Kennedy chats with lead singer of ‘The Academic’ Craig, about touring, recording and the band’s plans for 2017. After two years of non-stop gigging, The Academic are…
Albums in Review
Aimee Mann – ‘Mental Illness’ CT Rating: 7/10 Aimee Mann has been a standard dish in American singer-songwriter circles for over 25 years. This bluntly-titled latest effort demands attention. Mental…
Interview: ‘Cry Harridan’ Revitalising the Spirit of Creative, Independent, New Music
Music editor Aoileann Kennedy sits down with River, Hobo and Victoria of the band ‘Cry Harridan’ to chat about their unique aesthetic. The name Cry Harridan might be unfamiliar to…