Girl Talk: On the record
Having been hit with a serious case of over-excited music nerd fandom Aonghus McGarry and Simon Mulcahy had the chats with mash-up mastermind Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk.…
Mr . Scruff – Get a move on
Ryan Cullen speaks to Mr Scruff, remedy or Andy Carthy as his family more than likely call him, about marathon DJ sets, cups of tea and his upcoming gig in…
Neil Delamere
A common fixture among Irish panel shows, another nationwide tour and a Viking documentary to top it off; Neil Delamere shows Ryan Cullen how his quick wit and flowing banter…
The Maccabees
Rebekah Rennick sat down with one of the men behind the first great guitar album of 2012, Felix White of The Maccabees. For any music enthusiast, when presented with the…
Meteor Choice Music Prize announces New Award
takes a look at the new award set to honour the public’s wishes A few weeks ago, the prestigious Meteor Choice Music Prize added an extra award to the prize,…
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
From Busking on Grafton street to putting in blistering performances on stages all around the world, case Rodrigo Y Gabriela have won the crowds over with a unique brand of…
The Two Bears
Aonghus McGarry sits down with Raf Rundell of Dance’s new dynamic duo. Dance music is too easily derided. Indeed, it’s a genre almost never featured in the humble paper in…
Sparks of genius
Conor McKenna talks to Kieran McGuinness about the good, here the bad and the laughable. When one thinks of difficult second albums by Irish bands, Delorentos are never far down…
The Blanks in charge
Ryan Cullen speaks with Sam Llyod of The Blanks about Scrubs, cruise ships and the crowds in Ireland. The Blanks are riding the wave of success as they are currently…
From Brooklyn to Dublin
Daniel Nolan spoke to Michael Lerner of Brooklyn band The Antlers on their recording process, their new album and music as a representation of an artist. “I don’t really think…
Atlas Sound –Parallax
Parallax is the third studio album from Bradford Cox. The Deerhunter front man is one of contemporary music’s hardest working musicians and this will be his eighth studio album in…
The Positive Side to Piracy
Lisa Gorry investigates the other side to illegal downloading “If you look at the likes of the early Motown records, artists never made money on their records, even if they…