Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher | Album review
Phoebe Bridgers’ stunning new album Punisher perhaps gives 2020 something to celebrate. Although Bridgers established her title as a songstress through her 2017 debut Stranger in the Alps and through…
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Phoebe Bridgers’ stunning new album Punisher perhaps gives 2020 something to celebrate. Although Bridgers established her title as a songstress through her 2017 debut Stranger in the Alps and through…
The treatment of refugees in this country has become one of the many social justice issues the Irish music scene has adopted. While it is by no means a new…
Tasmanian band A. Swayze & The Ghosts present a powerful debut with Paid Salvation. Stylistically ranging somewhere between indie, (post-)punk and garage rock, the album bristles with youthful energy. Andrew…
Caithfidh mé a adhmháil: is breá liom pop. Ba bhreá liom Busted nuair a bhíodh siad i mbarr a réime; ba bhreá liom One Direction nuair a bhíodh siadsan i…
Pakistani-British award-winning multi-hyphenate Riz Ahmed’s debut LP The Long Goodbye explores a painful break up, though in his case the abusive lover is his native Britain. Utilizing the traditional break-up…
Portlaoise native and Softboy Records co-founder Kean Kavanagh released one of the most anticipated Irish albums of the year with his debut album ‘Dog Person’ – and needless to say,…
“Just keep smiling, whatever you do” reads one of the standout lines from Sisterix’s newest single ‘The Family’, and according to Siomha, one half of the sibling-pairing turned-band, it is…
Black Lives Matter remains one of the most prominent news stories at present, as protests and marches continue across the globe. In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd,…
It’s the 2nd of April, and Swedish rapper Yung Lean is performing to an audience of thousands from the back of a truck parked in a darkened port. Inside, it’s…
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