Album Review: Bandana by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
In an age where it seems that most entertainment is made up of remakes and sequels, targeting our wallets through nostalgia, rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer Madlib’s second collaborative album…
Album Review: Metawar by 3TEETH
Evoking memories of the industrial titans of the past, 3TEETH assault the listener with suffocatingly dark waves of sound on Metawar. Blending Skinny Puppy’s snarled vocals with early Ministry’s harsh,…
Album Review: For Those I Love by For Those I Love
The context for For Those I Love’s self-titled is best presented as a timeline. The project’s lead, David Balfe, began creating songs about friendship and support against the backdrop of…
Album Review: 1000 gecs by 100 gecs
As someone who spent the summer months almost exclusively listening to painfully unironic, post-emo songs about beer and basements, I was unprepared for the phenomenon that was 100 gecs’ newest…
Old But Not Forgotten: On The (Re)Return Of ‘American Football’
In the time since the release of American Football’s first LP in 1999, plenty has happened. In a completely unpredictable turn of events, Mike Kinsella has had a child, breaking…
UCD Symphony Orchestra: A Russian Festival At The National Concert Hall
Starting with Glinka’s ‘Overture’, the night began with a surprisingly fast and controlled start, each voice of the orchestra keeping a remarkable control at such speed, while maintaining such delicate…
Gig In Review: Gus Dapperton
Gus Dapperton, a 22-year old New York singer/songwriter, arrives at the intimate setting of the Button Factory dressed in a velvet hot pink Turtleneck, paired with light pink sequin overall,…
In Conversation With: Fatima Osman
“This won’t ever become my career but I’m glad it’s going so well” Fatima Osman is busy. Not just law student-busy. Not just DJ-busy. Her weekdays consist of studying, going…
The Groupchat: The Grammys
Niall O’S: As is tradition with the Tribune, we are tackling hot topics two weeks after everyone else has forgotten about them. Nevertheless, we are here to discuss the Grammys…
Art As Therapy: On Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank U, Next’
Thank U, Next fell from heaven and rose to number one on the Billboard 200 on the 8th of February 2019, just under 6 months after Ariana Grande dropped Sweetner.…
Busted Are Back – And We’ve Found Someone Who Cares
Busted, the classic early 2000’s pop-punk band, have returned with their fourth studio album, and the boys are back with a bang. Their latest studio album, Half Way There, released…
Revisiting Hours: Jay Reatard’s ‘Blood Visions’
Blood Visions is undoubtedly the magnum opus of the questionably named Jay Reatard, real name James Lee Lindsey Jr.. It’s subversive, experimental and devilishly catchy. His untimely death in 2009…