Pre-murmurings: REM and Chronic Town
August 22nd, 2013 | by Mark Jones
Some records become bigger than the music contained on them. The infamous Exile on Main St. sessions are more mythologised …
Features
Classic album: REM – Murmur
August 21st, 2013 | by Stevie Lennox
Before major label deals and stadium-conquering, mandolin-led ballads were a mere glint in the eyes of Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, …
REM: The First Cut is The Deepest – True Love Never Dies
August 20th, 2013 | by Joe Lindsay
I have always had the theory that one doesn’t always just ‘discover’ bands. Often it can be a two-way street, …
Gateways To Paradise – How REM Gave Me A Music Collection
August 19th, 2013 | by Steven Rainey
I was 13, living in Antrim, and it felt like the entire world was very, very far away. But then …
Dan Hegarty: Obsessive Compulsions
August 19th, 2013 | by Dan Hegarty
He sports one of the most splendid moustaches that you’re likely to see, and he’s proven that he can pen …
David Bowie: The Night Before
August 15th, 2013 | by Will Murphy
So, David Bowie came back this year with his finest album in about two decades. There is a pretty solid consensus …
Way Out West Festival 2013
August 15th, 2013 | by Ian Pearce
Our Malmö, Sweden-based photographer Ian Pearce (above) hit up this year’s Way Out West Festival, undoubtedly the Scandanavian country’s best annual showcase …
The Chancer’s Guide To… Sebadoh
August 14th, 2013 | by Jonathan Wallace
Are you constantly in need all powerful knowledge yet can’t be arsed with the little detail of actually putting in …
Festival Mixtape: Stendhal Festival
August 14th, 2013 | by Brian Coney
Taking in place in Limavady’s Ballymully Cottage Farm this summer, Stendhal Festival of Art celebrates its third birthday on the weekend …
Interview: Swans
August 14th, 2013 | by Brian Coney
“I used to hate people, generally,” says Michael Gira, fifty-nine year old commander-in-chief of seminal New York post-punk band Swans. …
