Inbound: The Claque
April 18th, 2019 | by Cathal McBride
Girl Band’s incendiary LP Holding Hands With Jamie found itself landing on Albums of the Year lists far and wide …
Features
Phil Taggart’s Slacker Guide to The Music Industry
April 16th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
Like many broadcasters working within music, Phil Taggart is himself a musician. It’s something that has granted the Northern Irish …
Going the Distance: 10 Years of Vantastival
April 9th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
Ten years is a long time in the summer festival business. Both in terms of challenges faced and having reason …
Teeth Bared and Tongues in Cheek: An Interview With BATS
April 9th, 2019 | by Will Murphy
BATS are easily one of Irish musical landscapes’ greatest oddities. A five piece playing a fusion of post-punk, prog and metal …
Throwing It Out There: An Interview With Kristin Hersh
April 8th, 2019 | by James Cox
U.S. singer-songwriter, musician and author Kristin Hersh talks to James Cox about pride, process, PTSD, guitar-playing and forthcoming new Throwing Muses …
This Month In Irish Music: March
April 1st, 2019 | by Colin Gannon
In the latest of a new regular series, Colin Gannon rounds up the very best Irish tracks released of the …
Festival Mixtape: Vantastival 2019
March 29th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
In an age when we’re lucky to have new-fangled festivals are springing up left, right and centre, Drogheda’s Vantastival holds …
19 for ’19: Elikya
March 28th, 2019 | by Colin Gannon
More than any other group in Ireland, Elikya bleed history. Founded in Limerick in 2001 as a community choir of …
Remembering Scott Walker: Neil Brogan on Nite Flights by The Walker Brothers
March 27th, 2019 | by Neil Brogan
The first song I reached for when I read Scott had passed was ‘Nite Flights’. Something about the strange, languid …
Belfast Film Festival Preview: The Kiosk – A Q+A With Director Neal Hughes
March 27th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
A must-see at this year’s Belfast Film Festival is the debut screening of The Kiosk by director Neal Hughes. Capturing the …
