• Midweek Mixtape: This Time Ten Years Ago

    July 22, 2015 - By 

    Ahh… 2005. There was something so visceral and pure about the music that we’ll be damned if there’s ever been a stronger year for indie twee pop music ever since. Where the hell have Jens Lekman, Doves and Broken Social Scene gone to? The latter being such gargantuan heavyweights constantly jostling for indie superiority against Arcade Fire. And don’t you dare get us started on Scout Niblett! It was the year of the fey fringe and foppish cardigan combo, when having a beard made you the odd man out since Conor Oberst was the ultimate indie boy de jour. Everyone you met in the smoking area…

  • Lovers: Winners and Losers @ The Everyman Theatre, Cork

    July 21, 2015 - By 

    Lovers: Winners & Losers has enjoyed a fantastic run at Cork’s Everyman Theatre throughout the month of July. Friel’s play, written and set in 1967 tells the stories of two Irish couples. Separated into separate acts, Friel’s work even in a contemporary setting still resonates with the audience and Julie Kelleher’s first production as Artistic Director of the Everyman has been a great success. Casting the likes of Ciaran Bermingham, Timmy Creed, Judy Donovan, Antoinette Hilliard, Fionula Linehan, and Mary-Lou McCarthy; their portrayal of the characters bring each to life full of vibrant humour and pathos. Mary-Lou McCarthy (Maggie) and Timmy…

  • Watch: Clancy & Parkes – Twenty-One Minutes of Music

    July 16, 2015 - By 

    Twenty-One Minutes Of Music is a collaboration between Thomas Parkes (The Jimmy Cake) and contemporary composer Sean L. Clancy, which was recorded during a two day residency at the Moog Sound Lab at Birmingham City University. The aim of the collaboration was to develop new compositions using a large selection of Moog synthesisers which included the legendary Moog System 55 modular synth. With a combination of improvisation and chance techniques they recorded around seven hours of material which will eventually be whittled down to an album’s worth of material in the coming months. The piece in this video is a…

  • Watch: Brian Conniffe – Mercy Mine

    July 16, 2015 - By 

    When he’s not playing with Patrick Kelleher, Catscars (feat. Robyn Bromfield of Everything Shook’s) and Tenro AKA Marc Aubele of Nanu Nanu and Bell X1, Dublin cross-genre, experimental musician Brian Conniffe is concocting his own warped, psych-soaked brand of electronic noise. According to Conniffe, his new track ‘Mercy Mine’ is a “surreal, ghostly and strangely misshapen take on elements of contemporary electronic pop fused in deep darkness with a distinctly vintage warped VHS video, producing a luminous and poisonous, kinetic and frenetic result.” Took the words right out of our mouth. Delve in below. Photo by Maricarmen Copca