• Track Record: Spies

    March 3, 2015 - By 

    In the latest installment of Track Record, Conor Cusack from Dublin band Spies gives us an insight into his prized record collection, featuring favourites from the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen and Kraftwerk, as well as our very own Girl Band and Paddy Hanna. Photos by Aidan Kelly Murphy. Girl Band – France 98 As you may, or may not be aware, Girl Band have recently signed a big dick record deal with Rough Trade. I know we’ve had our differences in the past, but I was willing to put this behind me and congratulate them on their success. I recently met the…

  • Halestorm Irish Tour

    March 3, 2015 - By 

    We followed Pennsylvanian rockers Halestorm on their Irish tour taking in The Academy in Dublin and Limelight in Belfast with support from Wilson. Check out the galleries below by Carlos Daly and Liam Kielt.   The Academy, Dublin by Carlos Daly The Limelight, Belfast by Liam Kielt

  • Track Record: Vinyl Love @ Quarter Block Party

    February 24, 2015 - By 

    Brid O’Donovan chatted with Stevie on the Sunday of Quarter Block Party and he was hosting Vinyl Love in Gulpd Cafe.  They were about six hours into a ten hour set of twenty five DJs playing 7 7” records. A few hours earlier the wonderful Siobhan Kane of Young Hearts Run Free chaired a panel discussion titled Life Has Surface Noise. Daragh O Halloran, Peter Twomey, Justin Grounds and Stevie Grainger shared with us their memories of growing up with the records they hooked to their veins. Justin spoke beautifully about how music connects us to our time and Siobhan…