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Published on August 2nd, 2013 | by Dan Hegarty
I’m still trying to figure out where the past couple of weeks have gone. The much anticipated Longitude festival has been and gone. Some of the highlights included Mark Lanegan Band, Foals, MØ, Half Moon Run, …... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013 | by Mike McGrath-Bryan
So the latest bored-old-hack thing du jour is to label children of the ’80s “millennials” and get stuck into them for the same shit bored old hacks did to Generation X, etc. etc. So far, so …... Read More →
Published on July 23rd, 2013 | by Dave Magee
Isn’t technology mindblowing? I’m typing this collection of words onto a page, in whichever font I choose, displayed on a screen, which is attached to a bunch of plastic and metal with electricity running through it …... Read More →
Published on July 23rd, 2013 | by Steven Rainey
Until this point, noise-mongers Dinosaur Jr had never sounded so upbeat. Indeed, this seemed to be the moment that the entire American indie underground came out of its shell and decided to have some fun. But …... Read More →
Published on July 16th, 2013 | by Jonathan Wallace
Beck has been quiet for an uncharacteristically long time. During the five years since the Dangermouse produced Modern Guilt he has formed a Record Club in which he and a bunch of musician friends re-record classic …... Read More →
Published on July 12th, 2013 | by Dan Hegarty
It was a time when the Blur Vs Oasis nonsense was reaching its peak; the Battle of Britpop as it was called. Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart was WWF (now WWE) Champion, and it would be just a …... Read More →
Published on July 12th, 2013 | by Mike McGrath-Bryan
So, now that we’re a few weeks removed from the colossal pant-wetting that happened online in the wake of Birmingham teenager Danish Ghaffar (or D4NNY, if that’s your thing) uploading his seminal masterwork ‘Goodbye’ to YouTube …... Read More →
Published on June 24th, 2013 | by Dan Hegarty
There are lost albums, those that should have made their way to ears all over the world, but for what ever reason didn’t. Explosive from Cork band The Shades was released to critical applause nine years …... Read More →
Published on June 14th, 2013 | by Steven Rainey
In the last few years, shoegazing (or ‘dream pop’, as our American cousins call it) has made a real comeback, a whole new generation of inarticulate youths picking up guitars and delay pedals , ready to …... Read More →
Published on June 12th, 2013 | by Jonathan Wallace
With the recent arrival of the immense More Light and cheers of “return to form”, now seems like the right time to make sure we’re all up to speed with the Scream Team. Have you got …... Read More →