Off the back of ever-growing, much deserved success of Good Vibrations on the big screen and coinciding with Record Store Day 2013, Belfast “Godfather of Punk” Terri Hooley re-opened his legendary record shop (“recurd shap”) upstairs in Bigg Life Community Arts, 89-93 North Street Belfast on Saturday, April 20. Terri, in usual dry yet upbeat spirit, casually stood at the till selling vinyl and discussing his soon-to-be, slightly begrudged appearance on the One Show. Of course, at such an early stage of the shop’s latest incarnation, stock was slim in comparison to certain high street alternatives but considering it’s the…
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Freelance photographer Bríd O’ Donovan recently caught up with Elaine and Cathal from fast-rising Cork psych/garage band The Altered Hours. Check out our interview with the band right here.
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Shot in January/March, Ian Pearce captures Dublin electronic-rock Jape writing and recording in a studio in Malmö, Sweden. According to Pearce, two albums might be on the way – nice!