• 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…

  • Track Record: Keith Wallace (Rusted Rail Records)

    February 25, 2015 - By 

    Keith Wallace operates his bespoke micro-independent label Rusted Rail from his base in Galway. Here, he discusses his favourite albums with us from the comfort of his own home including Vashti Bunyan, Planxty and Black Sabbath. Photos by Sean McCormack.   Tindersticks – Tindersticks  I’ve had this album since it came out in 1993, but I just recently got it on vinyl, an original pressing which has one more extra song that didn’t fit on the CD at the time. There’s an entire life on this album. It’s rain-drenched and wine stained, that’s how I always think about it. It seems to…

  • Track Record: Subplots

    February 23, 2015 - By 

    In this installment of Track Record we chat to Phil and Daryl from Subplots about their most treasured records while they brew us some fresh coffee, proving they have both excellent taste in music and hot beverages!  Photos by Aidan Kelly-Murphy. Aphex Twin – Druqks Phil: We were 17 when Druqks came out and it sounded like music from another planet. I originally had the CD, and it was one of those albums that was in terrible condition as I used to lend it to anyone that expressed even a vague interest in Aphex Twin. There’s such a wealth of ideas on this…

  • Track Record: White Collar Boy

    February 17, 2015 - By 

    In this installment of Track Record, we hang out with Gav White and Mark Cummins from Dublin based ‘Post-Nothing’ duo White Collar Boy. They select their five favourite records each from their respective collections featuring the likes of Fuck Buttons, The Beta Band and Scott Walker. Photos by Aidan Kelly-Murphy.   Gav White The Universal Togetherness Band – Self Titled This is the last record I got just last week. Recovered gem of an LP that I first heard on a Mister Saturday Night Podcast and then I couldn’t find it anywhere until the ever reliable Gilles Peterson played it on his show. It has…

  • Track Record: Eddie Kiely (FIFA Records)

    February 5, 2015 - By 

    In the latest installment of Track Record, we chat to Eddie Kiely of FIFA Records in Cork about his seriously impressive and enviable record collection. “I have to say I would find it nearly impossible to pick my favourite 10 records, so this is not a top ten, so what I have done here as well as picking records I like is that I’ve also picked records that mean a lot to me personally.” Photos by Melanie Mullan. Crime & the City Solution – The Bride Ship From my love of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and the Mute label…

  • Track Record: Brian Foley (The Blades)

    February 2, 2015 - By 

    In the latest installment of Track Record, The Blades‘ Brian Foley gives us an insight into his record collection, featuring everyone from Hank Williams to The Clash. Photos by Shaun Neary. Hank Williams – The Very Best Of I love traditional country music as sung by Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Don Gibson and best of all, Hank Williams. Some people find his voice a bit jarring but I find it quite appealing and it adds to some of his more bleaker songs. The little yodel he sometimes uses blends in with the pedal steel guitar and the country fiddle. The lyrics are always…

  • Track Record: Contour

    January 14, 2015 - By 

    All throughout 2014 we dotingly pried into the prized record collections of some of our favourite Irish artists via Track Record. Taste abounded from every photo and giddy admission, and all was well in the world. Before delving into all of those (which we’re certain you’ll do so with fervent abandon in due course) dig the latest with Dublin electronic duo Conan Wynne and Anna Doran AKA Contour. Photos by Tara Thomas. Anna Doran Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation Nostalgia buzz. I bought this for Conan for his birthday! Underground Resistance – The Final Frontier I only have a…

  • Track Record: Bantum

    December 15, 2014 - By 

    Dublin-based Corkman Ruairi Lynch AKA Bantum has a fine taste in music. “But where’s your proof?!” we hear you cry. And cry you shall. Our response is the following piece. Read and delve in unison. Photos by Tara Thomas. Metallica – Master Of Puppets I keep going back to this album. I don’t listen to as much metal as I used to but this will always stick with me. As relentlessly fast and heavy as this album was, it made space for melody here and there, and some of the arrangements were just insane. Playing along to that album really helped…

  • Track Record: Oh Boland

    December 19, 2014 - By 

    We head back to Galway for Track Record, this time to hang out with Oh Boland, where Niall Murphy (vocals) mostly discusses his favourite albums and Eanna (MacDonnacha, bass/vocals) sneaks in with a few words about Weezer’s Blue Album. Photos by Sean McCormack. The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics One of the first garage bands they say. It’s hard to disagree, and what a band. That super primitive sound, mad rackety rock n’ roll played by pimples on a one day studio bender. That guitar sound is just to die for! Total belligerence. The beat is total energy and Gerry Roslie…

  • Track Record: Meltybrains?

    December 10, 2014 - By 

    In the latest installment of Track Record, the utterly inimitable Meltybrains? take us on a boundlessly intriguing journey into their minds/record collections. Photos by Tara Thomas. Micheál Snarky Puppy – Tell Your Friends This was the first Snarky Puppy album I was introduced to. A great friend of mine, the infamous ‘Jimmy from Boston’, showed them to me. ‘Skate U’ was the first track I ever heard, and I instantly became enthralled. I thought it was the best music I had ever heard, and I still do. I took it as a personal mission to show everyone I met Snarky Puppy. I genuinely think they are…