Dublin Buskers: Alex
A glowing and exotic melody drew me around the corner of Suffolk Street to the front of St Andrew’s Church where Alessandro ‘Alex’ was…
Music
One from the Crate: The Popgun Plot
A really nice find with an unfortunate sour note to it. Having picked up ‘The Popgun Plot’ in Tower Records, listened through front to…
King of West Kerry
Early in February, music editor Kevin O’Reilly bagged a rare interview with a living legend. Read on to find out more about his chat…
Lady Leshurr
Kevin O’Reilly spoke to the up-and-coming British freestyle rap sensation to find out more about her music and her online and international stardom. From…
Summer of Sound: Festival Season Highlights
Ignoring the obvious juggernauts on the Irish festival calendar that are EP and Longitude, music editor Kevin O’Reilly takes a look at just some…
Review: Troye Sivan- Blue Neighbourhood.
‘Youth, Life, Love and Sexuality’ December 4th marked the release of the highly anticipated debut studio album by Australian artist (and YouTube sensation) Troye…
From One Weird Ginger to Another: A Tribute to David Bowie
Over the last few weeks, the music world has lost some of its brightest stars. Lemmy and Glenn Frey were enormous talents, and their…
Upcoming Gigs
UCD Battle of the Bands final- Whelans- Thurs 4/2 Six of UCD’s finest bands will compete in the final of the UCD Battle of…
One from the Crate: Glimmermen
If you’re looking for something to cheer you up, let this be it. Glimmermen’s sound is a punchy, bombastic mix of ska and old…
One from the Crate: Le Galaxie
Over the past year, there have been no less than four occasions on which I had the chance to see Le Galaxie play live….
One from the Crate: Ghost Estates
Ghost Estates, it has to be said, are owed substantial credit for turning me on to the Irish music scene. While the first vinyl…
One to Watch: Jack Garratt.
You might be asking; who is Jack Garratt? But I can guarantee you that come the end of 2016, his will be a household…