Gig review: O Emperor at Dali, November 16, 2018
And so they’re gone. Well, from Cork anyway. O Emperor played their last show in the city last night, Friday, November 16 – there’s one gig left as the Waterford band play the Project in the city on...
View ArticleThe Irish Jam: Listen to new tunes from Peachface, Sun Mahshene and Gadget...
It was the first episode of 2019 for The Irish Jam last night, and I was back with New Music Sunday. You can listen to the three acts I selected after the jump: Peachface, Sun Mahshene and Gadget and...
View ArticleTalos –‘The Light Upon Us’
Talos aka Eoin French and pals gave us our first taster of their second album, Far Out Dust, with one of the best tracks of last year, ‘See Me’. New single ‘The Light Upon Us’ is similarly 80s swathed...
View ArticleClodagh –‘Grey Clouds’
‘Grey Clouds’ is the debut single from Cork-based singer-songwriter Clodagh, who says “it’s a way of paying tribute to those you’ve loved and lost, and of turning difficult emotions into something...
View ArticleAlbum review: Talos – Far Out Dust
I love that moment when you think you know a band and suddenly they confound you, making you drop your presumtions there and then. That’s how I felt watching Talos at De Barra’s in July 2016, when they...
View ArticleThe Shaker Hymn –‘Brother (Love In Flight)’
Cork band the Shaker Hymn follow up 2016’s Do You Think You’re Clever? with the five-track EP The Shape Of The Sea, due April 10. ‘Brother (Love In Flight)’ is the first taster and sees the group in...
View ArticleEve Clague: ‘These things always change, influences always change’
Cork artist Eve Clague released her debut solo single, ‘Young Naive Me’, recently. It had been a long time coming – indeed there’s a SoFar Sofas clip of the track from 2016 up on YouTube. Though it’s...
View ArticleAlbum review: Ye Vagabonds – The Hare’s Lament
The Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn aka Ye Vagabonds‘ second album The Hare’s Lament is the third LP released on the Rough Trade imprint River Lea Records. It follows Lisa O’Neill’s...
View ArticleCillian Murphy on his old band Sons of Mr Green Genes and the Cork music...
Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy was on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music show last Thursday, October 15, ahead of his return to the station – his brilliant music show was on at midnight on Sunday. Listen...
View ArticleCelebrating the 10-year anniversary of Gulpd and Plugd at the Triskel
April 16, 2021, marks ten years since Gulpd and Plugd opened their doors at the Triskel Arts Centre. It was a special case and felt like a moment worth capturing. Personally, I have so many good...
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