“I think music has gotten very girly,” stated 57 year old Dublin man Paul Hewson in a recent interview with The Guardian. Now, thankfully in 2018, I feel the majority of us treat quips like this as utter nonsense. Hewson, for those of you who are blissfully unaware, is more commonly known as Bono, the…
For the past number of years the dedicated folks over at the UCC Music Society have worked tirelessly to put on one of the most hotly anticipated college events of the entire term – the UCC Battle of the Bands. Slews of young, college-going bands once again answered the call for entries in the hopes…
It’s perhaps one of the most underrated gems in Irish music history, but the Sultans of Ping’s eccentric debut album is currently in the midst of being celebrated, championed and re-released by Cherry Red Records. A quarter of a century on from the albums initial unleashing unto the world, the inherently Corkonian indie-four piece have…
With the Gallagher brothers occupying much of the word count in music sections columns globally in the past six months or so, it’s somewhat imperative to examine what propelled the be-fringed, irritable Manchurians into the public eye. Back in a magical time referred to as “The 90’s” the weekly Top 40 charts actually meant something…
“How you set for the exams man?” “Ah grand like, you know yourself, it’ll be fine, I’ve been doing a few bits here and there d’ju know like.” But you haven’t been doing a few bits, have you? Christ sake your mother would redden your arse if she knew. So there’s only one week of…
In the new-fangled internet age we live in, there’s never been more of a chance for young, up-and-coming acts to undertake a real DIY operation to get themselves heard. The heady, hedonistic days of record companies forking out massive advances to unheard bands to record an LP seems almost unimaginable in the modern scene, but…
To be frank, if you haven’t heard of Dublin based alt-rock quartet Otherkin by now I’ve really got to question what you’re doing with yourself. The group, comprising of frontman Luke Reilly, drummer Rob Summons, bassist David Anthony and guitarist Conor Wynne, burst to the fore of the alt-scene in Ireland following the release of…
Prophets of Rage – Self Titled Rage Against The Machine plus Public Enemy with a dash of Cypress Hill – that super group sounds utterly class, if it’s 1992. The debut LP from this rap-rock supergroup is okay, but feels slightly dated. All the clichés are present, fighting the power, not respecting the power, generally…
This is the Foo Fighters NINTH studio album. Dave Grohl is now 48 years old, and the band as a whole has been knocking around since 1994. Expectations were relatively low when the Foos announced this new 12 track LP which was produced by king of the pop producers Greg Kurstin (Adele, Katy Perry et…
The ‘second album’ cliché is one that has been flogged to death, but don’t ignore the fact that attempting to follow up a hugely successful debut is not an easy task. London based band Wolf Alice shot to the fore of the alternative scene with their simply impeccable album ‘My Love is Cool’, released via…