By Florrie McCarthy While this column missed the mark in a big way in the last issue in terms of timing, describing all the great wonders jazz weekend was to bring and getting published the day after jazz weekend(I know folks, I’m as sorry as you are – I’m sure the magnitude of the secondhand…
By Florrie McCarthy Well, it’s that time of year again. The murmurs and whispers that started about a month ago, at the first mention of “October 22nd”, are getting louder, to the point that the tension is crackling throughout the cobblestones; you can practically feel the music quivering in the walls, the streets, and even…
By Florrie McCarthy I think most people reading this article would agree when I say it would be difficult today to find someone who hasn’t at least heard of TikTok, if not knowing what it is or understanding the concept. The way that the social media platform swept the globe will never cease to amaze…
By Florrie McCarthy For this week’s music column, I’ve got an interview with the one and only AJ Whelan. Okay – maybe that name doesn’t mean much to you. AJ is a good friend of mine and has recently written, recorded and released an album himself. With a light folk-rock tone and songwriting style, AJ…
By Florrie McCarthy Well, I suppose I’d better welcome everyone back to the start of a fresh academic year on behalf of the music community in UCC and give a normal, proper welcome to those who are only coming to UCC now. This is the music column of the Express. Here you will find updates…
By Elle Kelleher, Contributor University Express sat down with three-quarters of Belfast-based psych-tinged Krautrockers Junk Drawer to talk about new releases, the state of the live music scene and accidentally prophesying the pandemic. University Express: So, can you talk me through how guys know each other? How did all this start? Brian Coney [bass]: Well,…
By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor Welcome back to our look at Bandcamp Friday! This piece continues last issue’s column, where I talk to Colm Cahallane of HAUSU Records. This issue we’re talking to Dan Walsh of Fixity, the Tan Jackets, Cork Improvised Music Club, and much more. The Cork multi-instrumentalist is a big proponent…
By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor The fence at the end of my lane’s looking shaky, and I blame Kate Bush. I was taking a drive with her last week, performing a three-point turn that quickly acquired several more points, when she took control of the wheel, pulled the clutch up a little too far…
By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor Back in March 2020, online music retail platform Bandcamp announced that on the first Friday of every month they would cut their cut on items sold from about 30% to nothing, leaving all funds to the artist. It was a great move on a marketing and moral basis, but…
By Julie Landers, Staff Writer I didn’t enjoy writing this article, and you’re probably not going to enjoy reading it. Before deciding to write about the environmental impacts of music consumption, it was far easier to say ‘streaming good, vinyl bad’, and even then that wasn’t easy at all. I love the acts of collecting…