As a teenager growing up listening to The Cure, I never thought I would get to see them live, because, you know, it’s The Cure. Imagine my excitement when it was announced that they are set to play Malahide Castle next June! So, in light of this literally life changing announcement, I decided to revisit…
In the glory of an adrenaline-filled triumphant moment it’s easy to get ahead of yourself and say something you may later regret. However, fans of Mercury Prize winners Wolf Alice know that bassist Theo Ellis has always lived with his heart on his sleeve and remained his true charismatic self while giving the acceptance speech…
Some people just take all the talent for themselves, don’t they? Apparently it isn’t enough to just be a fantastic actor these days. Actors have to be musicians TOO. Not that I’m complaining, there’s some great music coming out of our favourite “Hollywood” stars. We all know the obvious ones: Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Cher,…
Teletext Records is a new (Cork-based!) Irish management label focusing on left of field acts that provide an amazing live experience. The group, which comprises of Brendan Foley, Donagh Sugrue, JJ Lee and Danny O’Shea, released their artist roster over the last few weeks. Among those announced were local bands Aponym, Deadbog and Gilbert, or…
What is college if not young adults working hard and feeling nostalgic towards simpler times. With that in mind, I have created a list of early 2000’s bangers just for you – don’t forget to put them on your next “Throwback Thursday” playlist! Britney Spears – “Toxic” (2003) Whomever says that they do not turn…
Chasing Abbey, no doubt one of the biggest up-and-coming acts in Ireland, kicked off their sold out The Rollout Tour in Cyprus Avenue, Cork on September 20th. Their newest single, ‘Choices’, skyrocketed in the Irish charts to join their previous hits ‘Talk To Me’ and ‘That Good Thing’. Supported by Darcy Faith and Chinnie Izzie,…
A few months ago, something called the “Smirnoff Equaliser” popped up on my Spotify page. Of course, the first thing I thought was…vodka? However, when I looked a little closer I found something much more interesting. The idea of the “equaliser” was to make each user a playlist based on the “gender bias” of their…
Initially you started as a band called Creek. You then changed the name of your group to Pale Waves, how did you come up with it? Ummm….it took a long time to plan and we were looking for different kinds of inspirations for the name. In the end we were inspired by a painting my…
Editor’s Choice: Top Summer Releases You May Have Missed Joy As An Act of Resistance – IDLES The sophomore album from British punk unit IDLES is, as they say, “all killer, no filler.” After the release of their debut album in 2017, a lot of people (including myself) had doubts that they could follow it…
The walls and the audience are sweating. The lights are a glowing, bleeding red. Everyone is that exhausted kind of euphoric, the kind of exhausted euphoric you get after you’ve spent the last two hours jumping around to your favourite music. Six figures stand on stage in matching uniforms of loose white shirts and black…