Live Review: Led Zeppelin, O2 Arena, London
Posted in Live Reviews, Press Clippings, tagged led zep, led zeppelin, led zeppelin reunion, live review, london, o2 arena, reunion, review, tickets, tour on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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La Blogothèque Take Away Shows - Interview
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, Takeaway Shows, tagged arcade fire, architecture in helsinki, beirut, chryde, grizzly bear, interview, la blogotheque, marla hansen, take away shows, Takeaway Shows, vincent moon on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Parisien guerilla video bloggers Vincent Moon and Chryde (aka The Take Away Shows) bring music and film out of the venue, onto the streets, and onto your computer. Cian Traynor tracked them down on the streets of Paris.
Whether it’s squeezing Arcade Fire into an elevator or getting Grizzly Bear into a bathtub, French music site [...]
O’Death Interview
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged , interview, jesse newman, o'death on September 6, 2007 | No Comments »
The drummer rises from his stool, wailing, bare-chested, whipping chains from the grip of each hand against a kit of rusty old canisters, spurring on the rest of the band like an infuriated slave driver. The tempo is driven by a hardcore-punk ethos, the lyrics are tinted with the macabre, and the songs sound old [...]
Magic Arm Interview
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged interview, magic arm, Marc Rigelsford, outdoor games, switchflicker on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Right now, the sweet folk sounds of Marc Rigelsford’s Magic Arm is a best kept secret, unspoiled by the vultures of TV advertising. But for how long? Cian Traynpr debates.
There’s no shortage of armchair rock stars out there who consider the act of lending your music to advertising the ultimate sell out. But for [...]
Christy Moore Interview
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged Burning Times, Christy Moore, Christy Moore Interview, interview, music interviews on August 11, 2006 | No Comments »
I was talking about my ambivalence towards America, the fact that I’ve got wonderful American friends whom I love dearly. I love being in America, I love gigging there, I love a lot of its culture and art. And yet, the behaviour of some Americans appals me…at the moment, it’s a very frightening country.
Interview: Tim Burgess, The Charlatans
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged interview, The Charlatans, Tim Burgess on April 23, 2006 | No Comments »
Taken from Connected magazine, April 2006
Latecomers to the “Baggydelic” scene of the early ’90s, The Charlatans seemed doomed to be remembered as Madchester also-rans. However, having endured imprisonment, death, embezzlement, and illness, the band have survived every rock’n’roll cliché in the book to [...]
Interview: Dr. Dog
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged dr. dog, Dr. Dog Interview, dublin, interview, Scott McMicken, The Village, Toby Leaman on April 14, 2006 | No Comments »
I’m completely and unashamedly hooked. In fact, I can’t recall ever being as excited about a new band as I am about Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog. Purveyors of cascading melodies and irresistible harmonies, these guys have been doing their thing for years on beat-up cassette recordings, yet somehow the results still remain immaculate. Meeting [...]
Interview: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged interview, Nick Zinner, Show Your Bones, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs on March 31, 2006 | No Comments »
Taken from Connected magazine, March 2006
Such is the anticipation surrounding the release of “Show Your Bones” - the first Yeah Yeah Yeahs album since their 2003 debut “Fever to Tell” - that a slew of hype, rumour, and speculation has left fans genuinely [...]
Interview: Giveamanakick
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged give a man a kick, Giveamanakick, interview, limerick on March 3, 2006 | No Comments »
One might argue that if giveamanakick - a no-nonsense guitar and drums duo from Limerick - were based in any other country, we all would have long since heard of them. In between cranking out their infamously energetic and ear-splitting live show, Steve [...]
Interview: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings, tagged interview, dublin, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rodrigo y Gabriela interview, mexico on February 23, 2006 | No Comments »
Taken from Connected magazine, February 2006
Take a quick glance around the audience of a Rodrigo y Gabriela gig, and you’re bound to see jazz enthusiasts rub elbows with metal heads, often unaware that they’ve genre-hopped into each other’s tastes. Fluently blending everything into [...]
Kevin McNamara Interview
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings on November 1, 2005 | No Comments »
There’s a little cleft somewhere between all things known and unknown on the collective musical radar, a transitory space where neither the anonymous nor the well-known are welcome. Sitting there comfortably is Dublin’s best-kept secret, Kevin McNamara. His sound is like a music box [...]
Bell X1
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings on October 9, 2005 | No Comments »
Taken from Connected magazine, October 2005
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The Paddingtons
Posted in Interviews, Press Clippings on October 5, 2005 | No Comments »
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Posted in Press Clippings, Recommended Listening on August 22, 2005 | No Comments »
It doesn’t take long to become familiar with the image of the duo laboriously recording their work, hidden from sight in a bunker while living in the remains of a commune in some secret, rural location. The world of “Turquoise Hexagon Sun,” as we may perceive it, is a kaleidoscope of desolate green pastures, ice-cold seas, abandoned lighthouses, and a horizon of serene blue skies. Somewhere in the belly of a forest near Scotland’s Pentland hills, hallucinogenics are being consumed around a bonfire, their music the soundtrack to the experience.
