Body & Soul 2012 review

After two years of missing the festival, I finally made it down to one day…

Sonar Festival 2012 review

Around 1998, when my music tastes were turning towards the wider world, electronic music was…

Interview: Jason Pierce of Spiritualized

After yet another unfortunate bout of illness in which he battled liver disease, Jason Pierce…

Keep Shelly in Athens / Solar Bears
It’s the joint: Keep Shelly In Athens and Solar Bears in conversation

Tonight, Greek electronic pop duo Keep Shelly In Athens play Whelan’s in Dublin with Ginnels…

The 20 best bands I saw at SXSW 2012

This year was my fourth South By South West and before I left for Austin,…

Review: Azealia Banks @ Whelan’s, Dublin

All photos by Michael Rickard (Twitter). There’s no formula for hype but if you wanted…

Eurosonic 2012: The 10 best bands I saw

Having never visited Eurosonic before, I assumed it was your usual music industry festival type-deal.…

MMOTHS interview on State

State Magazine’s third annual Faces Of the Year series which picks out a selection of…

The Recommender’s top 5 new artists of 2011

The last of the top 5 new artists guest posts for 2011? I may have…

LYFSTYL’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Continuing the top 5 new artists guest posts now. Toronto-based LYFSTYL is one of my favourite…

Veronica Cream Team’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Almost at the home stretch of the top 5 new artists guest posts now. So…

Photo by Sean Conroy
Donal Dineen’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Following the recent closure of his long running Small Hours show on Today FM, Donal…

Elastic Witch’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Gugai’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Korallreven’s Top 10 DJ Chart

Korallreven hit town tonight for their debut Irish show in Twisted Pepper. The Swedish band…

Day 4 @ Other Voices 10: Wild Beasts, SBTRKT, Spiritualized, Ben Howard & King Charles

The final night of the St. James’ Church recordings and it’s possibly the best of…

Day 3 @ Other Voices 10: Edwyn Collins, Band Of Skulls, Frank Turner & Cherry Ghost

Saturday night and Dingle town is buzzing. It’s the third of the four nights of…

Interview with Twin Sister: “Soundtracks to movies that don’t exist.”

Long Island five-piece Twin Sister’s debut album In Heaven (album of the month for October)…

Warpaint, Plan B, K.Flay @ Jack Daniel’s Birthday, Nashville, Tennessee

Welcome to the spiritual rhinestone home of American country music – Nashville, Tennessee. Largely responsible…

Jape – ‘The Oldest Mind’ (video)

The polychromatic video for Ocean Of Frequency standout was produced by Brendan Canty aka Feel…