The Last Sound – new release, live gig

I really like these new tracks from The Last Sound – they’re wonderfully dreamy and gothic, and sound like they’re on a dusty 7″ from the late ’80s that you found in your grumpy Bauhaus-obsessed older sibling’s bedroom. Dubliner Barry Murphy is the guy behind The Last Sound, and his new 7″ release, ‘Only the…

Concerning a Sufjan Stevens sighting, The Olympia, Dublin

Great musicians become great musicians because of one thing: innovation. Think David Bowie’s flirtation with a new musical persona; Talking Heads’ layered basslines and polyrhythmic experimentation on Remain in Light; or Tom Waits’ ability to consistently reinvent himself while staying true to his grizzly spirit. The history of artists reinventing their careers does feature some…