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Let’s get Popical!
Has it really been a year since the Popical Island compilation #1 was released!? Strike me down with a feather. It has been a pretty amazing year for this Dublin-based collective, thanks to a stream of excellent shows and releases and a constant focus on keeping things fun, accessible and smart. The first compilation helped…
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Focus on Galway: Rusted Rail, Brigid Power Ryce, So Cow & Yawning Chasm
Ah, Galway. I’ve had visions of this little city running through my head for the past few weeks, all because of a series of interviews I did for the Irish Times‘ music supplement The Ticket a few weeks ago. The article came out yesterday – you can read it here – but due to word…
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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…
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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…
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Soundcloud sounds: Toby Kaar, Sacred Animals remix
I’m not too sure how this one almost passed me by, but Toby Kaar has a new remix on his Soundcloud, this time of the Sacred Animals track Wired, Islands. What I love about Toby’s remixes is that they’re never what you expect – there are twists and turns, jolts and jerks and moments when…
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State vs…Sweet Oblivion
Hey folks, if you’re out and about in Dublin tonight and hankering for some live music to go with your beer, then pop along to the Mercantile on Dame St for some State vs Sweet Oblivion action. The lovely folk at State (where I have contributed articles over the past couple of years) asked me…
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Agnes Obel
I’ve already waxed lyrical about my love for Dustin O’Halloran‘s latest album, Lumiere, and I’ve gotten such a buzz out of hearing from other people who’ve fallen for it too. It’s a work of beauty, check it out. Here’s another album that I fell for last year and seeing as its creator is playing in…
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Just like a drawing…
Female musicians and polyrhythmic-post-punk go together like jam and toast. Sweet!
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Beaucoup de fantastique musique to enjoy at le Cork French Film Festival
Malheureusement pour my corny headline, but I had to throw a little bit of my (terrible – I used to be good at it years ago!) French into the post. If you’re in Cork this weekend, there are some wonderful events taking place as part of the city’s French Film Festival, which I detail below.…
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Dustin O’Halloran – Lumiére
This album is breaking my heart already. Released on the FatCat label, Lumiére is a piano-based record that not only features the ACME string ensemble (they’ve worked with Grizzly Bear, Nico Muhly and more) but was mixed by Johann Johansson and has Peter Broderick on violin and Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid on…
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