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Archive: Low (Alan Sparhawk) interview
Low are one of my favourite bands, and have been since I was in college – but I’ve only ever gotten to see them live once. And that was last year, at Andrew’s Lane Theatre in Dublin. When I first got into them, they had just played Nancy Spain’s in Cork, but as I hadn’t…
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Archive: Groom interview
I Only Want to Write Songs By Aoife Barry “We were calling it ‘the album they couldn’t kill’…” It’s a wet Wednesday evening in May and Dublin-based band Groom (guitarist/vocalist Mike Stevens, bassist Wil McDermott, drummer/percussionist Ruan van Vliet and guitarist/keyboardist Jeroen Saegeman – drummer Brian O’Higgins is absent) are huddled in a booth in…
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Archive: Mark Kozelek interview
Word of Mouth promotions are bringing Mark Kozelek back to play Andrew’s Lane Theatre in Dublin on Thursday 23 July. I did this email interview with him for the Event Guide last September (when he played as Sun Kil Moon) but somehow neglected to put it on the blog – so here it is finally!…
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Archive: School of Seven Bells interview
School of Seven Bells By Aoife Barry Sometimes I go whole days listening bored, half asleep I won’t say anything that’s worth a thing to me One day, suddenly, time took a turn that once felt so brief I blinked to see polite ghosts fading quickly Listening to School of Seven Bells is like being…
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Archive: of Montreal interview
Labyrinthian Pomp By Aoife Barry Why play by the rules when you can set the rulebook on fire and dance on the flames? For Athens, Georgia-based band of Montreal, music isn’t something that has to be constrained by rules and regulations – who says things have to go verse-chorus-verse? Since the band was first formed…
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Archive: Land Lovers interview
Romance, Romance By Aoife Barry Dubliner Padraig Cooney has only just released his debut album ‘Romance Romance’, under the moniker Land Lovers, but for a new person in the music scene, he’s attracting quite a bit of positive attention. Perhaps that’s got to do with the infectious melodies and witty lyrics that feature in his…
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Archive: Max Tundra interview
Won’t Get Fooled Again originally appeared in the Event Guide By Aoife Barry Ben Jacobs AKA Max Tundra is a UK-based musician who specialises in eclectic electronic that’s performed live completely solo by the talented multi-instrumentalist .Jacobs has just released his third album, Parallax Error Beheads You and is currently on tour with Hot Chip.…
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Archive: Gemma Hayes interview
Making Waves originally printed in the Event Guide By Aoife Barry Tipperary-born songstress Gemma Hayes released her third album ‘The Hollow of Morning’ early this year, after taking a break from music and upping sticks to Los Angeles. But as Aoife Barry finds out, there really is no place like home for this talented 31…
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Archive: Liam Finn interview
Liam Finn Q&A originally printed in the Event Guide By Aoife Barry As the son of New Zealander (with Irish roots) and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn, Liam Finn grew up surrounded by music and unsurprisingly began his first forays into the music world in his teens. At the young age of 25, he’s already…
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