Tag: cork
[Pics] Moving house
My mum moved house last month, out of the family home where we had lived for more than 20 years. I took these photos during the move, feeling restless and strange about the house being emptied of everything that had meant ‘home’ since I was a child. I’ll miss the squeaky step at the bottom…
Sam Jackson, David Turpin, Christian Bookshop
A pic I took of Sarah Grimes of September Girls before a Community of Independents interview There are two new (and radically different) albums out now that I’d love to draw your attention to. One of the bands, Christian Bookshop, have featured on the blog before. A duo of Jimmy Monaghan and Aisling Walsh, they’re…
Interview: Vicky Langan
I’m delighted this is finally online – an interview I did with my friend Vicky Langan (performance artist/experimental musician/event curator) about her work and inspiration. I’ve been really curious for a long time about what motivates her, so it was great to get to chat about it. After we did the interview, we took some…
Focus on: Stop/Run
It never fails to amaze me how many people are creating beautiful, challenging and eye-opening music in Ireland. And in turn, it never fails to amaze me how many people get up off their arses and put on unusual gigs, or unique events, simply with the aim of bringing new sounds to people and exploring…
New music: Shane Linehan
Cork has a great history of producing influential electronic music – it’s home to the long-running Fish Go Deep clubnight, for example, which was based in the legendary Sir Henry’s club and now resides in The Pavilion. Throughout the decades there has been a steady amount of people making house and techno in particular but the…
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….
Black Sun – Cork’s ‘weirdo’ music event is back
This Monday sees another of the weird and wonderful Black Sun gigs taking place in Cork city. Conceived by Vicky Langan and Paul Hegarty, Black Sun is a night quite like none other – a gathering of unusual, weirdo and avant-garde musicians who will perform in the historic Pavilion venue. This month, the gig will…
Ben Sims plays Cork – win tickets
House/Techno fans listen up – more gig news from Cork, and once again from independent promoters: Ben Sims (Theory, Hardgroove- UK) will play Friday 3rd December at The Pavilion, Cork City, Ireland, supported by gig promoter and DJ/producer Jamie Behan (Bastardo Electrico, Subject Detroit). Ben Sims is known as the ‘3 deck master’, ‘the human…
Pal Joey to play the Pavilion
More Cork news: one of the city’s club nights, House is a Home, is bringing the esteemed house DJ Pal Joey to the Pavilion venue on December 4th. Sean Galvin and Shane Linehan, who run House is a Home, are two serious record collectors and DJs who are well known in the Cork scene, and…
Sweet Oblivion 