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Interview with Marina and the Diamonds
You know I’ve been smitten with Marina’s music over the last six months. From her Obsessions 7″ on Neon Gold to the tunes on her Myspace to her blog to the many remixes to her upcoming Crown Jewels...
View Article“..the ultimate bum-note in the world ever”
“Highly popular” “Influential” “Internet-related”Just some of the words used to describe er… me, in an interview with Jemsite. Ava from the site contacted me about doing a quick interview about my blog...
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Interview with Diplo, win a limited t-shirt
Here’s an interesting interview conducted by CTRL (a Top Man yokey) with Diplo where he reveals he is working with Rolo Tomassi, Sleigh Bells and Lil Jon, his love of metal and the artists that are...
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3×3 with Monarchy
Monarchy are an enigmatic band who’ve received a fair amount of attention here in the last five months or so thanks to great electro-tinged songs like ‘The Phoenix Alive’, ‘Gold in the Fire’, ‘Black...
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3×3 with Low Sea
The Low Sea are a little known Galway-based band made up of Billie and Bobby D who have been seducing people with their hazy, spaced-out electronic-infused shoegaze dream-pop. Fans of Hope Sandoval...
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Sound of South Africa: TKZee
While in Joburg, I got the opportunity to interview some prominent kwaito musicians. Kwaito is South African hip-hop birthed in Johannesburg which mixes in parts of rap, house, R&B and native...
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Sound of South Africa: Zuluboy
Zuluboy was definitely one of the most interesting people we met on the Smirnoff Experience trip in Johannesburg. He has released three albums of conscious rap and as much as I hate that pigeonholing...
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3×3: A short interview with Holy Ghost!
DFA’s Holy Ghost! release their 4-track Static On The Wire EP on August 23rd. It’s the first taste of the band’s oh-so-sweet electro-inflected disco dance music and it feature relative blog hits ‘I...
View ArticleInterview with Glen E. Friedman
Interview recorded with Glen E. Friedman for State.ie by Julien Clancy while Glen was in Dublin last month. He discusses his photographic career in skateboarding, punk-rock and rap photography, all...
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Interview with Chilly Gonzales
Aoife McElwain chatted to musical genius and entertainer (his words) earlier this week ahead of his Dublin solo piano talk show in The Sugar Club this Saturday (Tickets are €19.85 plus fees)....
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An interview with Jonny Greenwood
It was 2003 when his score for Bodysong was released, when the world realised the hunched-over silent one in Radiohead who played guitar like he was trying to strangle it to death was actually a rather...
View ArticleJape –‘The Oldest Mind’ (video)
The polychromatic video for Ocean Of Frequency standout was produced by Brendan Canty aka Feel Good Lost who has been prolific of late. After the jump, Brendan explains the video and what’s coming for...
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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) is sure to end up in the upper reaches of my end of year album chart. It creates a small unique Venn diagram...
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MMOTHS interview on State
State Magazine’s third annual Faces Of the Year series which picks out a selection of new Irish bands to watch kicked off today. There will be 20 artists covered accompanied with original photography...
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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 and White Collar Boy while tomorrow night, they hit Cork for a show in The Pavilion with Young Wonder and...
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Camden Crawl Dublin interview: Dam Mantle
Tomorrow from 5pm, Camden Crawl kicks off for the first time in Dublin. There will be 100 bands over two days in 15 different venues and you don’t find out until the day who is playing where, you only...
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Interview: Jason Pierce of Spiritualized
After yet another unfortunate bout of illness in which he battled liver disease, Jason Pierce got himself back on track with a new album Sweet Heart Sweet Light in a classic Spiritualized vein released...
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Interview: Two Door Cinema Club –“You don’t appreciate these things until you...
Between festivals, recording, touring and the small matter of one of them participating in the Olympics Opening Ceremony, county Down’s Two Door Cinema Club haven’t really let up since they first...
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Listening Post: Kwes picks some of his favourite tracks…
This Saturday, Kwes will be in Dublin to play the Button Factory for Hidden Agenda with support from Lemonada and DJ sets from Niall D’arcy and Colin Devine. While he’s yet to release his first album,...
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Listening Post: Star Slinger picks some of his favourite tracks…
I’ve been a frequent supporter of Darren Williams aka Star Slinger in the past, repping his tracks, remixes and presenting his debut Irish visit in 2011. Since then, he’s had a couple of original...
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