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36 Crazyfists, Collisions And Castaways

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Jonathan Keane

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Like Killswitch Engage and Lamb Of God before them they’ll be mimicked but it’s their sound now due to an arduous honing of the craft with each album..... ...more »

news

David Downes Emmy Nomination

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Irish composer David Downes has received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for Celtic Woman – Songs from the Heart: Live at Powerscourt House & Gardens. Downes was music director, orchestrator, arranger and composer of the special, which was also released as a CD and DVD. ...more »
Fuck Yeah, PLUGD is Back!
New Manic Street Preachers Song Is Boring and Harmless, But At Least They Didn’t Cash in on Richey This Time
Porcupine Tree for Dublin, October 11th
Change In The House of D – New Section, New Writers Wanted
Godspeed You! Black Emperor for Dublin
EXTRA LIFE and Jogging for Dublin
This Comp Kills Fascists Vol.2
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE for Dublin Gig
Blondie due to play Belfast, June 23rd

records

A new dawn for E – Eels, Tomorrow Morning

....misery does love company after all.... ...more »

36 Crazyfists, Collisions And Castaways

Like Killswitch Engage and Lamb Of God before them they’ll be mimicked but it’s their sound now due to an arduous honing of the craft with each album..... ...more »

Twilight, Monument To Time End

What’s this? It’s another ‘super group’ lad, called Twilight, so sit up straight and pay attention. Featuring Isis’ Aaron Turner, Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd amongst other members of note, Twilight is in many respects a super group. Monument To Time End is the experimental black metal outf ...more »

Cynic, Re-Traced EP

If there’s one thing Cynic fans have it is patience. After all, the gap between first record, the groundbreaking progressive tech. death metal opus Focus and the aerated, spacious work of Traced In Air was some 15 years. The latter came out in 2008 and the band are now a full blooded band again, t ...more »

features

A new dawn for E – Eels, Tomorrow Morning

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....misery does love company after all.... ...more »

Eels, Foals and a Modest Mouse, Preview of Electric Picnic ’10

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Right now as I write the sun is shining outside and the promise of a fine musical symphony awaits. Now where is my festival hat? ...more »

IMRO vs. The Blogosphere

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"We're on the outside, straight to the end" - Les Christ Punchers - Eight Nine Five. ...more »

interviews

Shadowcast Sun

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In the age of Facebook, Twitter and the like it’s quite easy to find out details, both significant and immaterial, about someone… and of course a band. But Kildare’s Shadowcast Sun have successfully done the opposite, maintaining anonymous, undisclosed members as well as a mysticism that complements their atmospheric music. But now Drop-d has spoken [...] ...more »

Sonic Academy

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Sonic Academy was established in Belfast in 2003 by former Divine Comedy member Kevin Traynor and Phil Johnston, one of Northern Ireland’s leading producers of electronic music. The academy offers music production training courses to aspiring musicians, producers and DJs applying the founders’ real world knowledge of the music industry. In 2006 Sonic Academy won a [...] ...more »

Relocator

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Relocator – a “multi-national endeavour”. What is that exactly you might ask? Well, the German progressive instrumental project’s self titled debut album is enough to reveal that. It’s the sound of five different musicians melding their skills and acumen into one entity. Click here to read the Drop-d approved review of the record if you [...] ...more »

live

Leonard Cohen, Lissadell House

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Leonard Cohen and Lissadell House surely a match made in heaven were the thoughts that crossed my mind many times over the last few months as I waited for what could be the most magical concert I’d ever be lucky enough to attend. Cohen having been a lifelong fan of the work of W.B Yeats relished [...] ...more »

Iron Maiden, The O2

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Let’s just get this out of the way. Heaven & Hell were supposed to be playing this O2 Dublin date alongside Iron Maiden. But of course the tragic passing of the great Ronnie James Dio meant that that wouldn’t happen. Unsurprisingly MCD took the easy route with this fill in and enlisted, once again, the services of [...] ...more »

Stevie Wonder, The O2

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Having being lucky enough to have seen most bands and singers still alive that I want to see there are only a few acts left on what I call my bucket list of a concert wish list. Topping that list for a long time was Stevie Wonder and finally that dream came true on June 24th 2010. ...more »

culture

Charity Shop Chic

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The nation let out a collective laugh when the government announced its foolproof solution to the financial crisis: “spend spend spend”. No thank you. Nowadays most people would rather invest in a sturdy mattress in which to stash their money. The Celtic Tiger brought with it the idea of a single use mentality, that we [...] ...more »