“…perhaps one of the most misunderstood albums of its time.”

Massive Attack release their sixth studio album, not including compilations and soundtracks, on February 9th. To suggest it hasn’t been eagerly awaited would be akin to saying that John Terry and Wayne Bridge will remain bosom buddies.

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Choice Music Prize & Meteor Award Nominee
Valerie Francis

Crashing down in the tail end of 2009, Captain Moonlight’s third full player, On The Lough, brings his Agroculture Trilogy to a close. Armed with a wit and intelligence of a modern day urban philosopher ‘the Captain doesn’t dare hold back on the trilogy’s closer.

All good things must come to an end so here Drop-d presents it’s final part of our running interviews with the four members of Dublin’s finest, Readers Wives. This time we get to chew the proverbial fat with head-bottle washer Niall James Holohan to find out what makes the band tick and his fantasy involving [...]

Drop-d: Hello
Disko : Hey, how’s it going?
Drop-d: How are you?
I asked you first.
Drop-d: What’s happening?
6.79 billion of us are metabolising.
Drop-d: What’s been happening since the debut album came out? You won quite a lot of critical acclaim for it, has it added much pressure for the new record? Or do you not let thoughts like [...]

Drop-d: Hello
Hi there.
Drop-d: How are you?
All good, very busy at the moment.
Drop-d: What’s happening?
I have just finished laying down the drums for the next Album.  Has been really enjoyable, very nice studio vibe.
Drop-d: What’s been happening since the debut album came out? You won quite a lot of critical acclaim for it, has it added [...]

Legion of Two are a band that take you preconceptions and kick the be-jaysus out of them. Somehow blending a style that sounds something akin to Trent Reznor in a threeway fist fight between himself, Burial and Pelican. This twosome are quite simply out of this world and way too good for it. Drop-d caught [...]

Drop-d: HelloDrop-d: How are you?
Chris : I’m well!
Drop-d: What’s happening?
Chris : 2009 has been the fastest year of my life. Ive been feeling alot of needed growing pain’s and Im loving every bit of it. Cant believe its October!
Drop-d: What’s been happening since the debut album came out?
Chris : A lot of re-shaping in how [...]

Thirty-two years ago today, a plane went down in Gillsburg, Mississippi. It had departed from South Carolina a few hours previously and unfortunately ran out of fuel not too far from it’s supposed destination of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The pilots tried desperately to land on a smaller runway but could not. In vain they tried again [...]