Artist: Scissors For LeftyAuthor: Liam Tyrrell
A while back when I went to see The Fiery Furnaces in Whelans" a little known group called Scissors For Lefty played support for them. The Scissors" a four"piece operating out of San Francisco" were back in town a week later to play their first headline show on these [...]

Artist: Daniel JohnstonAuthor: Jason Golden
I don"t really know where to begin with Daniel Johnson" an artistic enigma whose legend tends to overshadow his genius. Daniel has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love" cosmic mishaps" and existential torment to an ever"growing international cult audience. As both an [...]

Artist: DelorentosAuthor: Mark
Delorentos hail from Dublin and are very hot right now. An appearance on RTE programme Other Voices and winners of The National Student Music Awards last year as well as winning the UK event has cemented their place in Irish Music right now" but determination and ambition are key to the success of [...]

Artist: noneAuthor: Kipto
Dear Shithead"
I write this in reaction to your "stellar" performance at Live 8. Ya I know it was nearly a year ago"but who cares" What a great idea it was opening with "We Will Rock You"".I"m sure Freddie Mercury would have been proud of you" [...]

Artist: StoneoceanAuthor: Dave Scanlon
So how many gigs a year does your band do" Yeah" well Stoneocean should make you feel a little inadequate" "cos they do about 20 times that annually. I don"t think there"s an official award for the hardest working band in Ireland" but these guys have a space set aside on [...]

Artist: The Fiery FurnacesAuthor: Liam Tyrrell
Voice from the Furnace pt. 2. by Liam Tyrrell
Last week we left off with Eleanor Friedberger from The Fiery Furnaces talking about the band"s recent European tour" their ever"changing line"up and the music that has inspired them. This week she lets us know about the new album" Bitter Tea" the [...]

Artist: Black WireAuthor: Maaike
Starting to get used to the fact that no gig EVER starts on time in Cork" I arrive pretty late at Cyprus Avenue. Walking up the stairs I can already hear a pumpin' bass and a lot of distorted noise. The volume of the speakers is turned up as if there's [...]

Artist: My Latest NovelAuthor: Dave Scanlon
Exclusive Interview
My Latest Novel

Oooh I love when that happens" Y"know" you head to a gig to watch a particular band "in this case Low" and the support band" who you"ve never heard of" are fucking great. I"ve discovered countless new bands like this" and I"m glad to say [...]

Artist: Neko CaseAuthor: Aoife
Neko Case
Album review

There"s something about Neko Case that"s so beguiling as to render her and her voice a instrument of beauty" pure and simple. Rather than seeing her as a musician" it"s tempting to see her as the purveyor of beautiful sounds " but sounds that convey images that are at times [...]

Artist: fun Lovin CriminalsAuthor: Anna Murray
Fun Lovin Criminals
TF Royal" 28th April

It is hard to know what to expect when a band as globally huge as the Fun Lovin" Criminals comes to somewhere only newly popular like the TF Royal" but far from the fall from greatness you might expect" the experience of years [...]