Artist: George Clinton " InterviewAuthor: Liam Tyrell
Sometimes you can end up in the most unusual places. It was no exception last 5th July when I trotted on down to Tripod to meet George Clinton" he of Parliament and Funkadelic fame. Not that Tripod in itself is that unusual you understand" but because this man [...]

Artist: Dan Deacon " InterviewAuthor: Jason Golden
Dan Deacon has garnered a reputation in the underground as an intense performer and classic showman. The table top full of pedals" a sine wave generator" vocoder and casio blasting through the PA" joined by a makeshift light board with various bulbs and green skull strobe light" make his [...]

Artist: PreviewAuthor: Liam Tyrell
Sliabh An Iarainn Arts Festival " Drumshanbo" Co. Leitrim. August 3"5
Those of you" who follow these pages with interest" or even with no interest" may remember that I returned a happy man from the depths of Leitrim last summer " Sliabh An Iarainn Arts Festival 2006".
This festival is where you [...]

Artist: Mantua FestivalAuthor: Hubert McIntyre
What is it about festivals that makes people want to travel for hours to sleep in glorified bin liners in a field full of strangers for hours on end in weather conditions that would make a hardened Scandinavian cod fisherman go running for his hot water bottle" Couple this with [...]

Artist: BILL CALLAHANAuthor: Drop"d
"For those who like a bit of singer"songwriter action but want something with more depth and darkness bard Bill Callahan "aka Smog" is the man" Sunday Telegraph
"A River Ain"t Too Much to Love" is another in a long line of masterpieces Independent On Sunday
Following the release of his latest solo album" [...]

Artist: BarrytronAuthor: Barrytron
This adventure contains graphic sexual passages and another rant about
fucking Dublin.
HOSTEL
"Let's party like it's 9/11"
I had just had a sweet summer after finishing my Leaving Cert in 2001 and
had just started college. Life as an Arts student was sweet. You would often
see me dodging my only lecture on a Tuesday to go [...]

Artist: INDIE"PENDENCE 2007Author: Drop"D
INDIE"PENDENCE" Irelands only FREE Independent Music Festival returns to New Square" Mitchelstown" Co. Cork from August 3rd to 6th" 2007. Described as one of the best new festivals on the Irish scene" run with a DIY attitude" by the people and for the people" INDIE"PENDENCE has again put together a rocking [...]

Artist: Buck 65Author: Drop"d
With the release of his new album Situation pencilled for September" Canadian hip"hop hero Buck 65 has announced a snappy burst of three Irish shows as part of his latest European tour.
Taking in a Galway Arts Festival show at the Roisin Dubh "July 23" and an appearance at Auntie Annie"s in [...]

Artist: OxegenAuthor: Liam Tyrrell
A FEAST OF FESTIVALS
It"s been hooring down for about three weeks now so that can mean only one thing" It"s Festival Time"""
This year there"s any number of wet"n"wild weekends to be had in all four corners of this island so over the next three weeks I"ll be taking a look [...]