Monthly Archives: May 2009

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Gallows, Grey Britain

Posted on 26th May 09 by | comments 2

After the wait, and all the hype and praise lavished upon their first album, Orchestra of Wolves, Watford hardcore mob Gallows had to deliver an absolute blast of a record to justify all the breakdowns, hostility and general turmoil both internally and with the world in general.

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Grizzly Bears and The Traveling Circus

Posted on 24th May 09 by | comments 5

While preparing to phone and interview Daniel Rossen, Grizzly Bear’s (GB) singer/songwriter/guitarist, I wasn’t sure what to expect. GB are hailed, along with fellow WARP Records charges, Animal Collective, as being the darlings of Modern Indie.

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Welcome to the all new Drop-d.ie

Posted on 21st May 09 by | comments 11

Welcome one, welcome all, to the all new shiny sexy Drop-d.ie. We’ll keep this short and sweet, we’re all about the music and none of the waffle. Drop-d‘s been running for some 5 years now and we wanted to wait until the 1000th feature was posted before we went live with the new design. So, [...]

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Rí Rá

Posted on 21st May 09 by | comments 5

Irish hip-hop has had an unjustifiable stigma labelled over it for quite a while but hopefully that’s all about to change with the current crop of rappers appearing on the live circuit up and down the country. Former Scary Éire frontman RíRá is without doubt Ireland’s greatest rapper with almost everyone in the current scene citing him [...]

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