Posted on 31st Aug 10 by Jane Ward | 
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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 [...]
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Posted on 30th Aug 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
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, touring [...]
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Posted on 30th Aug 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
….it’s a sound that owes just as much in parts to King Crimson as it does to Bloc Party. Bet you never thought you’d hear those two bands mentioned together…..
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Posted on 30th Aug 10 by Paddy Murphy | 3
It’s just over a year since RíRá released his critically acclaimed debut Horses Work for Donkey’s Wages. Now the ex-Scary Éire man is back with a collection of remixes, B-sides and demos with Demo Straights, Unreleased and Unplayed.
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Posted on 27th Aug 10 by The Judge | 0
If none of this does the job then it’s quite possible you fancy your hand significantly more than your Mrs……
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Posted on 27th Aug 10 by Gwen Langford | 0
One would never guess given the standard of the music on this four track EP that this is a band who lists their members as “people come and go” on their MySpace and Facebook pages. In fact, even with extensive internet searches it is unclear if either of the two original members remain. Recorded in one [...]
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Posted on 26th Aug 10 by Jane Ward | 0
With a career that has already spanned more than two decades, The Charlatans are preparing to release their new album Who We Touch, on September 10th 2010. Who We Touch is the band’s 11th studio album and one of their more distinctive. Talking about the album, singer Tim Burgess said the album is “a soulful [...]
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Posted on 26th Aug 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
Waters Of Ain is the last track on Watain’s new record Lawless Darkness. At 14 minutes it is by far their most ambitious work to date and is emblematic of what Watain are as standalones in black metal, based on output quality. The track culminates, rather appropriately, the album as a whole which, put frankly [...]
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Posted on 25th Aug 10 by Paul Groome | 0
This week we learned the sad new that Irish metallers Stand Up Guy have decided to call it a day. As A sign of our appreciation of the band’s greatness Drop-d has decided to republish a review of their Avenue Unawares record. Thank you Stand Up Guy……
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Posted on 25th Aug 10 by Johnny Bowden | 0
“I never realised it until now but you look like a pregnancy test.”
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