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- From the musical mines of Iceland
Fri, May 18, 2012Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has scored several films, but his haunting music, as heard on his new album, ‘The Miners’ Hymns’, stands up alone, writes
SINEAD GLEESON - Reykjavik's progress
Fri, May 18, 2012God weeping golden tears from Heaven”? When they formed in the early 1990s, Sigur Rós never dreamed they’d be seen outside Iceland. Now they avoid reading “crazy' descriptions of their music just to keep sane, singer Jonsi tells
TONY CLAYTON-LEA - Dear diary
Fri, May 18, 2012Songwriter Sharon Van Etten ‘lucked out’ in being guided and encouraged by The National’s Aaron Dessner and others sensitive to her confessional craft, she tells
SIOBHAN KANE - Lambs to the slaughter
Fri, May 18, 2012‘Go easy on these lads, okay? They’re only, like, 15,’ implores the editor as she sends me on a fool’s errand to Cavan to get The Strypes’ opinions on Jack White’s new album. Sod that, says
DARAGH DOWNES , let’s put these upstarts through their paces. The Album Club takes no prisoners - What's On Your Rider?
Fri, May 18, 2012Bronagh Gallagher - Festival Fit
Fri, May 18, 2012Three festivals every week for a year.
MARK GRAHAM doesn’t have a bull’s notion - The Horrors
Tue, May 15, 2012Mandela Hall, Belfast - Cometh the hour, cometh The Minutes
Mon, May 14, 2012‘WE’RE THE MINUTES. Don’t forget it. If you forget it, I’ll go round to all your houses and make you not forget it.” That’s what Mark Austin, the singer and guitarist with Dublin band The Minutes announced before playing their last song at the BBC Introducing stage at last year’s Reading festival. Call it ballsy, call it self-belief. Either way, it’s working. - Mr Jones
Sat, May 12, 2012 INTERVIEW: Tom Jones has been 50 years in the business, and though he has let his hair go grey, he shows no signs of slowing down, writes
MARK HENNESSY , London Editor - Conditional love
Fri, May 11, 2012Aussie indie rockers The Temper Trap had a big hit with Sweet Disposition. But, frontman Dougy Mandagi tells
JIM CARROLL , their new album shows they have lots more going on - The power of pop
Fri, May 11, 2012It’s been seven years since their last album, but London trio Saint Etienne are still totally in love with music, keyboardist Bob Stanley tells
LAUREN MURPHY - 'Take me where the bus don't stop'Fri, May 11, 2012Paul Buchanan, frontman with 1980s purveyors of emotional indie music The Blue Nile, has released his first solo album. ‘I just didn’t want to disappoint anybody,’ he tells BRIAN BOYD
- Scaring up a crowd
Fri, May 11, 2012 THE HORRORS: The Academy, Dublin Tomorrow 9pm €16.50 (sold out) 0818-719300 - Between a rock and an urban place
Thu, May 10, 2012Artist Mary Nally was struck by the potential of Inis Oírr for a festival where the visual arts, DJ-ing, music, design, architecture and fashion could connect, writes
AIDAN DUNNE - 'Holy God, did we have no boundaries?'
Tue, May 8, 2012Forty years ago, Horslips brought groupies, a famous truck, some curtains and a few tricks to a Tipperary country house – and recorded an album that would have a seismic impact on Irish rock, writes
KEVIN COURTNEY - The club night that won't stop the beat
Tue, May 8, 2012Cork’s Freakscene has been filling its dancefloor for almost 20 years, and the club is responsible for more than its fair share of marriages. So what’s the secret to this wildly successful night out? - U2 1978 - 1981
Sat, May 5, 2012 EXHIBITION: Bono had discovered high heels, Edge didn’t wear hats and there were photoshoot japes with some unforgettable fire extinguishers. Next week a selection of rare U2 photographs will go on show at the Little Museum of Dublin. These images, never been exhibited before, capture a teenage band on the verge of world domination. ‘U2 1978-81’ will be opened by Paul McGuinness on Thursday. Here, the photographer Patrick Brocklebank recalls those heady days in Dublin - On your marks, get set, Crawl!
Fri, May 4, 2012PERU MAY have the Inca Trail and Spain the Camino de Santiago, but for three days next weekend, Ireland will host its own sacred ramble. Well, if you’re a music fan, that is. The Camden Crawl has become something of an institution since its inception in London in 1995, giving stage time across a multitude of venues to both established and up-and-coming acts and simultaneously kicking off the summer festival season with a crash-bang-wallop. - What's On Your Rider?
Fri, May 4, 2012Danny George Wilson of Danny & the Champions of The World
- Lone star state
Fri, May 4, 2012After stints with bands including Plague Monkeys and Tycho Brahe, singer and songwriter Carol Keogh is releasing a solo album. She talks to
TONY CLAYTON-LEA
