Music books: From the melancholy of Abba to the dance-floor riot of Ash
Tony Clayton-Lea on publications about Abba, Greenwich Village, Fleetwood Mac, 1990s indie, John Grant, Dolly Parton and Britpop
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Sean O’Hagan: ‘That lovely, beautiful humanity I had with Cathal Coughlan in those later years was amazing’
The former Microdisney bandmates had cancer at the same time. Two years later O’Hagan is on the mend and has returned with a new High Llamas album
Cathal Coughlan and Microdisney: ‘Outsiders in the UK because they were Irish, outsiders in Ireland because they weren’t from Dublin’
Television: Passionate chronicling of Cork band’s ups and downs as they were adored in Ireland but never achieved a mainstream career
‘Cathal Coughlan was an inspiration’: Robert Forster on The Go-Betweens’ Irish spirit
Australian songwriter on his friendship with Microdisney, overcoming Grant McLennan’s death, and why superstardom doesn’t appeal
Telefís: Special Report — Remix project only for the most ardent fans
Compilation of alternate versions and remixes by Cathal Coughlan & Jacknife Lee doesn’t quite land
Telefís – A hAon: Theocratic electropop from the Irish diaspora
Cathal Coughlan and Jacknife Lee release a surreal concept album of sorts
Do not adjust your Telifís: A very Irish musical duo
Cathal Coughlan and Garret “Jacknife” Lee draw on formative memories of Irish TV
Cathal Coughlan: Songs of Co-Aklan review – The art of great songwriting
The former Microdisney frontman’s new collection reminds you just how good he is
Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’
The LA-based Dublin producer who worked with U2, REM and Snow Patrol has his own album out
Eileen Gogan and the Instructions: Under Moving Skies – Gogan shines with confidence
A fitting end to a thoughtful piece of work from one of Ireland’s most under-rated artists
Sean O’Hagan: Radum Calls, Radum Calls review – Compelling and quietly triumphant
Former Microdisney man’s second solo outing in almost 30 years offers earthly delights
Cathal Coughlan: On My Cultural Radar
The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney singer on Gerhard Richter’s paintings, the cinematic works of Rainer Fassbinder, and Aidan Gillen’s ‘brooding menace’
Ute Lemper joins Irish celebration of Bertolt Brecht
Gig of the week: Line-up includes Camille O’Sullivan, Meow Meow and Gavin Friday
The week’s best rock and pop gigs
All Saints at Leopardstown, Carnival of Funk in Cork, and Another Love Story in Meath
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019: Rough Magic does Shakespeare, Nathalie Stutzmann does Bach
Festival unveils programme for this year’s festival, which runs from August 8th to 18th
Vox fanzine: Dark dispatches from Dublin’s post-punk scene
The cult Dublin fanzine celebrated a grim, golden age of originality and ambition
The tune is out there . . . David Duchovny heads our pop and rock highlights
Also: Neneh Cherry, Jungle, Chvrches, Microdisney, Electric Eel Shock and Lux Alma
Cathal Coughlan: ‘Microdisney ran its course. Let’s just leave it’
The songwriter on the end of the group, his solo work and Cork’s ‘human architecture’
Microdisney come full circle. Welcome back, you little rascals
Review: This was the first time the Cork band had played in 30 years
Sound job: the oral history of Microdisney
As band reforms to perform their acclaimed album, those involved explain how it was produced
Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Frank & Walters – remember when they played Sir Henrys?
Cork’s renowned but long-defunct music venue is the star of a new show. What was it like to work there?
North Sea Scrolls
A clever conceit by Luke Haines and Cathal Coughlan makes for a show that is playful and serious at the same time
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