Lire la version originale Il y a quelques années, alors que je surfais sur une vague de nostalgie sur une certaine plateforme de streaming musical bien connue, je parcourais une playlist de morceaux du groupe I AM...
Forty years ago, an album by a band emerging from London’s rowdy punk scene shook the foundations of Irish traditional music. Rum, Sodomy & The Lash, the Pogues' second release, wasn’t just a record — it was a statement...
When The Pogues released Rum, Sodomy & The Lash in 1985, they didn’t just make a statement through music, but also through an unforgettable cover art—a parody of one of France’s most iconic Romantic paintings. To...
From the streets of Aix-en-Provence to their own Super Moustache Festival, French funk collective Deluxe have spent 15 years blending genres, breaking rules, and spreading joy. In this candid conversation, vocalist...
The New Eves came up a couple of times on my social feeds recently as they just released their debut album: The New Eve Is Rising. The imagery of the artwork cover is intriguing, suggesting some kind of mysticism, and...
In conversation with Neptune Blood, we trace the journey from Fox Jaw to a bold new chapter. Reuniting under a different name, the Limerick band opens up about fresh sounds, old habits, and the challenge of starting...
Life doesn’t always go according to plan. The guys from Neptune Blood know it all too well. Born from the ashes of their previous adventure, Fox Jaw, that lasted pretty much two decades, the new Limerick band is trying...
A few weeks ago, on several occasions, I went to see Wreckquiem, the new play by Mike Finn in the Lime Tree Theatre, featuring Pat Shortt. One particular moment got me deep in the guts every time I saw it. And every...
Neptune Blood are back with Best Laid Plans, a track that hits hard and lingers long. Rising from the legacy of Fox Jaw and The Hip-Neck Blues Collective, this Limerick supergroup are carving out something new.
Today we’re going to talk about one of the greatest albums to emerge from the French alternative rock scene — by one of the greatest bands in French music history. Okay, I may be biased and overly enthusiastic, but only...
Pulp is back! A couple of months ago, I got quite excited when I saw that Pulp had finally come around to recording a new album. Since they called it quits a year after their last album — We Love Life — in 2001, nobody...
With a career spanning over six decades and more than forty albums released, Neil Young is living proof that rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay. He hasn’t burnt away like Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain did, but he...
Today is one of those fortunate days where I get to discover something new and enjoy it deeply. It came in the form of Manchester-based US artist BC Camplight. At first, I got hooked by the music from his latest album A...
The time has finally come. I’ve been waiting impatiently since attending the public reading of Mike Finn’s Wreckquiem. Everything about it spoke to me — from the fact that it takes place in a record shop (I could spend...
There are some songs, that when you hear them for the first time, you take a huge blow in the guts and just forget where you are. Then you listen to it a second time, and a third, and so on, and you simply realise that...
Thousands of people gathered at Malahide Castle on June 26th to see not one, but two living Rock ’n’ Roll legends going back to the ’60s: Van Morrison and Neil Young. The crowd was multigenerational—original hippies...
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