Alfredo 2
By Freddie Gibbs, The AlchemistFreddie Gibbs teams up with The Alchemist to deliver another serving of Alfredo. Five years on from its predecessor, the duo have concocted yet another delicious dish.
Author - Ronan O'Brien
Ronan O'Brien
The Mary Wallopers in Galway: A Night of Rebellion, Solidarity & Debauchery
The Mary Wallopers were one of the big acts at this year’s Galway Arts Festival. Following the release of their sophomore album, Irish Rock N Roll, the Dundalk group rocked the Heineken® Big Top to its core. The...
Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025
By Public Enemy“We wanna THANK the fans, this album is the GIVE BACK!” were the words Chuck D and Flavor Flav introduced this surprise album release. On their sixteenth studio album, the hip-hop legends deliver once more...
Closer
By Joy DivisionThis month marks the 45th anniversary of Joy Division’s second and final album, Closer. Released two months after the untimely passing of frontman Ian Curtis, the gloomy, dark sound unique to them is as powerful...
The Comeback Girl: Brez Breslin from Republic of Loose
Republic of Loose are a real favourite of mine. Apart from providing the soundtrack to some of the best years we had in this country, they introduced the Irish public to some of the finest genre-bending music ever...
Foo Fighters
By Foo FightersIt’s been thirty years since Dave Grohl emerged from the ashes of Nirvana and introduced Foo Fighters to the world. Heavy, grungy and a testament to the instrumental ingenuity of Grohl, this album is one of my...
Soundtrack of our lives
In case you were hiding under a rock lately, there is new play about to premiere in the Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick. Wreckquiem —written by Mike Finn— is set in a record shop under threat by a promoter who wants to...
Richard Bodin
David Moya
Matt Lucey
Adam Kenny
Peter Burrows
Bird on Money: The New Abnormal
The Strokes are a band that defined an entire generation of music. It’s no surprise that Is This It has been lauded as one of the greatest albums of the Noughties. It basically became the script for every good...
Only Dust Remains
By BackxwashA black trans woman walks into a studio……want the punchline? I’ll tell you in 40 minutes and 51 seconds. Backxwash Zambian-Canadian rapper and producer Backxwash is not a household name by any means. I...
Aaagh!
By Republic of LooseThe Good Old Days 2006 was a hell of a year in Ireland. We had fat wallets, cracking weather and were living in blissful ignorance that the Celtic Tiger was dying. The airwaves were full of the likes of Cascada, Sandi...
The Hidden Track Team’s playlist
What better way to introduce ourselves than to share with our readers some of our favourite songs ? Each member of the team was asked to provide 4 of his favourite tracks, to reflect our different tastes in music. Adam...
Aurélien Noyer
Liam Barrett
