September 1979. The Clash had just come out of two gruelling and high-risk months in the studio, recording what was meant to be their third album: London Calling. To test the new material and confirm the...
When I discovered Carsie Blanton a little over a year ago, quite by chance, I was immediately drawn to her music. By now, dear reader, you probably know that I come from France — a country with a long and...
In times of international uncertainty shaped by the whims of a single man, one word keeps resurfacing: impeachment. Heavy with constitutional and symbolic weight, the term is far from new. The last U.S...
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...
People of Limerick — if you’ve wandered past the corner of Henry Street and Sarsfield Street lately, you might have spotted a curious new addition: Dessie’s Disc, a retro-style record shop that looks like it’s been...
Imelda Kehoe’s music doesn’t just sit in the ear—it settles into the soul. Her latest album, The Colour Green, is rich with warmth, memory, and a striking sense of place. The work draws from the Irish landscape and...
It’s happening: Wreckquiem officially launched and entered its final phase. The full cast has arrived in Limerick and begun rehearsals. They are now working tirelessly to shape up the play and prepare the set for its...
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...
Mike Finn is a busy man. Always travelling by train between Dublin and Limerick, his cherished hometown. Lately, he was working on two different plays: The Rising of The Women, and of course Wreckquiem. The Rising of...
The other day, my beloved was in a rebellious mood. Chin up, fist raised, she was singing: “My name is James Connolly, I didn’t come here to die!”“Honey,” I said, “what are you on about? And who the feck is James...
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon some music that nearly knocked me off my chair: 第八作品集『無題』, the latest release from the Japanese band downy. I soon realised they’d been creating extraordinary music for over two...
They touched down in the drizzle of a London January, somewhere near Regent Street. A lone figure was first spotted in a narrow alley off Heddon Street—red hair blazing, guitar slung low, eyes full of alien promise...
The vast and wide sound of The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the The Smashing Pumpkins is an album I visit on the daily. I don’t listen to it back to back every day, but there’s not many...
Thirty years ago, Radiohead released their second album, The Bends. Two years earlier, they had put out a single that gained significant traction in Israel and quickly snowballed from there. Soon enough, the band was...
Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that always sought out designers’ creativity for their album covers. By the time they released Physical Graffiti in 1975, the band had already collaborated with Zacron for their third...
Since the early days of mankind, we would gaze up at the stars at night. For tens of thousands of years, we looked blindly, attributing the far distant points of light to the work of one god or another. The earliest...
The Swinging Sixties in London were an exciting time. Everything was buzzing—customs and morals were shifting, and artists of all kinds were exploring new paths. Psychedelic drugs played a significant role in this...
Who is Robert Johnson? A fundamental question. And the answer is just as important. Robert Johnson is simply the King of Delta Blues Singers. According to legend, young Robert was rather bad at the guitar and was even...
In July 2006, the FFSA celebrated their 100th anniversary with a grand event at the Formula One French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours. To mark the occasion, they invited Roger Waters to perform a special concert. For the...
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