The electricity went out in my house. This wouldn’t have been a big issue, really, it would have meant I could procrastinate college assignments that definitely required complete internet assistance (a complete lie). However, today was March 4th, my Zoom … Continue reading An Interview with Aaron Fahy “Listening to good music, drinking nice coffee and making the stuff I like to make”
Beyoncé has just released the second album in her musical trilogy project as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Renaissance, the first album in this project, was a smash hit last summer and acted as a love letter to the … Continue reading Cowboy Carter
One exam period ends and the next doesn’t hesitate to rear its ugly head. The dreaded April-May season may seem far away, but as students are more than aware, it creeps upon us when we least expect it. Soon, the … Continue reading Tunes4Grades 5 Albums to help get you through any exam period
If you were lucky enough to snag a ticket for Trinity Ball 2024, you are in for a night filled with outstanding musical performances. With a total of 15 acts from indie rock, folk, techno, R&B, grunge, and traditional Irish, … Continue reading T Ball Headliners 2024
My friend approached me one morning, after we and my housemates went to a gig in Workman’s Cellar, to ask a question about a moment from the night before. He had been standing still on the dancefloor, having suddenly stopped … Continue reading The Kitchen-Talk Billie Eilish Connection
Originally published in print in October 2023. While the Arctic Monkeys had experienced success in the UK since their debut, it was the energetic riffs and addictive rhythms of the band’s fifth album AM that pushed them towards worldwide … Continue reading 10 Years After AM Arctic Monkeys and their ‘Horrible New Sound’
“TikTok is uniquely designed to build parasocial relationships with people all over the world. People with normal lives can be suddenly launched into niche-celebrity status overnight, purely based off the fact that they connect with a particular audience.” A … Continue reading ‘One-Hit Wonders’ are dead and TikTok killed them
On Friday December 1st, Workman’s Club was filled with sounds of harmonious voices, deep bass guitar notes, and delicate guitar picking by London-based band Flyte. Childhood friends, Will Taylor and Nick Hill, started the band back in 2013. Together they … Continue reading In Conversation with Flyte London’s hottest folk band discuss their new album and share their advice for budding music artists
The other day, I was scrolling through my 2010’s throwback playlist, and I was feeling in an extra critical mood. The justification for this could have been that I had just finished up another round of back-to-back English literature seminars … Continue reading “That’s so 2010s” How gender stereotypes have evolved in songwriting over the last decade
During production of the latest instalment in the Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the film’s legendary composer John Williams announced his retirement from composing. Movie and music lovers across the globe turned to each other … Continue reading Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man John Williams’ Music in Film
October 27th marked a historic day with the unlocking of Taylor Swift’s fourth era; also known as the release of Swift’s fourth re-recorded album, 1989 (Taylor’s Version). The album is packed with 22 songs with 5 unreleased “from the vault” … Continue reading Books to Read to Fully Embrace Our 1989 Era
On the Nineteenth of October, Ylroy, an Irish-Filipino singer-songwriter and student at the TU Conservatory, slowly establishing themselves in Dublin’s indie music scene, released their debut EP, Three Flowers For My Beloved, and I could not be more excited to … Continue reading Ylroy: Three Flowers For My Beloved An EP and Live Performance Review