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
“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
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
The phenomenon of music artists selling merchandise is nothing new. The classic “band tee” and other forms of merchandise have been around since the 1950s. However, we are seeing an evolution in music artists merchandise and it comes in the … Continue reading Music Artists And Their Undying Need To Create A Brand
Stickers proclaiming ‘We Buy Test Strips’, accompanied by a phone number, are emblazoned across the lampposts, shop fronts and electrical boxes of the streets of New York – the home of rappers billy woods and Elucid. They advertise the practice … Continue reading Armand Hammer: We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Thank God it’s only an album.
Whacky visuals, lucid soundscapes and light up boob cones were just a few of the things experienced at the New Order gig on Sunday night, 41 years since their first performance in Ireland. This was not a night for the … Continue reading Live Review: New Order Concert The 3Arena , 1st October
”From their first EP, Swum Baby, in 2017 to their full length album, In Praise of Shadows in 2021, their music has held onto and evolved its mysterious and intimate sound.” I adore Puma Blue’s music. From their first EP, … Continue reading Live Review: Puma Blue The Button Factory, 30th September
Describing music as ‘Beatles-esque’ is a dusty platitude. Even worse, it’s quite meaningless when taken literally – am I referring to ‘She Loves You’ or ‘A Day in The Life’? It’s true that “Beatles-esque” could mean a plethora of things. … Continue reading The Arctic Monkeys’ latest album: The Car I can heartily respect the band for their artistic ambition – if not for much else.