There’s many a think-piece littering the internet on the subject of the death of club-culture at the expense of festivals, and Seasons stands as a sort of bridge between the two, a welcome new addition to Dublin nightlife. Although a … Continue reading Seasons: Winter – Live Review
Photos by Elliot Browne Welcome is an independent club night that was founded in September of last year by Paddy Harkin, Hugh Mulhern, and Axel McHugh, and exists now as one of the most exciting nights in Dublin, standing as … Continue reading Instrumental – Interview with Welcome
●●●●● Daniel Lopatin has been recording as Oneohtrix Point Never since 2007. His career started out in ambience and drone, and as such he seems to be a world away from where he began on Garden of Delete, his latest … Continue reading Garden of Delete, Oneohtrix Point Never – Review
Giorgio Moroder Synthesizers became more readily available in the ’70s, declaring the possibility of entire new approaches to musical composition. Giorgio Moroder was one of the first to embrace the new technology, and did so with such intelligence and passion … Continue reading Metropolis – Our Picks
“I don’t think CLU will ever be a finished project, and I actually pride myself in saying that. We’re not called Solution. We’re called CLU for a very specific reason.” For the uninitiated, CLU are a Dublin based audio-visual act. … Continue reading Light and Sound
Bleary-eyed and tellingly unkempt, it’s obvious that Mark Allen, the charismatic frontman and de facto spokesperson for the Vincent(s), is nursing a hangover. “You know yourself, I was hard at it last night”. Although alone for this interview, he’s joined … Continue reading Homegrown: The Vincent(s)
It all started with one tweet, posted innocuously mid-tirade by a seemingly disgruntled Meek Mill towards the end of July: https://twitter.com/MeekMill/status/623700698509758464 In trying to vent his frustrations over having not received the levels of support he would have liked for … Continue reading He Don’t Write His Own Raps
●●●●● It’s not often that one stumbles across an album as masterfully crafted and intelligent as Half Free, the 4AD debut of U.S. Girls. While the record is almost disorientatingly kaleidoscopic in the breadth of genres it covers, it is … Continue reading Half Free, U.S. Girls – Review
●●●●○ Molly Nilsson is by this point in time a DIY veteran. The Swedish-born, Berlin-based singer has been independently releasing her self-produced material through her own label Dark Skies Association since 2008 and through Night School Records since 2013. Her … Continue reading Zenith, Molly Nilsson – Review
Beirut – No No No No No No is Beirut’s first new track in four years, following frontman Zach Condon’s mental breakdown in the intervening time. In this light, it’s quite surprising how little has changed. Over a bouncy just-under-three-minutes … Continue reading Single Reviews – June 8
●●●●○ Norwegian producer Snasen has steadily been building up a following for himself after his 2011 emergence onto the electronic music scene with a self-titled EP. His breakout release, Failing Upwards, won him accolades from publications like Pitchfork and XLR8R, … Continue reading Forsvinningen, Snasen – Review
To Pimp A Butterfly is a war cry, an attempt to rally against the faults of American society; in particular its treatment of the black community in the wake of Ferguson. (●●●●●) Continue reading To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar – review