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
It seems these days that modern pop music has become the same songs again and again, never diversifying from a hackneyed collection of three identical pop songs, mashed and remixed in different combinations. These pop love songs are either musicians … Continue reading Singing for the Dying of the Day The Case For Indie Music In The Face Of Pop
First published in the 2020 Summer Issue This year featured the release of Fiona Apple’s long-awaited album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters. Each new album from Apple brings with it a frenzy of excitement from fans and critics alike, and Apple … Continue reading Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters // REVIEW Apple impresses with a bold, homemade album
December has rolled around, along with this year’s batch of films vying for their spots in the upcoming awards season. The timing is certainly interesting, as the dark underbelly of Hollywood sex abuse seems to be exposed more and more … Continue reading Tn2’s Must-Watch Indie Movies A round-up of award season’s biggest names in independent cinema
●●●○○ The story that Netflix‘s new indie rom-com follows is a familiar one. You have your twenty-something woman in a creative field, living in a gorgeous apartment in the big city that you know she could never afford in real … Continue reading ‘The Incredible Jessica James’ is one dope film Maia Mathieu reviews the freshest indie rom-com on Netflix.
●●●●● Tuesday 1st November Olympia Theatre, Dublin Having released his debut album in 2013, Tom Odell has experienced three years of incredible success, both among music critics and the general public. Marketing himself as a simple English singer-songwriter with an … Continue reading Tom Odell @ The Olympia Theatre – review
●●●●○ With her last album, Have One On Me, Joanna Newsom shed the image she had cultivated of herself as just some sort of harp-strumming, flower-adorned trobairitz by placing more emphasis on other instruments, such as piano and brass. It … Continue reading Divers, Joanna Newsom – 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
WORDS Sorcha Gannon You can see why The Notas have charmed the Dublin scene pretty much since they started out back in 2010. Dulcet guitar notes fuse with lead singer Maurice Han’s dramatic vocals in tightly controlled crescendos, contributing to the … Continue reading Homegrown: The Notas