A music blog from Ireland.
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Last Saturday I was bringing my children to stay with friends and we passed Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross. I looked up the hill towards the place where I last saw him alive and asked myself ‘would Granda be proud of me today?’ He pretty much brought me up for the first five years
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Delighted to see these two collaborations go up for sale on Bandcamp. They come in at the end of the Strands playlist on my iTunes are in complete contrast with the album while retaining key characteristics of...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Oh dear, oh dear. Just remembered this. I’m supposed to be reallygood this week but Tieranniesaur’s playing at the Grand Social tonight. Deadlybuzz. Dinorawr. Tieranniesaur – Sketch! Uploaded by Nialler9 Only a fiver in! Three if you’re...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Oh the LOLs that ensued when I posted about Black Robots’ name change and the dude from Buckcherry proceeded to have a hissy fit on Twitter as a result. It’s quite bizarre really, I love those kinda...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
These are really good. Sean Conroy is one of the best new photographers around. He took the image on my ‘About‘ page as part of the thesis but the new shots on his website are fabulous. Here’s...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
News news news from the band who’ve spent more time in my home than any other, eating toast, laughing, bitching, encouraging my son in his quest to be the finest Irish rapper ever, indulging my daughter’s offbeat...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Wow, this is fantastic. Darling, You’ll Meet Your Maker by Halves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqxXtuHEzm4 The indomitable spirit of that little mouse! I want to go adventuring with it. Really wouldn’t expect anything but top quality and painstaking attention to...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
First official release by The Riot Tapes, the single Photograph, was uploaded to Soundcloud last night. It will be self-released in Ireland and through Mostar Records in the UK. I’ve listened three times this morning and already...
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Woke up to a bit of unfortunate news this morning: an email from Al Finnerty of Guilty Optics informing me that Ruadhan O’Meara has left the band. This comes as a bit of a surprise considering how...