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Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Video :: Altar Of Plagues

This blew my socks off on its release on Tuesday; God Alone by Altar Of Plagues, which premiered on Pitchfork. It’s the first glimpse of music from their forthcoming third album Teethed Glory And Injury, due for release in late April. A truly excellent video, I always get a kick out of the collision of

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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

EP :: Spekulative Fiktion

So I’ve been sitting on this new EP Deathly Words by Spekulativ Fiktion, aka Sean Murphy, for a few days and its appeal has only grown stronger with repeated listens. Eight tracks spanning just under 20 minutes, its...

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

News :: Private Underground Residence

An email with a link to this new set of tracks from Cork’s Private Underground Residence arrived last night but I didn’t listen. I already heard this track Snuffbox last year. Woke up muttering “private underground residence”...

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Monday, January 9th, 2012

Independent Music Adds A New Wing

Just over a year ago I wrote about a new record store called Wingnut that was opening in Galway on the premises of the Bell Book and Candle bookshop. As regular CD sales diminished and other record...

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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

On: Plugd

Mike McGrath-Bryan was choked to hear of the news that Cork’s favourite music haunt Plugd Records was soon to close. Over on Drop-d he shares his recollections of its influence in his hometown, discusses the importance of...

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