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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Omodaka – Kyoteizinc
Andy’s the expert on Japanese electro, but I’m captivated by one new chiptune artist in particular, the enigmatic Omodaka. The great graphic novelist and comic writer Warren Ellis recently posted the video below, which is a beautifully pure attempt to express music through imagery. I’m convinced there are only two ways to make a truly… Read more
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Greatest Will Oldham Interview eva’
At the risk of turning Analogue into a clip sharing site, I simply have to share this. Ian Svenonius, a sort of down tempo American Russell Brand, and former lead singer of parody politics punk outfit Nation of Ulysses, now hosts uberhip lounge interview show Soft Focus. The show (and the Vice channel on which… Read more
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Stress by Justice
Shades of Man Bites Dog as Justice address the fear consuming France. Condemnation or celebration, you decide. Read more
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Oh Child, Live in Anseo
Last Wednesday I had the very great pleasure of heading to see a band a couple of friends of mine have put together. ‘Oh Child’ fuse folk pop lyricism, calypso melodies and the instrumentation and complex drum lines of a jazz act. That’s my best effort at explaining their sound, which is fluid, fresh and… Read more
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Jandek, live in Dublin
Heads up hipsters. Eyes out lovers of the distorted underground. Jandek is to Sonic Youth as Daniel Johnston is to the Beach Boys, and Jandek’s playing Dublin. The legendary rock recluse will be appearing at Trinity’s Douglas Hyde Gallery Gallery on the 13th of June. Tickets go on sale May 1st, priced €20. More info… Read more
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Monde Yeux Minterview
Happened to happen upon magnificently hip Stockholm sixpiece Monde Yeux, in Grafton St the other day. The lads were making such a fine racket I had to grab a mini-interview. Like a more coherent Making Dens, Monde Yeux’s debut album, Naked Girls, written over a summer in Dublin, is a hodge podge of Frames like… Read more
Gareth Stack 