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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Please Daddy, where can I find new music?

    As an incredibly erudite and unbearably hip journaliste spécialisé musique, friends often ask, ‘Gareth, you know literally lots about music, tell me, where might I find some?’ ‘Good question,’ I respond, an effortlessly patronising smirk distorting my grinsmug, then I turn to leave, as anyone who needs to ask where they can find that rare… Read more

  • Frank Black Mobbed!

    Frank Black Mobbed!

    As was predicted Frank Black did indeed play a gig in (or at least near) Stephens Green) on Saturday! Literally hundreds gathered at the bandstand and throughout the park in expectation of the appearance of the former Pixies front man, and despite the closure of the park at 5pm, the patient were rewarded with a… Read more

  • A New Way to Read Analogue

    We’ve just posted Analogue Issue 3 up on the experimental Issuu service. Issue provides a new way to read publications online, in a zoomable flippable book format. Reading a magazine on Issuu is a lot like reading a physical copy, and we hope those of you outside Dublin will enjoy this experiment. Let us know… Read more

  • Christmas Present from Analogue

    We’ve put together a pack of wallpapers for the Apple iPhone or iPod touch. If you’ve just picked up one of these sweet little babies for Christmas, pimp your new acquisition, courtesy of Analogue. Grab ’em here. Read more

  • Foggy Notions Christmas Party

    I’d been waiting a long time to see Final Fantasy in an intimate setting. Acclaimed as Owen Pallets performance was at this years Electric Picnic, in the loud and heavily packed setting of the Foggy Notions tent it just didn’t work for me. With an appreciative crowd in a small venue like Whelans, the show… Read more

  • Christmas Classics

    Growing up, we had two tapes in our house. One was Johnny Mathis Christmas Classics, the other, the Carpenters best of,’Gold’. Some people’s parents smoked dope and tried to convince them the Stones rocked harder than Stone Temple Pilots. Mine set up a religious video rental store and pined over kiwi operatic heliotrope Kiri Te… Read more