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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Pig Pen
Nialler9 has a great post up about a gig doing visuals for Super Extra Bonus Party, during their recent Go Team support slot @ Tripod. While ructions with the PR drones of Nokia are horrible, and probably the wave of the future (who would have thought that as bands finally gain more independence from a… Read more
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King Tut @ the BBC
Analogue pals King Tut have been selected by the BBC as top 20 finalists in their ‘Next Big Thing’ competition. A panel including Tori Amos, and Rodrigo Sanchez (of Rodrigo y Gabriela) will select between some of the best unsigned bands, to discover *drumroll* “The Next Big Thing”. Check out the website, and listen to… Read more
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Devendra Banhart – Live in the Village
Devendra Banhart rocked the socks off a sold out Village on the 8th of November. It’s taken me a while to get around to posting these. Not having heard any of Banharts work since 2004’s ‘naturalismo’ outing Rejoicing in the Hands, I was pleasantly surprised to find his newer material (mosly songs from the just… Read more
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Halfset at the Suger Club
We headed out to Dublin’s kitch Suger Club venue last night to catch downtempo electronica act Halfset. Halfset boast guitar and vocals from singer songwriter Jeff Martin , furious drumming from former Jubilee Allstar Cillian Mc Donnell, bass and backing music from electronic composer Stephen Shannon, and alternating harp and keyboards from Sinead Nic Gearailt. … Read more
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Andrew Bird, Live in Tripod
We had the privilege of interviewing the multifariously talented Mr Andrew Bird last week. On Saturday we got the even greater pleasure of seeing the man perform live. I managed to capture his performance of Armchairs, which sadly lacks any display of Bird’s violin virtuosity, but does showcase his incredible voice. As Bren said, ‘This… Read more
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9/11 – The World Trade Centre Disaster
9/11, by JRR Tolkien, are just another band from New York, with all the posing and brilliance this implies. A walking invitation of scorn: their music apparently is a grower – as in it sounds terrible on first listen, then as the inner hipster gradually begins to automatically screen out the negative bits, you know,… Read more
