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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Putting it all together

    Putting it all together

    It’s all go here at Analogue central. We’re beginning to piece together the layout for issue 1, due October 1st. We’re listening to Kings of Leon, thedo, and molesting Quark express. We’ll be in the office till late tonight, and back in again all next week. If you’d like to show your support or throw… Read more

  • Bands of MySpace

    While it undoubtedly sucks worse than a two dollar Mexican love lady as a social network, MySpace is still an excellent place to find and share new music. As one of the first social networks to create dedicated musician profiles, the simplicity of creating an account, together with the option to allow songs to be… Read more

  • Buck 65, not a fan of Piracy

    Buck 65, not a fan of Piracy

    Analogue caught up with hip hop legend Rich Terfry aka Buck 65, just before his July 5th Gig at the Hub. A: So how many times have you visited Ireland at this stage? B: It’s been quite a few times and in fact in the last few years I’ve been coming an average of two… Read more

  • Chemical Brothers – Live at the Electric Picnic

    I’m one row from the front, roiling in the day glo plastic drug mental of a Chemical Brothers set, when a pill warrior, eight feet tall on platform boots, his vari-coloured dreads a rain of snakes, his woman writhing property between his legs, turns and grasps my hand. ’This is it man, this is it!’.… Read more

  • How bespoke printing, and an iTunes for articles, could save the Newspaper

    Simon McGarr, editor of online periodical Tuppenceworth, and in his role as council to Digital Rights Ireland, stalwart defender of all those juicy ephemeral rights and freedoms we currently enjoy online; has had an idea. You see Simon loves newspapers. He writes about them, speaks about them, and researches them, with the intensity others reserve… Read more

  • Simple Ambitions

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