Articles by Hilary A. White
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Hilary A White is a freelance writer for The Sunday Independent and Heineken Music. His writings have also appeared in The Irish Examiner, The Irish Independent, The Irish Times' The Ticket supplement and Adventure Travel Magazine. He has been a published music journalist since 2006, when he began writing for the then-monthly music magazine Connected under 'Adam White'. He went on to become Assistant Editor there until 2008, and also worked as a sub-editor for Associated Newspapers. He has appeared numerous times on the Phantom FM show Cinerama, as well as State of Play and Icon, and Newstalk's Culture Shock show.
Website:http://www.state.ie
Oh dear. Bonnie Prince Billy’s fans all realise just how lucky they’ve been to get a ticket for this most intimate Whelan’s show (he could easily fill Vicar St, you suspect) and before the night’s out, they’ll make silly heckles and sounds between songs to vent their giddiness at seeing the much-exalted Americana Mystic mere…
Apathy For The Devil by Nick Kent (Faber & Faber)…
In his own right, Nick Kent was a talented journalist, prepared to wade through the cultural flotsam of rock music whenever required, even if it put his very health at risk. Stylistically, he was full of groove and bite – his riffs on fame, hedonism
In 1997, as Oasis’ gluttonous Be Here Now euthanised Britpop, a mutation occurred in the UK rock gene that has since yielded great things. Two events signalled that leery lad anthems and Wellerdom were to take a back seat in favour of art, perversity and tension. Radiohead’s OK Computer was one. Attack Of The Grey …
With the release of the Divine Comedy‘s 10th studio LP Bang Goes The Knighthood…, Neil Hannon has gone independent, putting the album out on his own label. Between that and promotional duties he hasn’t a second these days, and although he’s not familiar with State.ie (-I don’t know about anything so don’t worry!’ he
We all know who and what Jack White is, so we’re not going to spend too long looking at how amazing it is that he has time/energy for another side project. Others have and continue to tend to that rather simple question. Anyway, too much is made of the alma mater of The Dead Weather‘s…
In the mid ’90s, Neil Hannon featured in a Q magazine 20 questions interview. He was asked how he’d like to be remembered and his answer was “Oh I don’t know’¦ Pop Genius”. That was around the time of his fourth LP Casanova…, a time when praise was forthcoming from the critics but not
Although on the other side of the world at the moment, I am distraught over the news of Mark Linkous’ death. When I was starting out in music journalism, I approached the man in Whelan’s during a sound check, saying that I was a writing for an independent music magazine and could he meet for…
Collaborations are all the rage these days. A lot of groups are shedding this idea of the act as an insular band of brothers, them against the world and all that hokum and instead are recognising the need to keep things fresh and interesting. Many artists, therefore, have reached the consensus that there is no…
The ornate ceiling of Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom has withstood everything from political rallies to Oasis to The White Stripes, so why should a visit from Them Crooked Vultures be any different? Listening to their debut album, it shouldn’t. The much publicised group of Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme has received mixed opinions…
Think too much about The Mars Volta, and you could end up becoming very confused and frustrated. From the immediacy and comparative conventionality of At The Drive-In came one of today’s foremost exponents of prog-isms and extended jam interludes. For the creative duo of vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar RodrÃguez-López, every gig is an…
Anyone who’s ever laid eyes on Dublin krautrock three-piece will not be surprised to hear that this debut LP is a strange proposition. Drummer Anto, axeman Rooster and organist Ray look like they were stolen from the set of Fraggle Rock one night. A highlight at this year’s DEAF festival, as well as a feature…
The laneway outside the Button Factory is alarmingly quiet just moments before Ash take the stage. Have the Downpatrick trio really fallen that much from superstardom that filling the modest Temple Bar venue is now an effort? Not so, it turned out. Walking into the venue, it became clear that the throng were just hidden…
The reddened interior of the Savoy cinema is a broth of hormones and anticipation as a few hundred school girls squeal piercingly as the curtains roll back for the preview screening of New Moon…, the Twilight sequel. Security has been tight. All mobile phones and iPods have been confiscated on arrival and sealed in
We last saw Muse live October 30, 2000. It was a stunning show from the then fresh-faced three-piece. No fancy visuals, laser shows or equipment, but by god did they pack their piss and vinegar that night – the set culminated with Matt Bellamy on all fours ripping the strings off his very-bruised plug in…
