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Interview: Friendly Fires – £100 and some warm lager please
After the release of their critically acclaimed second album Pala…, Friendly Fires went on a huge world tour from Europe to Asia and then South America. The band have travelled far from the first rehearsals in their hometown of St. Albans to the international success they enjoy today. A few hours before their gig
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Camden Crawl Dublin Interview: Daithi
Having launched himself on the Irish public by tackling ‘The All Ireland Talent Show’ as a beguiling 18 year old fiddle player back in 2009, Daithi Ó Dronai’s career took a swift, notable turn away from both his trad. upbringing and the realms of reality television. Today, now a regular on the indie gig circuit,…
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Roger Doyle interview… a message to you
Have a quick listen to the voicemail messages on your phone. You probably won’t save those fleeting hellos and routine exchanges and use them as the backbone to a modern composition project a few decades down the line. You probably don’t think like Roger Doyle though, this country’s pioneering electroacoustic composer, regarded as ‘the Godfather…
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Camden Crawl Dublin interview: Dutch Uncles
A quirky quintet with a penchant for atypical time signatures and jerky pop tunes, Dutch Uncles are carving a name for themselves amongst the current wash of Manchester bands. Following the release of their second album, 2011’s Cadenza…, the band started to get more attention, as they toured extensively, mainly in the UK but
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Camden Crawl Dublin Interview: D/R/U/G/S
No stranger to showcase festivals, Callum Wright’s D/R/U/G/S went some way to making their name with a set at 2010’s In The City festival in his hometown of Manchester, while their appearance at this year’s inaugural Camden Crawl Dublin follows their set at last year’s actually-in-Camden version. Wright is a relatively recent convert to electronic…
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Interview: Desert Stars
While Desert Stars front-woman Janelle Best was visiting friends in LA, she took a trip to the Joshua Tree National Park. Driving in her friend’s truck at night, the difference between the bustle of the city and the starlit ceiling of the desert sky left an indelible mark on her. As Best explains, “I had…
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Interview: Magnetic Fields – “I always think I should plan ahead and do a reggae album…”
Though the Magnetic Fields have been creating music since 1989 most of their discography prior to 1999 has been overshadowed by the overwhelming scope and success of 69 Love Songs. It would seem their succeeding works; i, Distortions and Reality…, have all been reactive to the wake left behind that particular trilogy.
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Camden Crawl Dublin interview: Kwes
Let’s get one thing clear; London boy-genius Kwes aint no slouch. Yes he may have taken his own sweet time to release a new EP (almost two years to be exact) but he’s not been sitting around in his under-crackers watching ‘This Morning’, he’s been rather busy producing the likes of Dels, Speech Debelle and…
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Interview: Sea Of Bees
Sacramento’s folk songwriter Julie Ann Bee AKA Sea of Bees just released her second album, Orangefarben…. She wrote it after her first serious relationship with a woman ended and for a post-breakup album, it’s a bright and hopeful one. Julie Ann chose to keep the beauty, the good memories that comes with any couple’s
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Camden Crawl Dublin interview: Mystery Jets
It’s been quite a year for Mystery Jets. Having moved to Austin to record their fourth studio album last October, they returned to the UK earlier this year with the realisation that bassist Kai Fish had taken more than a step back from the band (he was later to depart). Over the past seven years…
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Incoming: Fujiya & Miyagi
Brighton’s Fujiya & Miyagi return to Ireland this weekend for shows at The Village in Dublin (Friday) and Black Box in Belfast (Saturday), both in support of their fourth album Ventriloquizzing. The band’s David Best undertakes the State quizzing.
Who are you and where are you from?…
My name is David Best from the
Album premiere: Drunken Boat – Tied In Knots
Dublin-based indie-rockers Drunken Boat are set to release their new album later this month. Tied In Knots… is the fourth LP in five years for Drunken Boat. It’s a collection of delicate post/indie rock melodies that grow with tension, swinging between sweet melancholy and heavy pain. Influences of Pavement, Sonic Youth Modest Mouse are evident
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Interview: THEESatisfaction – Don’t funk with their groove
AwE naturalE… the debut record from THEESatisfaction is a game-changer. It’s an album indebted to the soulful hip hop of the ’90s; futuristic themes from a feminist stance melting funk and psychedelia with pop melodies and cutting rhymes. It’s a record, not running away from troubles, but embracing them. Killing them with love.
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Incoming: Simone Felice
Known for his work with sibling Ian in the Felice Brothers, Simone Felice is also an acclaimed solo artist. With his new self-titled album on release, he plays a series of shows in Ireland this week – Empire Music Hall, Belfast (19th), John Cleere, Kilkenny (20th), Whelan’s, Dublin (21st) and Cyprus Avenue, Cork (22nd).
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