Review: The Dudley Corporation w/ Jogging – Triskel TDC, Cork, 17.05.13
Photos: Rory Coomey http://www.flickr.com/photos/blindedvision/sets/ Full photoset here It has to be said, the TDC room of the Triskel Arts Centre is without doubt my favourite gig room in the city. There’s something about it that seems a bit more real than some of the other local venues. Maybe it’s the lack of stage rising, the...
The Dudley Corporation – Q&A
The Dudley Corporation return with their 4th album this month, their first in five years…Stephen checked in with them on the pressures of touring, the current state of Irish rock n roll, and other things… Everyone Does Everything Wrong is quite possibly the best album name of 2013. What was the inspiration behind it? Dudley:...
Review: Mountains – The Black Mariah, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 08.05.13
We’ve got a full house tonight at The Black Mariah as Plugd Records and Fractured Air pull out all the stops with the mighty Mountains. In tow is Ten Past Seven axeman Rory Francis O’Brien to kick off the proceedings. O’Brien is a pleasure to listen too, his low-lying baritone focusing largely on self reflection...
Review: John Smith – The Pavilion, Cork, 13.04.13
Photography by Bríd O’ Donovan Full Photoset here For some strange reason I feel like I’m on the main deck of a cruise ship upon entering The Pavilion tonight. The dance floor is decorated with candlelit tables and chairs, the surrounding balconies are filled with couples and ‘Big Star’ are just about audible over the...
ZoiD – Selected ZoiDworks 05-12 (Invisible Agent)
Finally!! After a string of so-so releases from Irish based electronic producers, here’s one we can all set our watch too. All hail the mighty Zoid with Selected ZoiDworks 05-12. Zoid is the one of the many alter egos of Dublin musician Daniel Jacobson, a classically trained jazz musician who knows his diatonics from this...
Rest w/ Hope Is Noise & The Great Balloon Race – The Pavilion, Cork, 16.02.13
Photos: Bríd O’Donovan It’s a star-studded affair in The Pavilion tonight. Various band members, bloggers, DJ’s, family members, friends and fans have come out in droves as Cork’s finest instrumental quartet launch their long awaited 2nd album I Hold the Wolf. In toe are two equally impressive support acts, The Great Balloon Race and Hope...
Tinoras – Plink EP
With one album and two EP’s under his belt, Kerry producer Tinoras is back with his superbly titled Plink EP. Tinoras is known to give it socks in a live setting and his latest offering is no different. His bandcamp tags are listed as ‘ambient’, ‘breakcore’, ‘electronic’ and best of all ‘bog rave’. Also, it...
Ghost Estates – Q&A
Ghost Estates play their first gig of the year at The Pavilion in a few weeks – Dan from the band took time to answer some questions on songwriting, working with John Henry, their Fundit campaign and chill out areas in Mullingar… Ghost Estates was formed form the ashes of two very different bands (Sickboy,...
Muscle Beach – Santa Monica Pier EP
Muscle Beach, a place where buffed up buffoons and beach bum beatniks bellow in the California Sun. Bronzed bodies pump iron as Hollywood smiles pass by in awe of desired perfection. Home is four wheels and an empty tank, the playground; a small pocket of the beach where failed dreams entertain each other in a...
Whelan’s Ones To Watch – Hunk
If you’re still standing at 01:45am Thursday night, a venture upstairs in Whelan’s will lead you to the hunky Hunk. Is there a female version of the word Hunk? Yes, yes there is and here they are… well 2/3 of them at least. Confused? Me too! Hunk are a band you see, two girls and...
Album Review: The Great Balloon Race – Cardboard
Cardboard is the first full length effort from Cork natives The Great Balloon Race. Formed in 2009 the band has spent the last 3 years honing their fusion of jazz / kraut / prog / psychedelia. The band received some favourable reviews for last year’s self-titled EP and rightly so as the band brought a...
Grant Hart – Cyprus Avenue, Cork, 17.12.12
Photos: Simone della Fornace I have to admit to being a little over-rocked in the last week. In saying that, it’s been an absolute pleasure to welcome so much great talent into the city over the past fortnight – Richard Hawley, Boris, Lower Dens, to name but a few. Putting the icing on the cake...
