Top 5 – Cactus
A new club event makes its first appearance in Cork this week – we can get a glimpse of the thinking behind it in this Top 5 (sounds good to us, let’s get behind it and make that shit regular…so to speak… – Ed.) 5. The Altered Hours – Flowers Die A favourite among local...
Seamus Fogarty – Q&A
Seamus Fogarty plays Cork this weekend, in the latest in the The G Man Presents series – here are his answers to Conor’s questions, taking in some unexpected terrain, like the underexplored links between Taxi Driver and Kiltimagh… What’s the view from where you are now? Lots of flats and the occasional tree, the sky....
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,...
Top 5 Stripped Tunes – Colm O’Sullivan
At the end of January, Colm O’Sullivan leaves Cork’s RED FM, after close to 10 years* at the station, to join national broadcaster TODAY FM. To mark his departure, he picked some favourite tunes for us… *After some fact-checking, we have learned that Colm has in fact been with Red FM for 11 years. Mind...
Top 5 – Seamus Fogarty
Seamus Fogarty plays the first G Man presents gig of 2013 in a couple of weeks at Plugd Records. Seamus took a break from preparations to pick a great playlist for us… Having gone for a run this morning, I opted to pick 5 top tunes to go jogging to. I hate jogging and I...
Top 5 – Cave Ghosts
Cave Ghosts were brought together by a mutual love of Brian Wilson, 60s girl groups and cats, they play reverb soaked pop with dreamy female harmonies (my favourite kind of reverb-soaked pop – Ed.). The band includes past and present members of Hooray for Humans, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Forming and Yeh Deadlies and formed in...
Saint Yorda – Q&A
Saint Yorda headline at The Pavilion next weekend – we asked them a few questions… 1. Who is Saint Yorda? Saint Yorda is the patron saint of nostalgia and loss, but also http://teamico.wikia.com/wiki/Yorda (from which we copy this passage). Yorda (ヨルダ Yoruda) is a mysterious and ethereal girl found in the castle in Ico. She...
The Maori John Wayne – Top 5
That masked brigade of eccentrics/anarchists/musicians/cuddly teddy bears The Maori John Wayne took time off from being enigmatic to nail their colours to the mast… Shep Lavelle picks: Memphis Blac and Smokahontas Jones with Hoe Time! Major Walker picks: Sun City Girls with Tell me something good! Georgina Prentice picks: Dr.John with Danse Fambeaux! Goldie Purcell...
:Hounds: – Top 5
:Hounds: make their Cork debut tomorrow night at The Pavilion - Pete Sisk from the band gave us a playlist so we know what to expect… 1. Pissed Jeans – False Jesii Part 2 Almost certainly the greatest video of all time. Pissed Jeans ‘get’ rock and roll in the same way as ducks ‘get’...
Trumpets of Jericho – Interview
Photo: Bríd O’Donovan “I think that’s one of the things we’ve got going for us as a band is that we’re not very cool. And we don’t make any attempt to be cooler than we are.” Ahead of the Certain Three Tour alongside Nanu Nanu & Si Schroeder which starts this week, Trumpets of Jericho’s...
Top 5 – The Old Tire Swingers
When Paul Chesterton first heard bluegrass music in 2003, he fell in love with the banjo. He soon purchased his first banjo and started teaching himself how to play it. After spending a couple years practicing and writing songs, Paul put together a hard-driving old-time string band. Paul, joined by Nick Kennedy on the acoustic...
The Vincent(s) – Top 5
The Vincent(s) play the first Saturday night of action of the new year at The Pavilion – Marcus from the band gave us a little insight into the band’s influences as a foretaste… 1. Nirvana – Scentless Apprentice When I was a young lad of 9, I was given a loan of a Nirvana tape....
