Our Krypton Son – Plutonium EP (Smalltown America)
It’s great to see Derry/London-based indie Smalltown America still out there nourishing new talent. A label that has been nothing but consistent with their output since 2001. Branding the stamp this time around is former psychobilly art-rockers Red Organ Serpent Sound-man Chris McConaghy under his new Our Krypton Son moniker. Released as both a limited...
The Nightingales || No Love Lost
When Birmingham punk band The Prefects split in 1979 some of the members went on to found The Nightingales. Throughout the eighties, despite an ever changing line-up, the band attracted plenty of positive feedback and reviews – notably from John Peel. They disbanded in the late eighties but still played occasional gigs before a full...
Laura Sheeran – What the World Knows
Born and raised in Co Galway, 24 year old Laura Sheeran has been writing, recording and gigging since 2007. In that time she has given birth to various soundtracks for both theatre and film, released a series of videos she has filmed in tandem with her music and become involved in various music projects including...
Camden Crawl Dublin – An Overview
Eoghan was one of two reviewers we sent to the first ever Camden Crawl Dublin last weekend – here he puts his own festival experience into some perspective, with the benefit of a few days’ distance Eoghan’s review of Day 1 of Camden Crawl Dublin here Ronnie’s review of Day 2 of Camden Crawl Dublin...
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Alexander Tucker / James Blackshaw – Triskel Christchurch, 12.05.12
Photos: Simone della Fornace I’ve been listening to the new Alexander Tucker album (The third mouth on Thrill Jockey) for several weeks now and it’s been tickling my Wyrd Folk funny bone quite satisfyingly. In a live setting, though, the folk thread was given quite a different shading. Reader, read on. The lush red velvet...
Camden Crawl Dublin – Day 2, The Saturday
Photos: Bríd O’Donovan Read Eoghan’s review of Day 1 here Full Lineup by Curator here So we probably all know the background by now – established London alternative music festival spreads its wings and comes to Dublin for 2 nights packed full of gigs, mostly home grown with a sprinkling of international acts thrown in...
Camden Crawl Dublin – Day 1, The Friday
Photos: Bríd O’Donovan Read Ronnie’s review of Day 2 here Full Lineup by Curator here So Camden has crawled to Dublin. The inaugural Camden Crawl Dublin features about 100 bands over two nights in multiple venues around the city. Needless to say there are clashes. There are also a few misgivings before the music gets...
GoodCop BadCop Final Salute
Darragh McGrath ran his last Cork show under the GoodCop BadCop moniker last weekend, before emigrating to Canada. In between hauling amps and packing bags, he found time to keep a diary of the day’s events. Gig days always start off a little awkward. You spend the first half of the day waiting until the...
Alexander Tucker @ Triskel Christchurch
So you know the way that Thrill Jockey is an absolutely ridiculously good record label? It’s home to plenty of contemporary (noisy/spacey/drony) American guitar music, the likes of White Hills, Arbouretum and Wooden Shjips, for example. But it also finds room for such esoteric delights as Future Islands, Tortoise (and all its offshoots) The Black...
It Was All A Bit Black & White EP Stream
Galway-based experimental, instrumental band It Was All A Bit Black & White, release their debut EP We Advocate The Piracy Of This Record this Thursday May 10th, which you can listen exclusively to below. The EP sees the pair move into heavier territory than previous offerings (http://wearenoise.com/index.php/2011/12/it-was-all-a-bit-black-white/) courtesy of some fast and furious drumming coupled...
