Office Playlist | One Song on Repeat: The Feast
So, on Sunday night I went to The Bowery to photograph Nanu Nanu and I certainly did not expect the alien-pop duo to cover one of my favourite Irish artists of 2012, the ethereal Katie Kim. Their cover of KK’s The Feast, left me pleasantly surprised and as much as I enjoy the stirring stillness...
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...
The Magnetic Fields – Cork Opera House, 29.04.12
“Elves,” offers Stephin Merrit, pretty much out of the blue, and leaves the word with us, hanging in the air. Elves.. what? Eventually he finishes the thought: he’s considering writing a musical, with songs featuring elves. This might help fill out the list of songs featuring fairies that they were compiling, suggests pianist Claudia Gonson,...
Katie Kim – Cover and Flood (Flaming June Records)
Ms Kim’s magnus opus gets the thumbs up It’s been a lengthy wait between Katie Kim’s debut album, Twelve, and the 20-song opus that is Cover and Flood, but it was worth the wait. For the uninitiated, Kate Kim are a collective under the stewardship of Waterford songwriter Kate O’Sullivan. The band contains members of...
