The Cure – Electric Picnic, Sat Sept 1st
Photo: Dara Munnis One can approach The Cure as a band from many different avenues. You can bop along to countless pop moments, their flirty tales of love, that sketch the fizz of romance and then document the fizzling out of heartache. Despite it being a somewhat narrow view it can’t be denied that a...
Halves – Top 5
Brian Cash from Halves gives us a High 5 1. Roky Erickson – ‘Devotional #1′ There is an amazing documentary about Roky Erickson’s life, once you watch it then this song just breaks your heart, love how lo-fi it is. 2. The Cure – ‘Friday I’m In Love’ I first heard it when I was...
Electric Picnic announcements
The first batch of bands have been announced for the 12th Electric Picnic Festival in Stradbally at the end of August/beginning of September. Great to see Grizzly Bear in there after their triumphant performance on the Harmonic bill at The Marquee in Cork two years ago. Other strong form in the shape of Mercury Prize...
