Archive for category: Interviews

  • List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 4

    List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 4

    Interviews December 21, 2010 10:47 am no comments

    Part Four of my series of lists, where Irish acts pick their favourite albums of 2010. Today’s entries come from Cloud Castle Lake, Fred and Bob, The Gorgeous Colours, Planet Parade, and Preacher’s Son.

     
  • List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 3

    List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 3

    Interviews December 20, 2010 10:41 am no comments

    Part Three of my series of lists, where Irish acts pick their favourite albums of 2010. Today’s entries come from The Cast of Cheers, Drunken Boat, The Holy Roman Army, Pearse McGloughlin, and Terence Rowlands.

     
  • List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 2

    List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 2

    Interviews December 18, 2010 10:33 am no comments

    Part Two of my series of lists, where Irish acts pick their favourite albums of 2010. Today’s entries come from Captain Kennedy, Ham Sandwich, James Vincent McMorrow, We Are Losers, and Yeh Deadlies.

     
  • List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 1

    List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2010 Part 1

    Interviews December 17, 2010 10:20 am no comments

    Dirty 9s, I Am Not Lefthanded, Bat Kinane, Milan Jay, and Solar Bears list their favourite albums of 2010.

     
  • Interview: Saint Etienne

    Interview: Saint Etienne

    Interviews December 1, 2010 2:33 pm no comments

    I chatted to Sarah Cracknell from Saint Etienne ahead of their Kilkenny show on December 11th.

     
  • Interview: Tiger Cooke

    Interview: Tiger Cooke

    Interviews October 18, 2010 9:57 am no comments

    Ahead of the release of his second studio record, Tiger Cooke talks about his new album, his new name, and even some old things as well.

     
  • Interview: Rook and the Ravens

    Interview: Rook and the Ravens

    Interviews September 23, 2010 9:36 am 2 comments

    Rook and the Ravens are a Manchester band who are receiving great praise from a variety of sources. They’re currently working on their second album, and have just released new single ‘Alpha’. In addition, they have an upcoming gig at Crawdaddy on October 2nd. I got the chance to speak to the head Raven (or should that be Rook?) about ornithological nomenclature, their influences, playing live, and that eagerly anticipated upcoming album, amongst other things.

     
  • Interview: The Charlatans

    Interview: The Charlatans

    Interviews August 26, 2010 1:00 pm 1 comment

    The Charlatans are back with a brand new album, Who We Touch, next month, and I had the chance to talk to the band about being in the business over twenty years, his one main goal in music, and strangely enough, Christmas crackers! You’ve been together over twenty years at [...]

     
  • Interview: Mt Desolation

    Interview: Mt Desolation

    Interviews August 24, 2010 12:56 pm no comments

    Keane’s Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin have teamed up to create a wonderful new side-project, Mt Desolation. They formed the idea in Dublin last year, and since then, the project has grown and grown. I got the chance to talk to Tim Rice-Oxley about the band’s inspiration, working with such a diverse crowd of musicians, and their upcoming live tour and album

     
  • Interview: Amy MacDonald

    Interview: Amy MacDonald

    Interviews July 30, 2010 6:11 pm no comments

    Amy MacDonald’s second album A Curious Thing came out earlier this year, and is a wonderful follow-up to her breakout 2007 record This is the Life. Amy is in town this weekend to appear on Saturday Night with Miriam, and I was lucky enough to get the chance to chat [...]