All revved upRandom access memory: Pulp torching their fan-base with This Is Hardcore; Chumbawamba, Cornershop and the exbass player from …Thu Dec 24 1998 - 00:00
Wu-Tang ForeverYou might think the Fugees are the dope because they shift the units not only as a trio, but also as solo artists - but if you…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Full Metal JacketThere is always one constant in the ephemeral world of pop/rock and that is, quite simply, that Metallica rockFri Dec 04 1998 - 00:00
Humour and trad combine for hitWith a backing band who can out pogue the Pogues, the embodiment of traditional Irish male-dom, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, came…Thu Dec 03 1998 - 00:00
Heavy HenryIt is always strange the way these things pan out: you listen to Henry Rollins's new spoken-word album, Think Tank and you get…Fri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
Jason Byrne and guests - Murphy's Laughter LoungeDubliner Jason Byrne is a right little cult - by word of mouth he manages to sell out the cavernous Laughter Lounge each and …Wed Nov 18 1998 - 00:00
Johnny VegasSomewhat akin to a strung-out Lenny Bruce in a Los Angeles comedy dive in the Sixties, reading out court transcripts by way of…Tue Nov 17 1998 - 00:00
No noodlingTypical Beck: the follow-up to his multi-platinum (and "Zeitgeist defining" if you read the wrong people) Odelay album isn't …Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
comedyThe comedy programme at the Festival is not the most inspiring line-up ever, but if nothing else, there's plenty of variety on…Sat Nov 07 1998 - 00:00
Timeless FlightThere's something about that "in the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you" line that gets me every time: Roger McGuinn…Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Forever in blue jeans - ups and downs of a pair of denimsThe term denim is a corruption of the French serge de Nimes, a type of twill fabric made in the town of Nimes a few centuries…Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Rebel YellWith kids these days being more au fait with Premiership football teams than local sporting outfits, with techno and drum'n'bass…Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Unidentified Flying OrbIt's the 10-year anniversary of dance, with all manner of retrospectives and stuff being released to commemorate the eventFri Oct 23 1998 - 01:00
Sleeve NotesNot entirely sure about the whole "spoken word" genre, although the two shows I have seen under the particular rubric - by Henry…Fri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
Roll away the stoneWhen it was first published in 1974, Ian Hunter's Diary Of A Rock'n'Roll Star was acclaimed as one of the most outstanding and…Fri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Glad To Be GothPerhaps more of a fashion statement than a musical movement (or so it seems sometimes) there has been somewhat of a revival in…Fri Sept 25 1998 - 01:00
Cork goes pop for a weekend fizzy with comedy and musicA funny thing happened the well-known blasphemer and popular chat show guest, Tommy Tiernan, during this weekend's Murphy's Red…Mon Sept 21 1998 - 01:00
One-stop music and comedyA massive entertainment package of music and comedy, the Murphy's Red Hot Festival was an ambitious attempt at a one-stop, drive…Mon Sept 21 1998 - 01:00
The Hole of LANot so much carrying baggage as being weighed down by all manner of cultural, emotional and musical expectations, Courtney Love…Fri Sept 18 1998 - 01:00
Cork's poppingThe latest fest on the block, the Heineken Red Hot Festival to be held in Cork next week, beats a slightly different over-sized…Sat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
Street-wise rappers are muscling in on the fashion dollarWhite people have always exploited black culture, whether it be Elvis Presley stealing their music or Quentin Tarantino copying…Fri Sept 04 1998 - 01:00
Peeling back layers to find original Fringe spiritIn a neo-deconstructionist world faced with the breakdown of the Marxist/capitalist critical dialectic and a widespread distrust…Tue Sept 01 1998 - 01:00
Champagne end for Tiernan's `Late Late' showIrish comic Tommy Tiernan has won the Perrier Prize at the Edinburgh Fringe FestivalMon Aug 31 1998 - 01:00
Marking the wordsHaven't done this for yonks - in fact, the last time we had somebody in to do a track-by-track insider's guide to the platters…Fri Aug 28 1998 - 01:00
Irish comedians among nominees for prestigious prize at Fringe FestivalTwo Irish comedians - Dubliner, Ed Byrne, and Navan man, Tommy Tiernan - are among the five nominees for the prestigious Perrier…Thu Aug 27 1998 - 01:00
Drew life taleGeorge Clooney he's not: Drew Carey is the writer and producer of his own sitcom, the ever-popular Drew Carey Show which has …Sat Aug 22 1998 - 01:00
Not Fade AwayHeavy nostalgia vibearamas will be going down this weekend when the UK Subs come to townFri Aug 21 1998 - 01:00
Romantic FrictionTaking the dichotomy between the safe romantic certainties of bodice-busters and the complexities of real-life relationships, …Fri Aug 14 1998 - 01:00
The Great EscapeIf ever there was a case of right band, wrong time it was Prefab Sprout in the 1980sFri Aug 14 1998 - 01:00
Planet Rock ProfilesAlways the best barometer of critical, if not necessarily commercial, worthiness in the music industry, the Mercury Music Prize…Fri Aug 07 1998 - 01:00
Virgin sold airline seat for 39pSoon to be entered into the Guinness Book Of Records as the cheapest scheduled airline ticket ever, one lucky punter flew from…Fri Jul 31 1998 - 01:00
Airline Internet sale may get you places for a fiverA mere £5 may get you an airline ticket from London to Hong Kong, if your luck and cheek hold outFri Jul 31 1998 - 01:00
Libraries give us powerYou have to laugh when you see all those bands turning up at the "Freedom For Tibet" concert in Washington DC as if it was just…Fri Jul 31 1998 - 01:00
North by north-westDon't really know about this government funding of music thing, but I suppose for bands starting off, there's a big argument …Fri Jul 24 1998 - 01:00
Barry Murphy and Kevin GildeaThe preview season is upon us as comics left, right and mainstream go through the paces on their new shows for next month's Edinburgh…Fri Jul 24 1998 - 01:00
Tom Waits for no manIt has always seemed appropriate that Tom Waits was born in the back of a taxi in a Los Angeles car park, the only surprise being…Fri Jul 17 1998 - 01:00
Why Bob Dylan is still GodThere's something a bit strange in that Tom Cruise film, Jerry Maguire, and it's not just the acting: they use a Bob Dylan song…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
File this one under `E'`There was vomit everywhere. On the floor, in the sink and overflowing from the toilet bowlsFri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Just another tonal situationWhether they're the most influential rock group since The Velvet Underground or a bunch of arty New York chancers is up to you…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
Thousands of revellers celebrate Celtic music at London FleadhSaturday. London. Lovely sunny day, stretched out on the grass, cold beer in handMon Jun 08 1998 - 01:00
Return to Planet DubYou can't be beating a bit of dub: the bass-heavy reggae off-shooooot sound only really caught on outside its Caribbean homeland…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Murphy's Cat Laughs Festival: Armando Iannucci, Ed Byrne, Tommy Tiernan, Dylan, Moran, John Shuttleworth, John Hegley, Johnny VegasYou're asking for trouble when all your show involves is opening up the floor to questions from the audience and all you have…Mon Jun 01 1998 - 01:00
Cat Laughs Festival: Paul MertonIf he told us once, he told us eight times (I counted): this was Paul Merton's first time doing solo stand-up for 10 years, and…Sat May 30 1998 - 01:00
Sister, you're a poetA mysterious album called The BBC Sessions, on the Strange Fruit label and featuring the voice of Sandy Denny, was released for…Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Nick's Family TreeThere's going to be sort of "virtual" hyper text links in the following (just for a laff); so don't adjust your vertical or horizontal…Fri May 15 1998 - 01:00
The weekend starts hereI like a good festival, me: and even better than that, this weekend's Heineken (yum, my favourite) Green Energy festival takes…Fri May 01 1998 - 01:00
