Alice Cooper: ‘Larry Mullen is the only drummer to ask me for my lyrics’The self-proclaimed executioner of the last taboos of the Western world on his Irish blood, not drinking – and finding religionWed Nov 08 2017 - 05:00
'I remember driving around the bodies passed out on a Dublin street at 6am'The Cure's founding member Lol Tolhurst’s biog is a redemptive story for himself and for the bandThu Jul 13 2017 - 09:28
Thurston Moore: ‘Like Sonic Youth jamming with My Bloody Valentine’The Sonic Youth founder is back with a new album with old bandmate Steve Shelley and Debbie Googe of My Bloody ValentineWed Apr 26 2017 - 05:00
The Jesus and Mary Chain: ‘Don’t ask about 1985. I can’t remember’The 1980s Scottish noise rockers are back. ‘We didn’t give a f**k then and we certainly don’t now’Tue Mar 21 2017 - 05:01
From Stiff Little Fingers to Lynched: Rough Trade’s Irish bandsGeoff Travis, founder of Rough Trade Records, says he feels a deep connection with Irish cultureMon Feb 13 2017 - 05:00
Warm Inventions find magic in Dublin's Martello towers for new albumHope Sandoval and Colm Ó Cíosóig recorded ‘Until the Hunter’ in Sutton and Dalkey fortsMon Nov 28 2016 - 05:00
Biffy Clyro: ‘The saddest music can be the most joyous’The Scottish power rockers have always sought to chart a brutally honest course through life’s trials in their musicFri Jul 08 2016 - 14:00
Róisín Murphy: ‘Here I am. Warts and all’Róisín Murphy’s new album Take Her Up to Monto is named for a song about Dublin’s former red-light district. “It’s a little postmodern fragment, a bit of history. But also it’s me.”Fri Jul 08 2016 - 06:00
Lanterns on the Lake: ‘The industry seems far removed from why we picked up our instruments ’Newcastle band Lanterns on the Lake have found acclaim and a wide audience, but earning a living in the age of streaming services is a different matter entirelyMon Jan 11 2016 - 06:00
Bill Bailey: ‘I’ve never done a room with so many brilliant hecklers’After his six-night stint in Dublin in 2008 Bill Bailey has a soft spot for Ireland. Which is why the comedian’s starting his new tour here. But he doesn’t expect Chris de Burgh to comeSat Sept 19 2015 - 14:30
Mogwai: ‘We always wanted to get a better name than Mogwai but we never got around to it’For two decades, Mogwai have worked just outside the mainstream and carved one of the great unsung careers in modern music. Stuart Braithwaite talks Scottish musical independence to Eamon SweeneyFri Jun 12 2015 - 05:30
A glimpse of what’s in store for Irish festival season | Primavera reviewFrom Ride to James Blake, and from Interpol to Jon Hopkins, the Barcelona festival gives us an idea of what to expect at Longitude and Electric PicnicMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Arcade Fire’s Will Butler: ‘I’ve wanted to do my own record since I was 15 or 16’He’s a vital element in Arcade Fire, but Will Butler is ‘stoked’ to be going on the road with a small band in support of his minimal-sounding solo album, ‘Policy’Fri Feb 27 2015 - 05:10
