Rodrigo y Gabriela: They’ve come a long way since busking on Grafton StreetThe underground guitar duo from Mexico are now playing arena-sized shows with the likes of Robert Plant in Montreux. So what’s next?Sat Jun 27 2015 - 06:00
Kevin Barnes: Of Montreal’s laureate of gloom‘Aureate Gloom’ came out of a break-up, but their Castlepalooza gig will cheer Barnes upFri Jun 26 2015 - 04:00
Castlepalooza is 10: what are your memories of Charleville?Cillian Stewart (founder); Michael Pope (Le Galaxie); Derek Byrne (TXFM), May Kay (Fight Like Apes) and others give Tullamore its dueFri Jun 26 2015 - 04:00
Any regrets, Marti Pellow? ‘Oh aye, there’s millions’That’s probably to be expected from a man who once described heroin as ‘the ultimate painkiller’. But life could be worse: as well as his successful reinvention in stage musicals, Wet Wet Wet have plans to tour and record again soonFri Jun 19 2015 - 06:00
Paloma Faith: 'I don’t feel I’ve got much choice other than to stay true to who I am'Interview: A winner at the Brits this year, Paloma Faith still feels she’s an outsiderFri Jun 19 2015 - 05:00
How Amanda Palmer survived being ‘the most hated woman on the internet’The Dresden Dolls frontwoman has been accused of exploitation for using Kickstarter to finance her albums and for seeking volunteers to play in her band. Her memoir sets the record straightWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
And So I Watch You From Afar: producing Heirs after a decade in the gameThe affable Antrim band have been around for 10 years and, with another album about to drop, they have designs on another decadeTue May 05 2015 - 06:00
Mumford & Sons: ‘It was like the gateway drug to the album – it got us into the heavy stuff’Three albums in and Marcus Mumford & company have jettisoned the banjo folkie vibe of their smash debut album ‘Babel’. They think fans will adapt to the new sound of the cityThu Apr 30 2015 - 17:00
Le Galaxie’s way with gravityA major-label contract has put an extra spring in the dance-floor step of this Irish electropop sensation. New album Le Club shows that their killer dancefloor sound can be bottled on discFri Apr 24 2015 - 06:00
Dutch Uncles settle down in their own unusual wayThe English band’s new album might centre on a theme of domesticity, but it’s far from mundaneThu Apr 16 2015 - 02:00
Isaac Brock: The Modest Mouse that roarsIsaac Brock from Modest Mouse talks about his two decades of fronting the bandFri Apr 10 2015 - 08:00
Tobias Jesso Jr: The lovable goon who keeps his songs simpleHis star is in the ascendant – but don’t expect him to start taking things seriously any time soonThu Apr 02 2015 - 01:00
The Staves: a new album and secret studio sessions with Bon IverWhen The Staves decamped to Justin Vernon’s studio they didn’t bother to tell their label. It’s just as well it worked outFri Mar 27 2015 - 05:00
The marketing machine is in overdrive at SXSWIt’s either the cleverest or the cruellest marketing campaign for a movie we’ve heard about for a whileFri Mar 20 2015 - 17:00
Laura Marling: Short Movie | Album ReviewThe English singer-songwriter’s fifth album is subtly flavoured by her sojourn on the American west coastThu Mar 19 2015 - 16:00
