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Barra Ó Súilleabháin

Barra Ó Súilleabháin is a science writer at Research2Reality and contributes to outlets such as The Media Editor and Button Masher Magazine. If he's not serenading his bedroom with his Spanish guitar, he can be found most evenings buried in his Nintendo with Flying Lotus as the soundtrack.

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East Forest Gives Us A ‘Fresh Start’

Barra Ó Súilleabháin May 12, 2018

Trevor Ostwald has the kind of CV that makes you feel like you’re doing nothing with your life. Besides having 8 LPs and 6 Eps under his belt, the ambient/electro-pop artist also known as East Forest is a rugged adventurer with plenty of…

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Single Review | MC YOGI ‘Heaven Is Here’

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Apr 19, 2018

Once a juvenile delinquent whose life was defined by chaos, drugs, and crime, MC YOGI is now a multi-cultural tour de force on the world stage – both on and offline. Combining the seemingly disparate pursuits of hip-hop and yoga, the MC is…

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Will Loomis offers straight up rock and roll on Clean

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Feb 12, 2018

Bare bones rock n’ roll is harder than it looks; it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of sounding like a generic rip-off of thousands who came before. Hats off to Will Loomis: his unabashed loyalty to the cult of classic rock, punk and…

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Retrospect | Appetite For Destruction turns 30

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Jul 22, 2017

Retrospect is a series which takes a look at some of the most important albums of all time. This week, Barra Ó Súilleabháin examines the influence of Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction. A rented house in L.A on the same estate that…

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Retrospect | Fifty Years of Hendrix’s Are You Experienced?

Barra Ó Súilleabháin May 26, 2017

Fifty years of one James Marshall Hendrix, and what can we possibly add to the conversation that hasn’t already been said? Haven’t critics, fans, guitarists, songwriters, producers, and fanatical cultists gushed enough? Absolutely not, and…

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Review | Mac Demarco is melodic and lonely on This Old Dog

Barra Ó Súilleabháin May 16, 2017

Mac Demarco This Old Dog Whacky Macky has distilled l’eau Demarco down to quite a marketable product at this point. Fans know and love the antics-prone agent of trippy soft rock, but the boy wonder is hungover and left meandering over…

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Review | Mark Lanegan is charming and dark on Gargoyle

Barra Ó Súilleabháin May 4, 2017

Mark Lanegan Band Gargoyle Dark Mark is generally on form, hacking up blood-soaked blues and grumbling them out over gothic soundscapes. The captain of the moody croons reaches a pinnacle here with the trajectory taken since 2012’s Blues…

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