Music Features

December is a time for reflection, to look back and weigh in on those stand-out moments from the year that was. You'll see a plethora of "Best Of 2018" lists across the web but right here at HeadStuff Music we want to focus on our…

The word Brexit has invaded our minds over the last year now, we do not know the outcome as of yet, but we can look at the affect it may have on certain parts of society, specifically the music industry. The Great British idea of patriotism…

You listen to a band, an artist, musical legends and wonder what it would be like to see them perform in concert? You think here in Ireland that opportunities to see these may not have come along, but they often did. Ireland has always been…

‘In the sun I feel as one’ - Kurt Cobain, All Apologies. The dog was siting in the backseat and I had just driven in from the country to drop the kids off at school. I was driving the return route home by the prison on Mulgrave Street, out…

While algorithms have been used for a good while now to detect musical taste and make recommendations on streaming services, they are now beginning to be deployed to make music itself. Artificial intelligence has been monumental in…

In an age where hip hop has come to be the cynosure of the music scene, exploring the genre's classic records and assessing their influence seems to be of tremendous importance. But the startling feeling you get from the listening to It…

Katy Perry’s first foray into pseudonymous stardom, One Of The Boys, turns ten this week -- and to be honest, it hasn’t aged well. Perry, who has spoken at length about her strict Christian upbringing leads a musical commentary on what life…

In which the author, drowning in his workplace, drowns his workplace in Phish music. The lift doors open, I step in, the lift doors close, I wait, the lift doors open, I step out. I key-card through my workplace’s outermost door, through…

Whether you know them as BTS, Beyond the Scene, Bangtan Sonyeondan, or “those Korean guys”, you must admit these seven South Koreans may be on the verge of taking over the world right now. With the American leg of their tour selling out in…

Promoting the movie Spring Breakers, Selena Gomez struck down the same question over and over again like a zombie hunter swathing away swarms of the undead. The query came in many forms but the gist was this: what would the Disney Channel…