Music Interview

Cian Sweeney has recently struck out on his own from the workin' musician lifestyle with solo project 1000 Beasts. Mike McGrath-Bryan sits down and talks about working alone, collaborating, and the video for new single 'Lord (It's OK)'. For…

A man of many creative colours, troubadour David Kitt sits down with Mike McGrath-Bryan to talk about his new record, New Jackson, and Quarter Block Party. The long-lasting legacy of the noughties singer-songwriter boom is now clarifying…

Ahead of touring this week with Swedish mathcore outfit God Mother, Mike McGrath-Bryan chats with Ilenkus front-man Josh Guyett. 2017 was a quietly busy year for Galway mathcore/sludge five-piece Ilenkus, one that saw the much-feted…

Ahead of their tour of Ireland later this month, Mike McGrath-Bryan sits down with God Mother drummer Michael Dahlström to reflect on a year of milestones for the metal quintet. Swedish five-piece God Mother are a veritable onslaught of…

When the announcement of the 2007 Choice Music Prize for Best Irish Album came over the loud speaker many were left bemused. A troop of misfits took to the stage to claim their award. Super Extra Bonus Party had won. They were fast becoming…

Having long transcended his Co. Mayo beginnings to become a somewhat-fancied folk proposition, Séamus Fogarty has seemingly quietly arrived in 2017, touring comprehensively and overcoming the obstacles of life as an independent musician in…

Ahead of appearing at Cork Jazz this weekend with the Altered Hours, Katie Kim talks reverb, records and the future with Mike McGrath-Bryan. An elusive sight on gigging bills, Waterford singer-songwriter Katie Kim carries perhaps more of a…

The Altered Hours have been on a roll in the last eighteen months or so, going from the release of debut long-player In Heat/Not Sorry, to European touring, to bringing the roof down on Cork venue Gulpd Cafe on its final night (all of which…

When we think about the legacy of early 00’s indie subculture in London, style is an invaluable facet. How members of a musical subcultural group relate to music, and each other, on the fringes of popular culture, is as bound to its visual…

This coming Saturday, October 14th has officially been declared Irish Indie Label Day in Ireland by a coalition of independent and DIY record labels dotted around the country. An initiative kicked off by Cork's Penske Recordings and…