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One Track Minded | On ‘Pyramids’, Frank Ocean unveils poignant frustration through…
Welcome to One Track Minded, where we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. Frank Ocean may well never release that almost mythical second album of his so here's Mark Conroy to wax lyrical on the 10-minute…
One Track Minded | ‘Fairytale of New York’ is a timeless classic
In One Track Minded, we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. 'Tis the season, so this week Mark Conroy talks all about the seasonal magnum opus, 'Fairytale of New York' by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. …
One Track Minded | 10 years ago, Arctic Monkeys made a simple-yet-gigantic splash with ‘I Bet…
In One Track Minded, we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. Adam Duke looks back a decade to the burst of energy that brought Alex Turner and his Arctic Monkeys to instant mainstream attention... …
One Track Minded | Panda Bear’s ‘Bros’ is a spine-tingling, expansive soundscape…
In One Track Minded, we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. Mark Conroy gets lost in Panda Bear's swirling and richly psychedelic 2006 epic, 'Bros'.
A quick Panda Bear history lesson to start us off: When…
One Track Minded | With ‘Androgynous’, The Replacements strayed from the path to create…
In One Track Minded, we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. Mark Conroy looks at The Replacements' sweet embrace of genderless love and the fashion struggles of a wild generation.
When you look back at…
One Track Minded | Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Casimir Pulaski Day’ is a heartbreaking…
In One Track Minded, we pick a select cut from a chosen act and delve beneath the surface. First up, Mark Conroy shines a light on Sufjan Stevens' sombre 'Casimir Pulaski Day' ahead of the Michigan native's visit to Dublin this month.…