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There’s a lyric on the manic, discoish lead single of Past Pupil Stay Sane that goes: “Man in the pub said play Neil Young / Or a Leonard Cohen song / Play us something we can all sing along / we’re tired of listening to your shitty oul…

Windings Be Honest & Fear Not A title apropos for the work it represents, Be Honest & Fear Not is a deeply personal, yet keenly outwardly-looking piece of art for Limerick quintet Windings. Recorded live across three days,…

"Like today I was feeding the receipt machine out and trying to scribble down some lyrics that popped into my head..." There’s this cliché about musicians, working in coffee shops, scrawling down lyrics and ideas any chance they get at…

Alt Press and the pop-punk corner of Twitter were awash last week with the news that Parker Cannon , frontman of The Story So Far (I know right, who?) kicked a fan off stage as she stood to take a selfie. The response to the incident has…

Sufjan Stevens The Helix, Dublin When an artist puts out a great record, the tracks can sometimes falter when they make the dodgy transition to a live setting.  Certain musicians can be found guilty of failing to understand that a live…

Mac DeMarco Another One 'Mac Demarco is the musical equivalent of going downhill on a bike in the sunshine.' Twitter user @BigDirtyFry says in 15 words what listeners, reviewers, and musicians alike have been trying to do for a while…

There's a spiky gothic charm about Naoise Roo. The Dublin native stalks similar shadows to those of Nick Cave, Neko Case et al, though she rises above soundalike status thanks to a voice that simultaneously manages to allay and excite.…

Marina & The Diamonds FROOT Review ratings are a funny thing. They are of course meant to be a rough guide, something for the reader who doesn’t have time to skim past and go “okay, that’s good, I’ll get it” or “no, it’s terrible, I…

Sir Elton John has encouraged people to boycott the luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana following controversial comments made by Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce about same-sex families and children conceived through IVF. In an…

Brid O'Donovan is a Cork based photographer who has combined her love for live gigs with her passion for photography.  So Brid, introduce us! what's your elevator pitch?  I document the music scene in Cork city. I am…