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Siobhán Kane
Over the years, Siobhán Kane has written for various publications on music and culture including The Irish Times, Thumped, The Event Guide and Consequence of Sound. She occasionally contributes to radio, including the arts and culture show Arena on RTE1, and amidst trying to write her doctorate and teaching, runs the collective Young Hearts Run Free, putting on music, literature and arts events in unusual spaces, raising money for the Simon Community in the process.
Why? - Whelan's, 6th May
British Sea Power - An Unspoken Agreement That We Participate In
Angel Olsen - Whelan's, 2nd May
A Hawk And A Hacksaw - There Is No Expiration Date To What We Do
The Twilight Sad - Nothing Lasts Forever
Konono No 1 - Whelan's, April 12th
Veronica Falls - More Athens, Georgia Than Olympia, Washington
Cymbals - Ignore It And Just Swim
The Jim Jones Revue - What A Delicate Balance Civilization Is
Girls Names - We're Not Really Here To Entertain
Reviews
Princess - Black Cat EP
'moody, dirge-y, shadow filled melodies' - Dara Higgins checks out Princess' Black Cat EP.
Beware Of Mr Baker
'As a player, he’s up there at the toppermost. But there remains an enduring mystery about Ginger: why is he such a dick?' - Dara Higgins on Beware Of Mr Baker.
Star Trek Into Darkness
'Once the film starts it goes fucking nuclear and I nearly moved a few rows back because I thought my brain might explode, for real' - Thomas Parkes on Star Trek Into Darkness.
Honningbarna - Verden Er Enkel
'These lads are barely out of their teens and they play with a youthful, nerve shredding verve. Old people may need to pause every now and then to catch their breath, or rearrange their thoughts'...
The Dudley Corporation, Jogging, The Run Ons - Upstairs at Whelan's, 11th May
'He knows his way around a melody the way Jimmy Savile knows his way around a sweet shop' - Annabel Minsk-Treacham popped into The Dudley Corporation's album launch last Saturday.
Interviews
'Terrifying but also fantastically fun' - An Interview With Stian Westerhus
'There is definitely an element of trying to control things that are not controllable' - Norwegian avant-jazz guitarist Stian Westerhus talks to Ian Maleney ahead of his date in Dublin this week.
All Or Nothing - An Interview With Dragged Into Sunlight
'I met people who had broken people's necks without a second thought' - MacDara Conroy talks influences, mindsets and obsessions with the clandestine Dragged Into Sunlight
'It's a combination of the real and unreal' - An Interview With Mountains
'I would say it is a form of escape from every day life but is still grounded in reality' - Mountains' Brendon Anderegg speaks to Ian Maleney ahead of their Dublin date this week.
It's not about sitting in your slippers - An interview with Conflict's Colin Jerwood
'Bands had said to the organisers that our presence made them feel uncomfortable and I thought that was brilliant - that's exactly what it's about' - Niall McGuirk spoke with Colin Jerwood of Conflict ahead of their...
