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"Chris de Burgh? Albini's impression of Timo? You had to be there" - MacDara Conroy reports from Shellac's gig at Whelan's on 20th November
Tom Hanks does Walt Disney while Emma Thompson steals the show in Saving Mr Banks, a film that's 'a damn sight better than it could have been', says MacDara Conroy
'Chrome were cyberpunk before there was ever such a thing' - MacDara Conroy on the sci-fi punk futurists' lost tracks set Half Machine From The Sun
'The Necks' patient, subtly dramatic approach to their sounds encourages close listening' - MacDara Conroy on the ambient jazz trio's latest, Open
A 'Full Metal Jacket for the Hunger Games crowd', Ender's Game carries a sinister message, says MacDara Conroy
In Fear employs the tropes of classic horror in a realist milieu and expects that to work. It doesn't, says MacDara Conroy
'This is our music, it's us, 100% naked' - Luc Hess and Jona Nido of Coilguns talk to MacDara Conroy ahead of their four-date Irish tour next week
Swiss mathcore unit Coilguns are hitting Ireland for a four-date tour from 21-24 October
'Positive pop melody is pushed to the fore' on Melt-Banana's Fetch 'and the results are pretty damn infectious,' says MacDara Conroy