'I think it gives me a sense of freedom - to push my awkwardness out there.' Angel Olsen speaks to Ian Maleney ahead of her shows around the country this week.
'We are busy, we're always busy recording. You didn't think we can make genius music on the spot? It takes years and minutes of hard work in rehearsal rooms. Every year we practice.' - Niall McGuirk attempts to interview Hard Skin's Fat Bob, aka Sean Forbes.
Dave Donnelly talks to Boom Bip of Neon Neon who play the Forbidden Fruit festival this weekend.
'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.
'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.
'We're just the vehicle through which the music is speaking' - MacDara Conroy talks with Michael Gira ahead of Swans' gigs in Belfast, Dublin and Cork
NoMeansNo's guitarist Tom Holliston gives MacDara Conroy the skinny ahead of the Canadian punks' Dublin gig on 23 May
'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
"I think listeners are more willing to be surprised than they're often given credit for." Black Twig Picker Mike Gangloff speaks to Ian Maleney ahead of a solo appearance in Whelan's next week.
'It's very important to understand about K-X-P, honestly, we're trying to create the best band there is in the world at the moment'. Ian Maleney speaks with Timo Kaukolampi of Finnish pop-psych masters, K-X-P.