Gary Numan never went away. Ever since the demise of his career as a hit maker and alternative pin up back when The Pleasure Principle came out he’s been plugging away, self releasing album after album that you’ve never heard.
Aoife Barry hit the road to see Marina and the Diamonds, Miike Snow and Digitalism gig in Carlow, of all places.
Primavera Sound Thursday report featuring Pavement, The XX, Fuck Buttons, Moderat, The Fall, Smith Westerns, Comanechi, Crocodiles & Surfer
You'd be forgiven for not knowing John Grant from the band he fronted for ten years, The Czars. The acclaim their four records received was never matched with commercial success and the band split in 2004. They did, however, have superfans in Midlake, who convinced Grant to make an album in their studio, serving as his backing band in the process.
Siobhán Kane caught a Wye Oak show at Flèche d'Or in Paris a couple of weeks ago.
Siobhbán Kane's epic roundup of this year's Primavera Sound festival
Oo-oo-ultra-eccentric-super-cult-punk-pop-band Shonen Knife played Whelan's recently & our man MrChips headed down to check them out.