Noises On! #4: It’s catching up
MacDara Conroy picks some unsung favourites from the past two years in heavy music... Read More...
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The Necks – STRUT at the Peacock, 21st November
‘A voyage, as all performances by The Necks are, and this one braves some particularly stormy waters’ - MacDara Conroy on the Australian improv jazz trio’s gig at the Peacock
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Exclusive Video Premiere: Brian Conniffe – An Altered State
Experimental musician Brian Conniffe is the latest subject of FRACTURED, a new documentary series on Irish underground music
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Noises On! #3: Better late than never
MacDara Conroy surveys the landscape of heavy, noisy and interesting music over the past 12 months
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Dead Neanderthals – Prime/DNMF
With their two latest releases, Dutch ‘heavy jazz’ duo Dead Neanderthals make music for the body and the head, says MacDara Conroy... Read More...
Mad Scientists of Music Live – Twisted Pepper, Tuesday September 16th
Mad Scientists of Music Live promises a night of chiptunes, circuit bending and noise at the Twisted Pepper on September 16th... Read More...
Melt-Banana – Fetch
'Positive pop melody is pushed to the fore' on Melt-Banana's Fetch 'and the results are pretty damn infectious,' says MacDara Conroy... Read More...
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... Read More...
William Bennett – Mystery and Darkness
'It's like being offered to go by the hand with a stranger into the dark woods' – MacDara Conroy talks to William Bennett, AKA Cut Hands and DJ Benetti, ahead of his Dublin shows on 29 and 30 December.... Read More...
Noise Weekender – Triskel Arts Centre, 28th – 30th September
No Spill Blood, Windings, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, Iceland's Dead Skeletons and a whole lot more play the three day Noise Weekender in Cork, starting September 28th.... Read More...