“It’s giving colonialism”: Ireland still owes rent to dukes and earls
Although, even though the OPW lists these rents as payable, some of the named beneficiaries say they haven't been getting them.
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Dean: The low hiss of Sorcha Richardson’s rustic sound
The musician says her new album, Draw the Outline, brought her “great solace and peace in writing it. I hope it can do the same for whoever needs it.”
Dean: On Blimp’s neon-lit electric wonderland
The Dublin DJ and producer’s new album “Our Wires”, is “likely to be my Irish electronica release of the year”.
Dean: In Search of Lecs Luther’s “Fish & Chips”
Before Luther repackaged himself as Rejjie Snow, he announced but never released the EP – but someone else pieced it together.
Dean: HAVVK make anxiety sound beautiful
"How do you engage a part of the brain that people fear, in a way that engrosses and rather than repulses?"
Dean: “Supergroup” Chuck Squires make country music that’s shamelessly nostalgic
And, they’re clearly having fun with it.
Dean: Seamus Fogarty’s folktronica conjures the mood of the Atlantic coastline
The nine songs in his latest album, Ships, "feel organic, comforting and intimate".
Dean: On Curtisy’s boundlessly imaginative blog rap
“This singular eccentric is on an exciting trajectory.”
Dean: Burglar put their own spin on Generation X mimicry
“Their songs are a veritable Lollapalooza of unflashy guitar play, stark aesthetics, gentle melodies, interlocking guy-girl vocal harmonies, and the spirit of Fugazi.”
Dean: John Blek’s aching folk music is comfortingly familiar
“I’ve found myself drawn to The Midnight Ache during the recent rainy days.”
Dean: Flynn Johnson’s debut album basks in beautiful nostalgia
“And Johnson is a good rapper, fluid and multifaceted, ‘fresh like a two back and sides’.”
Dean: Just Mustard still defy categorisation
On their new LP, “it is fascinating to witness how the band interpret what they see as more sunny and melodic into their established brutalism”.
Dean: Zoé Basha and Martina and The Moons light up an afternoon
From rich interpretations of Appalachian folk to belligerent alt-rock.