Is a bad definition of "derelict" partly behind the bad dereliction in Dublin?
The Department of Finance, with Revenue and the Department of Housing, is looking at a new definition, said a spokesperson.
The nine songs in his latest album, Ships, "feel organic, comforting and intimate".
“This singular eccentric is on an exciting trajectory.”
“Their songs are a veritable Lollapalooza of unflashy guitar play, stark aesthetics, gentle melodies, interlocking guy-girl vocal harmonies, and the spirit of Fugazi.”
“I’ve found myself drawn to The Midnight Ache during the recent rainy days.”
“And Johnson is a good rapper, fluid and multifaceted, ‘fresh like a two back and sides’.”
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”.
From rich interpretations of Appalachian folk to belligerent alt-rock.
“I feel confident in declaring this to be the first local release to use such a concept.”
"Carving the Stone" is a gritty, gripping piece of work forged in fury and frustration at a darkening in the Dublin atmosphere.
And Danny Groenland puts “his activist spirit front and centre”.
Embracing “Grimy aesthetics, edgy soundscapes, songs that are short for a scrolling economy, a general sense of living on the internet”.
They may be a band with a membership that’s shrinking, and with a profile that’s rising, but they’re still M(h)aol.