Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings
Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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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".
A new night in Portobello focuses on experimental musicians
Four bands cycled through the stage at the underground candle-lit Bello Bar last Thursday for the first outing of the monthly Off Grid Fusion.
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.”
With glockenspiels and violin bows, KiiKO creates pop that is “dreamy and infinite in scale”
Hopefully it’ll create something like a musical bridge between Ireland and Japan in some way, says Emmy Shigeta, whose lyrics are sung almost entirely in Japanese.
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”.
A sessions series continues to lure new audiences to modern harping
“I wanted to take the harp out of the drawing room, even out of the pub."
Dean: Zoé Basha and Martina and The Moons light up an afternoon
From rich interpretations of Appalachian folk to belligerent alt-rock.
The Love and Darkness of Seán “Doctor” Millar
The five-decade music career of the Liberties musician never quite reached the commercial heights that he, and others, had aimed for in his twenties. But is that important, really?