Tag: Music

Music | Interview with the Kanyu Tree

The Kanyu Tree siblings Shane, Daniel and Oisin are about to launch their debut People Street album after a 25-day tour around Ireland. After working hard all these…

Music | CD Review: Jonsi’s Go

Artist: Jonsi Title: Go Grade: C+ Hooray! The Sigur Rós frontman – famed for singing in the made-up ‘Hopelandish’ language – introduces some English lyrics to the songs of…

Music | The Great Music Debate: Classical or Contemporary?

In the course of a rather intense Facebook conversation, Music Editor Grace Duffy and otwo supremo Colin Sweetman battle their differences… GD: My proposition is to show you that the modern collusion of contemporary and…

Music | Feature on We Will Rock You the musical

As Queen’s global super-smash hit musical visits The O2 this month, Colin Sweetman charts the musical’s success Queen and Ben Elton’s sensational worldwide smash hit musical We Will Rock You first appeared in…

Music | Preview: UCD Symphony Orchestra

After selling out the National Concert Hall in Spring, Colin Sweetman checks out the offerings for the UCD Symphony Orchestra’s winter recital in O’Reilly Hall The time of…

Music | Interview with Frank Turner

Gigging throughout California last week, Frank Turner speaks to Colin Sweetman about his upcoming Irish show and new album Frank Turner is not someone you would recognize as…

Music | CitiZen Go Risin’

Just off Eyre Square lies a gig-hosting club known to Galwegians as Club Cuba. CitiZen chose the venue for their single launch, ‘C’mon, Go Rising’ – and otwo’s Emma…

Music | Battleships for Baddies

Colin Sweetman meets Michael Webster of Essex boys Baddies Quantity of voices – lots of it. Baddies go for the overkill effect of image making, so much so that…

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Music | Talulah Does the Hula

Consolidation is the key word for this story. With the necessity to get the best from the worlds of pop and Indie rock, former acts the Chalets and…

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Music | Size2Shoes (If the shoes fit!)

Size2shoes are the launch-pad for a whole new approach to the rock-star mentality. Surprisingly, the only addition to the well-known formula of “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ roll”…

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Music | A Gambling Band

After winning last year’s Battle of the Bands, Gran Casino’s frontman, Caimin Gilmore reassures Colin Sweetman that the band is still alive and jamming. COMING TOGETHER in the…

Music | Whistling a New Tune

A group that brought whistling back into fashion, singer-songwriter Peter Morén from Swedish outfit Peter Bjorn and John recounts his recent music career with Colin Sweetman. EVEN IF YOU’RE…

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Music | In The Zone

Not as hairy as you might expect and influenced by everything from reggae to dance, Colin Sweetman talks to the musical mash-up that is Dreadzone. AS A BAND who fuse…

Show Patrol | February 10th, 2009

Gig of the Fortnight: The Wailers – 13.02.09 – UCD Student Bar – €27.50 Even though it has been almost 32 years since the release of Bob Marley’s…

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Music | Galactic Invasions

Le Galaxie are a band not just aiming for the bright lights but are taking them with them, writes Colin Sweetman. The similarity of Le Galaxie’s band name to…

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Music | CD Review: Pink – Funhouse

Na Na Na… One terrible aspect of this album is the number of morose ballads mixed with electro-funk. Although the melodies of songs such as ‘So What’ and ‘Bad…