Scoop City Magazine.

On September 23, New York band TV on the Radio released “Dear Science,” (the comma is part of the title) their follow-up to the 2006 album “Return to Cookie Mountain.” The album is full to the brim with crafted, layered songs that demand repeat listening. “Dear Science,” is, in some ways, catchier, more refined and […]

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Megadeth is inarguably one of the best and most musically and
historically
relevant metal bands in existence. Dave Mustaine has single-handedly
molded heavy metal music into its once-great status (it peaked some
years
ago). The genre has gone downhill in recent years, but still, Megadeth
has
continued to put out some great music, all the way up until the last
album
came out in […]

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First Radiohead, now The Raconteurs.  Except this time you have to pay full price.

With little advance warning the new album from the Jack White-led super group hit both bricks-‘n-mortar and download stores on Tuesday March 25th.  The band actually didn’t want to give any notice whatsoever for Consolers Of The Lonely – the original plan […]

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“…Yeh, the first night sold out in four minutes, so they decided to a put on a second show the following night, that sold out in six!” That’s the response I got in Ticketmaster when I casually strolled in and tried to buy a couple of tickets for the upcoming Kings of Leon concert.

I […]

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Is it raining in Dublin today?

Always.

Silly question.For someone who hasn’t heard your stuff yet, what can they expect?
Simon & Garfunkle meets Bell X1.When did you guys start playing together?

Since school. About 5 years ago.
 Who does what?Tony makes the tea, Rob the coffee…..but seriously.Mick - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Graham - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Loik - Drums, […]

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Stephin Merritt can’t seem to approach music making without a heavy concept in tow.  In 1999 the Magnetic Fields main man unveiled his masterpiece, 69 Love Songs, a three-CD set comprising exactly that amount of songs about that precise topic, performed in a myriad of contrasting styles – country, synth pop, jazz and Broadway showtunes […]

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When your last album has received very tepid reviews and you’re in need of reinvigoration what better place to come than Dublin, Ireland for a 5 night ‘working rehearsal’ tour?  That’s what world-straddling ‘indie’ rockers REM did back in July 2007 and in the process stoked up major anticipation for their forthcoming release Accelerate, which […]

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It’s that time of year again, when thoughts turn to the eleven and a half months of music gone by and critics chose their favourite albums of the year.  But I’m not going to bother doing that.  You know what your favourite records/CDs/invisible downloads since January are, so you don’t need me to tell you.Besides, […]

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The rain is nothing short of biblical in San Diego today. When I sat down across from young rapper Jeremiah Bonds (http://profile.myspace.com/jeremiahbonds), I quickly developed a pool of water under my chair. He didn’t seem to have gotten wet at all.

Jack Cassidy: Thanks for meeting me today.

Jeremiah Bonds: No problem, man.
JC: First off, how would […]

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Film School - Hideout

         
In 1993, Jeremy J. Beadle published a book called Will Pop Eat Itself?, in which he mused intelligently on a post-modern musical landscape where sampling had fast become a legitimate way of creating new songs.  Old dadrockers with grey ponytails and leather waistcoats moaned that this synthetic pilfering of the past […]

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