'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
On the not insignificant matter of We Cut Corners and their formidable brand of alchemy, They Do It With Mirrors, a long-lost Limerick band and bit players in the parable of Setanta Records, have had far more influence than you’d imagine. Myself and The Mirrors’ go back through the decades and I remember well when... Continue Reading →
Every year on April 28th, for the last decade, a couple of us mark the day by playing ‘Fall On Me’ by R.E.M.. Notwithstanding the fact that it’s one of the truly great and most memorable songs of our generation, it’s also, for us, a gentle way of calling time, remembering a close friend we lost overboard along the... Continue Reading →
Half way through 1993, Melody Maker asked a handful of its writers to assess the state of the music industry as we saw it and to highlight those acts, clubs or movers that were likely to do damage before the turn of the century. So I caressed my crystal ball, took a couple of steps... Continue Reading →
A few of us, caught in Nick Hornby’s slipstream, would while the time away drawing up lists of our own favourite music, making tapes and throwing shapes. It was harmless enough stuff, portable pub-games to backdrop those empty afternoons, decades ago, in O’Neills on Pearse Street and the balmy, mad nights everywhere else. But it... Continue Reading →
Crystal were one of Alan Murphy’s outfits, in essence a more formed and focused version of his previous band, The How And Why Insects, with his girlfriend, Lisa, added on vocals and Kieran Curtin replacing Anthony Murray on guitar. They were one of a number of bands from the Turner’s Cross/Capwell/Glasheen Road side of... Continue Reading →
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