'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
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 →
Irish Rock Swim were cut apart from their peers on the Dublin circuit during the late eighties and early nineties on many levels and it was easy to see, and even easier to hear, exactly why. For one, they weren’t a routine guitar band dipped in the spirit of either The Smiths and/or R.E.M. and, maybe more importantly, they... Continue Reading →
Twenty years ago, when Brilliant Trees were hot to trot, good to go and had just released their formidable debut album, ‘Friday Night’, Dublin were reigning All-Ireland senior football champions and Charlie Redmond, of Erin’s Isle and East Finglas, finally had his just reward. If Jason Sherlock had taken the sport by the throat with a drop of... Continue Reading →
The first time I had my name mentioned in a newspaper was when I won a copy of the Squeeze album, ‘Sweets From A Stranger’, in a competition run by The Evening Echo in Cork during the summer of 1982. We’d just completed our second year in secondary school and yet a few of us... Continue Reading →
Circa’91 The Zine, is a publication produced in conjunction with “Sunny Days Are Here Again” fanzine exhibition of Irish fanzines, with a focus on Cork ‘zines from the 80s and 90s. The Zine, featuring contributions from the stalwarts of Corks independent music scene from that time, recounting the time when bands organised their own gigs,... Continue Reading →
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