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Johnny Feeney is a web designer / wannabe professional footballer (Liverpool or Barcelona will do) / music fan / sometime music journalist living in Newbridge. Contact him on Twitter, which he doesn't really use, (@johnnyf_03) or by email ([email protected])

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K-FEST Launches on a Great Friday in Whelan’s

Johnny Feeney Apr 5, 2018 0

A momentous Good Friday, with pubs and venues across the country legally allowed to open their doors for the very first time on this day since 1927, saw the Dublin launch of K-FEST in Whelans on Wexford Street. https://vimeo.com/254839076…

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Album of the Week | Django Django Marble Skies

Johnny Feeney Jan 26, 2018 0

Django Django Marble Skies A definitive pattern emerges once one looks at how London-based Django Django have been bringing out their music since their self-titled debut album in 2012; over a three-year period bring out a…

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St. Vincent’s Captivating Performance at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre

Johnny Feeney Oct 27, 2017 0

The last time Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, rolled into town in 2015 to play the Iveagh Gardens there were a lot of contributing factors that took away from that evening’s show. The open air, July’s fading-but-not-quite dark sky, the…

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Review | alt-J hit more marks than they miss on Relaxer

Johnny Feeney Jun 12, 2017 0

alt-J RELAXER Leeds indie-rock trio alt-J made a big splash in the alternative scene back in 2012 with their debut album, An Awesome Wave. The album received rave reviews and deservedly went on to win that year’s Mercury Prize and…

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Album Review | Timber Timbre experiment on Sincerely, Future Pollution

Johnny Feeney Apr 20, 2017 0

Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution Canadian trio Timber Timbre’s music has in the past been quite accurately described as gothic folk. Their most recent album, 2014’s critically acclaimed Hot Dreams, was a gorgeously gloomy,…

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Album Review | Happyness return with the gorgeous and cryptic Write In

Johnny Feeney Apr 7, 2017 0

Happyness Write In South London trio Happyness arrived onto the scene to warm reviews and critical acclaim in 2014 with their debut LP Weird Little Birthday, an album so in thrall to 90's US slacker and college rock that If you didn’t…

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Review | The xx return to form on I See You

Johnny Feeney Jan 19, 2017 0

The xx I See You Seemingly out of nowhere, London band The xx burst onto the scene in 2009 with a stone cold classic in their debut album XX. The album garnered universal critical acclaim and went on to win the 2010 Mercury Prize. Their…

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Review | Peter Doherty gets personal on Hamburg Demonstrations

Johnny Feeney Dec 9, 2016 0

Peter Doherty Hamburg Demonstrations After checking in to the Hope Rehab Centre in Thailand for drug addiction in late 2014, the well documented past troubles of Peter Doherty appeared to be behind him (for now at least) and his career…

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Review | Jamie T packs too much into his latest Trick

Johnny Feeney Aug 31, 2016 0

Jamie T Trick Sometimes new musical acts come along so fully formed and loaded with such killer material that they’ll release an absolute masterpiece of an album (or two) at the beginning and then spend the rest of their days futilely…