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Hailing from the fields of North Cork, and resident in the real capital, Mike McGrath-Bryan is a music/culture journalist and general jack-of-all-trades. Writing for Broadsheet.ie, Cork Evening Echo and Totally Cork, and currently working with TEDx CorkSalon among others. Formerly of AU Magazine, The Thin Air, RTÉ TwoTube and Molten Magazine. Fond of vegetables, old videogames, and giving out about aul' lads in suits.

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Interview | Ealadha on metal, EP plans and recording

Mike McGrath-Bryan Feb 8, 2018 0

Leeside post-metallers Ealadha play the Roundy in Cork tomorrow to launch new single 'Bathe', supported by fellow post-metal outfit Partholón. It marks the beginning of a busy year for the three-piece, including a new EP. Mike McGrath-Bryan…

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1000 Beasts | “Everybody Has Something to Bring to the Table”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Jan 23, 2018 0

Cian Sweeney has recently struck out on his own from the workin' musician lifestyle with solo project 1000 Beasts. Mike McGrath-Bryan sits down and talks about working alone, collaborating, and the video for new single 'Lord (It's OK)'.…

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DAVID KITT: “IT’S MUSIC NON-STOP, GENERALLY”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Jan 21, 2018 0

A man of many creative colours, troubadour David Kitt sits down with Mike McGrath-Bryan to talk about his new record, New Jackson, and Quarter Block Party. The long-lasting legacy of the noughties singer-songwriter boom is now clarifying…

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Ilenkus: “All the Work We Got to Do Felt Particularly Rewarding”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Jan 18, 2018 0

Ahead of touring this week with Swedish mathcore outfit God Mother, Mike McGrath-Bryan chats with Ilenkus front-man Josh Guyett. 2017 was a quietly busy year for Galway mathcore/sludge five-piece Ilenkus, one that saw the much-feted…

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God Mother: “You’re Making Music for Yourself”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Jan 13, 2018 0

Ahead of their tour of Ireland later this month, Mike McGrath-Bryan sits down with God Mother drummer Michael Dahlström to reflect on a year of milestones for the metal quintet. Swedish five-piece God Mother are a veritable onslaught of…

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SÉAMUS FOGARTY: “A BIT MORE LOGICAL”.

Mike McGrath-Bryan Nov 7, 2017 0

Having long transcended his Co. Mayo beginnings to become a somewhat-fancied folk proposition, Séamus Fogarty has seemingly quietly arrived in 2017, touring comprehensively and overcoming the obstacles of life as an independent musician in…

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Katie Kim: “Who Knows What I’m Capable Of?”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Oct 27, 2017 0

Ahead of appearing at Cork Jazz this weekend with the Altered Hours, Katie Kim talks reverb, records and the future with Mike McGrath-Bryan. An elusive sight on gigging bills, Waterford singer-songwriter Katie Kim carries perhaps more of…

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The Altered Hours : “It’s All In The Guts”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Oct 25, 2017 0

The Altered Hours have been on a roll in the last eighteen months or so, going from the release of debut long-player In Heat/Not Sorry, to European touring, to bringing the roof down on Cork venue Gulpd Cafe on its final night (all of which…

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Irish Indie Label Day: “Just Getting Off Your Arse and Doing Anything is Worthy of Support”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Oct 12, 2017 0

This coming Saturday, October 14th has officially been declared Irish Indie Label Day in Ireland by a coalition of independent and DIY record labels dotted around the country. An initiative kicked off by Cork's Penske Recordings and…

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Hope is Noise: “It’s a Simple Philosophy for Us”

Mike McGrath-Bryan Oct 11, 2017 0

From humble roots as a secondary-school jam band in Ballincollig, Co. Cork to features in UK media and EU/US touring, alt-rock/post-hardcore four-piece Hope is Noise are often slept on when the conversation of veteran Irish acts emerges.…