Andrea Cleary

Overhead, The Albatross Learning To Growl I was a little late to the Overhead, The Albatross hype. I encountered them first on the NO ENCORE podcast, where they chatted about music, life as musicians in Ireland, and were generally just…

Explosions in the Sky  The Wilderness Explosions in the Sky might well be the most successful band you’ve never heard of. With six studio albums and four composed soundtracks behind them, the four piece have developed and honed…

David Bowie Blackstar There were a few sure things about Blackstar, the final chapter of David Bowie’s Technicolor musical life. It would be brilliant, naturally, strange, ahead of its time and wholly wonderful. Jumping at the chance to…

Selena Gomez Revival I’m of that strange inter-generation of people who never really got Selena Gomez the first time around; slightly too old for Disney stars, more focused on Nickelodeon. My first non-peripheral engagement with Gomez,…