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Jack Antonoff is an industry guy. You know him even if you don’t think you do. Check under the hood of any pop album released in the last few years and there’s a decent chance that Antonoff’s fingerprints are in there somewhere. Antonoff…

Picture the scene: It's 2015 and Drake is the undisputed king of rap. He's completely redefined what a rap star could be and is well into his phase of absolute pop superstardom. He has helped flame the careers of Kendrick Lamar, Future, The…

Marika Hackman I’m Not Your Man There’s a naked intimacy to Marika Hackman’s latest record that’s hard to describe. I’m Not Your Man builds an awful lot around a gentle indie folk sound, layering on huge sections of sweeping sound and…

One more time with feeling - NO ENCORE turns the clock back to run the rule over a set of Irish albums from a given year. 1997 takes centre stage on this particular edition, as an excellent panel debates the merits and demerits of what…

New Music Weekly is your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week;  …

What were you up to in 2004? Our jeans were all a little bit baggier then, for sure, and hair straightening was revolutionised by the GHD; an item that would help men and women shape the fringe that placed them in the emo or preppy…

G F# B E   Whether or not you would consider yourself a musician, the distinct and arguably iconic opening bar of My Chemical Romance’s ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ is the definition of zeitgeist, originating from the rock music…

My love of Britney Spears runs deep. It’s a love so strong that it reminds me that I have the ability to actually love at all. People are often bewildered by my love. She is seen as an act who is past it or irrelevant when the fact is that…

With the pensive 'Dust', gloom pop outfit TELL NO FOXX have crafted one of the finest songs of 2015. It's the kind of track that feels lived-in and burrows its way into your consciousness in a most alluring manner. They trade in gloomy…

Grimes Art Angels Around the time of the release of her broody pop breakthrough Visions, Grimes appeared in a YouTube video set up by Amoeba Music stores in which she goes through her intended purchases after a quick rifling session.…