talking heads

The second album from Anna Mieke is both concise and sprawling. Concise in that it is a mere eight tracks long; sprawling in that only two of those tracks are less than five minutes, and one is nearly eight. Theatre opens with the…

Talking Heads, perhaps then the most critically lauded band in the US, released the concert film Stop Making Sense in 1984. While some relationships were beginning to fracture, the new-wave four-piece were riding high on an imperious streak…

"Did you know that Ted Bundy's first dog was a collie named Lassie?" — Patrick Bateman Do psychopaths have the best taste in music? Who knows, but it certainly seems the case when it comes to the movie adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's…

The electro-pop band oh800 have released their brand-new album entitled Character Building. The title-track opens the album with its dance-punk, infectious mood with excellent sensibilities. Frontman Eoi Rooney’s lead vocals blend…

I caught Silverbacks upstairs in Whelan's for a midnight gig one Wednesday when I really should have gone home to bed. I had heard good things. Comparisons to Pavement, Television, Parquet Courts, Talking Heads and more piqued my interests.…

Emerging from their respective snow-caves, blinking at the sun, Colm and Craig are back in studio. Dave, however, is otherwise engaged – busy crushing the dreams of nine hopefuls at the Choice Music Prize. Filling his pristine white shoes…

The lights go down, backing music halts and all eyes face the stage. Heads cocked at an angle as if they’ve been summoned by the RTE Angelus bells. Tonight, we too are searching for something greater than ourselves. Our gaunt prophet…

All Tvvins IIVV Just before the chorus kicks in on 'Too Much Silence', the eighth effort on All Tvvins' self-titled (no, really) debut album, a sweeping synth line starts to augment the track and by the time Conor Adams starts to belt…