Éamon Sweeney

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Éamon Sweeney, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes about music and culture.

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Irish postpunk band Gurriers: ‘Everyone asks about the Dublin music scene. It’s not just Dublin any more, it’s everywhere’

The Irish postpunk band talk about playing Jools Holland, how Glastonbury lost out to Armagh and why Ireland’s music scene is working so well

Sat Nov 09 2024 - 05:15

The Smile: Cutouts – Yorke, Greenwood and Skinner’s second album of 2024 can’t match Wall of Eyes, but it still mesmerises

Yorke’s elegantly ageing voice, impeccable musicianship and a bona-fide classic track make for another fine outing

Thu Oct 03 2024 - 05:45

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God – The joy after the storm

After a series of minimal and experimental albums, The Bad Seeds are back in all their rollicking glory

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 05:10

Liam Gallagher and John Squire – A generous one star for this musical marriage forged in hell

Album review: The debut album from the Mancunian ‘super duo’ is an excruciating exercise in bluster and swagger

Thu Feb 22 2024 - 05:45

Terri Hooley: Seventy-Five Revolutions: Absorbing overview of Good Vibrations mastermind

Stuart Bailie’s elegant book explores the cultural clout and influence of Belfast music entrepreneur who rose to prominence with punk

Fri Jan 19 2024 - 04:23

The Smile: Wall of Eyes – Another classic from Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner

The alt.supergroup’s second album is a looser-sounding affair, with sombre echoes of Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool

Thu Jan 18 2024 - 05:45

Thurston Moore: ‘I didn’t want to get into a Morrissey thing of settling scores’

The singer and musician helped define alternative culture through his band Sonic Youth. This year he wrote a memoir about his life in music

Wed Dec 13 2023 - 05:15

Max Greenwood: In the Quiet of the Evening – A beacon of reflective positivity

Nottingham pianist and musician has recorded a collection of beautiful piano instrumentals

Fri Dec 01 2023 - 05:00

Fish Go Deep: What I Mean by Beautiful – Rebel City house music

The duo behind the decks at Sir Henry’s present their fourth studio opus

Fri Nov 24 2023 - 05:00

Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles - A guest-packed sonic extravaganza

Former drummers of The Cure and Siouxsie and The Banshees unite with producer Jacknife Lee

Fri Nov 03 2023 - 05:00

Kojaque: Phantom of the Afters – An emotional odyssey of hard-hitting raps and soft beats

Cabra man pours his heart and soul into his most personal, poignant and open album yet

Fri Oct 27 2023 - 06:05

Øxn: Cyrm – A modern masterpiece from Irish neofolk supergroup

Members of Lankum and Percolator join Katie Kim on the most astonishing surprise package of the year

Fri Oct 20 2023 - 06:15

Dreams of Electric Bleep review: Classic cuts from a golden age of Irish electronic music

A cracking compilation of electro tunes from the 1990s and 2000s still sounds futuristic and fresh after all these years

Fri Oct 13 2023 - 05:00

Sufjan Stevens: Javelin - Songs of tenderness and vulnerability with added poignancy

Detroit singer releases 10th studio album following an autoimmune disorder diagnosis

Fri Sept 29 2023 - 05:00

Jape: ‘I thought music was the only medicine I needed to survive. When I got older I realised this is not entirely true’

Richie Egan on living in Sweden, parenthood, his new album and becoming a musical lifer

Thu Sept 28 2023 - 05:00