The Irish Times

It’s oh so quiet: Exploring the role of silence in music

Experimental composer and guitarist Michael Pisaro-Liu’s 2013 work, asleep, wind, voice, poe gets its Irish premiere this month

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 00:00

Zappa: Love or hate him, Frank Zappa deserves respect

Alex Winter’s documentary portrait of the musician should win over the most resistant

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00

Beck: ‘U2 had the best audiences of anyone I’ve opened for’

The Beck of 1994’s Mellow Gold seems a million miles from the 49-year-old releasing Hyperspace

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00

Junior Brother: Pull the Right Rope review – The real paradoxical deal

Ronan Kealy’s style can sort the believers from the bemused

Thu May 23 2019 - 05:00

Ariel Pink serves up an irresistible lumpy pop milkshake

The essence of the thrills we’ve lost along the way to the convenience of modern music

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 07:45

What Irish Times critics are wishing for this Christmas

From the Gleesons’ ‘Walworth Farce’ to a 3D pen, there’s a perfect present for the artist in your life

Sat Dec 06 2014 - 06:00

Film review: Frank

Lenny Abrahamson’s superby eccentric movie about a group of supremely eccentric musicians reveals some powerful truths about art and the disordered mind

Fri May 09 2014 - 00:00

Lenny talks Frank: the movie that won't give him a big head

In Lenny Abrahamson’s latest film, Michael Fassbender plays the lead character from inside a huge papier-mache head. The Irish director gives us the lowdown on the notorious noggin, his ‘Celtic Tiger Trilogy’ and more

Fri May 02 2014 - 00:00

Ben Shepherd: Soundgarden take the grunge full circle

Ben Shepherd from Seattle survivors Soundgarden on his formative years, on getting the band back together and how he almost joined Nirvana after partying with Kurt Cobain

Fri Sept 06 2013 - 06:52