Telefís – A hAon: Theocratic electropop from the Irish diaspora

Cathal Coughlan and Jacknife Lee release a surreal concept album of sorts

Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’

The LA-based Dublin producer who worked with U2, REM and Snow Patrol has his own album out

Luke Haines & Peter Buck: Beat Poetry for Survivalists – the results may surprise you

Haines & Buck? Fripp & Eno for the jilted generation

Five Grand Stereo: Sex and Money – the rock opera makes a natural progression

Luke Haines - Smash the System album review: a true original loses his self-indulgence

North Sea Scrolls

A clever conceit by Luke Haines and Cathal Coughlan makes for a show that is playful and serious at the same time

Britpop – Bah! It’s rubbish, innit?

Blur, Oasis, Pulp. Hard to believe it now, but back in the 1990s they were the epitome of cool. These days they’re part of the establishment and modern life is still pretty rubbish. In the run-up to Blur’s IMMA gig next week, time to ponder how Britpop fell flat