The Irish Times

Jim Kerr: ‘I’d been a rock star. I thought, What happened my life?

The singer talks about Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 06:00

Roxy Music’s Avalon gets a pretentious but illuminating overview

Music book reviews: Jon Savage reissues and Will Sergeant memoir among other highlights

Thu Jul 29 2021 - 06:00

Johnny Rogan obituary: One of the most well-regarded music biographers of his generation

London Irish writer’s tenacity and attention to detail did not always please his subjects

Mon Feb 22 2021 - 06:00

DannyBoy: Gits of a certain vintage will enjoy this Irish film set in 1981

Review: Ferdia Mac Anna’s flimsy, low-budget film has an ingenuous charm

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 05:00

Before Brexit: Pop, escapism and racism in England

Karl Whitney, author of Hit Factories, on his journey through the UK’s industrial heartlands

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 07:00

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2019 nominees revealed

The Cure, Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and LL Cool J among the 2019 cohort

Tue Oct 09 2018 - 18:50

‘Japan is the most alien place I’ve ever been’

Visiting Japan is like being deposited on an alien planet, but once you get over the culture shock, it feels friendly, calm and safe – and there’s an OMG moment around every corner

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00

Franz Ferdinand are a band reborn

Alex Kapranos talks about a new album, scoffing fish n’ chips in Galway, and why he wrote a song about the NHS

Wed Feb 07 2018 - 07:00

Take a walk on the wild side of Galway’s Indreabhán bog

Start from the coast road between An Spidéal and Indreabhán and brace yourself for a treat

Wed Feb 08 2017 - 13:00

Glam rock was about much more than glitz and hits

How the sexually ambivalent David Bowie and Marc Bolan subverted rock’s patriarchy

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 05:00

Airports in terminal decline

Airport architecture worldwide has gotten insanely creative but is still mostly unwelcoming to the endless queues of knackered travellers

Sat Apr 16 2016 - 03:13

Seven times David Bowie played Ireland

From half-hearted applause to total starman: David Bowie’s biggest Irish gigs remembered

Mon Jan 11 2016 - 18:06

Jamming all over the world with WholeWorldBand

Want to play with Hozier or The Police? Kevin Godley’s app puts you in the band

Mon Nov 23 2015 - 01:30

And on the seventh day, Eno released a not-very-good album. Hallelujah!

Ambient music poineer, superstar-making producer – the godlike genius of Brian Eno is beyond question, but it’s heartening to know that even he can come up with a dud: Someday World, a collaboration with Underworld’s Karl Hyde

Fri May 23 2014 - 10:19

Chromeo: It’s their time to shine

They’ve been dismissed as a joke band, but with their new album, ‘White Women’, it’s time Montreal duo Chromeo were taken seriously, says David ‘Dave 1’ Macklovitch

Fri May 09 2014 - 00:00

Todd Terje: It’s Album Time

Fri Apr 11 2014 - 00:00

I’m with the choir: the group therapy of singing in unison

Group singing releases endorphins, helps with bonding and (perhaps) heightens sexual attractiveness. An upcoming world record attempt in Dublin with more than 500 choirs should be quite a day, then

Fri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00