Ozzfest Ireland revisited and why we need more alternative music festivals
An absent headliner. A day of distortion. A paradise of noise. 20 years on from Ozzfest’s one-and-done Irish leg, please sir, can we have some more? Last days of May 2002 and I’m on a bus hurtling from Drogheda to Punchestown, surrounded by a cohort of like-minded souls all clad in black, the rare burst […]
4 years ago
Legendary metal band Tool announce first Irish show in over 15 years
It’s about time. The big gig announcements just keep on coming with the news that enduring prog-metal outfit Tool will return to Ireland for a show in 2022. The band, fronted by Maynard James Keenan, last graced Ireland in 2006 as part of the 10,000 Days tour. Four years prior, they found themselves thrust into […]
4 years ago
The 10 Best Songs of 2019
The good stuff, song by song. Another year, another end-of-year countdown list. This one, as the headline suggests, focuses on the very best songs of the calendar year that was 2019. A decent 12 months? Maybe. Let’s find out, eh? #10. The Claque | ‘Stray’ The shimmery, strideful half of a double A-side released by […]
6 years ago