Still RottenIN his bondage trousers, see through mohair jumper and spiked up hair, he was staring straight into the camera and spitting out…Sat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00
Disappointing David SeamanMAYBE, just maybe, there's a causal link between football hooliganism and the sort of dire, tuneless rubbish that'll squads record…Fri Jun 14 1996 - 01:00
A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes To YouWHEN they first came amongst us in 1991 we were suffering the "third summer of love", dance music had over-run the indie charts…Fri Jun 07 1996 - 01:00
Kilkenny keeps the gags comingIT'S one thing meeting an icon, it's another thing meeting an icon in Kilkenny High Street and it's quite another thing still…Wed Jun 05 1996 - 01:00
"Father Ted" ordained Kilkenny's high priest"Ted Heads" are the obsessive fans of the hit Channel 4 sit com Father Ted.Tue Jun 04 1996 - 01:00
Probably the world's funniest manAS Kilkenny cackled onwards we had reason to pause for a veritable master class in the art of stand up by the gender defying …Mon Jun 03 1996 - 01:00
When the world knows your nameOF all the fab and whizzo bands who are now, or have once been, on the 4AD label The Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Lush, The Breeders…Fri May 31 1996 - 01:00
The cat's pyjamasAN indecent amount of top class stand up, a chilled out atmosphere and lashings of debauched behaviour it's that Kilkenny time…Sat May 25 1996 - 01:00
He be the prophetWHEN Tricky describes himself as an "arms dealer" he ain't jokingFri May 24 1996 - 01:00
How the Pumpkins fan the fires of devotionIF few people knew their name, fewer still would have known what a "mosh pit" wasSat May 18 1996 - 01:00
Refreshing, different, quite fascinating and thoroughly enjoyableTHE thing about dance music is this as genres go, and speaking very generally, it is lyrically inarticulateFri May 17 1996 - 01:00
Divine ComedyBECAUSE he's got a dead posh voice, we should refer to Divine Comedy's new opus, Casanova, as a collection of "erotica"Tue May 14 1996 - 01:00
Hello DadBLOODY teenagers - if they're not whingeing about having no jobs, they're taking handfuls of ecstasy or sitting around in pubs…Sat May 11 1996 - 01:00
URBAN BEATSJUNGLE (or drum'n'bass, as the purists call it) emerged from the Brutal House scene at the end of the EightiesFri May 10 1996 - 01:00
LURE OF THE JUNGLETHE thing about Everything But The Girl is this: they could always be relied upon to come up with a charming set of bedsit folk…Fri May 10 1996 - 01:00
Temple Bar rocked by collective sonic attack of 150 bandsFOR all the blather were constantly subjected to about the Irish rock music industry - usually from sad politicians trying to…Mon May 06 1996 - 01:00
Massive dub AttackTHE thing about Massive Attack is this when they released Blue Lines in 1991 they changed the face of contemporary music Proof…Fri May 03 1996 - 01:00
Using their imaginaireWe're not getting off the tour bus until they take down the shamrockFri Apr 26 1996 - 01:00
Bis are the bizYOU gotta push it out every now and again, so we'll try this: you'll remember the first time Suede played Dublin, the first time…Fri Apr 19 1996 - 01:00
Still berry ordinaryTHE Oxford Dictionary Of Popular Music defines success thus: "It's when you're driving down Sunset Boulevard in an open-top sports…Sat Apr 06 1996 - 01:00
The Tom Tom ClubThe Ceasefire broke the night of Altan's showcase gig in DonegalFri Apr 05 1996 - 01:00
Lo and beholdWHEN E.F. Schumacher said that "the use of appropriate technology" should inform US foreign aid policies back in the Seventies…Fri Mar 29 1996 - 00:00
Heroes of the karaoke machineIN the prologue of this book, Victoria Kingston writes: "Ask anyone and they will be able to tell you where they were when they…Tue Mar 26 1996 - 00:00
The latest rock n roll revivalTHE music industry has finally had its revenge: once upon a 1977 time, the Sex Pistols took the industry for a ride and gave …Fri Mar 22 1996 - 00:00
Irish women singers hit the high notesMRS Worthington was right. Cailini na hEireann should be flung on to the stage if they are to mature into rich young women.Tue Mar 19 1996 - 00:00
Call of the Jungle with drum'n'bassTHE thing about drum'n'bass is this: techno is dead on its legs and Happy House is too formulaic but Jungle perversely enough…Fri Mar 15 1996 - 00:00
Cleric's tale snaps up viewersWITH a captive, couch bound audience sinking farther and farther into despair, there is a humanitarian need for something soothing…Sat Mar 09 1996 - 00:00
HIPPY HOP PARTY GOASAND lo, in the year 1968 a tribe of people known as hippy, packed their Rizlas and Grateful Dead records into their kaftan bags…Sat Mar 09 1996 - 00:00
"The Voice" will battle it out next month in the Eurosong semi finals in GenevaHAVING a laugh at Eurosong is like bombing an orphanage: a cowardly exerciseMon Mar 04 1996 - 00:00
My name is ArdalWHAT does he do all day? This is what he does all day: "I get out of bed in the morning thinking `Oh my God, what I am doing …Sat Mar 02 1996 - 00:00
Shut the funk upIS it just me, or has anyone else noticed how the world has, become a better place since Sting decided to save it five years …Fri Mar 01 1996 - 00:00
Massive melodic attackWE'RE good at somethings, crap at others' in this musical little country of oursFri Feb 23 1996 - 00:00
Oasis takes three Brit awardsTIME was when the British music industry awards were almost as unhip as the Eurovision song contest, but all has changed due …Tue Feb 20 1996 - 00:00
Every jammy Dublin poetAT the risk of sounding like a superannuated rock hack, banging on interminably about the bloody past, it does seem to be the…Fri Feb 16 1996 - 00:00
Rum, sodomy and the whipBIT of a buzz, as we media folk like to say, about Whipping Boy over the water at the moment: the Dublin(ish) band kicked off…Fri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00
Shut up and danceWHEN is a dance hand not a dance band then they're called The Chemical Brothers and their music is as rock'n'roll as it comes…Fri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00
Heavy bloody metalIF you want a massively popular musical genre that is either ignored or ridiculed by the music media, look no further than metal…Fri Jan 26 1996 - 00:00
Poking fun at paramilitariesA viewer of the fastidious persuasion, rang in to complain about BBCSat Jan 20 1996 - 00:00
One little indianBRAND new Irish record label shocker the existing independent record companies, Blunt, Hunter SFri Jan 19 1996 - 00:00
Same as it never wasANYTHING bearing the name Sean O'Neill gets the plastic cover ripped straight off it and put post haste on the turntableFri Jan 12 1996 - 00:00
Stoned againBECAUSE of all the "best ofs" and "rewind" stuff, we couldn't do this then - so we'll do it now: The Stone Roses comeback tour…Fri Jan 05 1996 - 00:00
