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I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t done enough with the NewNoise blog this year, but this is due to the show on RTÉ 2XM and other projects taking priority for me. That said, one of my New Years resolutions is to make this blog more of a feature and unlike giving up [...]

Wow nearly three months since my last blog post. Apologies, I’ve been quite neglectful but things have been busy. I’m currently working towards recording a demo with my band. It’s taking up a lot of my time but it’s been a lot of fun. So on that note and to get me back in to [...]

As you are probably well aware of by now, DJ Mehdi passed away on Tuesday, he was just 34 years old. Allegedly the roof collapsed at his home in France during a party, he was fatally injured. So young and such a huge loss! Thoughts are with his family, friends and all at Ed Banger [...]

‘Ephemeral’ created by Musea Murison and directed by Cormac O Conaire from Tenaka on Vimeo. Check out Tenaka’s new EP Ephemeral! It features collaborations from the likes of Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Sorcha Brennan, Daithi and Elaine Mai and was produced by Ian Maleney. It also features a music video (above) created by Musea [...]

I was lucky enough to score an interview with Neurosis front man Scott Kelly ahead of their sold out show at the Button Factory back in July. Alas my recorder broke the following day and I lost the interview! There’s a happy ending though thanks to my lovely housemate who helped recover the file for [...]

Got a lovely mail from Nouveaunoise this morning, attached was a link to their latest EP ‘Sequence Consequence’. Judging by the traffic on Twitter this morning, many of my fellow bloggers are excited by it and I’m no different. I’ve always been quite the fan of Nouveaunoise and I’m trying to recall the last time [...]

Last week 2XM set list was dedicated to Electric Picnic specials, just because we’re all that excited about the Picnic next weekend. Really hope I get to go, fingers crossed I’ve better luck getting a ticket for that instead of Prince last month. On that note I really want to thank Benni and Gib (Logikparty) [...]

This one features an interview with Darragh McGrath ex manager/booking agent for The Quad bar in Cork. Arguably one of the most important venues in Cork it gave young and upcoming bands/DJs a chance to showcase their talent and interests. The likes of And So I Watch You From Afar, Adebisi Shank, Altar of Plagues, [...]