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Interview: Clint Mansell
Oh yes, he’s all dapper and polite these days, but Clint Mansell – one of the most successful film soundtrack composers of the past ten years – used to be in a band called Pop Will Eat Itself, was a...
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Interview: John Lydon
He could talk the hind legs off a herd of donkeys. Verbose, opinionated, defensive, outspoken, amusing, smart, allergic to humility, a man as eager to play to the gallery as to bow to no one, John...
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Interview: Jape
Richie Egan, the man behind and in front of Jape, is rarely lost for words, and so, one after the other, they tumble out in a stream. Unlike some people, however, who only talk so they can hear the...
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Interview: Jacknife Lee
Northside Dubliner Garret ‘Jacknife’ Lee is the link between those artists smart and proficient enough to stand at the intersection of art and technology – he knows the music, he knows the equipment,...
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Interview: Kodaline
It’s a freezing afternoon in January in a very chilly Georgian house in rural Kildare. There’s a fire blazing away, but we’ll keep our coats on, thanks very much. One of Ireland’s most successful...
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Interview: Wayne Kramer
Personality crisis, left-wing radical politics, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug dealing, jailbird, rehabilitation, recovery, redemption – these are the ingredients of a life less ordinary but no...
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Interview: Laura Marling (Pt 2)
The nomad comes full circle? The prodigal daughter returns home? The last time Laura Marling and the Irish Times had a chat was less than two years ago, outside an East London pub, which was no more...
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Interview: Wolfgang Flur
He used to be a robot, but he’s all right now. Wolfgang Flur is one of the most famous musicians in the history of electronica, and as he runs through a soundcheck in the Arctic environment of an...
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Interview: Paul Weller
What do you do when the nickname that has stuck is The Modfather? What happens next when you’re viewed as an Elder Statesman of Contemporary Cultural Affairs? Or when, as a musician and songwriter in...
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Interview: Richard Hawley
“Age is a terrible price to pay for wisdom,” says Richard Hawley as he picks up a biscuit to dunk into his steaming hot cup of tea. He’s repeating an epigram his father had said to him on his...
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Interview: Lisa O’Neill
“I’m owning it more, and I really value that,” says Cavan singer-songwriter, Lisa O’Neill, who is reflecting on the difference a few years can make in terms of confidence and self-assurance. “I’m not...
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Interview: Steve Van Zandt
If the phrase ‘ineffably cool’ could be applied to just one person in traditional rock music it would probably be Steve Van Zandt. ‘Miami’ Steve Van Zandt, Little Steven – whatever the moniker – is a...
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Interview: Pennie Smith
Pennie Smith on her photo of The Clash, which has been voted the Best Rock’n’Roll Photograph Of All Time: “I’m so familiar with it that I can’t assess it. I’m astonished that it’s taken off so well....
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Interview: Paul Simon
The voice is slight yet unmistakable, but the mindset remains as firm, if not steely, as it has always been. Paul Simon may be closer to 80 than 70, but the songwriter – who in 2007 was the first...
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Interview: Hozier
Andrew Hozier-Byrne Outside the office windows, Dublin hums along. Strains of a busker singing his heart out filter into the room; the stops and starts of city centre traffic underscore the calm...
View ArticleInterview: Robert Smith
Dark, demented, tormented, torrid and tetchy? Oh, I don’t think so. The Cure’s Robert Smith might have gained something of a reputation in his 40-year-plus tenure as the leader of one of the most...
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As career changes go, transferring from pharmacy to songwriting makes sense – both professions need chemistry and a willingness to help people feel better to make them work successfully. Just ask...
View ArticleInterview: Trent Reznor
Slow, deliberate and with meticulous attention to detail, Trent Reznor isn’t the kind of musician to deliver glib answers. Put this down to the Nine Inch Nails frontman (and film soundtrack composer)...
View ArticleInterview: Adam Schlesinger/Fountains of Wayne
Intro: In memory of Adam Schlesinger, who passed away early April, 2020. You’ve seen it on MTV – the way Rachel Hunter might look at you in the video for Fountains of Wayne’s new single, Stacey’s...
View ArticleInterview: David Byrne
Brooklyn, June 29: David Byrne is on precious downtime, but he’s still eager to talk in his um-er-oh-maybe-I guess manner; it’s the verbal shorthand for what makes his nervous tics tick, but it’s so...
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