Oisín Kealy Joan Wasser runs on stage with sidekick Timo Ellis to commence the “interpretation domination” of this evening with a rendition of T-Pain’s Ringleader Man. Wasser’s trademark honeyed voice softens the edge of lines like “My rhythms and rhymes keep bitches in line”, but never so much that you lose sight of the disharmony [...]
Oisín Kealy As the music industry continues it’s downward gyre into absolute insustainability, a new generation of DIY artist are showing that you don’t need to sell you soul and/or recording rights for the opportunity of reaching a wider audience. Recognising that the current model is not putting food on the table, many independent and [...]
Oisín Kealy Justin Vernon doesn’t forget where he comes from. Earlier this year he sung with his old highschool jazz band, and now he is returning to this past musical endeavour. A collaboration with fellow Wisconsinites, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Volcano Choir’s origins predate his success under Bon Iver, having written material with them [...]
Metric’s Joshua Winstead talks to Oisín Kealy ahead of his band’s sold out show at Oran Mor.
Oisín Kealy has a word with Hinterland’s resident live artist Jenny Soep
Guardian checks out the host of bands playing Glasgow’s first Hinterland festival
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Her fourth release under the moniker of Peaches, the album opens ominously with ‘Serpentine’.
Zoey Van Goey’s MJ McCarthy talks to Oisín Kealy
Oisín Kealy The four years between ‘Live It Out’ and this new, self-released album have seen a change come over the Canadian quartet. The production here is tighter than ever, but their music plays it safer than before. When their melodies took the road less travelled, there was room to be amazed by the balancing [...]
Oisín Kealy In the latest blow to file sharers, a guilty verdict has been returned on the case against notorious torrent site The Pirate Bay, the four cofounders now facing a year in prison and a £2.4 million pound fine unless they can argue for a retrial. The site itself is still running, though I [...]
