Issue #40

Issue 40

YOUR TOWN IS NEXT

THE HOT 40 - IRELAND’S MUST SEE ACTS

We polled the country’s industry insiders and experts to bring you the definitive rundown of Ireland’s finest musical hopes.

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THE HIVES
Reveal how their comeback record is twice as good as The Beatles and Metallica combined and why James Bond ain’t even cool enough for their gang.

MAXIMO PARK
Globe-trotting, Justin Timberlake-fixating, indie-rock behemoths stop for breath and show us what life is like at their velocity.

BATTLES
Oompaloompas and millionaire dollar deals – just don’t mention math-rock

THE MISFITS
We toast 25 years of horror-punk mayhem, right in time for Hallowe’en

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REVIEWS

FEATURING: Les Savy Fav, Idlewild, Devendra Banhart, Beirut, Ian Brown, The Bled, Hundred Reasons, Two Gallants, Fatboy Slim, Flaming Lips…

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

WE ARE SCIENTISTS

PRINCE

FIGHT LIKE APES

THOSE DANCING DAYS

JACK PEÑATE

STARS

UNTITLED MUSICAL PROJECT

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

GUILLEMOTS

JAKOBINARINA

MUHAMMAD ALI

NAOMI KLEIN

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WORD UPS: Compo, a loaf of bread, rats, Rambo, Barry Scott, Beyonce, massive burgers, masks, Rick Astley, baaaa sheep, punishment, hairy chests, sideburns, bare breasts…

Issue #48 - O RLY?

Featuring Primal Scream, CSS, Mogwai, Black Kids, Sparks, Evan Dando and more.