From having daily desk jobs at EMI Records to running around the globe to play music, building the band on friendship and a marriage, being hyped after 18 months of gigs, evolving from the singles ...
Being alone for six months in Drogheda in search of inspiration, trying to mic a drum kit with just one microphone, This Old Dark Machine as a representative single, the documentary on the making of ...
The cathartic effect of (some) live shows, bulimia, self hatred and the controversy behind the video for Dear God I Hate Myself, the special 12 singles series, the first and the next 5 years of ...
Spirituality and the tension between the urban and natural worlds as sources of inspiration, the mythological references behind their last record's title, hundreds of palmprints made for the album's cover, the nomination for the Canadian ...
Becoming a photographer to be next to the stage at concerts, from his first commission in Whelan's to the Oxegen, Shane McGowan as the artist he enjoyed portraiting the most, his own first book.. I ...
Collaborations and intersections in the Dublin music scene, the cultural shock of SXSW, how different the recording of their last album was compared to the past, and how live gigs influenced their songwriting. Because [the Dublin ...
The Frank Sinatra in his music, the wild transition from DJ Haircut to Mayer Hawthorne, having the perfect band and stepping out from his comfort zone, working with Spike Jones, touring Europe for the food. Everybody's ...
Making music in New York, how he became friends with Glen Hansard and what keeps them so close, the Irish melancholy as the background feeling of his music, the picture of an old shoe as ...
Recording "Slow Dynamo" as an inevitable thing, a step-by-step guide to the artwork of the album, her relationship with Sweden and the Swedish music scene, hanging over the edge of a stage for the shooting ...
Having a singer-songwriter name but choosing a Sigur Ròs kind of name (even if that's not related at all to the music that you make), the second edition of their first EP, being asked to ...
