Category: Interviews
Interview: The Jon Cohen Experimental
Jon Cohen, first became a musician of international standing as part of Montreal’s The Dears. Once hailed by NME as “the best new band in the world”. A heavy moniker for any band to carry and though the flame burned bright for several years, it fizzled, just like the acclaim. Cohen, moved onto more critical [...]
Interview: The Rubber Bandits
Interview: Ros Madigan The Rubber Bandits are no stranger at this point to most, if not all, people within Ireland. Having started with prank phone calls way back when as far as the year 2000. They have seen a dramatic rise in popularity since the success of a certain song that aired on RTE’s Republic [...]
Interview: Electric Six
When someone mentions Electric Six most people would immediately think of the 2003 hits “Danger! High Voltage” and “Gay Bar”, you may also think of their accompanying iconic videos. Unfortunately, what most people don’t realise is this wasn’t the end of the Electric Six; in the past eight years they have released eight studio albums [...]
Interview: Krystal Klear at Red Bull Music Academy
Born and raised in Dublin, Declan Lennon has been making music from a young age. Originally inspired by Hardcore Punk and Metal, he performed in several bands before ditching the guitar to follow his real passion, boogie, funk and hip-hop. Moving to Manchester just over three years ago and using the moniker Krystal Klear he has [...]
Interview: The Plea
Irish indie rock quartet The Plea from Ballyliffin have been creating a bit of hype for themselves following the release of their ‘Nothing But Trouble EP’. Our man David Dooley talked to one of the band to get the low down. It took a question or two to get him talking but once he got [...]
Interview: General Fiasco
Having established themselves as stars of a flourishing Northern Irish music scene, and made a substantial impact over in the UK with some high-profile radio play and country-wide tours, General Fiasco are a band on the rise. Strangely, they still seem to have made little impact in the Republic, but with new guitarist Stuart (brought [...]
Interview: The Ambience Affair (Marc Gallagher)
Dublin trio The Ambience Affair have kept themselves busy of late. Having just released their debut album, Burials, earlier this month a nation-wide tour soon followed. With that tour now winding down to an end GoldenPlec got a chance to have a quick word with the band’s drummer, Marc Gallagher, to find out where the [...]
Interview: Pee Wee Ellis
Alfred ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis has had an immeasurable impact of the world of music. His work with James Brown and people like Van Morrison have changed music. Considered to be one of the founders of Funk, his influence has even worked its way into today’s hiphop and dance scene. Along with his band, The Funk [...]
Interview: Digitalism
Digitalism recently released their eagerly awaited second album I Love You Dude back in June of 2011 and headed out on their world tour of the same name. Now one of the worlds most recognised electro house acts and drawing large crowds everywhere they go and with remixes for some of the worlds biggest acts [...]
Interview with Jonathon from Other Lives
Other Lives play The Academy 2 on Sunday October 23rd in support of their second album ‘Tamer Animals’. Jonathan Mooney from the Oklahoma band took some time out of his schedule to answer a few of Vanessa Monaghan’squestions. Hello! Hope you’re having a nice day! Where are you and what are you up to right [...]
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