Post Tagged with: "Interview"
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: Madu
Dublin based brother and sister duo who’s music is a mix of dub beats and roots music are following up on a top gig at the body and soul festival this year and striking while the iron is hot with a headline show in The Workman’s Club tonight. The live show will have a full horns and [...]
Interview: The Feeling for Arthurs Day
It’s easy to dismiss The Feeling – a band best known for radio-friendly singles like ‘Fill My Little World’, ‘Love It When You Call’ and ‘Sewn’ – as a pop act past their peak, a guitar-friendly Top of the Pops band that don’t fit into the urban-based modern pop-music scene. When Goldenplec had the chance [...]
Interview: The Brilliant Things
The last few years have seen The Brilliant Things causing a stir on the Irish music scene, from The Music Show in the R.D.S. to Oxegen, they have been hailed as a complete success story. Originally a duo, the now foursome create a rock/ pop union. They may be relatively new as a band but [...]


