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ESSENTIAL SOUNDS ... DVD TIME ...

Wednesday September 02 2009

Honestly, if someone instructs you to listen to a band fronted by a gay Icelandic dude who plays the guitar with a cello bow and sings in his own made-up language of Hopelandic, you'd be excused for running a mile.

IN GEAR: David Byrne still looks as fit as ever, thanks to cycling. Photo: Getty Images

Loaded: 21/08/2009

Friday August 21 2009

David Byrne played one of the year's finest concerts when he entertained Dublin's National Concert Hall back in April. For a 57-year-old he looked remarkably svelte, with a lean body that a man half his age would have been proud of.

Riceboy Sleeps - Riceboy Sleeps

Music: Riceboy Sleeps * * * *

Friday July 17 2009

Famed for his ethereal falsetto and other-worldly presence as the frontman of Iceland's Sigur Ros, Jonsi Birgisson has -- together with his boyfriend, Alex Somers -- been exhibiting artwork and staging exhibitions under the name Riceboy Sleeps for the past three years.

Take a bow: Caoimhin O
Raghallaigh gives a modern,
experimental spin to Irish
traditional music.

Boldly going where no fiddler has gone before

Saturday May 23 2009

I was sitting on the hard pews of the Unitarian Church on Dublin's Stephen's Green when I first heard Caoimhin O Raghallaigh play live. Playing in near darkness -- he was bathed only in the faintest blue light -- the fiddler wrung the most extraordinarily haunting sounds from his five-string viola.

Q&A: Emiliana Torrini

Friday March 06 2009

On being stalked and knowing Bjork

Loaded: 06/03/2009

Friday March 06 2009

Neil Jordan has enlisted Sigur Ros's keyboard player Kjartan Sveinsson to compose part of the soundtrack for his forthcoming film, Ondine. Selected songs from the Sigur Ros catalogue will also feature.

U2: the verdict

Friday February 13 2009

They took their time, didn't they? It's been four years and three months since the last U2 studio album -- the longest gap in the band's history. At times, this -- their 12th -- could have been called No Finish On The Horizon, such were the apparent difficulties and insecurities they faced when making it.

Rock: Nick Kelly

Saturday December 27 2008

Gigs of the year