They’ve been hailed heirs to REM’s alternative crown and are particularly deeply loved in Ireland. With a first ever Electric Picnic slot on the way, The National talk about their extraordinary rise from obscurity and how they’ve managed to keep sibling rivalries in check to become the band of the moment.
It's been a long, strange trip for glam art-rockers and Picnic headliners Roxy Music. In an exclusive interview ahead of their long-awaited return to Ireland they talk about taking tea with Salvador Dali, being 'shafted' by Jethro Tull and gush about their love for Godspeed You Black Emperor.
Journalist Susan McKay's new book, Bear In Mind These Dead, revisits the families of victims, for many of whom the emotional scars have been slow to heal.
Dutchy Holland, currently serving an eight-year sentence in Wandsworth Prison, gives a remarkably revealing interview where he discusses all aspects of his life as a career criminal.
Following unrest at IMRO, new chair KEITH DONALD says the organisation is now better placed to fight the rights of Irish and international music makers.
The bright lights of Toronto beckoned for Leeside electro-poppers Fred as they kicked off their North American tour with a turn at the prestigious North by Northeast festival.
The alchemy is all out of whack here. Take Steve Carell’s agent, who occasionally falls over but who, in defiance of the ironic title, is actually quite smart.
If you imagined that writer-director Guillermo del Toro couldn’t top the occultist Nazis, demon-spawn puppy love and super kitsch of the original film, then think again.
Just because older women have a bit of experience under their belts doesn’t mean they have a license to start fondling twenty-something blokes when they're on the town.
Or will you, dear lady, cheat on him? It is a perennial concern for any couple as they contemplate the potential pitfalls of tying the knot. In fact the path is littered with so many broken marital promises that it seems like a crazy step to take. And yet for some it retains its romantic allure…
Too often, men get the butt end of the stick. Well, it is time to come clean. The ‘other’ gender is not just useful to have about the place, but also interesting, stimulating, attractive and sometimes, very hot indeed.
There was much excitement in nerdy sci-fi circles this week as Fox TV released the first teaser image from Terra Nova, the new "Avatar for the telly" series that’s set to debut Stateside in autumn 2011.
Lesley-Ann Halvey, singer and bassist with the all-girl Dublin four-piece Black Daisy, claims being in a band is different for girls, not least in squatting down to do the ass test in Penneys.
Once an A-list supermodel, now a successful businesswoman, CAPRICE Bourret is no wallflower. Here she talks openly to Hot Press about why she wouldn't touch heroin with a bargepole, why Courtney Love is a mess, why South Africa is the most exciting – and terrifying – place in the world, and the sneaky lengths the paps will go to for a scoop. She also betrays a traditionalist streak that borders on the Victorian while lecturing Clarky on his private life!
