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Gallery: Biig Piig/ Asha Yune, Academy, Dublin, 28/03/2023
Jessica Smyth aka Biig Piig brought her ‘Bubblegum’ Tour back to Dublin for the last show of the tour and what a show it was with explosive energy from start to finish. Check out the gallery of the night below.
Interview: Jonah Falco (Jade Hairpins)
When I call Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco to discuss his latest band Jade Hairpins, he is in a good mood. Having spent nearly half a decade in London as a transplant from his native Toronto, he has finally gotten a record player for the first time as a resident of the UK capital. He …
Album Review: Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul and Synth Boogie in 1980s South Africa
There was a time where music from the Africa fell under the catch-all phrase of “world music”. Despite trendsetters such as Fela Kuti creating such lavish works which to this day still influences an incredible number of musicians, to explain tropicalia or afro-beat was to be met with heads cocked sideways and an utterance of …