Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Kynsy: "I'm more fulfilled when I’m just being a bit more honest with what I want things to sound like"
  • Music
  • 14 Sep 22
Kynsy: "I'm more fulfilled when I’m just being a bit more honest with what I want things to sound like"
Katie Kim: "People describe my music as dark all the time – but I don’t really describe it as that myself"
  • Music
  • 13 Sep 22
Katie Kim: "People describe my music as dark all the time – but I don’t really describe it as that myself"
Album Review: <i>Bear’s Sonic Journals – The Foxhunt, The Chieftains Live in San Francisco, 1973 & 1976</i>
  • Music
  • 06 Sep 22
Album Review: Bear’s Sonic Journals – The Foxhunt, The Chieftains Live in San Francisco, 1973 & 1976
Electric Picnic – Tolü Makay: "There’s a personality that comes with being Tolü Makay... But that’s not how I am, in normal settings"
  • Culture
  • 01 Sep 22
Electric Picnic – Tolü Makay: "There’s a personality that comes with being Tolü Makay... But that’s not how I am, in normal settings"
Wolf Alice's Theo Ellis on Electric Picnic: "It was probably one of the first festivals to take a punt on us"
  • Music
  • 30 Aug 22
Wolf Alice's Theo Ellis on Electric Picnic: "It was probably one of the first festivals to take a punt on us"
Markéta Irglová: "I change as the years go by – while the girl in the movie stays the same"
  • Music
  • 23 Aug 22
Markéta Irglová: "I change as the years go by – while the girl in the movie stays the same"
Album Review: Oisin Mod, <i>Honeycomb</i>
  • Music
  • 19 Aug 22
Album Review: Oisin Mod, Honeycomb
Kodaline: "Even going back into a room full of people was enough to make us nervous"
  • Music
  • 27 Jul 22
Kodaline: "Even going back into a room full of people was enough to make us nervous"
Horslips: "Around the end of the ‘60s, and start of the ‘70s, there was a feeling that young people had a possibility of making themselves heard, in a way that they really hadn’t been able to up until that"
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jul 22
Horslips: "Around the end of the ‘60s, and start of the ‘70s, there was a feeling that young people had a possibility of making themselves heard, in a way that they really hadn’t been able to up until that"
Nova Twins: "People are starting to learn that rock and alternative music can come in a lot of different shapes, forms, sizes, and appearances. People are a bit more accepting now"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Jun 22
Nova Twins: "People are starting to learn that rock and alternative music can come in a lot of different shapes, forms, sizes, and appearances. People are a bit more accepting now"
Countdown to Longitude 2022 - Offica: "I want to be the biggest to ever come from Ireland"
  • Music
  • 22 Jun 22
Countdown to Longitude 2022 - Offica: "I want to be the biggest to ever come from Ireland"
Countdown to Longitude 2022 - Belters Only: "We built ourselves from the ground up. We didn’t stop believing"
  • Music
  • 21 Jun 22
Countdown to Longitude 2022 - Belters Only: "We built ourselves from the ground up. We didn’t stop believing"
Album Review: Yaya Bey, <i>Remember Your North Star</i>
  • Music
  • 17 Jun 22
Album Review: Yaya Bey, Remember Your North Star
Album Review: Hercules and Love Affair, <i>In Amber</i>
  • Music
  • 17 Jun 22
Album Review: Hercules and Love Affair, In Amber
Síomha: "Some of the best music in the world comes from our very small island – but in my career as a musician here, there have been countless times I’ve felt unsafe and unsupported by this industry"
  • Opinion
  • 15 Jun 22
Síomha: "Some of the best music in the world comes from our very small island – but in my career as a musician here, there have been countless times I’ve felt unsafe and unsupported by this industry"
Priya Ragu: "I used to work from eight to six in an office, and then I’d come home, cook myself dinner, and watch MTV – and now I’m on MTV!"
  • Opinion
  • 14 Jun 22
Priya Ragu: "I used to work from eight to six in an office, and then I’d come home, cook myself dinner, and watch MTV – and now I’m on MTV!"
YUNGBLUD: "This new rock scene is so refreshing – because it’s pissing off an older generation of rock fans"
  • Music
  • 10 Jun 22
YUNGBLUD: "This new rock scene is so refreshing – because it’s pissing off an older generation of rock fans"
Album Review: Hudson Taylor, <i>Searching For The Answers</i>
  • Music
  • 03 Jun 22
Album Review: Hudson Taylor, Searching For The Answers
Fräulein on <i>A Small Taste:</i> "The punk history of Northern Ireland really gripped me in my teens"
  • Music
  • 26 May 22
Fräulein on A Small Taste: "The punk history of Northern Ireland really gripped me in my teens"
Album Review: Ryan Sheridan, <i>Americana</i>
  • Music
  • 26 May 22
Album Review: Ryan Sheridan, Americana
SOAK: "I like who I am as a person now – so I’m not afraid to be that person, publicly or in my songs"
  • Culture
  • 23 May 22
SOAK: "I like who I am as a person now – so I’m not afraid to be that person, publicly or in my songs"
Ye Vagabonds: "You don’t have to be born here, or speak the Irish language, to feel a connection with traditional music"
  • Music
  • 18 May 22
Ye Vagabonds: "You don’t have to be born here, or speak the Irish language, to feel a connection with traditional music"
The Blizzards: "There's no point in trying to keep up with an industry that doesn’t know what it is"
  • Music
  • 17 May 22
The Blizzards: "There's no point in trying to keep up with an industry that doesn’t know what it is"
Album Review: Sharon Van Etten, <i>We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong</i>
  • Opinion
  • 09 May 22
Album Review: Sharon Van Etten, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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