Eamon Sweeney
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The Irish Times
Fontaines DC: ‘We’ve no licence to speak for Ireland’
The first interview with the Dublin band for their Grammy nominated album, A Hero's Death.
The Irish Times
Bernard Sumner: ‘We made music because we hated work and normality’
New Order’s frontman on Joy Division, Morrissey, Trump and the far right
thequietus.com
Alternative Ulster: An Interview With Stuart Bailie
The soundtrack to the Troubles in Northern Ireland is explored in a fascinating new book
The Irish Times
Damon Albarn: ‘Brexit has revealed terrible truths about the mental health of the English’
The Blur frontman on ‘Merrie Land’, Brexit, Britpop, Oasis, Morrissey, John Lydon and turning 50.
The Irish Times
‘That Irish greeting of Sodom and Gomorrah? We thought they were saying good morning’
Ahead of their exhibition in Belfast. I met Gilbert & George in London to talk about half a century of creating art and kicking against the pricks.
The Irish Times
Alice Cooper: ‘Larry Mullen is the only drummer to ask me for my lyrics’
Alice Cooper turns 70 next year and talks about giving up the booze, love and marriage, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, and still being crazy after all these years.
thequietus.com
The Quietus INTERVIEW: Benjamin John Power of Blanck Mass
I talked to the acclaimed producer in London for tQ
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The Quietus INTERVIEW: Lost In France Director Niall McCann
Interview with Director Niall McCann for The Quietus
The Irish Times
From Stiff Little Fingers to Lynched: Rough Trade’s Irish bands
From Stiff Little Fingers to Lynched: Rough Trade’...
Irish Independent
Exclusive: Interview with Kate Bush for '50 Words for Snow', 2011
Yes, it really, really, really did happen...
Irish Independent
"I was always an arsehole. People just didn't realise."
Nick Cave talks about Grinderman and Kylie Minogue
The Irish Times
Mogwai: ‘We always wanted to get a better name than Mogwai but we never got around to it’
For two decades, Mogwai have worked just outside the mainstream and carved one of the great unsung careers in modern music. Stuart Braithwaite talks Scottish musical independence to Eamon Sweeney...
Irish Independent
The only Irish interview - Russell Brand on his Revolution: "Of course I'm egotistical. I'm a big show off..."
Exclusive chat with the motormouth comedian turned political activist