Music Articles published in Three Monkeys Online
Deals in luck and despair, Delorentos in profile
Dublin band the Delorentos are riding high in the limelight, with a nomination for both best Irish band of 2008, and best Irish album of 2008 for in love with detail. Brendan Coffey met up with guitarist Ronan Yourell, to talk abou the band's past,
News and Tributes - The Futureheads interview
Sunderland band The Futureheads are entering a new phase as a band, having parted company with their record label Warners. Three Monkeys met up with the brothers Hyde to discuss their second album News and Tributes, and what the future holds for Th
Flawed Ambition - The Flaws in interview
Irish band The Flaws are tipped by the critics to be one of the next big things. Brendan Coffey meets a band that, while filled with ambition, has its feet firmly on the ground.
Divine Comedy - Neil Hannon in interview
With the release of his latest album, Victory for the Comic Muse Neil Hannon, better known as the man behind The Divine Comedy, has closed a circle, or has he? Brendan Coffey spoke to Hannon for Three Monkeys Online.
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young. Classic Album Reviews
John Doyle spends an intimate evening with Neil Young's dark masterpiece, Tonight's the Night.
Grace Under Pressure - The Survival And Development Of The Cornish Language and Culture
Amongst the former Celtic nations Cornwall has, for the most part, been overlooked. Cornwall, though, has a distinct and rich heritage, and language (Kernowek), which in the internet age is finding new outlets for expression - and at the forefront of this...
Liberated from the line-dancing gestapo - The Music of Gillian Welch
In the 1990s, 'country' music in Ireland meant the likes of Shania Twain and Garth Brooks, and Friday night line-dancing. For the lucky few, like a young and impressionable John Doyle, stumbling upon the music of Gillian Welch changed all that....
The Musical Manifesto - These Were The Earlies (in interview)
Good Music didn't start with Punk in 76; you don't need to be a virtuouso to come up with a melody; and just because Daniel Johnson gig hamfists the piano like he's got mittens on, doesn't mean that that's shit. Anglo-American band The Earlies decl...
Recurring Heartworm - The return of Whipping Boy
Dublin's Whipping Boy produced one of the most influential Irish albums of the '90s with Heartworm, but lack of commercial success coupled with internal conflict led the band to bitterly split up. Last year, after several years of estrangement, the...
Add it Up - an interview with the elder statesmen of disaffected youth, the Violent Femmes
Over a period of twenty-five years their songs have become an obligatory addition to the record collection of any frustrated, and self-discerning, teenager. At the same time songs like Add it up and Blister in the Sun are regulars on compila...
Pretty Good Year - The Kaiser Chiefs in Rome
The Kaiser Chiefs have had a success packed year. Their debut album Employment has sold by the bucketload, they've become one of the most sought after live bands in the UK, and performed in Philadelphia for Live 8. Keyboardist Nick 'Peanut' Baines ...
Howl - Action and Reaction with the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's latest album Howl sounds like a huge departure, veering away from feedback towards country blues, but Robert Turner, the band's bassist, explains to Three Monkeys Online how it's simply part of the ongoing process of i...
Dark and Bitter - Negramaro in Interview
Dark and bitter as the wine they take their name from? Negramaro from Salento in southern Italy are one of the success stories of 2005, with a bestselling album Mentre Tutto Scorre, an MTV Europe award for best Italian act, and an appearance at the...
Bell X1
Bell X1 have just released their third album, Flock. Platinum selling in their native Ireland, in the rest of the world they are slightly less known than their erstwhile band-mate Damien Rice. Paul Noonan, lead singer talks to Brendan Coffey about ...
Gimme Fiction - Spoon in interview
American band Spoon's latest album Gimme Fiction has been hailed by the critics on both sides of the Atlantic, being the sound of an band at the height of their powers. But, after talking with drummer Jim Eno, Three Monkeys suggests that Gimme F...
The difference between a cow and a sheep - the British Sea Power interview experience
With songs dedicated to Atlantic sea shelves, or with references to the French revolutionary calendar, it should come as no surprise that British Sea Power are far from conventional. Three Monkeys Online are still dazed from their encounter with the band ...
Meltdown - Ash in interview
Ash are not only one of Ireland's favourite rock bands, they are also one of its most succesful musical exports. Bassist Mark Hamilton traded emails with Three Monkeys' Mary Carton, to discuss record labels, stadium rock, politics, and a subject close to ...
Excreting Songs - Glen Hansard of the Frames
With the release of Burn the Maps, Irish band the Frames find themselves in a curious position. While they've released five studio albums, and have played on some of Ireland's biggest stages over the last fourteen years, outside Ireland they are vi...
The drama of it all - I am Kloot in interview
I am Kloot frontman, Johnny Bramwell, discusses drama and songwriting with Three Monkeys Online. The Manchester band's third album, Gods and Monsters has its ambiguities, but don't tell Bramwell that it could mean anything - the interpretation isn'...
Searching for the Bookends - The Twilight Singers' Greg Dulli in interview
He fronted the Afghan Whigs for fifteen years. His latest band, The Twilight Singers involve a huge range of collaborators. He plays with various bands, and released a covers album, She Loves You, which was one of the surprise gems of last year. Gr...
My Generation - Thea Gilmore in interview
Lyrical, literate and outspoken, Thea Gilmore is a true independent. Her albums have won critical acclaim, and ever widening record sales. She talks to Three Monkeys Online about her songs, poetry, politics and how Nirvana qualify as 'folk'....
The Secret Migration - Mercury Rev in interview
American Band Mercury Rev talk to Three Monkeys about the recording and release of their new album The Secret Migration, and their various other projects including putting one of Joyce's sonnets to music....
The legendary Andrew Loog Oldham, in interview
He is the man who discovered/created the Rolling Stones. He's a record producer who's produced stars like The Stones, Donovan, Jimmy Cliff and Bobby Womack. He's the author of two volumes of autobiography that bring the reader into the heart of the Sixtie...
Decidedly Average Indie Rock’n’Roll For Me - The Killers live in Dublin
The Killers' Hot Fuss album was one of the more name-dropped albums of 2004. The brash, britpop obsessed rock n' roll from a Las Vegas quartet has impressed many, but does it work live?...
Roesy in Interview
Irish troubador Roesy is an interesting proposition. Rather than sitting in a bedsit, bemoaning the state of his love life, in typical singer-songwriter fashion, his songs are as likely to be about travels to Bolivia or Nepal....
Where do the songs come from? Polly Paulusma in interview.
While she won't discuss her lyrics, believing that songs should stand on their own two feet, Polly Paulusma nontheless has plenty to talk about. The Cambridge graduate talks to Three Monkeys about the inspiration for her songs, music business intrigues, a...
The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers ten years on.
A difficult, angry, and articulate album that puzzled many upon its release ten years ago, the Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible is reviewed, in the fullest sense of the word, by Mary Carton....
From Autumn to Ashes
Melodic, Heavy, Hardcore with influences ranging from Iron Maiden to Billy Joel? A contradiction in terms? From Autumn to Ashes should have contradiction tattooed on their forheads - but that's part of what makes them interesting. Front man Ben Perri in ...
One foot in the past - Dark country music, Blanche Style. Blanche in interview.
Their debut album, If we can't trust the doctors, provided one of the starkest and most welcome country/americana records of recent times. Detroit band Blanche, associates of Jack White of the White Stripes, talk about nostalgia, inspiration, and J...
Never Apologise. Never Explain - Therapy? Live in Bologna
Three Monkeys caught Therapy? on the first date of their European Tour in support of Never Apologise. Never Explain, their new album. ...
A streak of sunshine. Delays live in Dublin - a review.
On a cold wet November night, Delays, the band from Southhampton bring an unexpected ray of light to Dublin with their live show. Gig review by Jeni Brennan....
Godhead - Jason Miller in interview
Godhead are an interesting proposition, spanning diverse styles from Goth and Industrial through to metal. Currently recording the follow up to their succesful Evolver album, frontman Jason Miller talks about the new album, writing for film, and ha...
Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team in interview
They've released one of this year's most innovative and catchy albums to date, and, while being hailed by the NME as one of the greatest bands around, heap scorn on the indie rock likes of Keane. TV cop show themes colliding with big beats and live musici...
Wild Cat Strutting Thing - Interference in interview
The Interference, were one of Ireland's most influential bands. Skeptical? It's enough to look at the credits on their self produced album, which looks like a who's who of Irish Music. A crisis in Self Confidence and a reluctant Music industry silenced th...
Must I paint you a picture - Billy Bragg in interview
A quick listen to Bragg's compilation of last year Must I paint you a picture will quickly show his diversity as a songwriter, musician and political activist. He talks to Three Monkeys about Englishness, songwriting, nuance, and inevitably Politic...
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