The juxtaposition of authenticity between House of Guinness and its music is this week’s topic…
How a lot of bands on the soundtrack create art that looks to directly modernise the Irish experience via the past contrasts with the show’s characterisation of Ireland in the past
James Hetfield says Metallica are here to entertain, not influence.
But after 40 years singing about war, corruption and control, can that be true?
METALLICA ARE PUPPETS? The new episode of The Last Mixed Tape is out now.
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Shane MacGowan changed what Irishness sounded like.
The Sickbed of MacGowan, explores The Pogues, Irish identity and the artists carrying that spirit forward.
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The Drumcree standoff has returned. But amid the protests, the history and the political confrontation, something else has emerged. Music.
I made a new video essay about Garvaghy Road, Drumcree, and Irish music
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Fontaines DC new single Marianne is a song about disappearing into fantasy.
This week I trace the thread of Escapism in their music
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Was David Bowie a fascist?
In 1976, the Thin White Duke praised Hitler, flirted with fascist imagery and seemed to lose control of the character he had created.
But Station to Station tells a much stranger story.
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🚨🚨💣 EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool agree loan deal to sign Ronald Araujo from Barcelona, HERE WE GO! 🇺🇾
Verbal agreement club to club with Barça now approved by director Deco.
New centre back for #LFC with a surprise bomba.
What happens after you change culture?
That’s the question at the heart of Charli XCX’s Music, Fashion, Film.
I think it’s one of the most fascinating records she’s ever made.
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This week the Last Mixed Tape explores Charli XCX’s Music, Fashion, Film through the lens of artistic identity, fame and why modern artists are expected to become far more than musicians.
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Julian Casablancas’ SubwayTakes comments recently sparked controversy.
This week, I look at the controversy, Casablancas’ Oxford Union address, and why conversations about Gaza, are often reduced to viral clips instead of uncomfortable realities.
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Phoebe Bridgers - “This machine is killing me.”
This week I explore Lost Boys, anxiety, toxic masculinity, male loneliness and why Bridgers is asking audiences to lock their phones away.
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“This machine is killing me.”
Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Boys takes Woody Guthrie’s protest slogan and turns it inward towards smartphones, isolation, masculinity and a generation growing up inside the machine.
This week…
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