I interview the Dublin-based metal band Pain In Vain after their set with Harbinger and Worn Out.

Pain In Vain Interview

The band Redshift are from Waterford. I got to sit down with them in St. Stephens Green before their gig in Fibber Magees.

Redshift Interview

Hailing from Meath, Lemon are a 3-piece indie rock band. I got to sit down with them before their gig in Fibber Magees. Hope you enjoy

Lemon Interview

Broken Chanter (David Macgregor) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Himself and the band came down to Kilkenny arts week where I got to sit down and chat to him before his gig in Cleeres.

David From Broken Chanter Interview

Tomás Hynes
Hailing from the ‘sunny’ South East, alternative rock with dashes of punk and metal, No Hassle are a 3 piece band attempting to play instruments in the Enniscorthy area. With their releases of Deception and Plasticine and other unreleased tracks appearing in live sets, they’ve proved that they are a band who plays music.

With the release of their latest single, “Plasticine”, and upcoming collaboration with a one Alphi Demp (Vistafutur), came people who actually like the music which comes from the 3 lads.

No Hassle is: Tomás Hynes, Ethan Corcoran and Tim Flood

I got to sit down with the band before their gig in Hacketts with Recoil, Peer Pleasure and Joycult

No Hassle interview

Joycult is a 5 piece pop-punk band hailing from Kilkenny City. Up and coming in the local music scene, I got to sit down with members Leila and Lydia and talk to them about their debut gig, their influences and much more!

Leila and Lydia from Joycult interview

I got to sit down with Joel (guitar) Conor (guitar) and Michael (on bass but usually on guitar) before they took the stage in Ryan's Bar for The Donnys back-to-back vol.3

Bad Mothers Union Interview

I got to sit down with one of the battle of the band organizer's Andrew McGuinness to talk about the Kilkenny music scene, what he's been listening to and the history of the battle of the bands. 

Andrew McGuinness Full Interview

Olivia (Liv) Kill is a local poet and photographer based in Kilkenny. I got to sit down with her to talk about the release of her debut book, 'I Can Relate', which combines poetry and photography pairing images with her poems. 

In this interview we talk about the selection process for the poems, how the book came to be and so much more. 

Olivia (Liv) Kill interview

I got to sit down with members Brian and Lennon from Dublin's Colourview and talk about their debut EP, 'All Things Natural', how the band started and more!

Brian (Guitars and vocals) Lennon (Guitars) Colourview Full Interview

I got to sit down with lead singer and guitarist for Oracle Villa Fionn O'Hargain where we talked about how the band started, the upcoming gig in Ryan with Bad Mothers Union for Stephen Murphy, winning the battle of the bands and more! 

Fionn O'Hargain (Guitar & Vocals) Oracle Villa Interview

DJ Green created CeptaFest in 2024 with it's first rendition going down last December with great success! He was inspired to put together his own festival after years of running events and working at similar festivals across the country.

He began as a producer circa 2014 before beginning a long-line of his music releases in 2018. He has gone on to produce multiple singles, eps and albums and has worked with some renowned artists worldwide such as Kneecap, Strange Boy, Same D4ence, Project Pat, MF Grimm and The Split Prophets. He has produced several hundred tracks across the planet in Ireland, the UK, USA, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Belgium, Australia, Italy, New Zealand and more!

He joined up with the independent label “Bad Arts Entertainment” in 2020 and then took over as manager the following year.

He has organized/performed at events all around the country - Galway, Cork, Limerick, Dublin, Offaly, West Meath, Belfast as well as performing in Glasgow and Hastings over in the UK.

CeptaFest - 

CeptaFest 2025 is the second rendition of a budding festival put together by Conor McMorrough aka DJ Green.

From May 2nd to May 31st, you should expect to catch a diverse blocade of events across the city. Catch techno, drum 'n' bass, house, garage, metal, punk, hip hop and more across the cellar, sally longs, the ol' 55 and the blue note.

We have almost 50 local/national acts to announce in the coming weeks! Finalized posters to be published soon!

I got to sit down with DJ Green (Conor McMorrough) where we talked about the upcoming festival Ceptafest he created and run, the breakdown of what each day will bring and so much more! 



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