Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

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
Album Review: The Waterboys, <i>All Souls Hill</i>
  • Music
  • 06 May 22
Album Review: The Waterboys, All Souls Hill
Album Review: Róisín O, <i>Courageous</i>
  • Music
  • 29 Apr 22
Album Review: Róisín O, Courageous
Sive on her new album <i>We Begin In Darkness:</i> "It’s about taking the light with the dark, and trying to incorporate both"
  • Opinion
  • 27 Apr 22
Sive on her new album We Begin In Darkness: "It’s about taking the light with the dark, and trying to incorporate both"
Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Apr 22
Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"
Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"
  • Music
  • 18 Apr 22
Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"
Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"
  • Music
  • 14 Apr 22
Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"
Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"
  • Film &amp; TV
  • 13 Apr 22
Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"
Album Review: Stephen James Smith, <i>See No Evil</i>
  • Music
  • 01 Apr 22
Album Review: Stephen James Smith, See No Evil
Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Mar 22
Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"
Lea Heart: "I never expected to start posting online, and end up here. Obviously it’s what you hope for! But you never really think it’s going to happen..."
  • Music
  • 23 Mar 22
Lea Heart: "I never expected to start posting online, and end up here. Obviously it’s what you hope for! But you never really think it’s going to happen..."
Amy Michelle: "It’s really important to me, to be transparent in my lyrics"
  • Opinion
  • 22 Mar 22
Amy Michelle: "It’s really important to me, to be transparent in my lyrics"
Belters Only: "It’s an unstoppable force now. The whole Irish scene is absolutely flying"
  • Culture
  • 21 Mar 22
Belters Only: "It’s an unstoppable force now. The whole Irish scene is absolutely flying"
Pillow Queens: "The culture of Dublin is slipping through its own fingers – but the people are holding onto it for dear life"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Mar 22
Pillow Queens: "The culture of Dublin is slipping through its own fingers – but the people are holding onto it for dear life"
Album Review: CMAT, <i>If My Wife New I’d Be Dead</i>
  • Opinion
  • 04 Mar 22
Album Review: CMAT, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead
Hurray For The Riff Raff: "I have a long road ahead of me – but I’m an adventurer"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Feb 22
Hurray For The Riff Raff: "I have a long road ahead of me – but I’m an adventurer"
Big Thief: "Everyone is trying to be this certain kind of cool, and it’s so flat now"
  • Music
  • 24 Feb 22
Big Thief: "Everyone is trying to be this certain kind of cool, and it’s so flat now"
Album Review: Kate Nicholson, <i>Fallen From Grace</i>
  • Music
  • 18 Feb 22
Album Review: Kate Nicholson, Fallen From Grace
Orla O’Connor of the National Women’s Council: "Violence against women goes to the heart of women’s rights, and the heart of women’s equality"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Feb 22
Orla O’Connor of the National Women’s Council: "Violence against women goes to the heart of women’s rights, and the heart of women’s equality"
Maverick Sabre: "Growing up, the music I connected with most was always the rebel music – in whatever form that came in"
  • Opinion
  • 31 Jan 22
Maverick Sabre: "Growing up, the music I connected with most was always the rebel music – in whatever form that came in"
Album Review: Thyla, <i>Thyla</i>
  • Music
  • 28 Jan 22
Album Review: Thyla, Thyla
Glen Hansard: "It’s a powerful thing, to lose your mother... That’s the place you came from, literally. That’s your first home, and it’s gone"
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jan 22
Glen Hansard: "It’s a powerful thing, to lose your mother... That’s the place you came from, literally. That’s your first home, and it’s gone"
Education Special – Simon Harris: “I know, in many ways, my career has been a bit odd... Life came at me a lot faster than I expected it to"
  • Opinion
  • 25 Jan 22
Education Special – Simon Harris: “I know, in many ways, my career has been a bit odd... Life came at me a lot faster than I expected it to"
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