Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Fizz: "Music that’s inoffensive, and bland, and pleases everyone, is of so little interest to me now"
  • Music
  • 06 Nov 23

Fizz: "Music that’s inoffensive, and bland, and pleases everyone, is of so little interest to me now"

Jazzy: "I’d like to hope that someone will come after me who will want to be like Jazzy. That’s a nice thought!"
  • Music
  • 03 Nov 23

Jazzy: "I’d like to hope that someone will come after me who will want to be like Jazzy. That’s a nice thought!"

ØXN: "Why do people do the worst things to each other? It’s that fascination that makes murder ballads perpetually relevant"
  • Music
  • 01 Nov 23

ØXN: "Why do people do the worst things to each other? It’s that fascination that makes murder ballads perpetually relevant"

Offica: "I wasn’t meant to be doing this, but I’m here. That’s what makes me, me"
  • Music
  • 31 Oct 23

Offica: "I wasn’t meant to be doing this, but I’m here. That’s what makes me, me"

CMAT: "If Bertie Ahern goes for the presidency, I will actually make it my personal mission to make sure that he doesn’t win"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Oct 23

CMAT: "If Bertie Ahern goes for the presidency, I will actually make it my personal mission to make sure that he doesn’t win"

Album Review: The Mary Wallopers, <i>Irish Rock N Roll</i>
  • Opinion
  • 12 Oct 23

Album Review: The Mary Wallopers, Irish Rock N Roll

The War and Treaty: "Whatever you thought of as the perfect model of a country music star, you now have to consider that maybe that’s wrong. You have to broaden it"
  • Music
  • 02 Oct 23

The War and Treaty: "Whatever you thought of as the perfect model of a country music star, you now have to consider that maybe that’s wrong. You have to broaden it"

Mick Flannery: "Are any of us in control, or are we all dash-cams on the head of a horse?"
  • Music
  • 18 Sep 23

Mick Flannery: "Are any of us in control, or are we all dash-cams on the head of a horse?"

Niall Horan: “Irish music’s on fire, and it has been for a while... I’m happy that we’re leaning into what makes us different”
  • Music
  • 30 Aug 23

Niall Horan: “Irish music’s on fire, and it has been for a while... I’m happy that we’re leaning into what makes us different”

The Wolfe Tones: "We’re no boyband anymore... but funnily enough, we’ve never lost the young generations over the years"
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 23

The Wolfe Tones: "We’re no boyband anymore... but funnily enough, we’ve never lost the young generations over the years"

Gurriers: "We’re taking things at our own pace, and we’re going to do things on our own terms, when we want to do them"
  • Music
  • 23 Aug 23

Gurriers: "We’re taking things at our own pace, and we’re going to do things on our own terms, when we want to do them"

Imelda May: "I think musicians should go on strike, for sure, against all the streaming platforms"
  • Culture
  • 11 Aug 23

Imelda May: "I think musicians should go on strike, for sure, against all the streaming platforms"

Album Review: Alfi, <i>Say Old Man</i>
  • Music
  • 04 Aug 23

Album Review: Alfi, Say Old Man

Mik Pyro: "I hate nostalgia. I think life gets better, usually, as you get older"
  • Music
  • 14 Jul 23

Mik Pyro: "I hate nostalgia. I think life gets better, usually, as you get older"

Belters Only: "If there were facilities in Dublin – like nightclubs, and support for that culture – imagine what music would be made, and imagine how far we’d go in the world"
  • Music
  • 13 Jul 23

Belters Only: "If there were facilities in Dublin – like nightclubs, and support for that culture – imagine what music would be made, and imagine how far we’d go in the world"

Maisie Peters: "With songwriting, there’s power – and with power comes great responsibility. I try to use my power for good, especially as I get older..."
  • Music
  • 07 Jul 23

Maisie Peters: "With songwriting, there’s power – and with power comes great responsibility. I try to use my power for good, especially as I get older..."

Album Review: Brigid Mae Power, <i>Dream From The Deep Well</i>
  • Music
  • 30 Jun 23

Album Review: Brigid Mae Power, Dream From The Deep Well

Forest Fest Special – The Proclaimers: "I felt a real kinship with Ireland – I always have done"
  • Music
  • 21 Jun 23

Forest Fest Special – The Proclaimers: "I felt a real kinship with Ireland – I always have done"

Arlo Parks: “Fontaines D.C. and My Bloody Valentine are two of my favourite bands... I feel very inspired by the intensity and the freedom of [Fontaines'] sound"
  • Music
  • 15 Jun 23

Arlo Parks: “Fontaines D.C. and My Bloody Valentine are two of my favourite bands... I feel very inspired by the intensity and the freedom of [Fontaines'] sound"

Joel Corry on Longitude 2023: "I love Dublin. Back in the day there was the Wright Venue in Swords, which I played all the time"
  • Music
  • 15 Jun 23

Joel Corry on Longitude 2023: "I love Dublin. Back in the day there was the Wright Venue in Swords, which I played all the time"

MK on Longitude 2023: "Ireland is my favourite place to play... Anytime I know I’m playing somewhere there, I’m excited. I’m ready to go"
  • Music
  • 14 Jun 23

MK on Longitude 2023: "Ireland is my favourite place to play... Anytime I know I’m playing somewhere there, I’m excited. I’m ready to go"

Jazzy on Longitude 2023: "I’m 100% going to bang out a few unreleased tunes – and I’d like to see Ice Spice and Calvin Harris!”
  • Music
  • 13 Jun 23

Jazzy on Longitude 2023: "I’m 100% going to bang out a few unreleased tunes – and I’d like to see Ice Spice and Calvin Harris!”

Bricknasty: "Dublin’s ruined now, and we didn’t notice – because we were too busy rowing over stupid things"
  • Music
  • 12 Jun 23

Bricknasty: "Dublin’s ruined now, and we didn’t notice – because we were too busy rowing over stupid things"

Belters Only on Longitude 2023: "We’re absolutely buzzing for it"
  • Music
  • 09 Jun 23

Belters Only on Longitude 2023: "We’re absolutely buzzing for it"

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