Steve Cummins
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Steve Cummins
@stevecummins.bsky.social
Music & Culture Journalist featured in the Business Post, Sunday Times, NME and many more... - http://stevecummins.contently.com; Trustee @firstfortnight; Content Design
Good read on My Bloody Valentine ahead of next weekend's show

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My Bloody Valentine: The most important Irish band of the 21st century
Kevin Shields and co’s marrow-melting shoegaze sound has influenced everyone from U2 and Radiohead to Tame Impala
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November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Do not buy my book. Please don't even look at it. It's just complete horseshit.... it's a miserable piece of shit.”

Caught Evan Dando in interesting form a few weeks ago - from dissing his memoir to surprise attacking me with a chisel...

Interesting read below

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October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Evan Dando came at me with a chisel a few weeks ago... he then proceeded to tell me why he thinks his memoir is a "fucking piece of shit" and how heroin delayed his ace new Lemoheads album. It was memorable......

Online or in print this Sunday

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‘I fucked my life up really badly’: The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando on music, drugs and redemption
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October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Interview with For Those I Love in today's Sunday Times to talk about his brilliant new album, Carving The Stone

www.thetimes.com/article/1574...
David Balfe: ‘This album is about the cultural death of Dublin’
The musician, aka For Those I Love, won acclaim for an album inspired by grief at his best friend’s suicide. He’s back with a fresh lament, this time for a city
www.thetimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I spoke with Sky News about Kneecap, their origin and the campaign to deplatform the post Coachella.....

Listen here

#kneecap #gaza #palestine

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Sky News Daily
The Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings a deeper look at the big stories - with Sky News correspondents and expert guests.Every night at 5pm, Niall is joined by the correspondents we hav...
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May 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Why would women say these things? Is it the attention?”

Ryan Adams seemed to make public comment on those 2019 allegations at a wild and manic Dublin show this week.

Read my live review in the @businesspost.bsky.social

#RyanAdams #VicarStreet #Dublin

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Gig of the Week: Ryan Adams’ Dublin gig reveals an artist unfiltered, unedited and devoid of magic
It is hard to know what to make of the three hour performance of the American singer-songwriter in Vicar Street
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April 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New Pulp single, Spike Island

New Album, More in June

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Spike Island
Pulp · Spike Island · Song · 2025
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April 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Pick up today's @businesspost.bsky.social to read my interview with Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream
April 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What a song title.....
April 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Spoke with Bobby Gillespie of #PrimalScream last week about Duffy, loss, addiction and more ahead of their 2 gigs at the Olympia Theatre this month (15th sold out, 16th tickets available)

interview online (paywall) and in print this Sunday

www.businesspost.ie/arts-living/...
‘I’ve got a clear conscience’ – Bobby Gillespie on loss, addiction and the future of Primal Scream
As he prepares to play Dublin, the Glaswegian reflects on the fallout from the death of his bandmate Martin Duffy, and how Belfast’s David Holmes influenced the band’s new album
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April 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Had a great chat with #BobbyGillespie of Primal Scream ahead of their two dates in Dublin later this month.

Interview in this Sunday's Business Post.
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Vinyl inflation....

Bought brand new in 2015 for €16.99

10 year anniversary edition is on sale for €54.99

Average vinyl record now about €30

#sufjanstevens #recordstoreday #vinyl
April 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Incredibly saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Niall Crumlish. Great music writer, great guy and friend of @firstfortnight Thoughts with his friends and family at this awful time

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About
My name is Niall Crumlish. I am the guy above on the left with the happy dazed expression like “That’s Mark Eitzel right there!!” I am a psychiatrist in Dublin but before I was a …
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March 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Great read from @LosCampesinos on the costs of playing a one off show in Dublin. Even though gig sold out in just 2 hours, they still lost money....

loscampesinos.com/in-the-black...
March 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The 2024 Choice Music Prize nominees are go:
January 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Saw The Pogues and guests on Tuesday night at 3Arena. Review in the Business Post print edition tomorrow and now online

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Gig of the Week: The Pogues at 3Arena is an enjoyable, if slightly lacklustre, experiment
A half full venue does nothing to help the atmosphere at the band’s first show since the death of Shane MacGowan
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December 21, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Worst festival line up ever? This looks like it would be 'udder' hell...

#festivals #belfast #music
December 19, 2024 at 7:16 AM
What an atmosphere in the 3Arena last night for Fontaines D. C.

Energy in the room really reminded me of Oasis's shows in the Point in 96.

You feel the band have yet to totally get to grips with playing shows this huge, but the songs sounded terrific. #fontainesdc #3arena #dublin #romance
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 AM
14 Irish acts have each reinterpreted Louie Louie on this great tape from Diet of Worms

All proceeds go to the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign so we'll worth your cash.

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Hunger Is Violence, by Various Artists
14 track album
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December 6, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Real sense of excitement ahead of the first of @fontainesdublin pair of homecoming shows this weekend.

Going to be really really special.
December 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Swell Season headed for the National Concert Hall next summer.

New music also on the way in 2025
December 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Reposted by Steve Cummins
Gig of the Week: Vampire Weekend remain daringly idiosyncratic
Gig of the Week: Vampire Weekend remain daringly idiosyncratic
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend
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November 30, 2024 at 11:32 AM