Articles

A selection of articles written for RTÉ Culture, The Irish Times, the Sunday Independent, the Irish Examiner, The Journal and The Goo.

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Twilight
by John Hegarty

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 32 (February 2025)

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 33: …If I Die, I Die


by Virgin Prunes

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 29 January 2025

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 32: Kissing the Roof of Heaven


by Hinterland

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 15 January 2025

A Year in Review - 2024

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 30 (December 2024)

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 31: Comforter


by Compulsion

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 13 November 2024

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 30: Butterfly Effect


by Sack

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 02 October 2024

The Goo - Issues 12 (May-June 2023) - 24 (June 2024).

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
1977
by Ash

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 23 (May 2024)

Sean O’Hagan, the High Llamas, and looking to the future

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 03 April 2024

Bring Your Own Hammer: Musicians and historians unite for unique project

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 25 March 2024

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 27: Hawaii


by The High Llamas

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 14 February 2024

Get That Monster Off the Stage: The Movie

by Paul McDermott
The Blackpool Sentinel - 31 January 2024

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 25: Paradise in the Picturehouse


by The Stunning

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 25 January 2024

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
This Is
by The Tycho Brahe

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 20 (Jan-Feb 2024)

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Mute
by Catchers

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 19 (Dec- Jan 2024)

A Year in Review - 2023

by Paul McDermott (and Goo columnists)
The Goo - Issue 19 (Dec-Jan 2023)

These Things Happen:
The Sarah Records Story
by Jane Duffus
(Tangent Books)

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 18 (Nov-Dec 2023)

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Twist
by The Fat lady Sings

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 17 (Oct-Nov 2023)

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 19: Sacred Heart Hotel


by The Stars of Heaven

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 28 September 2023

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Chicks Dig Scars
by Wormhole

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 16 (Sept-Oct 2023)

Sonic Life - A Memoir
by Thurston Moore
(Faber & Faber)

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 16 (Sept-Oct 2023)

Album Review:
Parijuana Take 1
by The Wormholes

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 15 (Aug-Sept 2023)

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Revelino
by Revelino

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 14 (July-Aug 2023)

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 17: Lights of the City by
Jubilee Allstars

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 15 June 2023

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
1
by Simple Kid

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 13 (June-July 2023)

Ireland in 50 Albums, No 16: Brang by The Shanks

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 17 May 2023

Shot From All Sides
by Cormac Figgis
(Rotator)

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 12 (May-June 2023)

The Goo - Issues 00 (May-June 2022) - 11 (Apr-May 2023).

Gig review: Simple Kid makes triumphant return for first gig in 15 years

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 10 April 2023

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Staros
by Nina Hynes

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 10 (Mar-Apr 2023)

Searching for the the music of Sliabh Luachra - The Lyric Feature

by Paul McDermott
RTÉ Culture - 11 March 2023

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Churchtown
by Into Paradise

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 09 (Feb-Mar 2023)

Dancing in the Disco - the story of The Sultans of Ping

by Paul McDermott
RTÉ Culture - 24 January, 2023

A Year in Review - 2022

by Paul McDermott (and Goo columnists)
The Goo - Issue 07 (Dec-Jan 2022)

Punks Listen
complied by Niall McGuirk & Michael Murphy
(Hope Publications)

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 6 (Nov-Dec 2022)

Adventures in Modern Recording
by Trevor Horn
(Nine Eight Books)

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 05 (Oct-Nov 2022)

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Nurse
by Therapy?

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 04 (Sept-Oct 2022)

Album Review:
Slí na Fírinne
by Michael Lightborne

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 03 (Aug-Sept 2022)

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
I Want Too Much
by A House

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 02 (July-Aug 2022)

To Here Knows When -
Great Irish Albums Revisited:
Ghostown
by The Radiators

by Paul McDermott
The Goo - Issue 00 (May-June 2022)

B-Side the Leeside:
Cathal Coughlan - Black River Falls 

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 09 March 2022

B-Side the Leeside:
Trevor Herion - Beauty Life

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 03 November 2021

B-Side the Leeside:
Cousteau - Cousteau

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 02 September 2021

B-Side the Leeside:
Stump - A Fierce Pancake

by Paul McDermott
Irish Examiner - 04 August 2021

The sounds of Finbarr Donnelly - Cork's cult hero remembered

by Paul McDermott
RTÉ Culture - 25 April, 2020

Cult musician Michael O'Shea's journey

by Paul McDermott
RTÉ Culture - 26 August 2019

Sound job: the oral history of Microdisney

by Paul McDermott
The Irish Times - 19 May, 2018

Lights! Camel! Action! Stump's bright spark bows out

by Paul McDermott
Sunday Independent - 15 December, 2015