Category: Music

  • Record Rundown: Ranking Fontaines D.C’s Catalogue

    Record Rundown: Ranking Fontaines D.C’s Catalogue

    In this edition of Record Rundown, we will be taking a look at the catalogue of Irish alternatives, Fontaines D.C. The Dublin-born five-piece have undergone a fascinating evolution since their 2019 debut, shifting from gritty urban realism to cinematic melancholy in a remarkably short space of time. Across four studio albums in just five years, the band have gradually traded the punk-fuelled social commentary imprinted on…

  • The Sudden Resurgence of Record Stores

    “It’s just not the same as having the album on your phone, there’s a bit of a romance to it” Mark Thorne of Thorne records speaks on the recent revival of record stores, with Edinburgh seeing several pop up over the last few years, Including Thorne records on Burtsfield place. Before the days when a…