How he started his music career, the music industry going down and The Broken Social Scene starting to happen, writing political songs, the magic of music and more.

I’m forever fascinated with where the songs come from..

Who: Jason Collett / Broken Social Scene (Toronto, Canada)
Latest record: (Arts & Crafts, 2010)
Online: myspace.com/jasoncollett and arts-crafts.ca/jasoncollett
Our favourite video: Love Is A Dirty Word
Where we met: The Workman’s Club
Why we like him: he’s just cool!
Behind the scenes: we went to see him play at the Ruby Sessions and fell in love. He had a second gig in Dublin for the day after, so we were lucky enough to have our chance to schedule an interview!
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As long as I remember I was always writing little tunes…

Who: Fiach (Dublin, Ireland)
Latest record: So I (Marcella Records, 2010)
Online: myspace.com/fiachmusic and fiach.net
Our favourite video: dignity, as played at the bamboo sessions in 2009.
Where we met: at the Guinness Storehouse, before one of his gig.
Why we like him: he’s just a lovely guy and spending 45 minutes in the same lift was definitely a bonding experience!
Behind the scenes: We would have liked to film the interview at the 7th floor and capture that amazing view, but there were bands soundchecking so we ended up doing the interview in the panoramic lift. You have no idea how many takes it took us to get this 5 mins video done, with all the people costantly getting in and out our lift. It was great fun though :)

Live within your means..

Who: John Wright, drummer of NoMeansNo (Vancouver, Canada)
Latest record: Tour EP 2 (Wrong Records, 2010)
Online: myspace.com/myspaceiswrong and nomeanswhatever.com
Our favourite video: this live version of Angel Or Devil
Where we met: The Button Factory
Why we like them: We bought Oh Canaduh! 7″ vinyl almost by chance in 1991, we were just intrigued by the band’s name. Since then, we’ve always kept on eye on NoMeansNo as they are kind of part of our teenage years.
Behind the scenes: that week was unbelievable cold for the Irish standards (-10°C that very night), there was ice on the streets and every night concerts would be cancelled. We tried to get in contact with NoMeansNo’s manager to know if we should go or not, but couldn’t reach him on the phone. A few minutes after that, we found a message on our mailbox: it was NoMeansNo telling us to join them! One minute later we were on our way :)
P.S. Many thanks to our friend Michele for his help with the camera.

It’s all about fun

Who: Vin from Adebisi Shank (Dublin)
Latest record: This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank (Richter Collective, 2010)
Online: myspace.com/richterpromotions and adebisishank.bandcamp.com
Our favourite video: International Dreambeat live @ Tower Records
Where we met: The Button Factory
Why we like them: ’cause they are LOUD.
Behind the scenes: We saw Vin without his mask!

It’s nice to have a cd and a vinyl or any kind of physical release ’cause it’s kind of like a testament, it’s kind of like a document

Who: Barry Lennon, co-found of indie label Richter Collective (Dublin)
Latest record released: “Yeah, Ok” by Not Squares
Online: myspace.com/richterpromotions and richtercollective.com
Our favourite video: Hibernation Statement by The Redneck Manifesto
Where we met: The Button Factory
Why we like Richter Collective: for their bands’ sound and attitude: they just rock!

I consider it a priviledge to have been involved in something like the Ramones ’cause they made such an impression on people

Who: Tommy Ramone and Claudia Tienan (Phoenicia, NY)
Latest record: Uncle Monk (Airday, 2007)
Online: myspace.com/unclemonk and unclemonk.com
Our favourite video: Long Journey Home
Where we met: Whelans
Why we like them: Can you NOT like the original drummer of the Ramones??

I don’t think we would have continued for as long if we hadn’t sort of stopped and had a break and then new people joined…

Who: Alison and Ben from Cranes (Portsmouth, UK)
Latest record: Cranes (Dadaphonic, 2008)
Online: myspace.com/cranes and cranes-fan.com
Our favourite video: Inescapable
Where we met: The Burlington Hotel, the morning after their gig in Whelans
Why we like them: For the dreamy, sometimes obscure, atmosphere of their music

Behind the Scenes: Our interview was supposed to take place at Whelans, before their concert. However, when we got there, Alison told us that they needed more time for the soundcheck as a band member couldn’t make it to Ireland and they needed to rearrange part of the setlist. So we agreed on meeting the morning after at their hotel and let them concentrate on the new arrangements.
File under “Yet another consequence of the Icelandic volcano messing all the flights schedules up”!.
P.S. The concert was great anyway.

That’s what your job is all about: trying to lift people up. It’s what I try to do

Who: Jack L (Dublin)
Latest record: The Story So Far (Dara)
Online: myspace.com/jacklukeman and jacklukeman.com
Our favourite video: This cover of Tom Wait’s The Piano
Where we met: Vicar St
Why we like him: because he’s the man! ;)
Behind the Scenes: while we were waiting for Jack L to be ready for the interview in the Vicar St, we could hear a gospel choir rehearsing. We didn’t know they were playing with Jack L that night, so it sounded pretty surreal!

We really feel the climb. It’s not that all of a sudden there’s thousands of people there

Who: We Have Band (London, UK)
Latest record: WHB (Naive)
Online: myspace.com/wehaveband and wehaveband.com
Our favourite video: Honeytrap
Where we met: Harcourt Hotel
Behind the Scenes: the interview was supposed to be done before their gig, at the hotel that they were staying at. Unfortunately we went to the wrong hotel (!) and of course waited for them to come and pick us in the wrong reception…When we realised there had been a misunderstanding we ran to the right hotel and made our best to save time, but it was very late anyway. Luckily for us, even if at that point they had only 5 minutes left, the band was soooo nice and still wanted to do the interview. Cool!

[The record] Sounds much bigger than I would thought it would…

Who: James Vincent Mc Morrow (Dublin)
Latest record: Early In The Morning (Burning ropes / EMI)
Online: myspace.com/jamesvmcmorrow and jamesvmcmorrow.com
Our favourite video: Follow You Down To The Read Oak Tree (as plaid on The View)
Where we met: Doyles Pub, at the Ruby Sessions
Why we like him: we were captivated by his voice and melodies since we first witnessed one of his gigs.
Behind the Scenes: we were introduced to James after one of his very first gigs, in Whelans back in 2007. He had opened for Jack Savoretti that night, and, even though at the time he had yet to sharpen his talent, his performance was way more intense than Savoretti’s! We’ve been waiting for his debut album to be released for so long, and now we’re so excited to finally have it!