Paul McDermott

I produce a podcast. To Here Knows When- Great Irish Albums Revisited. It's about (checks notes) Great Irish Albums. EP48 coming soon. Here's a video of the first 40 episodes. All details here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

Signal:Lost is out today on Gare du Nord Records @robertrotifer.bsky.social and available to buy on our Bandcamp. Available in the UK through @normanrecords.com and Rough Trade - here's a couple of early reviews incl MOJO the Goo and No More Workhorse

nice of @learnandsing.bsky.social to compare and contrast Signal:Lost with the new Fontaines record - on a similar release schedule!... a previous album release clash with similar covers for our last record too...

Great @boamorteband.bsky.social history from @learnandsing.bsky.social ahead of upcoming shows and new album www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/signal-...

A few words about the great San Francisco 90s band The Sunshine Club...

thanks to Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social for this great perspective piece on the band - our alt-Americana roots and new directions, all in the context of the Cork and Irish music scenes! Find it here: www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/signal-...

Boa Morte @boamorteband.bsky.social return later this month with Signal: Lost, their fifth album. "Signal Found: a Boa Morte history", tells how they got here. www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/signal-...

nice review in the latest The Goo magazine by @learnandsing.bsky.social 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 "..reminded of the atmospheres created by (dare I write it) late-period Talk Talk" ! If in Dublin come along to Curveball on 15th October - special guest Pearse McGloughlin tickets: buttonfactory.ie/shows/2026/10/…

Fans of Fatima Mansions / Microdisney / Cathal Coughlan be sure to check this out.. thank you once again @learnandsing.bsky.social 🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/0jPt...

Harmacy: A few words on Sebadoh, David Gray, the Cork Music Resource Co-op, the Sultans of Ping, fanzines, government-funded rock ‘n’ roll and O’Dwyer’s Pharmacy, Cashel. www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/harmacy

Harmacy: A few words on Sebadoh, David Gray, the Cork Music Resource Co-op, the Sultans of Ping, fanzines, government-funded rock ‘n’ roll and O’Dwyer’s Pharmacy, Cashel. www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/harmacy

U2 playing secret little gigs in Dublin and the Orange Order marching in Drumcree. What decade is it exactly?

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. EP61 Against Nature by The Fatima Mansions. Aindrías Ó Grúama “Grimmo” + Nick Allum, the guitarist + drummer of Cathal Coughlan's Fatima Mansions, join me for a deep dive into Against Nature, the band’s debut album: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-61

I've pushed this great podcast from Paul a few times before but this episode is a lovely listen and great to hear The Pope of Palastrina and Nick reminisce about an amazing album and period

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. EP61 Against Nature by The Fatima Mansions. Aindrías Ó Grúama “Grimmo” + Nick Allum, the guitarist + drummer of Cathal Coughlan's Fatima Mansions, join me for a deep dive into Against Nature, the band’s debut album: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-61

I spoke to Paul Hanley @hanleypa.bsky.social on the legacy of The Fall, the Futures and Pasts festival, Popstock Records, House of All, the Oh! Brother podcast and his latest book, Das Gruppe on the Wall out now on @routebooks.bsky.social www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/das-gru...

I spoke to Paul Hanley @hanleypa.bsky.social on the legacy of The Fall, the Futures and Pasts festival, Popstock Records, House of All, the Oh! Brother podcast and his latest book, Das Gruppe on the Wall out now on @routebooks.bsky.social www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/das-gru...

I didn't dream the 1995 Trashcans "A 2 Z" tour. Poster has been located by Iain Wilson and post has been updated: www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-tra...

A few words on John Douglas and The Trashcan Sinatras @TheTrashcans: www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-tra...

A few words on John Douglas and The Trashcan Sinatras @TheTrashcans: www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-tra...

A new post about all 14 7" singles released by Road Relish between 1999 and 2024. www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/road-re...

New podcast EP - Patrick Freyne on his bands NPB and El Diablo, and his debut novel Experts in a Dying Field. On all platforms. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-60

New podcast EP - Patrick Freyne on his bands NPB and El Diablo, and his debut novel Experts in a Dying Field. On all platforms. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-60

Some lovely words from @learnandsing.bsky.social on the new album…. Thanks Paul www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/the-sen...

I am so looking forward to reading @simonreynolds.bsky.social "enthusiasm driven" book (I'd argue they all are) - listen here to him and @learnandsing.bsky.social talking about "why shoegaze has survived" m.soundcloud.com/paulmcder/th...

Bonus EP10 out now on all platforms. Simon Reynolds on MBV, shoegaze and a whole lot more. www.paulmcdermott.ie/bonus-episod...

Bonus EP10 out now on all platforms. Simon Reynolds on MBV, shoegaze and a whole lot more. www.paulmcdermott.ie/bonus-episod...

Job done. To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited EP59 Rave On Andy White. On all platforms now.

Job done. To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited EP58 Rave On Andy White. On all platforms now.

#NowSpinning #vinyl #vinylrecords On the back of another listen to the great @learnandsing.bsky.social podcast with @kensweeney.bsky.social 🎶🙏 BRIAN UNDERSTAND youtu.be/OQS39wwLs8I?... Great Irish Albums Revisited open.spotify.com/episode/0aBF...

EP59 Rave on Andy White. On all platforms now. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-59

EP59 Rave on Andy White. On all platforms now. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-59

EP59 Rave on Andy White - available now on all platforms. www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-59

Cureheads of Ireland! I'm doing an afternoon CUREPEDIA talk (and book signing) at @paviliontheatre.bsky.social Dún Laoghaire at 2pm on SUN 14 JUN with writer Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social ahead of The Cure's Dublin show later that month. Tickets from www.paviliontheatre.ie/events/view/...

A real pleasure to put this one together. Andy and I chat about Rave On and a whole lot more. EP 59 - Rave On Andy White. Coming soon. www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

Great pod here by @learnandsing.bsky.social 🎶🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/3Qsy...

David Kitt on The Big Romance and more. EP58 of To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. On all listening platforms 1/2: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-58

#12InchTuesday for St Patrick's Day with The Frank & Walters The Franks radio documentary by @learnandsing.bsky.social of this parish is on RTE tonight www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Sometimes you wish you'd never tried to get that sticker off, don't you?.. I blame #WeekendSingles

We'll ALways Be Shouting For You - the story of the Frank and Walters, @rtegold.bsky.social 8pm today. Tks to Ed Power for the article...

Ah he was to fair. Stopped me in me tracks fade back when.. b4 realising the brevity of how good he was. Brilliant work here by @learnandsing.bsky.social regading Spread the word 🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/3Qsy...

Me (in 1993): One man's throw away flyer is another's "social and cultural ephemera"! Damn right!! We'll Always Be Shouting For You, the story of the Frank and Walters, @rtegold.bsky.social St Patrick's Day 8pm

We'll Always Be Shouting For You, @rtegold.bsky.social St Patrick's Day, 8pm

Top 10 Picture Disc 7”s and the history of the format. A few words on the history of gimmick vinyl formats and a whole lot more. www.paulmcdermott.ie/blog/top-10-...

I talk to Ian, Mark, Ciarán and Morty about new @cypressmine.bsky.social album and a whole lot more www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

I've been working on a Frank and Walters audio doc. Thanks to Morty and Paul Linehan for recreating the first i/v. Published in Morty's Sunny Days in Oct 1990. Tks to Siobhan Bardsley for locating the fanzine. More soon.

1st To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited episode of 2026 will be an archive interview with the late Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records, chatting about #ThinLizzy #SineadOConnor #TheBoomtownRats #TheWaterboys #IntoParadise #Stump + a whole lot more. Coming soon. www.paulmcdermott.ie/podcast

There's an episode with @mickpuck.bsky.social about "Room To Roam" that's cued next, as well as a host of albums by some fantastic bands from my time growing up in Dublin. Well worth your time.