Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Romance’ Is a Full-Fledged Triumph
Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Romance’ should be considered a high-water mark for them, a work that is equally challenging and considerably more gratifying.
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The 25 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2022
In 2022, indie rock was a guitar-led extravaganza with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 25 best indie rock albums of the year.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2022 So Far
The 50 best albums of 2022 offer sublime music as major artists return with new albums and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.
Identity and Transition Haunt Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Skinty Fia’
With Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. deliver a brooding post-punk sensual feast with a distinctly Irish flavor. Longing, alienation, and malice simmer under the surface.
The 60 Best Albums of 2020
Despite a global pandemic, an economic crash, and the shut-down of international touring, 2020 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.
Fontaines D.C. Abandon the Familiar on ‘A Hero’s Death’
Fontaines D.C.'s A Hero's Death is the follow-up to the acclaimed Dogrel, and it features some of their best work -- alongside some of their most generic.
Fontaines D.C. Discuss New Album ‘A Hero’s Death’ and Art in a Pandemic
Fontaines D.C. guitarist Conor Curley speaks with PopMatters about their influences and the flatness around promoting their new album, A Hero's Death.
The 70 Best Albums of 2019
From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2019 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.
The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2019
In 2019 "indie rock" felt more like a guitar-led free for all with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are our top 10 picks for the year.
Fontaines D.C. Ignite Bowery Ballroom
A raucous new favorite, Fontaines D.C. are touring hard on the heels of their Partisan Records debut, Dogrel.
IDLES and Fontaines D.C. in Photos at Brooklyn Steel
IDLES released an animated video for "Never Fight a Man With a Perm" and will tour the US again this fall, as will Fontaines D.C.
Shame + Fontaines D.C. Devastate in Dublin
The two powerful rock acts under the Tivoli's roof could have torn the building down (which is gonna be a hotel soon).