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Fontaines D.C. at Alexandra Palace review: intoxicating, playful and visceral

5/5 The band are clearly having fun in this latest era – and honestly, the feeling’s mutual

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

“Shredding is an amazing thing to be able to do, but when you can really write a feeling with a melody, like Johnny Marr did so well, that’s the goal”: Conor Curley of Fontaines D.C. on his love of Deftones and why he’s writing riffs like a beginner

Romance is the sound of self-confessed “guitar culture nerd” Curley expanding the Fontaine D.C. sound with elemental reasoning, pure instinct, and occasional Mellotron – and if he ever gets stuck for inspiration, he has a pile of Total Guitar back issues to reference…

Guitar World · Oct 22, 2024

“When I heard Nirvana’s Live at Reading it became less about learning solos than putting the guitar in front of an amp and making it scream”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on playing Rory Gallagher’s Strat and why a spring reverb is the best overdrive

One half of the Fontaines D.C. six-string machine talks songwriting and influences, and admits that he, too, is a disciple of YouTube’s Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash

Guitar World · Sep 4, 2024

"We decided that if we say and believe we’re the best in the world, then we will be": Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten on the Dublin rockers' early days

Chatten says the band were "ridiculously cocky and arrogant" when they were starting out

Louder · Jun 16, 2024

“Korn scared me as a kid!” Fontaines D.C. extend Romance tour, talk up unexpected nu metal influences on new album

Fontaines D.C. love Korn and Deftones, hate Limp Bizkit

Metal Hammer · Apr 25, 2024

Fontaines DC: ‘We can generate ideas that sound like they’ve been carved in stone for a thousand years’

Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LP

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly review – the Fontaines DC frontman gets personal

Chatten dials down the rollicking post-punk of the Dublin band with a solo debut of haunted, Leonard Cohen-esque songs

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly album review - short but sweet, bleak but beautiful

The Fontaines DC frontman recorded this solo record in just two weeks

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2023

The 50 best albums of 2022: No 9 – Fontaines DC: Skinty Fia

The Dublin five-piece relinquished rabble-rousing post-punk to create their most introspective and unexpected album yet

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Wunderhorse: ‘Music is a sacred space. You’ve got to mean it’

The British rock band’s debut album ‘Cub’ is one of the best of the year. Megan Graye chats with frontman Jacob Slater about his musical heroes, his obsession with surfing, and growing disillusionment with the modern world

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2022