In the promotional material for the first High Llamas album – the title comes from a panda seen on TikTok during the coronavirus pandemic – in eight years, O’Hagan is quoted saying “when I heard J ...

Perhaps Gay Byrne said it best. Back in 1987 he was fond of playing a song called Town to Town by Cork band Microdisney on his morning show on RTÉ Radio 1. The track, an upbeat tale of the daily grind ...

To their fans, Microdisney were one of the greatest bands of all time. But most people have never heard of them. This is the story of a huge talent that went largely unrecognised. Show more In 1980, ...

Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan met on New Year’s Eve in 1980. The band they formed, Microdisney, were arguably one of the best bands of the 1980s that you’ve probably never heard. Mixing Sean’s ...

In advance of Paul McDermott's radio documentary on the Sultans Of Ping, he talks about his efforts to pay tribute to the music of his home town Clockwise from left: music journalist and historian ...

There are many subjects on which music journalists are capable of being mercilessly passionate, but none more so than the under-rated album: that work whose manifold virtues were lost on that heedless ...

Cynical, very funny and wildly energetic, Cathal Coughlan made music that alternately sounded like art and trouble Microdisney in March 1987. Picture by David Corio/Redferns Cathal Coughlan I didn’t ...

Cathal Coughlan, frontman of acclaimed bands The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney, has died aged 61. His family announced the news, saying he “slipped away peacefully in hospital after a long illness”.

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CORK musician Cathal Coughlan has been described as "one of Ireland’s great maverick talents" following his death at 61. The singer with post-punk outfit Microdisney, and later Fatima Mansions, died ...