This is what Northern Ireland sounds like. Band mural, Belfast.
John Foster / 15 May 2026

Anticolonial Hip-Hop

Fenian, by Kneecap

With Fenian, Belfast rap trio Kneecap continues the balancing act that has made them one of Europe’s most important cultural forces, a mix of language activism, comedy, and provocation.(...)
Duncan Simpson / 08 May 2026

The Politics of Field Recording

Notes on Outsidergrad, Part I

As a London native, I am used to noise. Traffic, aircraft, construction, people, machines, both mechanical and electronic; all the sounds familiar to anyone who lives in a major city.(...)

Charlie Bertsch / 29 Apr 2026

Listening to Where We Live

Outsidergrad, by Joel Schalit and Duncan Simpson

Even in a city’s privileged neighbourhoods, we navigate a world of sound too complex to process consciously. But things are far worse in its less favoured parts.(...)

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