Ireland has never had an infrastructure for alternative artists to prosper. In spite of this, the country is more musically and artistically diverse than ever. However, this has happened by artists employing a thoroughly ‘DIY’ way of working. This month’s cover story features Gus Dapperton, a singer-songwriter who is living proof that doing it yourself can work. Coming from a sparsely-populated, albeit beautiful, town in New York State, Gus had to travel to the Big Apple at weekends and form his own connections. After viral success in 2015/16, he’s since proved himself to be one of the names leading this charge in the world of odd-ball pop. In the interview we discussed the idea of manifesting fantasies into realities, featuring a shoot by Ireland-born, New York-based photographer Elsa Brightling. Elsewhere in this issue, Hannah O’Connell catches up with East London hip hop artist Jay Prince, Eoghan Barra spends a day with two members of London-based, Irish group Blackfish Collective, and Aoife Donnellan gets a fascinating insight into the mind of renowned photographer Wolfgang Tillmans as his exhibition in IMMA enters its final month. - Eric Davidson 6
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