Fierce, frantic and loaded with menace: Fontaines DC’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:01:44 GMT

Ahead of the Irish alt-rockers’ highly anticipated fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, we count down their potent, occasionally political, catalogueA single inspired by the birth of bassist Conor Deegan’s daughter, It’s Amazing to Be Young is a lovely example of Fontaines DC operating in euphoric mode, a relatively recent addition to their emotional mood board: “Sometimes,” offered frontman Grian Chatten, “optimism is a necessary delusion.” Continue reading...

Read the full article at www.theguardian.com →

The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: ‘Is death necessary?’: why Peter Greenaway’s assisted dying drama is stuck in post-production hell — www.theguardian.com
Left: US midterms: key takeaways from Senate debates in Michigan, Georgia and Maine — www.theguardian.com
Center: Sofia Coppola: ‘I’m glad we weren’t kicked out of Tokyo making Lost in Translation’ — www.theguardian.com
Center: Troye Sivan: She’s the Best review – a strange, singular pop star who deserves to be multiplatinum — www.theguardian.com
Center: Six buds in a freaky coat: Split Enz share stories behind their colourful costumes – in pictures — www.theguardian.com
Center: Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70 — www.theguardian.com
Right: Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley — www.theguardian.com
Right: Molly Russell’s father to tell UK cinemagoers: ‘Instagram helped kill my daughter’ — www.theguardian.com
Right: Hurricane Isaias ‘biggest test’ for Fema since Trump cuts, experts warn — www.theguardian.com

← Back to FlashTopics.com