• Jape announce Spring 2015 tour

    With his new album, The Chemical Sea, set for release on January 23, Jape AKA Richie Egan & Friends have announced a forthcoming European tour. Kicking off in Lilla Hotelbaren in Stockholm, Sweden on January 28, the tour will conclude in Barcelona’s Razzamatazz on March 6, taking in Dublin’s Academy, Galway’s Roisin Dubh, Limerick’s The Kasbah Social Club and Cork’s Cyprus Avenue along the way. The announcement coincides with the reveal that ‘Séance of Light’ will be the second single to be taken from The Chemical Sea. Make sure to check out the January issue of our magazine to read Richie’s…

  • Gigs of the Week: Gifted, Bob Log III, Girls Names, Yule, Cian Nugent, Sissy

    Ho, ho, ho-w are you? Sorry, that was terrible. Let’s try that again. How are you? Good? Good. Here’s five gigs happening over the next few days that we were really think you should make a concerted effort to attend. Happy Hanukkah. Gifted: Ciaran Lavery & more @ The Empire, Belfast – Thursday, December 4 Yet another first-rate bill by the acoustically-inclined folks at Gifted, Aghagallon songwriting extraordinare Ciaran Lavery will headline the latest installment of the night at Belfast’s Empire on Thursday, December 4. Also on the bill is John Blek, Travis is a Tourist and Orchid Collective.   Sissy,…

  • Morrissey w/ Anna Calvi @ 3Arena, Dublin

    What an indulgence it must be to be able to gather your gripes together and air them on a grand scale via music, imagery and the written word. Morrissey’s grievances are legion, his ire legendary, and the usual Morrissey-isms are cheerfully present and correct on his latest album World Peace Is None of Your Business. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; four legs good, two legs bad; an unparalleled sense of self-righteousness – all of these things, already none too subtle on record, are bundled together for tonight’s Dublin crowd into an audio-visual feast of disdain. He…

  • Track Record: Daniel Paxton (Buffalo Sunn)

    Daniel Paxton has been a staple in the Irish music scene for over ten years now having played in Mainline, The Brothers Movement, Sweet Jane and his current band Buffalo Sunn, so it’s no surprise he’s amassed quite an impressive record collection ranging from the pioneering country of Neil Young, alt-folk favourites Fleet Foxes and harmonic generators The Byrds. We spend the evening with him in his house in Dublin and chat about some of his most prized possessions. Photos by Shaun Neary. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin How cool do these guys look on the cover…