• Metropolis Festival Reveals New Acts

    September 7, 2017 - By 

    With the likes of TLC, Leftfield and Mount Kimbie already announced, several new acts have been added to the bill for this year’s Metropolis Festival. Set to present 60 acts on 6 stages across 2 days at Dublin’s RDS this October Bank Holiday Weekend (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th) the festival has added KARYYN, New Jackson, Hubie Davison, Adian Coker, Le Boom, Mathman & Mango, Mount Alaska, ELLLL, Trinity Orchestra, Nialler 9, Lakerama, Mix & Fairbanks, Long Island Sound, Tara Stewart, Jack Thompson, Daire Carolan (All City Records), Papa Lou, Seany B, Dan Stritch, Hidden Flux and Sarah Mooney to…

  • Premiere: The Shaker Hymn – Dead Trees

    September 6, 2017 - By 

    Look far and wide but you’ll struggle to find a more consistent Irish act that Cork quartet The Shaker Hymn. Following a busy few months of extensive touring, as well as featuring on the soundtrack to breakout Irish film Handsome Devil, the band also found time to record their forthcoming third studio album. The lead single from that (which doubles up as the follow-up to last year’s stellar Do You Think You’re Clever) ‘Dead Trees’ is a wonderfully-crafted three-minute burst of slick, psych-tinged rock, conjuring the likes of Ty Segall, Supergrass, early The Coral and more. Recorded straight to tape by producer Brendan Fennessy,…

  • Perfume Genius To Play Dublin in December

    September 5, 2017 - By 

    Having released one of the very best albums of 2017 in No Shape back in May, it’s been announced Seattle-based musician Mike Hadreas AKA Perfume Genius will play Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre on Saturday, December 2. Hadreas last performed in the city at Longitude last year and The Sugar Club back in 2011. Tickets for the Tivoli show – which are priced €23.50 + fees – go on sale on Friday, September 8 at 9am. Stream No Shape in full below.

  • Day by Day and Stage Times Revealed For Hard Working Class Heroes 2017

    September 5, 2017 - By 

    The Day by Day schedule and stage-times have been revealed for this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes. Set to return to Dublin across September 28-30, the independent music showcase will be Ireland’s largest gathering of bookers, labels, managers, music supervisors, radio folk and journalists from around the world and here at home. As well as a full bill of workshops, discussions, and panels, see below for those all-important days, venues and times. Tickets for Hard Working Class Heroes are on sale now.

  • Premiere: Brand New Friend – Hate It When You Have To Go

    September 1, 2017 - By 

    Few Irish bands have had a stronger 2017 than fast-rising North Coast quartet Brand New Friend. Having featured them as an Inbound one-to-watch act in our magazine this time last year, we’re pleased to present a first listen to the band’s virulent new single ‘Hate It When You Have To Go’. Clocking in at just over two minutes, the track – conjuring everyone from Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle ato early Ash – perfectly distils the Taylor Johnson-fronted foursome’s peerless brand of starry-eyed lo-fi indie-pop. Check out the band at Cosby Stage at Electric Picnic this Sunday at 2pm and a…

  • Stream: Tandem Felix – Were You There (When They Crucified The Birthday Boy)?

    September 1, 2017 - By 

    After two years of near total silence, Dublin’s Tandem Felix have returned just in time for Autumn’s drowsy descent. Picking up where 2015’s Comma left off, David Tapley’s soft-tempered croon floats along atop a trademark alt-country backdrop courtesy of Éna Brennan (Dowry, Bad Sea), Jeffrey Courtney (Spies), Evan Keogh and Conor Muldowney. Re-introducing some of the bockety-toy-electronics that brought so much charm to 2013’s Popcorn, ‘Were You There (When They Crucified The Birthday Boy)?’ shows us Tandem Felix back on playful, tongue-in-cheek form, giving us plenty to be excited for when it comes to their debut LP, set to land in 2018. Were You There (When…

  • Watch: Rusangano Family – Tea In A Pot

    August 31, 2017 - By 

    Hands down one of our must-see acts at Electric Picnic at the weekend, the mighty Rusangano Family have just unveiled the video to their new single, ‘Tea In A Pot’. A track following in the wake of their Choice Music Prize-winning debut album, Let The Dead Bury The Dead, the groove-heavy, grime-inclined effort comes accompanied with a simple but pretty excellent video shot in Co. Clare by Shane Serrano. Get the kettle on and give this one a watch.

  • Premiere & Interview: Blue Americans – ‘Bull On Venice Beach/Holy Goo’

    September 1, 2017 - By 

    En­ough tears have been shed over the once-fertile, in-breeding Belfast music scene – or more specifically, a certain strain of D.I.Y. post-hardcore that was once ubiquitous in the wake of Brand New and Reuben’s premature breakups – led by young, hungry outfits like More Than Conquerors, who quite successfully married that sound with an astute ear for a hook, delivered by the gilded throat of Kris Platt. Everyone in that band went their separate ways almost exactly two years ago, following not much shy of a decade together. All things, however, must pass, and since then, the landscape has drastically…

  • Premiere: Petty Youth – You Make Me Feel Good

    August 31, 2017 - By 

    A regular fixture in the city’s live scene over the last couple of years, Belfast three-piece Petty Youth are a band whose straight-up, no-frills brand of rock n’ roll aims straight for the jugular. A two-minute burst of breakneck garage rock, new single ‘You Make Me Feel Good’ – a single whose Bandcamp tags include “Buckfast” and “The Hives” – is a textbook case in point. Framed by their influence of various unaffected rockers of yore, this is music that, rather making excuses for itself, invites you to cut loose and leave the thinking to later. Have a first listen…

  • Liam Gallagher Set For Intimate Belfast Show

    August 31, 2017 - By 

    Following the release of his solo debut album, As You Were, Liam Gallagher will play a string of UK dates in December. Ahead of that, the Oasis frontman has announced he will play an intimate show at Belfast’s legendary Ulster Hall on Monday, October 30. Tickets for the date – which are sure to sell out in second – go on sale on Friday, September 8 at 10am. Set those alarms.