• Southern Hospitality Board Announce Hiatus

    Having spent the last couple of year’s as one of Leeside’s most tireless and passionate promoters, Southern Hospitality Board has announced that they are going on an “undefinable hiatus”. Founded by Aisling O’Riordan and Caoilian Sherlock following the clouse of the Pavilion back in 2014, SHB kicked off their gig-promoting tenure with a show at Triskel Arts Centre with Girl Band in October 2014 and will host possibly the final ever show, The Sudden Club Weekender featuring Rozi Plain, The Shaker Hymn and Anna Mieke Bishop, at The Kino on Sunday, Decemeber 2011. In a Facebook post, the promoters pre-emnpting…

  • Fleet Foxes Set For Iveagh Gardens Show

    Having recently revealed that their third studio album is almost completed following an extended hiatus, Fleet Foxes have announced that they will play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Friday, July 14. The date marks the band’s first Irish date since June 2011 at Cork’s The Marquee. Tickets for the Iveagh Gardens show go on sale on Thursday (December 1) at 9am. Re-live a Fleet Foxes classic below.

  • RTÉ Announce Partnership with Choice Music Prize

    Ahead of its return to Dublin’s Vicar Street on Thursday, March 9, RTÉ has announced a new partnership with the Choice Music Prize. The partnership will see both RTÉ2 and RTÉ 2FM play a lead role in supporting what has become one of the highlights of the Irish musical calendar as part of a new agreement. Speaking about the announcement, Director-General at RTÉ Dee Forbe said, “Supporting Irish music and Irish musicians is a core part of what RTÉ does and this partnership will allow us to take our support one step further. Through RTÉ2 and RTÉ2FM, two established brands…

  • Premiere: Conor Mason – On The Surface

    Conjuring the wistful wanderlust of both Grandaddy and Villagers ‘On The Surface’ by Derry singer-songwriter Conor Mason is a song that “looks at feelings that arise when considering things that we can’t yet explain, the mystery of the unknown”. Taken from a forthcoming EP set for release at the end of January, it’s a real gem, too: mining solace from uncertainty, culminating in a call to recognise the beauty outside the static in our heads, it makes for a wonderfully crafted five minutes, revealing Mason to be a master of hook, harmony and heart.

  • Watch: Guerrilla Sessions with Ray Wingnut feat. Lynched

    Ahead of their massive Vicar Street show on Saturday night, Lynched recently sat down with Irish music champion Ray Wingnut for the first ever Guerrilla Session. Doubling up as a radio session recorded for Spin ALT on Spin South West (check it out on Sundays from 9.45-11.45am), it’s a wonderfully paced and engrossed feature in which Dublin traditional folk quartet discussing the likes of success, compromise, and the universality of folk, as well as performing two songs, ‘What Will We Do When We Have No Money?’ and ‘The Tri-Coloured House’. The session was shot/edited by Thom McDermott; John ‘Spud’ Murphy on sound.

  • Jagwar Ma Announce Dublin Show

    Having stopped off at the likes of Glastonbury and Lollapalooza Berlin as part of a worldwide headline tour this year, Sydney trio Jagwar Ma have announced they will play the Green Room of Dublin’s Academy on Friday, April 28. An album recalling rock’s discovery of acid house in the late eighties, the band’s second album, Every Now and Then, was released via Marathon Artists last month. Tickets for the band’s Dublin show are priced €21.00 including booking fee are on sale this Friday at 10am.

  • Angel Olsen Set For Irish Shows

    Having released easily one of the albums of the year in My Woman, Angel Olsen has announced she will return to Ireland for three dates in May as part of a forthcoming European tour. With tickets on sale this Thursday (November 24), Olsen will stop off at Dublin’s Vicar Street, Cork’s Opera House and Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on May 19, 20 and 21 respectively. Go here to buy tickets. Read Zara Hedderman’s review of My Woman here. Photo by Jenna Foxton

  • Album Premiere: Walpurgis Family – Live Your Life Around It

    Following a hiatus of a few years, Dublin indie pop quartet Walpurgis Family are back with a new full-length album – their third record to date – in the form of Live Your Life Around It. A self-proclaimed “eclectic, energetic and upbeat roller coaster trip through various scenes, all centred around the theme of how mental health is absorbed into everyday life”, the album touches on everything from panda surgeons, War and Peace, the thin line between reality and delusion, Don Quixote, the panic caused by a breakup and more. Recorded by Mark Chester (Ginnels, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Lie Ins, No…

  • Premiere: Fears – Blood

    Fears is the solo project of Constance Keane, drummer of Dublin feminist and animal welfare noise/post-punk quartet M(h)aol, and November 25 sees the release of new single ‘Blood’, following last year’s ‘Priorities‘, through her own label, Fears Records. In stark contrast to M(h)aol’s raw power, ‘Blood’ is an exercise in intense restraint and silently brooding alternative pop. Its brooding synth is evocative of the likes of John Carpenter (minus the timestamp), accompanied by claustrophobic, dissonant beats, with Constance’s lyrics and vocal performance lending the track the kind of somnambulist atmosphere to accompany a sleepless night. Ever the elusive entity, Fears’ first show takes place in Belfast on December 2 at a…

  • EP Stream: Galants – Galants

    There’s something profoundly excellent about seeing a band wear their influences on their sleeve with a level of musicianship and a forward-thinking mentality that doesn’t yield to straight-up imitation. Dublin noise-pop Galants comfortably slot into that bracket – a fact very impressively underscored on their debut self-titled EP. Set for release on November 25 via US imprint Jigsaw Records, the four-track release – which masterfully tips its hat to the holy triptych, Teenage Fanclub, Dinosaur Jr and My Bloody Valentine – was recorded with Stephen Dunne at Lamplight Studios and mastered by Fergal Davis. Galants launch the EP at Whelan’s in Dublin on December 3.…