Beyond The Pale kicked off at Glendalough Estate in Wicklow last Friday, featuring live performances from Soda Blonde, Negro Impacto, Fizzy Orange, Blue Slate, Hotgirl, Ezra Collective, Jon Hopkins, King Kong Comoany, Rory Sweeney and more. Photos by Seán Kelly
Ahead of the release of their new single ‘Pick a Cheek’, Dublin-based indie quartet Big Sleep share a playlist of songs that have inspired them, from Big Thief to The Cleaners from Venus. Here’s what the band had to say about their selections – “We put together this playlist on the run for a recording session last year. It contains both songs that we like as a band and as individuals – but some of them were an inspiration for creating our music. So, this selection and its diversity wants to represent our general taste for music but also what…
Dig into the very best Irish releases of the week, from Cardinals, Cosign and Morgana, to A. Smyth, Ahmed, With Love., and beyond Cardinals – Big Empty Heart Cosign – Bagpuss Bagpuss by cosign Morgana – Party Killer George Houston – The Original Death Card A. Smyth – Hello Goliath Hello Goliath by A. Smyth Madams Last Discovery – WASTE DUG – Livelong Day Foreign Mornings – Born To Be This Way Luke McGuinness – Far Out Woo Woo Kendino & Deleon feat. Sushee – Rust Ahmed, With Love. – Bedroom Bullies’ feat. Kibo & Lil Skag Sexy Tadhg –…
Off the back of the long-awaited eighth studio album, More, PULP stopped off at 3Arena last night for arguably their most triumphant Irish show to date. Photo by Ian Davies
David Byrne has announced a brand new Dublin date as part of his forthcoming world tour, set for 3Arena on Friday, March 13th. The show marks his highly-anticipated return to the venue seven years on from his unforgettable American Utopia tour stop back in 2018. Tickets go on general sale this Friday, June 13. The show arrives in support of Who Is the Sky?, Byrne’s first album in seven years, landing September 5 via Matador. A Technicolour collaboration with Kid Harpoon and Ghost Train Orchestra, it features Hayley Williams, St. Vincent and Tom Skinner, and is said to find the…
Already one of the island’s most vital small festivals, Under the Drum returns to the lush, rewilded grounds of Breckenhill, just outside Belfast across 8–9 August. Lovingly curated by siblings Will, George and Rosanna Reade, the festival unfolds across a family-run site that’s been rewilded over 37 years. Every tree was planted with care and every corner of Breckenhill hums with something honest. The result is a weekend that feels genuinely grounded; a low-key, high-impact alternative to the noise elsewhere. I was there last year and had an incredible time: bands in the barn, falcons in the sky and that…
Paris Paloma live at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin with support from Sarah Julia. Photos by Erin Plaice
Martha Wainwright live at the Galway Folk Festival with support from First Class & Coach, June Carousel, Shillelagh Law and The Half Room. Photos by Ian Davies
In The Meadows took place this year at IMMA in Dublin with live perfomances from Iggy Pop, Slowdive, Lambrini Girls, Gilla Band, The Scratch, Warmduscher and more. Photos by Erin Plaice
It’s another stacked one for new Irish music. Dive into the best new releases from The Altered Hours, Junior Brother, BICEP, Mob Wife and more Photo by Alain Bib The Altered Hours – Lay There With You The Altered Hours by The Altered Hours Junior Brother – Welcome To My Mountain Mob Wife – ROT Hhh feat. Muckno – Leprauchans Leprauchans(Feat Muckno) by hhh, Muckno Rún – Terror Moon BICEP – Brillo AILSHA – Good Looking Girl, Awful Music VERA – Skinbag how r u – slipping away Junk Drawer – Days of Heaven Days Of Heaven by Junk Drawer…