Just Mustard live at Dolan’s in Limerick with support from Elaine Malone. Photos by John Sheehy
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Just Mustard live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork with support from Elaine Malone. Photos by Celeste Burdon
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It’s Bandcamp Friday once again, and it’s been yet another stacked week for Irish releases. Dig into best of them below, featuring Elaine Malone, Sinead O’Brien, Autumns, Son Zept, Natalia Beylis, Eimear Reidy and more Elaine Malone – Mantua MANTUA by MANTUA Autumns – DSS Dubplate DSS Dubplate by Autumns MF Doom – Great Day (Son Zept Remix) SON ZEPT · MF Doom – Great Day (Son Zept Remix) Big Daisy – Without Dreams Without Dreams by Big Daisy Neil Brogan – Evening Primrose EP Evening Primrose EP by Neil Brogan CMAT – No More Virgos Sinead O’Brien – Girlkind…
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Friday, 24th September marks the 30th anniversary of one of the finest, most essential albums in recorded music history – Nirvana’s breakthrough album Nevermind. To mark the occasion, a selection of Irish acts from across the island have come together in celebration of its release and ongoing influence, each performing their own takes on track from the album in an event which will be live-streamed this Friday. The line-up, consisting of Maija Sofia, Havvk, Alien She, Cruiser, Laurie Shaw, Junk Drawer, Uaim, Aoife Wolf, Pretty Happy, Elaine Malone, Mob Wife and Mhaol will be a combination of videos performed and recorded in Dublin venues Sin É and…
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Féile na Gréine have unveiled the line-up for their highly-anticipated return next month. Curated by local collectives DIY LK and Lower Your Expectations, the Limerick music trail will take place across September 11-12th at The Commercial, Mother Mac’s, Crew and Pharmacia. Set to play across the weekend are Acid Granny (pictured), Aoife Wolf, Bodycam, Eimear Reidy, Elaine Malone, Jinx Lennon, lastminuteman, Macca & JB, Naive Ted and Tom Prendergast. Tickets for this year’s festival, which were free, have already sold out. If you missed out, a waiting list for pods is here.
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Ah, 2020 eh? Unless you were living off the grid in a self-made banana bread house whilst rocking yourself gently to various iterations of ‘Happy Birthday’ as you washed your hands, then you will know that despite collectively living through the pandemic there were plenty of Irish songs to get excited about. 100 to be precise. We’ve listened to them on repeat since we couldn’t attend gigs, raves, or house parties so we’re certain we’ve selected the finest this little locked down island has to offer. It’s safe to say this year epitomised the true meaning of community in this country…
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On another hallowed Bandcamp Friday, we’ve got an extra-long list of new releases this week, from JaJa Studios’ fundraising compilation, debut albums from Bitch Falcon and Silverbacks’ Kilian O’Kelly, and more from Arthuritis, 7.5 Tonnes of Beard, Ghost Office, Joshua Burnside, Zizou, Wyvern Lingo and more. Various Artists – The Lost Sound Vol. 1 The Lost Sound by JaJa Studios Joshua Burnside – Under The Concrete Bitch Falcon – Staring At Clocks Staring at Clocks by Bitch Falcon Skelocrats – City of London Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Skelocrats Kilian O’Kelly – Luzhny’s Layer Luzhny’s Layer by Kilian O’Kelly…
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Back in 2018, Elaine Malone‘s alt. psych-pop ditty ‘You’ was a thrilling introduction to one of TTA’s longstanding favourites, and today we’re pleased to unveil its reimagining by prolific Cork-based producer & multi-instrumentalist 1000 Beasts. Masterfully reframed into an even more warbling, tripped-out slice of lo-fi hip-hop – one of 1000 Beasts’ raisons d’etre – it matches the pull Malone’s trajectory has had toward psychedelic in the past two years. 1000 Beasts told us: “I first discovered ‘You’ way back in 2018, when Elaine first released it ahead of her debut EP Land. It always struck a chord with me so I reached out to Elaine…
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It’s Thursday in the cursed year of our Lord 2020, which can only mean one thing. Yes, from 10 pm tonight (September 3rd), the country’s very best weekly broadcast Live From Guerrilla Studios returns with another stellar line-up. Having already played host to the likes of The Bonk, Maija Sofia, Junior Brother and Myles Manley, tonight’s live episode will feature sets from Aoife Nessa Frances and Elaine Malone. There will also be some additional pre-recorded revelry from Jinx Lennon and Ordnance Survey. Join Ray Wingnut, in-house turntablist Djackulate, Moojoo the merch monkey and more from 10pm over at the Live From Guerrilla Studios YouTube…
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The latest release from experimental Cork tape label Sunshine Cult is Mantua improvised live drone collaboration from accomplished singer-songwriter Elaine Malone (also of improvised group Hex & Land Crabs) and prolific fiddle player Niamh Dalton of Trá Pháidín. Across its two pieces – recorded in Plugd Records, Cork, Malone predominately leads with sepulchral harmonium work, her voice swollen with reverb. From this space, Dalton explores frayed ends with measured portent, attempting to uproot her foundations in traditional Irish & old-time music – and it’s this familiar flavour that makes Mantua’s eponymous debut so beguiling. Like cult collective United Bible Studies, the strength…