• Second Seven Quarters Line-up Announced

    May 27, 2014 - By 

    A new project by Barry Lennon (Richter Collective, Community of Independents andHands Up Who Wants To Die), Dublin club night Seven Quarters returns to Whelan’s on July 4. With its official launch taking place on Friday, April 25, Dublin ghost-pop musician Patrick Kelleher (pictured) and Magic Pockets (the solo synthesizer project of Ruadhan O’Meara of No Spill Blood) will play the second installment of the unique live event, which gives away limited edition seven=inch vinyl featuring previously unreleased tracks from the artists performing on the night to the first 150 people through the door. Speaking of the line-up, Lennon said, “I am very excited…

  • Download: imprintthisonyourmind #67 – The End

    May 27, 2014 - By 

    With plans already afoot to move in the general direction of “onwards and upwards”, boundlessly tasteful Belfast-based music podcast imprintthisonyourmind have released their final installment, #67. Founded in 2009 by Matt Hazley and having featuring live performances from the likes of Farriers, Documenta and the Host, the final imprintthisonyourmind includes music from the likes of TOKiMONSTA, The National and Grouper Posting via their Facebook page, the team said, “Its been a complete pleasure to do this for the last half decade. Massive thank you to everyone who’s listened and/or been a part of it.  Much love. We leave you with a visit from all four of the…

  • Playlist: Ten Must-See Acts at Forbidden Fruit 2014

    May 27, 2014 - By 

    With the final acts being announced at the start of the month, the stage-times and running order for this year’s Forbidden Fruit festival have just been announced. Featuring the likes of The Flaming Lips, Flying Lotus and Public Enemy, this year’s festival will also include sets from Irish acts including Girls Names and And So I Watch You From Afar. Set to take place on the grounds of Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin on the June bank holiday weekend of Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. Check out the final poster and stage-times for the festival, as well as our…

  • Cirque De Soleil – Dralion @ The 02

    May 26, 2014 - By 

    Dralion, the groundbreaking show from legendary production company Cique De Soleil, celebrates its fifteenth anniversary and will stop off at Dublin’s 02 from Wednesday, May 28 to Sunday, June 1 Fusing the 3000 year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts with the multidisciplinary approach of Cirque du Soleil, Dralion (pronounced “Dra-lee-on”) draws its inspiration from Eastern philosophy and its never-ending quest for harmony between humans and nature. The show’s name is derived from its two emblematic creatures: the dragon, symbolizing the East, and the lion, symbolizing the West. Dralion tickets for the general public are on sale now via Ticketmaster priced from…

  • Wacken Open Air Festival 2014

    May 25, 2014 - By 

    Wacken Open Air 2014 will take place in Wacken, Germany on Thursday 31 July to Saturday, August 2 2014. Emperor, King Diamond and Amon Amarth (above) are amongst the bands that will perform at the annual German festival. Check out the full line-up below: A Pale Horse Named Death, Amon Amarth, Apocalyptica, Arch Enemy, August Burns Red, Avantasia, Behemoth, Bembers, Blechblosn, Bring Me The Horizon, Bülent Ceylan, C.O.P. UK, Carcass, Children Of Bodom, Chthonic, Crematory, Decapitated, Degradead, Der W.,Devin Townsend Project, Dunkelschön, Emperor, Endstille, Excrementory Grindfuckers,Firkin, Five Finger Death Punch, Fleshgod Apocalypse, For The Imperium, Godsized,HammerFall, Hatebreed, Heaven Shall Burn, Hellyeah, Iced Earth, Ics Vortex,…

  • With Full Force Festival 2014

    May 25, 2014 - By 

    It’s only a few days left until With Full Force festival, celebrating its 21st year, will take place at the Roitschjora airfield in Löbnitz near Leipzig, Germany. After a massive twentieth birthday bash last year, one of the loudest and hardest music festivals in Germany brings the very best of metal, punk and hardcore to your ears once more. From June 4 to June 6 2014 you can mosh to your favorite bands on two stages, get wasted on the camping site, spend your hard earned cash on t-shirts, posters, memorabilia and great food, or just kick back and soak up the…

  • Meb Jon Sol: Pay No Heed To Tripod

    May 25, 2014 - By 

    The gig was in a small cafe outside of a town called Clifden, situated on the outskirts of everything, separated from the rest of Ireland (and seemingly the rest of the world) by the wild, unrelenting Connemara landscape. On the door was a rain-sodden poster that played fast and loose with the truth: ‘The much acclaimed Meb Jon Sol’- well at least they were expecting me. I walked up the stairs and into the Cafe. Folks were gathered eating, drinking and enjoying the panoramic view of the bay. It was mid afternoon but the sky was darkening with creeping rain…

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past

    May 26, 2014 - By 

    Before Sam Raimi’s Spiderman films, before Iron Man, the Avengers and even Marvel Studios, before Christopher Nolan’s Batman, there was X-Men. The film that jumpstarted this comic book movie boom, Bryan Singer’s effort from 2000 remains perhaps the best installment in the series, along with the sequel that followed, X-2: X-Men United. Then Singer jumped ship to helm Superman Returns and the franchise went belly up with a series of misfires. That is until Matthew Vaughn restored some prestige with X-Men: First Class. But now Singer is back and he’s brought a few friends along too. Days of Future Past…