We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but The Thin Air can indeed confirm that Adebisi Shank will play their last ever gigs on Irish soil this Thursday and Friday in Whelans, Dublin. Vinny says “This is last time anyone in Ireland will get to see us play so they’re going to be two epic unforgettable nights for everyone who is there!” Click here to buy tickets and expect some more of this:
Limerick alt-rock five-piece Fox Jaw launch their debut album, Ghost’s Parade, at Dublin’s Grand Social, supported by New Valley Wolves. Photos by Aaron Corr.
Dragonforce brought their masterfully over-the-top metal show to Whelans in Dublin on Sunday night and Isabel Thomas was there to capture it all.
It may only be little over a year that the Manics last visited these shores, but their return has got us very excited indeed. It’s twenty years since the release of the legendary The Holy Bible album and to celebrate the occasion the band will the album in its entirety at The Olympia Theatre on December 13. Tickets are priced at €39.05 and go on sale this Friday, September 26. Check out the video for ‘She Is Suffering’ below:
It’s important to understand that we all have our own biases. So before I discuss the new documentary 20000 Days On Earth, I feel it is important to establish that I’m a firm believer in Nick Cave and the strange, almost Lovecraftian shape his career has taken. From the apocalyptic noise of Birthday Party to last years pretty excellent Bad Seed’s release Push The Sky Away and all of the films and novels in between, Cave has taken a journey filled with drugs, violence and religion which is just screaming to be explored cinematically. Anything that can give me more…
Currently out of action for a few weeks due to injury, Cork psych-rock conjurers The Altered Hours have unveiled a three-track mini EP, Outskirts. Speaking of the release – recorded at different times in different places – the band’s frontman Cathal Mac Gabhann said, “We just wanted to share it as its a particular psychedelic feeling to all three that work well together.” And that they do: cushioned by the swelling ambience of ‘Joy’ and ‘Outskirts’, the two-chord swoon of ‘I’m On a High’ hits home, proving a super-stripped-back masterstroke evoking the likes of Galaxie 500, Yo La Tengo and…
It’s been a quiet couple of years for This Is Me Dead. Known for their melodic noise rock and most active during 2011, the Belfast four piece have decided to dust off the cobwebs and rear their heads once again for their new record Vega. A collection of songs old and new, their three track EP is an eclectic mix of mid 90’s power pop and modern day post-punk that is a refreshing addition to the musical landscape of Northern Ireland. Recorded at Millbank Studios in Lisburn and mastered by Rob Arbelo, their EP is available on Bandcamp to stream…
Colm Laverty shoots Culture Night Belfast 2014 on Friday night, featuring some truly exceptional shots of the likes of Cruising, Thee Dreadfuls and the Monotonous Tone. Check out his photo set below.
Pride works – and it really works – because it finds a way to perfectly be the kind of film you think it’s going to be while also offering surprising shades of feeling. The story of a real-life alliance between striking miners and gay and lesbian activists in Thatcherite Britain has a colourful, slightly cartoonish anti-Establishment bounce in its step, familiar from other British heart-warmers like Billy Elliot and The Boat That Rocked (with whom it shares Bill Nighy). But writer Stephen Beresford and Matthew Warchus are generous and compassionate in their treatment of characters and their dignity, producing a celebration of working-class solidarity and friendship…
From September 16 to October 4, Bruiser Theatre Company present an all-new co-production of the Broadway smash hit musical Cabaret at Belfast’s The MAC. A unique theatrical adaptation that delves into decadent but decaying world of 1930’s Berlin, the production will see the MAC transformed into the infamous Kit Kat Klub for an unforgettable evening of music, dancing and the riotously risqué. Go here to buy tickets, starting at £19.50.