• The Thin Air/Head presents Record Store Day @ The Bar With No Name, Belfast

    March 31, 2015 - By 

    We’re teaming up with Belfast’s Head Records to host a special Record Store Day show at The Bar With No Name on Saturday, April 18. Headlined by Belfast electro-rock Skymas, the genre-spanning showcase will also feature funk/soul band Freedom 35’s, indie-rock trio Hot Cops and DJ sets from Belfast drone pop band Documenta and Belfast Music Club. Profits on the night will go to Shelter Northern Ireland. Our very own Stevie Lennox, Sarge at Dr.Crippen’s Waiting Room, Keith McCormick at Rewind, David Neely at Don’t Look Back In Anger and Chris Caul at Dusty Fingers will also be DJing at…

  • Dying Light (Warner Bros, Multiformat)

    March 31, 2015 - By 

    Zombies, eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t live… well, you know what I mean. It’s funny to think how crucial a mainstay of the gaming medium the groaning, slavering undead have become in recent years. Whether they are the slow or the fast variety, they’re everywhere, clutching and clawing, scratching mindlessly, mouths agog and leaking out glottal moans; or pegging it after moving cars like decomposing Usain Bolts, flailing their limbs and yowling. From Ghosts ‘n Goblins to a cameo in the children’s animation Wreck-It Ralph, zombies pop up all over the place, and even made the numb-skulled Call Of Duty almost bearable.…

  • Watch: Imploded View – Subliminal Summer

    March 30, 2015 - By 

    Taken from his forthcoming album, Longford producer Jerome McCormick AKA Imploded View has released a wonderfully woozy slice of throwback electro-pop, ‘Subliminal Summer’. With his vocals taken centre-stage, it’s a pretty linear and cunningly straightforward effort, hinting at some promising stuff for the album.

  • Album premiere: Túcan – Towers

    March 31, 2015 - By 

    With its launch set for Dublin’s Button Factory on Saturday night, we’re pleased to present a first listen to Towers, an album that confirms the hugely impressive metamorphosis of Sligo’s Túcan. A masterclass in perfectly-honed, brilliantly realised instrumentalism, the album straddles the fine line between decidedly soundtrack-like Cinematic Orchestra-esque post-rock and trad-inflected mini-symphonies. Having been steadily developing and spearheading progression in their guitar-led sound over the last twelve months, the eight-piece have delivered a record brimming with integrity, imagination and daring, capturing the thrill of their scintillating live show in the process. Stream Towers below.

  • Who Am I – No System Is Safe

    March 31, 2015 - By 

    In the pantheon of great films about technology, there are very few members exclusively devoted to coding, even fewer exclusively dealing with hacking. The main films that comes to mind when faced with these parameters are 1995’s Hackers, in which Matthew Lillard plays a skateboarding Pippi Longstocking lookalike, and 2001’s Swordfish, a film which people remember for John Travolta’s goofy facial hair and two other reasons which earned Halle Berry about a million dollars. So when discussing hacking movies, we’re not in good cinematic company. Sadly, Who Am I – No System Is Safe, while a stronger film than many…

  • Sleater-Kinney @ Vicar Street, Dublin

    March 30, 2015 - By 

    Less than six months on from announcing No Cities To Love, their first studio album in a decade, Sleater-Kinney are currently experiencing a remarkable rebirth and easily their most popular streak in their three-decade long career to date. The twenty-first show of a twenty-one date comeback tour that has seen them zig-zag them across the States and Europe, Carrie Brownstein (above), Corin Tucker (below) and Janet Weiss return to Dublin tonight a valiant and imposing alt-rock force; an unspeakably influential and headstrong threesome that has weathered the storm of changing scenes and industry to assert that they are, without a…

  • AAA: Booka Brass Band @ Vicar Street, Dublin

    March 30, 2015 - By 

    In this installment of AAA we go behind the scenes with Booka Brass Band for their incredible show in Vicar street. From soundcheck, to back stage tuning of instruments and nacho consuming to the live show with guests such as Richie Egan from Jape, Mark Austin from The Minutes and Zaska. A special thanks to Una Molloy of Turning Pirate and the band for being most accommodating. Check out the gallery below for a comprehensive overview of the night with photos by Mark Earley.

  • Visual Arts Outlook (30/3)

    March 30, 2015 - By 

    Mary Stevens delivers her weekly look at all things Visual Arts in Ireland, singling out works and showcases in Banbridge and Dublin. The F.E Mc William Gallery and Studio – Banbridge Virtually There w/ Ann Donnelly, Julie Forrester, Ann Henderson, Sharon Kelly and Andrew Livingstone. Virtually There is a collaboration between artists and school children presented in a formal gallery context. The beautiful and generous space of the FE MCWilliam gallery is given over to the results of a considered body of work which reflects each individual artist and the school groups with which they were paired. Set out as separate projects,…

  • Young Fathers w/ Simi Crowns @ The Academy, Dublin

    March 30, 2015 - By 

    A chatty Thursday night crowd sit through an increasingly punchy, but not overtly engaging opening few minutes from support Simi Crowns. The Dublin-reared rapper throws out some strong armed but inaccurate hooks that fail to engage all but the most enthusiastic in the audience. Such is the lot of the support slot, right? Except Simi Crowns does not pack up his things and go home. With a bit of charm and a hint of exuberance he manages to make his pop-esque, Chase and Status inflected style of hip-hop hit home. By the time the set is over the crowd are…

  • Left Behind: Songs of the 1916 Widows @ The Little Museum of Dublin

    March 30, 2015 - By 

    Capping its series of fine wine and classical music in performance, the Little Museum of Dublin has embarked on its own little tradition in its maiden season of Santa Rita Concerts.  Named in honor of the winemakers responsible for the pre-show libations, these evenings boast fireside chats with musicians, often connected with classical label Ergodos Records, followed by their intimate performances in the drawing room of the museum’s grand Georgian house.  To end the season, the floor was given to Ergodos‘ own Michelle O’Rourke this past Wednesday evening.  The enchanting songstress presented a hauntingly graceful set of songs entitled Left Behind: Songs…