Norwegian synth-pop sensation Sigrid live at The Academy in Dublin. Photos by Sarah Ryan.
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Having released ‘Middle America’ – their first single in four years – last month, it’s been announced that Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will play Dublin’s Vicar Street on October 19. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday at 9am. SMATJ will release their new album, Sparkle Hard, on May 18 via Domino Records. Check out the artwork and brand new single, ‘Shiggy’, below.
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David Kitt with Margie Jean Lewis at Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Ciaran O’ Maolain. Check out Zara Hedderman’s review of David Kitt’s new album, Yous, here.
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It stands to reason that many vital albums come critically close to never being made. The eight-track upshot of doubt, upheaval and financial strain, Stains on Silence by Girls Names is one such release. Following 2015’s Arms Around a Vision, and the parting of drummer Gib Cassidy just over a year later, the Belfast band suddenly found themselves facing down a looming void. “There was a finished – and then aborted – mix of the album, which was shelved for six months,” reveals Girls Names frontman Cathal Cully. “We then took a break from all music and went back to full-time work. We chilled…
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Rews with support from The Sea Close By, live at McHugh’s Basement in Belfast. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Mark Geary live at Levis’ Corner Bar in Ballydehob in Cork. Photos by Jason Lee.
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Marking the release of their forthcoming, Tough Love-released fourth album album, Stains on Silence, Belfast three-piece Girls Names have announced new dates in Belfast and Dublin. The Cathal Cully-fronted threesome will play Belfast’s Black Box on Friday, June 15 and Whelan’s in Dublin on Saturday, June 23. Tickets for the former are £14.50 (Black Box Members £12); Dublin is €16. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 28 at 10am and 9am respectively. Following 2015’s blitzing Arms Around a Vision, and the parting of drummer Gib Cassidy just over a year later, Girls Names suddenly found themselves facing down a looming void. Frontman Cathal…
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On the day of his 82nd birthday, the downright legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry live at Cork’s Cyprus Avenue. Photos by Silvio Severino.
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Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Zoë Gough from Dublin alternative pop/soul trio Dreaming of Jupiter chats about the work of ten female artists who have inspired her over the years. Photos by Kristina Hajdu. Kate Bush – The Kick Inside My Dad introduced me to this album when I was very young. I think it may well have been the first music I ever heard! I knew every word to every song by the age of 6 or 7 and remember sitting in the back of the car on the way to school and miming along. I love all of Kate’s…
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We have sang the praises of Belfast-based five-piece Dandy’s Loft for some time now. The band, who call Lurgan home, are set to release their highly-anticipated debut album in the coming months. New single and follow-up to January’s ‘Shadows In Motion‘ is the ‘Human Dust’, a self-proclaimed glimpse into the band’s less guitar-orientated material on the album and a real spectral feat. Via a mélange of strings, submerged vocals, synthesiser and some stellar production work, it single-handedly reveals Dandy’s Loft to be much more than any safe or straightforward genre attributed to them thus far. In short: this is vital, inspired and majestic stuff. Stream below.