• Metá Metá @ Black Box, Belfast

    June 11, 2018 - By 

    Two years have passed since Metá Metá’s memorable gig at the Crescent Arts Centre as part of Moving On Music’s Beat Root festival. The São Paulo band’s incendiary performance that evening was all the more remarkable given the absence of saxophonist Thiago  França  forced to spend the night in a Belfast hospital due to a virus. Without him, vocalist Juçara Marçal, guitarist/vocalist Kiko Dinucci, electric bassist Marcelo Cabral and drummer Sergio Machada served up a heady brew of indie rock laced with Afro-Brazilian and psychedelic colors. Back to full strength for its return trip to Belfast, Metá Metá greets Black…

  • Nicki Minaj and Future Set For 3Arena

    June 11, 2018 - By 

    As part of the pair’s forthcoming NICKIHNDRXX tour, Nicki Minaj and Future will play Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday, March 15 2019. Minaj will be touring off the back of her forthcoming new album, Queen, which is set for release on August 10. Tickets for the show are priced at €66.50 and go on sale on Friday, June 15 at 10am.

  • The Magic Numbers @ Cyprus Avenue, Cork

    June 11, 2018 - By 

    It’s a packed out, older than usual crowd that The Magic Numbers are faced with when they arrive at Cyprus Avenue. Despite the band’s relative obscurity in recent years, they’re met with an excitable, large audience and waste no time settling into riling that crowd up with their jangly, summery indie rock anthems. For the most part, the four piece settle comfortably into their set. They play with charismatic ease and it’s clear the act know their way around a live performance – combining banterous interjections with extremely tight, professional playing. However, the biggest issue facing The Magic Numbers seems…

  • Philip Glass Set for Dublin Residency

    June 8, 2018 - By 

    There’s gig announcements, then there’s this. It’s been announced that Philip Glass and his ensemble will take up a special residency at Dublin’s National Concert Hall across October 26-27. The legendary American composer will perform two of his most seminal works – Music in 12 Parts and Koyaanisqatsi – as well as curate with the venye one-off events as part of this one-off weekend in the city. Music In 12 Parts takes place on October 26 from 6pm, whilst Koyaanisqatsi live takes place on October 27 from 8pm. Tickets for both events go on sale on Monday (June 11) at…

  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Age Of

    June 9, 2018 - By 

    With his tenth dense and knotty release, Oneohtrix Point Never (AKA Daniel Lopatin) has constructed a lysergic, glitched out rebuke of internet culture, mapping out the deepest recesses of our often cracked and wildly over stimulated minds. Tackling themes of knowledge and truth in the Internet age, Lopatin takes his lofty queue from ’70s Prog to create a dystopian concept album wherein a singularity of artificially intelligent entities have become all knowing, absorbing the entirety of the world’s information from the internet. Of course, the Internet being the Internet, the information they have absorbed is riddled with inconsistencies, contradictions and…

  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds w/ Patti Smith @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham

    June 8, 2018 - By 

    In this hyperbolic age, the phrase “gig of the year” gets tossed about far too flippantly. Every experience must be the best as anything less than perfection is worthless. The thing is though, most concerts couldn’t lay claim to that title. But very occasionally, there is a lineup that makes your jaw drop and forces you to question whether or not this could be the one. On 6 June 2018, Kilmainham played host to one of those shows: Patti Smith supporting Nick Cave. Either of these artists could have been the headliner and no one would be disappointed. They each…

  • Hard Working Class Heroes Make Annual Call For Applications

    June 7, 2018 - By 

    The application process for this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes has opened. Solo artists and bands interested in playing this year’s showcase, which runs from Thursday September 27-Saturday 29, can do so by logging on to HWCH.net and clicking on “BANDS APPLY HERE”. The application process, which will result in 50 acts being chosen to perform, closed on July 6. Hard Working Class Heroes director Angela Doran said, “With bands securing agents, managers and some label deals as well as a huge jump in national and international profile, a slot at HWCH is something of a bucket list achievement for a…

  • In Season: An Interview with The Mad Dalton

    June 7, 2018 - By 

    Ahead of the launch of his debut album, Open Season, at Belfast’s Black Box on Thursday, June 14, Belfast-based musician and songwriter Peter Sumadh AKA The Mad Dalton talks to us about process, influence, the imprint of literature on his work, how his Scots/Canadian heritage frames his craft, the musicians that have helped bring his music to life and more. Go here to buy tickets to the launch of Open Season. Your debut album, Open Season, is set for release on June 15. You’re releasing it via a successful pledge campaign. Were you hesitant to do this and how was…

  • 85 Final Acts Announced For KnockanStockan

    June 7, 2018 - By 

    Including countless TTA favourites, eight-five new Irish acts make up the final line-up announcement for this year’s KnockanStockan festival. From Paddy Hanna and Pillow Queens to Slouch and Dowry to Shrug Life and Cathy Davey (pictured), these are the bands and musicians that round off this year’s bill: Once again this year, with KnockanStockan, you’ll struggle find a better homegrown festival celebrating a diverse range of Irish artists and art. Returning to Blessington Lakes in Co. Wicklow across July 27-29, tier 3 tickets for the festival are priced at €130 and are available to buy here. As well as music, this…