• Slash and Tiësto Set For Belsonic

    November 27, 2018 - By 

    Two more big names have been announced to play next year’s Belsonic. With the likes of Hozier and Stormzy already revealed to play the annual series of concerts in Belfast’s Ormeau Park, Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, with support from Blackberry Smoke and Screaming Eagles, will play on Wednesday, June 12. The globetrotting Tiësto, meanwhile, will play the festival on Friday, June 28. Tickets for both events for on sale on Friday, November 30 at 10am, priced £30+ including booking fee. Go here for full info for Belsonic 2019.

  • Glen Hansard Set For Vicar Street Shows

    November 27, 2018 - By 

    As part of a European tour that takes him via a sold-out show Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and beyond, Glen Hansard will stop off at Dublin’s Vicar Street for a brace of shows in April. The Dublin songwriter, The Frames’ founder member, actor and activist – who released his third studio album, Between Two Shores, back in January – will play the Thomas House venue on April 9 and 10.  Hansard has previously played the venue in a solo guise fourteen times. Tickets for both shows are priced at €35.00 and go on sale this Friday at 9am.

  • Video Premiere: Post-Punk Podge & The Technohippies – NEU!wave!

    November 30, 2018 - By 

    The hottest independent revolutionary hip-hop team in Ireland, Post-Punk Podge & The Technohippies have just produced a video for instrumental tune ‘NEU!wave!’ in celebration of their first truly excellent year, and the anniversary of the Kick Against The Pricks EP. In the space of a year, with no management or label backing, the duo have had managed a great deal of upward mobility, playing Electric Picnic, Body & Soul, and selling out upstairs at Whelan’s, earning plaudits from satirical antecedents The Rubberbandits along the way – although, in their own words the real highlight was “Limerick pulling ahead of Cork in extra time during our set at Knockanstockan”. Very much concerned with art as…

  • Muse – Simulation Theory

    November 26, 2018 - By 

    From pollution and dirty talk to Harry Potter references and riffs straight out of ’90s Europop, Muse’s latest album, Simulation Theory, has the energetic, revolutionary spirit of an album that has no idea what or who it’s revolting against. Like many albums released by a British artist in the past year, critics have uncovered an elaborate anti-Brexit agenda somewhere amidst the circus of synthesisers. ‘Thought Contagion’ is one of the strongest tracks on the album – but that doesn’t say much – with Bellamy belting on about “fractured identities”, “infinite black skies’ and a society “bitten by false beliefs”. It’s so…

  • Stream: Silverbacks – Just In The Band

    November 23, 2018 - By 

    Back in January, we featured Dublin five-piece Silverbacks as one of our ones to watch in 2018. Having underscored their ascent with the release of the blitzing indie-rock of ‘Dunkirk‘ shortly afterwards, the band have since been working alongside Girl Band’s Daniel Fox on their debut album, which is set for release next year. In the meantime, the band’s new single, ‘Just In The Band’, has us very excited. Over four minutes, it’s sharp and shapeshifting guitar music from a band whose knack for filtering the imprint of New York’s art-rock elite – without neglecting what makes their own sonic tact great – continues unabated. Artwork…

  • Listen Back To This Week’s Death Culture Blues on Dublin Digital Radio

    November 23, 2018 - By 

    We returned to Dublin Digital Radio last night for our weekly two-hour show, Death Culture Blues. As ever, it was 120 minutes of cosmic and cosy sounds, this week featuring the likes of Yo La Tengo, Spark Sparkle, Wire, The Monochrome Set, Spacemen 3, Liars, Stereolab, BEAK> Faust and more. Miss it? Never fear. Stream below now and tune in this coming Thursday (November 30th), where our reviews editor Eoin Murray will be serving up only the very best experimental, ambient, electronic and cosmic sounds from 8-10pm.

  • Goth Girl / Queer Fuck – Wish You Were Here

    November 26, 2018 - By 

    The first release on new Belfast-based label Love Will Bury Us is a statement. Optimistically titled Wish You Were Here, it’s a digital & cassette collaboration from Canadian noise artists Queer Fuck and Goth Girl. Devastating, corrupted and immeasurably intense, Wish You Were Here is a forty minute machine noise opus created initially by Queer Fuck – responsible for its majority of screeching – in two twenty minute drum sessions, that were then heavily edited and augmented to sound “like the chattering death rattle of a super computer from the 50’s”. Goth Girl’s wall of screeching turn the release into a blunt object, and is encapsulated in art by Queer Fuck. Nick Tooms,…

  • Arthuritis – I’m Great

    November 23, 2018 - By 

    Pan-dimensional (Cork) experimental electronic artist Arthuritis is set to release his sprawling fourth album, I’m Great through KantCope on tape & digitally next week via Bandcamp. Following up on the supremely-titled Neglected Ambient Shirts Vol. 1 and The Worst Of, alongside Arvo Party II, it’s as texturally-rich an Irish album we’ve heard this year. It’s presentation belies the presence of a real vibe here, and like that artist, it deserves to be taken much more seriously than its name & presentation suggests. In Arthur’s own words, it’s “a collection threaded together by themes of confusion and isolation”. An eclectic collection, and an internalised world in itself, where…

  • Win Two Golden Tickets to Other Voices

    November 23, 2018 - By 

    Next weekend sees the return of the downright unmissable Other Voices to Dingle in Co. Kerry. As well as hosting the likes of Gruff Rhys, Loah, Mahalia and whenyoung in St. James’ Church, the showcase’s legendary Hennessy Music Trail welcomes a host of the country’s very best musical talent, including Arvo Party, Just Mustard, Junior Brother, Girlfriend, Silverbacks, Fears, Dowry, Elma Orkestra, Galants, Jyellowl and Wastefellow. Full line-up below. As it happens, we have a pair of golden tickets to give away to this year’s outing. Fancy heading to Dingle and seeing everything on offer? Just Like our Facebook page here, and…

  • Dublin Art Book Fair 2018: Art and Architecture

    November 22, 2018 - By 

    Today sees the launch of this year’s Dublin Art Book Fair in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. This is the 8th edition of Ireland’s only art book fair and is supported by the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature initiative and the Arts Council of Ireland. The theme for the fair is ‘Art and Architecture’, with a special focus on ‘Uncovering Libraries and Collections’, highlighting the important role these institutions can play in our lives. As well as the fair itself, a series of events will take place during the week including children’s tours, craft making and guest speakers. The fair kicks off today and…