• The Road to Great Escape announces full schedule

    February 17, 2023 - By 

    Ahead of its 2023 return and after selling-out its two-day passes, the full schedule for each of the four Dublin venues has been announced for The Road To The Great Escape. The two-day festival is taking place on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th May 2023 in across Whelan’s, Grand Social, Workman’s Club, and Academy 2. Venue tickets €15.90 including booking fees on sale today Friday 17th February at 10AM Additions to the line-up include Canadian singer Cate, gothic post-rock Londoner Heartworms, multi-platinum selling songwriter RØRY, party animals Fat Dog, RCA signee Isabel Larosa, YouTuber Hannah Grae and Scottish folk artist…

  • Track Record: Dan Walsh (Fixity)

    February 14, 2023 - By 

    In this installment of Track Record, Cork-based multi-instrumentalist Dan Walsh selects the records that have left a lasting impression on his life from The Spotnicks to Steve Kuhn. Photos by John Sheehy The Spotnicks – Spotlight in the Spotnicks Swedish surf rock with spaceman costumes. Absolutely ideal. These guys used radio waves to connect their wireless guitars back in the 1960s. They also put together surf versions of local folks songs when touring the world. Heroes. Bruce Haack – Electric Lucifer Bruce Haack is a big deal and rocks hard with his powerful machines. An incredibly ambitious album for its time…

  • Premiere: Niamh Keane – Imprints

    February 14, 2023 - By 

    Dublin singer-songwriter Niamh Keane is an artist fast on the rise. Hailing from Clondalkin Co. Dublin, the vocalist, pianist and violinist’s considered folk craft makes space for light and shade with a singular nuance. Her upcoming single, ‘Imprints’, is a textbook case in point. Set for release next Wednesday, February 22, it’s a gossamer ode to unconditional love that, across two contrasting chord progressions, gently pivots between a sense of darkness and release. “Imprints is essentially a tribute to that unconditional love that you are so lucky to feel from a grandparent or a parent,” said Keane, who cites Laura…

  • Another Love Story Announces First Acts

    February 14, 2023 - By 

    Another Love Story have announced the first acts to play this year’s festival. Hands down one of the island’s most wonderfully singular small festival experiences, Another Love Story returns to Killyon Manor in Co. Meath across 18th-20th August 2023. And judging by the first line-up drop, it’s set to be yet another carefully-crafted programme across three days and nights. With many more acts to be announced, today, the festival announce British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman James Holden, Berlin-based Peruvian producer Sofia Kourtesis, Irish trad titan Martin Hayes, Rachael Lavelle & The Glasshouse Ensemble, Theon Cross, Charlie Bones and Moving Still. Including…

  • Video Premiere: Swimmers Jackson – Stripped Away

    February 10, 2023 - By 

    London-based Dublin musician Niall Jackson aka Swimmers Jackson returns with a video for his current single ‘Stripped Away’ featuring a very familar setting to many. The stripped back performance was shot in the iconic Peel Wing at London’s BBC Broadcasting House by Tom Andrews with post production by Ryan Phillips. Speaking about the video, Jackson said: “I kind of got nostalgic for all those sync performances BBC used to do in the 70s and 80s (Old Grey Whistle Test/Top of the Pops) with cheesy star filters and cutting edge effects for the time. I actually feel like I’m watching VH1…