• Pavement Announce Galway Show

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    Galway is getting a long-awaited Pavement show. Five months on from their incredible two-night stint at Vicar Street in Dublin as part of their second reunion run, the Stephen Malkmus-fronted indie rock heroes will play live at the Heineken Big Top as part of this year’s Galway International Arts Festival on 24th July. Tickets go on sale this Friday, 31st March. Revisit our gallery from the first of the band’s 2022 Dublin shows, features on Slanted and Enchanted and Wowee Zowee, as well as Monday Mixtape from the one and only Bob Nastanovich.

  • boygenius Set For Dublin Show

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    boygenius are finally coming to Ireland. The U.S. indie rock supergroup, comprising Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, will play the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin on 28th August. With more to be announced, MUNA are among the acts to support on the night. Tickets for the show go on sale at noon this Friday, 31st March. The news come ahead of the imminent release of the trio’s highly-anticipated debut album, the record, on Friday. Check out the video for recent single ‘Not Strong Enough’ below.

  • Flotations 2023

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    The third installment of experimental music series Flotations has been announced. Programmed by Foggy Notions in association with NCH and Imbibe Coffee Roasters (who come very highly recommended) its return to Dublin’s National Concert Hall throughout 2023 for will feature some downright unmissable contemporary and ambient performances. Kicking off on 14th April with long-time TTA favourite Elaine Howley, who released our Irish album of the year last year, the series will also the equally legendary feature Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke (pictured), acclaimed Japanese artist Ichiko Aoba performing her opus Windswept Adan with support from Aoife Wolf, and the Godfather of Irish electronica Roger…

  • Lankum – False Lankum

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    With the title of their fourth record, Lankum evoke the folk ballad of Irish traveller John O Reilly for which they named themselves. As such, False Lankum is a sprawling epic that pays studious tribute to the quartet’s past while progressing into bold new territory largely hinted at until now.  Recorded at the aptly-named Hellfire Studio in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, these twelve tracks possess an eerie otherworldliness that reveals itself from the off, as ‘Go Dig My Grave’ finds Lankum digging deeper into terrifying walls of ambient noise and experimentalism which anchor this collection throughout. In turn,…

  • The Walkmen Set For Dublin Show

    March 27, 2023 - By 

    The Walkmen are set for their long-awaited Irish return. Four months on from announcing their first shows in a decade, it’s been revealed the Hamilton Leithauser-fronted indie rock heroes will play Vicar Street in Dublin on 23rd August. Promoted by Foggy Notions, the show marks the U.S. band’s return to the venue, having last played there in October 2012. Tickets are €36.50 (including booking fee) and go on sale on Friday, 31st March at 10am. Revisit a stone-cold modern classic from the Walkmen below.

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 24th March

    March 24, 2023 - By 

    Taking in every corner of the island, here’s the very best tracks of the week from Lankum, Chalk, Niall McDowell, The Fae, Krea, The Wood Burning Savages and many more Lankum – False Lankum False Lankum by Lankum Phil Kieran – The Strand Cinema The Strand Cinema by Phil Kieran Chalk – Asking Niall McDowell – I Have Given Up The Wood Burning Savages – Climb The Ladder The Fae – Chloe Gnarkats – Homesick Krea – Don’t Tell Me Seba Safe – On My Way Drew Makes Noise – Lemonade Derek Ellard & The Future Business Model – Electricity…