• Meet Gleo: A New Ambient and Experimental Series in Limerick

    October 25, 2023 - By 

    If live music has one grand, immutable law, it’s that most venues are usually only as vital as the sounders who inhabit them. In Limerick – a city we have been known to refer to as the beating heart of the island’s independent scene – it’s a sentiment you will often find spilling over in rooms like Dolans, The Commerical and Pharmacia. Without these spaces and the heroes that helm them, the sounders would know each other much less and a whole community would suffer for it. Yet for all the obvious rude health, for Jack Brolly and Caimin Walsh,…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 20th October

    October 20, 2023 - By 

    Dive into the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring John Francis Flynn’s stellar new single, the second LP from Tandem Felix, Nyahh’s essential Irish experimental compilation, Naoise Roo, I Dreamed I Dream, Ciaran Lavery and more   Nyahh Records – Under the Island: A Compilation of Experimental Music in Ireland 1960-1994 Under the Island: Experimental Music in Ireland 1960 – 1994 by Nyahh Records Tandem Felix – There’s a New Sheriff in Town There’s a New Sheriff in Town by Tandem Felix Naoise Roo – Silent Halls John Francis Flynn – Willie Crotty I Dreamed I Dream –…

  • Arctic Monkeys at SSE Arena, Belfast

    October 17, 2023 - By 

    There’s nothing like a sold-out arena gig to remind you that online discourse is only a small part of any artist’s story. Viewed from behind a screen, Arctic Monkeys’ headline set at Glastonbury this year appeared divisive. ‘The new songs are boring’, ‘Alex Turner’s affectations have gone too far’, ‘they’ve lost their mojo’. Try telling that to the thousands of adoring fans inside a sold-out arena tonight. The crowd is young – astonishingly so for a band with nearly two decades under its belt and seven albums, the last two of which have been daringly, even deliberately uncommercial. The Arctic…

  • Mitski Set For Dublin Return

    October 17, 2023 - By 

    Mitski has announced her return to Dublin. The indie rock trailblazer will play her biggest Irish headliner to date at 3Arena on 4th May 2024. The show – which features support from the one and only Richard Dawson – marks her return after following shows in 3Olympia, Vicar Street, Tivoli and Whelan’s over the last six years. Fan presale for tickets starts at 10am on Wednesday, 18th October. Go here for more info.