• Premiere: Damo Suzuki with Blue Whale and Paul Stapleton

    February 26, 2018 - By 

    Last May, we teamed up with Moving On Music to host a fully-improvised show with legendary CAN frontman Damo Suzuki, alongside experimental rock maestros Blue Whale and Californian improviser, sound artist, inventor and writer, Paul Stapleton, at Belfast’s Black box. Ahead of Blue Whale launching this year’s (sure to be brilliant) Brilliant Corners alongside A.R.C. in the same Cathedral Quarter venue this Saturday, we’re pleased to present a first look of Xray Films’ document of last May’s performance in full.

  • Win Tickets for David Kitt’s LP Launch Tour

    March 5, 2018 - By 

    Set to release his first solo record for nine years, Yous, on March 9, David Kitt will embark on a nine-date Irish and UK tour across March and April. The schedule looks a bit like this: March 9th – Cleere’s Theatre, Kilkenny March 11th – De Barras, West Cork, Clonakilty March 23rd – Róisín Dubh, Galway March 31st – Upstairs, Dolans, Limerick April 6th – Button Factory, Dublin April 8th – Spirit Store, Dundalk April 18th – Borderline, London, UK April 19th – Eagle Inn, Manchester, UK As it so happens, we have a pair of tickets to give away…

  • Monday Mixtape: Rian Trench

    February 26, 2018 - By 

    In the latest installment of Monday Mixtape, Dublin-based musician and producer Rian Trench reveals some of his favourite tracks. These are songs which, in his words, reflects his tendency to listen to music either on the aggressive or the subdued side of the fence. Photo by SCAN Current Value – Running German D&B legend. The first track from his 2008 EP – “Revealing the Concealed”. All four tracks on this play out like variations on the same idea, but this is somehow the most distilled. “Fear” is a close second. Scratches an itch I didn’t know I had. Brutal genius. Kyle…

  • EP Stream: Rebekah Fitch – Broken Mind

    February 23, 2018 - By 

    Launched with a full band show tomorrow night (Saturday, February 24) at the Belfast Barge, Broken Mind by Belfast-based artist Rebekah Fitch is FM-aiming alt-pop brimming with real nuance and heart. Filtering influence from acts including Stevie Nicks, Bjork and Florence and the Machine, Fitch’s sound betrays real attention to detail – not merely in terms of not only songwriting, but also how, lyrically, each song presents its own intricate emotive world. Fleshed out with some sublime production and burrowing hooks, Fitch has said that the songs on the release are united “on the common themes of internal war, mental struggles and cognitive dissonance,…

  • Watch: Alien She – Death Sentence

    February 23, 2018 - By 

    Released as part of the Art For Blind-supported Goodbye 8 Campaign, ‘Death Sentence’ by Dublin experimental trio Alien She is a track that confronts the crux of the Irish abortion rights debate head on. The closing track on the band’s debut album, Feeler, the band wrote the song after Savita Halappanavar, originally from India, died at University Hospital Galway in 2012 due to complications arising from a septic miscarriage and failings in her care. Accompanying a Bandcamp release – which includes a tote bag/print, proceeds of which go to Repealing the 8th – the release comes accompanied with a video courtesy…

  • Stream: Group Zero – Pursuit (Black Bones Dreams Mix)

    February 23, 2018 - By 

    A highlight from last year’s Structures and Light, ‘Pursuit’ by Belfast’s Cathal Cully AKA Group Zero has been reworked by production and DJ duo Black Bones. Extroverting the inward-looking subtlety of the original, the track has been re-woven as an early-morning dancefloor gem. Speaking of the track, Black Bones said, ““We wanted to lean the track more towards the club without losing it’s essence. Familiar noises mixed with an unfamiliar end. A sort of lost on the dance floor fog at 5am when you should have really gone home a long time ago. The joy of being there slightly mixed with…

  • Album Stream: Wyvern Lingo – Wyvern Lingo

    February 23, 2018 - By 

    Do believe the hype. Having went straight in to number one on the Irish iTunes charts, the self-titled debut album by Wyvern Lingo is a remarkable, all-killer tour de force from undoubtedly the country’s finest fast-rising band. Set to launch at Dublin’s Button Factory tonight, the first full-length from the Bray trio of Karen Cowley, Saoirse Duane and Caoimhe Barry is a razor-sharp snapshot of a band whose increasingly singular brand of harmony-driven alt-pop has been everywhere recently – and rightly so. Wyvern Lingo captures – and perfectly bookend – the latest chapter in what’s set to be an exciting, far-reaching few…

  • Public Image Ltd. Set For Dublin Show

    February 22, 2018 - By 

    As part of a 40th anniversary European tour, it’s been announced that Public Image Ltd. will play Dublin’ Tivoli Theatre on Sunday, August 26. It was previously announced that the legendary, John Lydon fronted four-piece – who currently comprise Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth and Bruce Smith – will play Bangor’s Open House festival on Saturday, August 25. Tickets for the Dublin show go on sale on Monday, February 26 at 11am.  

  • RTÉ Choice Music Prize Announces “Conversations”

    February 21, 2018 - By 

    Taking place on the day of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event on Thursday, March 8, “Conversations” is a new, “thoughtfully curated international-leaning music forum designed to encourage an exchange of learning and discussion and challenge the biggest prevailing issues facing both artists and industry professionals.” Moderated by Jim Carroll from RTÉ, here’s the panels and details: Registration: 9.30am Conversation 1: 10.30am- 11.15am Public Interview with Alan Swan (Director of music at RTE 2FM) Conversation 2: 11.30am – 12.20pm The Record Label Why Do I Need A Record Label in 2018. Conversation 3: 1.30pm – 2.20pm Money / Synch…