• Stream: Ryan Vail – As It Tears

    February 14, 2018 - By 

    Earlier this month, Derry producer Ryan Vail revealed that after two years of recording and mixing, his new album Distorted Shadows is set for release in April. The second single be lifted from that, ‘As It Tears’ is a woozy, deep electronica gem, full of skittering beats, cello courtesy of Laura McCabe, Rachael Boyd on violin and Vail’s trademark hushed vocals. Fancy catching it live? With more TBA, Vail plays the following shows in February, March and September. Sebright Arms – London – 26th February AVA festival – London – 16th March Oscillations And Modulations Festival – 21st March Kantine Am Berghain – Berlin –…

  • First Acts Announced for Longitude 2018

    February 9, 2018 - By 

    Set to return to Marlay Park across July 13-15, the first acts to play this year’s Longitude Festival have been announced. With J. Cole, Travis Scott and Solange (pictured) set to headline Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively, the following acts will also perform: Migos, Post Malone, Diplo, Tyler, The Creator, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Sampha, Khalid, Cardi B, Giggs, J Hus, Joey Bada$$, The Internet, Lil Pump, blackbear, 6LACK, Ibeyi Jacob Banks, Kali Uchis, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Princess Nokia, Mabel, Big Shaq, Belly, Naaz and Bas. With more acts still to be announced, tickets (which range from €69.50…

  • Watch: The Altered Hours – Over The Void

    February 8, 2018 - By 

    The second single taken from their forthcoming EP On My Tongue, ‘Over The Void’ by Cork five-piece The Altered Hours is a swirling blitz of gnarling haze from a band who continue to break brilliant new territory. Directed by Helio Leon, with cinematography from Izabela Szczutkowska & Leon, editing by Afghaniscan (Robert Watson) and creative input/style from Sarah Corcoran, the single’s video is a suitably abstracted, lysergic-laced accompaniment to a short song that really rewards the repeated listen. On My Tongue is released for Art For Blind/Penske on March 9. The Altered Hours will play the following dates over the next three…

  • Premiere: Tracy Bruen – Fall Away

    February 8, 2018 - By 

    The name Tracy Bruen will be a familiar one to many who have spent some time in the heart of Galway. A singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, theatre director and actor, her music blurs the lines between folk, pop, prog and classical, as well as theatrical influences. A keen eye will also know her as the woman behind the Galway’s legendary Roisin Dubh Open Mic night. Set to embark on a national and European tour from tomorrow, Bruen is back with the video for recent single ‘Fall Away’, a highlight from her ten-track debut album, Mirror. Confronting “a woman’s right to bodily autonomy and speaks against…

  • Watch: Stoat – Dog King

    February 7, 2018 - By 

    Heroes of the city’s underground music scene, Dublin three-piece Stoat are perfect testament to the power of playing the long-game. Having been making music together for the best part of 20 years, the threesome’s wonderfully wry, masterfully incisive brand of genre-warping indie-pop will come to the fore once more via their highly-anticipated second album, Try Not To Think About It. Ahead of the launch of the album at the Underground on Dame Street in Dublin on Saturday night (February 10), the band have unveiled the video for new single ‘Dog King’. A homespun visual accompaniment, it perfectly parallels the band’s increasingly singular brand of lo-fi…

  • Fever Ray Announced as First Act for Body&Soul 2018

    February 6, 2018 - By 

    The Knife’s Karin Drejier AKA Fever Ray has been announced as the first act set to play this year’s Body&Soul Festival. As well as performing at the annual Co. Westmeath festival – which returns to Ballinlough Castle across the Summer Solstice Weekend of June 22-24 – Dreijer will also curate the Body&Soul main stage on Friday night. Acts set to perform will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets for Body&Soul 2018 are now on sale here, ranging from €169-€195.

  • Stream: New Pagans – Bloody Soil

    February 5, 2018 - By 

    On Thursday night, we’re teaming up with Rally to co-host one of several free showcases as part of Output 2018. Taking place at Babel (rooftop of Bullit) the gig will feature four stellar Northern Irish acts: the mighty Robocobra Quartet, fast-rising singer-songwriter Callum Stewart, headliners Blue Americans and hands down one of our favourite acts here at TTA, New Pagans. Ahead of the show (which, as with all other Output showcases, is absolutely free) New Pagans have unveiled a new single. A typically slick effort from the Lyndsey McDougall-fronted alt-rock foursome, ‘Bloody Soil’ is a jagged earworm aiming straight from the jugular. Speaking of…

  • Broken Social Scene Set For Dublin Show

    February 5, 2018 - By 

    Having released one of the albums of 2017 in the sublime Hug of Thunder (have a read of Jonny Currie’s verdict on the album here) it’s been announced that Canadian indie rock heroes Broken Social Scene will play Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre on May 28. Their first Dublin date in 10 years, tickets for the show – which cost €28 plus booking fee – go on sale this Friday, February 9 right here.

  • Stream: Perish – Terror Swimming

    February 1, 2018 - By 

    While Cork has no shortage of hazed-out, psych-leaning rock bands at the minute, the new-fangled – and potentially quite brilliant – Perish have instantly grabbed our ear here at TTA. Led by Australian musician and producer Ciaran Corcoran, the band – which started as a recording of Corcoran’s – will release a four-track EP, Inertia, on download and cassette via Cork’s Sunshine Cult Records on February 4. Lead single ‘Terror Swimming’ hints at something special in the making. A hazed-out trip bursting with submerged, starry-eyed guitar shapes and a wondrous wall of reverb-soaked noise, the single conjures Flying Saucer Attack…

  • Beck, Manics and More Set For BBC Music’s The Biggest Weekend in Belfast

    January 30, 2018 - By 

    As part of BBC’s The Biggest Weekend – a new series of events set to be held across the UK – Belfast’s Titanic Slipways will play host Beck, Courtney Barnett, Manic Street Preachers and Public Service Broadcasting across May 25 and 26. Priced £18 per person (+£4.50 booking fee) per day, tickets go on sale on Monday, February 12 at 10am. Go here for more info. See the full Biggest Weekend line-up – also taking place in Perth, Swansea and Coventry – below.