• Belfast, Don’t Miss This Party on Saturday

    October 2, 2017 - By 

    The third installment of an ongoing series, a downright unmissable party featuring Not Squares, Twitch DJs, Robocobra Quartet, Chris Hanna, Blue Whale and much more will take place in a secret location somewhere in Belfast this Saturday, October 7. Want in? Here’s the lowdown: Location: TBA (Belfast) Doors: 8:30pm Last Entry: 9:30pm Min. Donation: £10 BYOB With live music ‘til late from: Not Squares Blue Whale Robocobra Quartet Hornets CATALAN! Beauty Sleep Plus DJ sets from – Twitch DJs Chris Hanna Marion Hawkes Chill & Nephillim Cardinal & Underdog Gav Williams Mista Meez Crilli DJs Anton K + More Places are…

  • Stream: And So I Watch You From Afar – Dying Giants

    October 2, 2017 - By 

    North Coast quartet And So I Watch You From Afar are nothing if not ambitious. Having spent the last few years carving out their very own path in the world of masterfully-crafted instrumental rock, the Belfast-based foursome will release their fifth studio album, The Endless Shimmering, via Sargent House on October 20. Having let the cat out of the bag last month via lead track ‘A Slow Unfolding of Wings’, new single ‘Dying Giants’ goes one further. Blending the band’s instantly recognisable brand of intricately-woven fretboard exhibitionism with a slew of face-melting passages and a sublime – and somewhat unexpected – outro, the song’s…

  • Kendrick Lamar and James Blake Set For Dublin Date

    October 2, 2017 - By 

    Having last played the city at last year’s Longitude Festival, Kendrick Lamar will kick off his Damn. at Dublin’s 3Arena on February 7. Kicking starting a 15-date string of shows, culminating in Berlin on March 5, Lamar will be supported on all shows by James Blake. Tickets for the Dublin show are priced €62 including booking fee and go on sale this Friday, October 6 at 9am. Here are the full tour dates:

  • Making It Count: An Interview With John Deery and The Heads

    September 28, 2017 - By 

    Look as far and wide as you will, but you’ll struggle to find an Irish band as respected as Derry’s John Deery and the Heads. Ahead of the launch of their wonderfully-woven third studio album, Nothing Permanent Lasts, at the Nerve Centre on Saturday night, we talk to the quartet’s main man about evolution, the power of change, successfully going down the crowdfunding route and much more. Go here to buy tickets and for more info about the album launch Hi, John. You officially launch Nothing Permanent Lasts at the end of the month. You ran a successful pledge campaign for…

  • David Holmes’ God’s Waiting Room – Marie Curie Fundraiser

    September 28, 2017 - By 

    A night that always delivers something special, David Holmes‘ God’s Waiting Room will return to wonderfully inimitable environs of Belfast’s Maple Leaf Club on Saturday, September 30 for a special fundraiser for Marie Curie Hospice. Compèred by Joe Lindsay, joining David Holmes on the night will be Raphael Doyle and Gerry Diver, who will perform the sublime ‘I Come From Ireland’. The night will also see the return of Barry Woolnough and Alain McClean, who will perform ‘Great Spirit Father in the Sky’ and ‘Judgement day Blues’ as heard on Holme’s recent – and downright essential – Late Night Tales…

  • Yawning Man Set To Make Irish Debut in Belfast

    September 28, 2017 - By 

    Here’s well and truly one for the diaries: La Quinta desert rock legends Yawning Man will play their first ever Irish show at Voodoo in Belfast on December 14. Having jammed their way into sound exceptional territories since 1986, the band – whose sounds occupies a unique place between surf, psychedelia, Krautrock, Spaghetti Western soundtracks and the barren desert abyss of Palm Desert – will be supported on the night from Belfast-based jam band par excellent Electric Octopus. This is pretty unmissable booking. Tickets are £10 cash on the door.

  • Video Premiere: Sue Rynhart – Black As The Crow Flies

    September 29, 2017 - By 

    The follow-up to her 2014 debut album, Crossings – a release that was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Irish Times‘ Ticket Awards – Dublin vocalist and composer Sue Rynhart’s new album Signals has been receiving a wave of critical acclaim from a wide range of Irish and international voices. Forging an exquisite midpoint between delicate and forceful, jazz and classical, as well as contemporary and canonical sonic realms, her emotionally-dense avant-garde craft rewards an attentive ear and repeated listen. Directed by artist Sophie Merry, we’re pleased to present a first look at the video for ‘Black As The Crow…

  • Father John Misty Set for Vicar Street Return

    September 26, 2017 - By 

    Having released his critically-devoured third studio album, Pure Comedy, back in April, Josh Tillman AKA Father John Misty will play Dublin’s Vicar Street on May 28 next year. Tillman’s last show in the city – as part of his I Love You, Honeybear tour – was in the same venue back in October, 2015. Tickets for the May 2018 are priced at €36.50 and go on sale this Thursday at 9am.

  • The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse @ NCC

    September 26, 2017 - By 

    Following events at The MAC in Belfast and Whelan’s in Dublin earlier in the year, Newcastle Community Cinema in Co. Down will play host to an event celebrating the life and music of the sadly-missed Mark Linkous AKA Sparklehorse on Saturday, September 30. Following a screening of Alex Crowton and Bobby Dass’ remarkably well-crafted documentary The Sad & Beautiful World of Sparklehorse, artists including Tom McShane, The Mad Dalton, Heliopause, Pixie Saytar and more will perform a one-hour, career-spanning set of music from the Sparklehorse songbook. This event launches Newcastle Community Cinema’s fourth annual Full Moon Film Festival programme. Tickets are £10.00…