Supported by fellow Scot RM Hubbert, Mogwai played their first ever Cork show at the Opera House last night. Photos by Brid O’Donovan.
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In the latest installment of Track Record, Niall Jackson and Barry MacNeill from Dublin band Swimmers reveal and talk about their all-time favourite records, including the likes of Neil Young, Pixies, The Redneck Manifesto and Michael Jackson. Swimmers play Dublin’s Odessa Club with Middle Ages tomorrow night (Saturday, June 20). Photos by Abi Denniston. Niall Michael Jackson – BAD This was a really important album to me as a kid. I remember my uncle Jim had it on vinyl in his house down the road from me (as well as a dog called Fletch, named after the Chevy Chase movie) As a 6…
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Of a cosmically-inclined disposition? Ireland’s self-proclaimed “first festival foray into the mind warp pavilion of psych”, Reverberation takes place at Dublin’s Grand Social on August 14 and 15. Featuring some of the very best psych acts including Documenta, Cian Nugent & the Cosmos and Elastic Sleep, the festival will also include UK acts including Dead Rabbits, The Watchmakers and Berlin’s TAU. A “weekend that expands the parameters of psychedelic and experimental noise info a festival atmosphere”, the inaugural outing with also include guest DJ sets, visuals, classic cult movies, record and memorabilia stalls, a vintage flea market, food and more.…
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Returning to Derry across the weekend of Friday, June 19 to Sunday, June 21, Music City is, according to its organisers, “the festival where everyone can play”. This year’s theme is Occupy Derry With Music, and organisers are encouraging individuals, groups, businesses, workplaces and anyone else to put on gigs and performances in their workplace, homes, streets and elsewhere. Hosted by Celtronic, the festival will also welcome some first-rate talent to the city across the weekend, including David Holmes, Christy Moore, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Jape, Best Boy Grip and countless other acts. Keep up to date over at the…
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The world’s self-proclaimed largest heavy metal festival, Wacken Open Air returns to Wacken, Germany from July 29 to August 1 with yet another exceptionally strong, monstrously heavy bill. With the likes of Judas Priest, Biohazard, In Flames, Opeth, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Rob Zombie, Within Temptation and Savatage amongst the acts set to play, the festival will attract 75,000 visitors over its four days. Buy tickets for the festival here and check out the full line-up here.
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Set to play Body & Soul at the weekend, Dublin duo My Tribe Your Tribe really caught our attention back in February with the dreamy, subtly cascading alt-electro of ‘Only a Horizon’. Going several steps further, their new single, ‘Will To Survive’, was obviously written with those imminent summer festival sets in mind. Danceable in all the first places, it looks both inward and outward, evoking the vocals of Ben Gibbard, and a musical marriage between Caribou and early Arcade Fire. ‘Will To Survive’ – produced by James Darkin at Temple Lane Studio – will be officially released on November 6.
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Having announced last week that their self-titled debut EP will be released via Tough Love on August 14, Cruising are streaming one of its featured tracks, ‘Safe Corridor’. Something of a composite of the coastal doom and promenade solipsism of their other bands (September Girls, Girls Names and Sea Pinks) the track retains a singular, virulent edge, capturing some of the magic that has made the Dublin/Belfast quartet’s early shows nothing short of awe-inspiringly good. Pre-order Cruising here.
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The likes of Beck, Van Morrison, Chic and Damien Rice will grace the Docklands at Cork’s Live at the Marquee this June and July for yet another string of unmissable, high-profile shows courtesy of Aiken. Check out the full line-up below and go here to buy tickets. Tuesday, June 16: Beck, O Emperor Wednesday, June 17: Billy Idol Thursday, June 18: The Vamps, Hometown Friday, June 19: The Coronas Saturday, June 20: The Coronas, Hudson Taylor, Little Hours Sunday, June 21: Nathan Carter Monday, June 22: ZZ Top Tuesday, June 23: John Legend Wednesday, June 24: Ellie Goulding Thursday, June…
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The country’s leading bastion and celebration of homegrown, independent music, Hard Working Class Heroes are making its annual call to Irish musicians, bands and singer-songwriters wanting to take part in festival, which takes part throughout Dublin from Thursday, October 1 to Saturday, October 3. Having showcased the likes of Girl Band (pictured), Hozier, Villagers and others over the years, the festival will select 100 of the best applicants for “some career changing exposure and publicity, provided by the amazing mix of influential delegates and international music buyers who attend HWCH every year.” Applications are to be made via the HWCH Breaking Tunes site:…
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Dublin creative arts organisation BLOCK T are throwing one heck of a 5th birthday party/fundraiser at the Tivoli Grounds on Saturday, July 4. Curated by BLOCK T, Ensemble Music and Nialler9, the party will feature I Am The Cosmos, Lasertom, Donal Dineen, Attention Bébé, Rusangano Family (pictured), Trinity Orchestra, RiZa, BANTUM, Haüer and SignA across two stages. There will also be DJ sets from Adultrock, Benny Smiles, Djackulate, Nialler9, Rob Le-Nan and Somadrone, as well as art installations, visuals, a live show from Slipdraft, gourmet food stalls and more. Ranging from €17.50 (early bird) to €28.00, go here to buy tickets. &nsbp;