• Live at The Marquee 2015

    June 16, 2015 - By 

    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…

  • HWCH Call For Applications

    June 16, 2015 - By 

    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:…

  • Sensorium: BLOCK T 5th Birthday

    June 15, 2015 - By 

    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;

  • Body & Soul Times and Site Map Revealed

    June 15, 2015 - By 

    With anticipation on the verge of peaking, the must-possess running orders and site map for this weekend’s Body & Soul festival have been revealed. Go here to check out our Body & Soul Festival Mixtape and sort out any would-be festival clashes below. Site Map Friday Times Saturday Times Sunday times

  • Monday Mixtape: SlowPlaceLikeHome

    June 15, 2015 - By 

    Set to play the TreeHaus stage at Body&Soul this weekend (10pm on Saturday night, soundtracking the literal summer solstice, no less), Donegal musician Keith Mannion AKA SlowPlaceLikeHome is one our must-see acts at the Co. Westmeath festival. Ahead of his appearance, Mannion has very kindly selected some of his all-time favourite tracks for this week’s Monday Mixtape, featuring the likes of The Dirty Three, Cluster and Tindersticks. The Dirty Three – Some Summers They Drop Like Flys Beautiful serenity of Whatever You Love, You Are album never fails to compel. If ever you get the chance to see them live, do! And…

  • Festival Mixtape: Indiependence 2015

    June 15, 2015 - By 

    Featuring multiple stages across its tree-lined, 52 acre site, Indiependence Music & Arts Festival returns to Mitchelstown’s Deer Farm from July 31 to August 2. With a host of the country’s very best acts including Jape, Foy Vance, Ham Sandwich, Daithi and Ash set to play, international acts including Mark Lanegan Band, The Dandy Warhols and Basement Jaxx will also make an appearance. Go here to check out our comprehensive Indiependence Festival Preview and check out our twelve-track Indiependence Festival Mixtape below. Go here to buy tickets.

  • Television Irish Tour

    June 15, 2015 - By 

    Forty-one years on from the release of their seminal debut album, Marquee Moon, legendary New York quartet Television played Dublin and Belfast at the weekend. Words by Eoghain Meakin; photos by Isabel Thomas and Sara Marsden. The Academy, Dublin Off the sun kissed, Scot infested streets the smiling presence of Sinéad White (below) takes the stage. Support is always a hard slot, especially for a lone performer, but a few songs in and she has the attention of most of the crowd. And who could fail to be charmed? Though her music may tread over familiar ground her vocal acrobatics add…

  • Celtronic Festival 2015

    June 15, 2015 - By 

    Rightly calling itself Ireland’s leading electronic festival, Derry’s Celtronic has built up an extremely strong reputation over the last couple of years, having put the likes of Jon Hopkins, Ulrich Schnauss, Erol Alkan, John Talabot and Nina Kraviz. Set to take place across in various venues across the city from Wednesday, June 24 to Sunday, June 28, this year’s outing will include shows from Fort Romeau, Mano Le Tough, Clark, Derrick May, local acts The Cyclist and Space Dimension Controller. Check out the full line-up as it stands here and go here to buy tickets.  

  • EP Stream: Rosseau – Rosseau

    June 12, 2015 - By 

    Having delivered a convincing set supporting SOAK at Belfast’s Empire on Wednesday night, new-fangled Derry duo Colm Hinds and Daniel Kerr AKA Rosseau have hit the ground running with their new six-track, self-titled debut EP. Calling to mind the likes of the Appleseed Cast and Codeine, the release traverses moments real, beguiling fragility, striking a nice balance between sparse emo, imaginative musicianship and slowcore-esque passages. According to their Bandcamp page, Rosseau “was formed in the late summer of 2014 following some shitty circumstances.” Rosseau EP by Rosseau

  • More Acts Set For Knockanstockan

    June 12, 2015 - By 

    Knockanstockan have announced a string of new acts set to perform this year’s festival at Wicklow’s Blessington Lakes on July 24 and July 25. With the likes of O Emperor, Red Enemy, Tucan, New Secret Weapon, Rusangano Family, BATS, and Leo Drezden already announced, Elastic Sleep, Loah, No Spill Blood, Otherkin, Hot Cops, Fierce Mild, Travis Oaks and Gavin Glass & The New Shakers are amongst the latest additions to the line-up. Go here to check out the full line-up and to buy tickets.