• Monday Mixtape: Elaine Howley (The Altered Hours)

    June 1, 2015 - By 

    Since we kick-started out Monday Mixtape back in January, we’ve had some truly excellent playlists courtesy of Niall Kennedy of ASIWYFA, Ciaran Lavery, Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich, Girls Names’ Claire Miskimmin, Ciaran Smith of Crayonsmith, Quasi’s Sam Coomes, September Girls, No Spill Blood’s Ror Conaty, Ricki O’Rawe of Not Squares, Sargent House’s Cathy Pellow, The Mighty Stef’s Stefan Murphy, Dara Kiely of Girl Band, Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch, Ryan Vail and Autumns’ Christian Donaghey. Today, we continue that altogether tasteful tradition with none other with Elaine Howley of Cork psych-rock wizards The Altered Hours, who selects ten of her all-time favourite songs…

  • Watch: Paddy Hanna – Camaraderie

    May 29, 2015 - By 

    The b-side to his earworming ‘Austria’ single, ‘Camaraderie‘ by Dublin singer-songwriter Padda Hanna is a decidedly more reflective, inward-looking affair, touching upon Hanna’s struggles with intense depression. A swooning, Americana-tinged jangle-pop evoking the likes of Pedro The Lion and self-titled-era Elliott Smith, the track is accompanied by a touching, equally static and stoic video by Luke Byrne. Speaking of the track, Hanna said, “Last summer I was crippled with depression, to the point where I was physically and mentally too sick to stand. I spent many weeks alone in my cottage growing ever more paranoid of the outside world and the joyful cheers…

  • Liverpool Sound City 2015

    May 29, 2015 - By 

    Thanks to the likes of Emerald Armada, Raglans, Pat Dam Smyth (above), The Clameens, His New Atlas and others, there was yet another strong Irish presence at this year’s Liverpool Sound City. Photos by Christopher Flack. Thanks to the generous, becoming chaps at Getintothis.

  • Other Voices Set For Latitude 2015

    May 28, 2015 - By 

    One of the country’s most iconic and unbendingly tasteful homes of live music, Other Voices will play host to a stellar line-up at this year’s Latitude festival, which takes place from July 16-19 at Suffolk’s Henham Park. Very much in keeping with Other Voices’ natures, festival-goers are expected to experience intimate, one-off performances from The Unthanks, Jape, Le Galaxie, Book Brass Band, All We Are, Stornaway, Young Fathers, East India Youth, Rozi Plain, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, All Tvvins, Zachary Lucky, Fight Like Apes, Eaves, Mahalia and Nathaniel Rateliff. Jim Carroll’s Banter series will also make an appearance. Go…

  • TreeHaus Line-up At Body & Soul Announced

    May 28, 2015 - By 

    Curated by HomeBeat, a wonderfully eclectic line-up for this year’s Treehaus stage at Body & Soul 2015 has been announced. With Leftfield, Super Furry Animals, Goat and many more set to play the annual festival – taking place from June 19-21 at Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath – the following acts will play TreeHaus, a self-proclaimed “place of darkness, a place of light, a temple to beauty, a mansion to madness”: Ghosts, Buffalo Woman, Little Xs For Eyes, I Have a Tribe, Hare Squead, SlowPlaceLikeHome, Hilary Woods, My Tribe Your Tribe, Idiot Songs, Planet Parade, Participant, Carriages, Nubus, Margie Lewis, Signa, Somadrone, Lyttet,…

  • Villagers Irish Tour

    May 27, 2015 - By 

    Our writers and photographers report back from three of Villagers’ hugely successful dates across Ireland, including shows at Dublin’s Olympia, Cork Opera House and Belfast’s Mandela Hall. Saturday: Opera House, Cork w/ Gavin Glass Photos by Brid O’Donovan May 23rd, 2015 will forever be remembered as a landmark in Irish history, a momentously happy day, as the passage of the marriage referendum finally allows two people that love each other to marry and be recognised as equal citizens of our young, progressive nation. The eyes of the world are upon us, and they are smiling warmly as word filters around the world. The…

  • The Cribs w/ September Girls @ Limelight 2, Belfast

    May 26, 2015 - By 

    With their reverb-soaked garage-rock sound, September Girls (below) take to the stage at Belfast’s Limelight 2 tonight an hour after the doors open. The long wait for the opening act doesn’t make much difference as the capacity in dark room is barely touched, and with a mere thirty-odd people watching them on, the band start their set. With The Cribs gear arranged behind them, the Dublin band seem to make the stage appear even smaller than what it usually is. Swaying about for most of the set, they focus on a clean and crisp live sound, translating almost identically from their recorded material. As…