• Other Voices Dingle 2022

    December 1, 2022 - By 

    Without a slither of a shadow of a doubt one of the country’s finest annual musical institutions, Other Voices returns to Dingle in West Kerry across 2-4th December. As per tradition, it’s another wonderfully-curated line-up featuring some of the island’s very best acts – and a few international big-hitters for good measures. Marking its 21st birthday, both live and online, this festival’s outing will be another jam-packed weekend showcase, taking place in the Church of St James, the IMRO Other Room, as well as the delightfully busy Dingle Gin Music Trail. Among the acts performing at the Church across the weekend…

  • First Acts Announced for Body & Soul 2023

    November 25, 2022 - By 

    Body & Soul have announced the first acts to play its 2023 edition. Returning to Ballinlough Caste Estate in Co. Meath across 16-18th June, Ireland’s longest-running independent festival will mark its 13th year with another carefully-curated bill of Irish and international acts. With the full programme to be revealed in the coming months, Aoife Nessa Frances (pictured), Moderat, Gilles Peterson, Shanti Celeste, BCUC and Sorcha Richardson are the first names to drop. Just over 5,000 weekend tickets will be available for this year’s festival. It remains strictly over 21s but families with children aged 13 and below are welcomed back for 2023.…

  • Osees Announce Dublin Show

    November 22, 2022 - By 

    Almost certainly the world’s greatest live band, Osees, are set to return to Dublin. Accompanied by the video for ‘Scum Show’ – a highlight from their latest album A Foul Form – the John Dwyer-fronted psych-garage machine will roll into Dublin once more on 22nd May 2023 for a show at Button Factory. Coming almost exactly a year after the California band’s show in the same venue, it’s one of several dates announced as part of a new UK and Ireland tour. Check out the full dates and the video for ‘Scum Show’ below. Co-hosted by Foggy Notions and U:mack,…

  • Blur Set For Dublin Return

    November 21, 2022 - By 

    Blur are coming back to Dublin. A few days after announcing a second show at Wembley in London next summer, the Britpop legends will play Malahide Castle on Saturday, June 24th 2023. Coming two weeks before their London shows, it marks the Damon Albarn-fronted band’s first Irish headliner show since 2015. Support comes from slowthai, Self Esteen and Jockstrap. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 25th.

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 18th November

    November 18, 2022 - By 

    Here’s the very best Irish tracks of the week, featuring Joshua Burnside, Nine Raths, Lisa O’Neill, Mount Palomar, Anna Mieke and more Joshua Burnside – Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887) Nine Raths – EP002 EP2 by Nine Raths Lisa O’Neill – Old Note Mount Palomar – Brace for Impact EP Lauren Ann – Adelaide Anna Mieke – Theatre Theatre by Anna Mieke M Stevens & The Ghasts – Birds Def Nettle – Architecture The Barbiturates – Pollitricks Pollitricks (Single) by The Barbiturates

  • Watch: Lisa O’Neill – Old Note

    November 15, 2022 - By 

    If there’s an active Irish songwriter more singular and naturally gifted than Lisa O’Neill we legitimately have not heard them. An artist we’ve covered many times in the past, she has carved out a remarkably distinctive path via masterfully considered folk song. Today, the County Cavan artist announces a whole new chapter. On February 10th 2023, she will release her fifth studio album, All Of This Is Chance, via none other than Rough Trade Records. It marks her debut on the iconic label, following the release of the sublime Heard a Long Gone Song via their River Lea imprint in 2018. Accompanying…

  • Preview: Spilt Milk Festival 2022

    November 15, 2022 - By 

    On these shores, few creative initiatives pair careful curation with an independent spirit as focused and informed as Spilt Milk. A year on from hosting the likes of School Tour, Syn and the sadly-missed Shammen Delly, the annual festival of music, art and film returns to Sligo town across 18th-20th November for its fourth outing, and arguably its strongest line-up to date. The programme from this year’s festival comprises four events, taking place at one of the island’s finest art centres, The Model – and it’s primed to be another wonderfully palette-spanning affair featuring several TTA favourites. From 7pm on Friday, the venue will…

  • The Thin Air Xmas ’22 Party: The Killing Spree, Blue Whale & Black Triptychs

    November 11, 2022 - By 

    We’re delighted to announce that Belfast hardcore heroes The Killing Spree will play their first show in seventeen (17!) at The Thin Air’s ’22 Xmas party at The Deer’s Head on Thursday, December 22nd. One of the North’s all-time great trios will be supported by long-time TTA favourites, experimental rock four-piece Blue Whale, as well as acoustic electronic ambient duo Black Triptychs. The Killing Spree played shows regularly between 2002 and 2005, embedding themselves in the Irish DIY scene that grew around the Warzone Centre (Giros) in Belfast. Acclaimed for their frenetic and engaging live shows, the band played in…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 11th November

    November 11, 2022 - By 

    Here’s the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring Icebear, New Pagans, Comrade Hat, Ailbhe Reddy, Kate Geraldine O’Neill and more Icebear – White Dove Dream White Dove Dream by Icebear New Pagans – Karin Was Not A Rebel / Fresh Young Overlook Comrade Hat – Old Gods, Vol. II Old Gods, Vol. 2 by Comrade Hat Katie Geraldine O’Neill – Vacuum Ailbhe Reddy – Shitshow Tr One – Never Be As Much Fun Never Be As Much Fun by Tr One ZOID & Inni K – Strong Strong (feat. Inni-K) by ZOiD Amy Montgomery – Meet You In…

  • Monday Mixtape: Beauty Pageant

    November 7, 2022 - By 

    Dublin indie-rock sextet Beauty Pageant delve deep into some of their all-time favourite songs, by Cocteau Twins, Osees, Slowdive and more Ash – Angel Interceptor Several members of the band have been Ash fans for a long time. I’ve always loved their blend of chunky fuzzy layered guitars with Tim wheelers naive-romantic lyrics and power pop melodies. Angel Inteceptor I think has always been my favourite. Cariño – Si Quieres I stumbled upon this Spanish indie-pop band last summer while looking through the small-print names on the twice postponed Primavera Barcelona line-up. I find the mix of analogue drum machine…