Girl Band are set to bid farewell to the shitshow that is 2021 with a return to Limerick. Off the back of a string of English festival shows, the Dara Kiely-fronted Dublin quartet have announced that they will play Dolans Warehouse on New Year’s Eve. Tickets for the gig, which is presented by the ever-reliable Seoda Shows, go on sale this Friday, 6th October at 9am priced€28. Can’t wait? Pre-sale is currently available via the band’s mailing list.
The programme for this year’s Sound of Belfast has been announced. Returning both live and online for 14 days across 4-18th November, this year’s outing will see 50 events take over 11 venues across the city. Organised by the Oh Yeah Music Centre as a means to turn up the spotlight on the city’s world-class talent, highlights from this year’s programme include Bicep at the Telegraph Building, new night No Photos featuring Marion Hawkes and more, Kneecap, Bangers N’ Mashups live with Mob Wife, F.R.U.I.T.Y., Sasha Samara and more. Go here to check out the full programme and to buy…
Silverbacks have announced details of their forthcoming second studio album. At noon today, the Dublin five-piece revealed that they will release Archive Material via Full Time Hobby on January 21st, 2022. The follow-up to last year’s acclaimed – not to mention Choice Prize-nominated – Fad, it was recorded at Dublin’s Sonic Studios with Girl Band’s Daniel Fox on production duties once again. Thematically, the pandemic is said to function as a prism through which frontman Daniel O’Kelly examines ideas of community. He said: “I can’t remember who it was, but I saw a musician who said that they’d be keeping away from writing…
The Best Album and Best Single shortlists for this year’s Northern Ireland Music Prize have been revealed. Supported by PPL, the Best Album shortlist includes the likes of This Ship Argo’s Always The Bees: Never The Honey, Fir Wave by Hannah Peel (pictured), Arvo Party’s Inheritiance, Isles by Bicep and Into The Depths of Hell by Joshua Burnside. See the full list below. Andrew McGibbon – Northern Gothic Arvo Party – Inheritance Bicep – Isles CATALAN! – Veritas Dani Larkin – Notes for a Maiden Warrior Hannah Peel – Fir Wave Jealous of the Birds – Peninsula Joshua Burnside –…
Off the back of her new single ‘Temporary State’ Irish indie-folk artist Jackie Beverly takes us on a tour of some of her all-time favourite songs, featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Laura Marling, MUNA and more. Muna ft Phoebe Bridgers – Silk Chiffon How could I not have this as the first track for this mixtape? I adore MUNA and I would definitely say that Saves The World had a major influence in my earlier releases. The fact that Phoebe Bridgers features on this though is just perfect. It’s a great song to start your day with. Laura Marling – Held Down I…
On what is surely the best Bandcamp Friday yet, dig into very best new Irish releases, featuring NIMF, Group Zero, Jane Deasy, Loah, Willie Stewart, Tebi Rex, Fears, Cherym, Jackie Beverly, FRMR, Panik Attaks, Cat and more. Group Zero – Memorial Hall Everyone’s Already Come Apart by Group Zero Jane Deasy – Thawing EP Thawing ~ EP by Jane Deasy NIMF – The Faery Sea The Faery Sea by nimf Various Artists – In The Echo: Field Recordings From Earlsfort Terrace In The Echo: Field Recordings From Earlsfort Terrace by Various Artists Tebi Rex – Deadman Cherym – Hey Tori…
Earlier this month, Kilrea-raised, Belfast-based doom folk master Robyn G Shiels made his return to the stage with a show alongside Hatchet Field and An Auld Lad at the Sunflower. Taking place as part of this year’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, it delivered exactly what we have come to expect from a RG show: carefully-crafted and perfectly understated tales of darkness and deliverance. With a head full of steam, Shiels has been quietly pushing forward into some new territory. Taking place at Flax Art Studios – located in the former UTV studios building in Belfast, Havelock House – he will play a…
Spilt Milk makes its return to Sligo for its third edition from 18th – 21st November, 2021. Coming a year on from its online event Transmission last November, organisers are delighted to announce the festival will return as an in-person series of live shows, installations, film screenings and workshops across four days and nights. As with previous installments, Spilt Milk have once again delivered an eclectic, carefully-curated bill that reflects the scope of forward-pushing music and art in Ireland today. On Thursday, 18th November, the festival launches with a zine workshop and an audio-visual trail. On Friday 19th November the…
Best known as the primary guitarist with SWANS, Norman Westberg is nothing short of a titan of heavy avant-rock. More generally, the Detroit-born musician’s output has traversed a remarkable amount of territory, most recently in solo LPs including the sublime ambience of Bedroom Off, After Vacation, and First Man In The Moon, his collaborative LP with Jacek Mazurkiewicz. As Lawrence English once put it: “What Norman has created with his solo works is an echoing universe of deep texture and harmonic intensity. His solo compositions generate an affecting quality that drives the listener towards reductive transcendence.” Next month, Westberg stops off in Ireland for a…
Tool have announced their long-awaited return to Ireland. The acclaimed, Maynard James Keenan-fronted quartet will play Dublin’s 3Arena on May 6, 2022. Tickets go on sale this Friday (October 1) at 10am. The show – which takes place as part of a forthcoming UK and European arena tour – marks the band’s first show in Ireland since 2006. Revisit a stone-cold Tool classic below.