• Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul Set For Dublin Show

    January 28, 2019 - By 

    Dublin’s 3Arena will play hosted to one one of the strongest bills of the year in May. The sole Irish installment of the Gods of Rap 2019 tour, hip-hop giants Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul will play the venue on May 14th. The show will be hosted and presented by DJ Premier. The tour will mark the anniversary of three iconic records: Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) turns 25, Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back turns 30, and De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising turns 30. Tickets are…

  • 19 for ’19: Carlton Doom

    January 24, 2019 - By 

    We continue 19 for ‘19 – our feature looking at nineteen Irish acts that we’re convinced are going places in 2019 – with fast-rising Belfast producer Chris Hanna AKA Carlton Doom. Photo by Leah Carroll Though the moniker Carlton Doom might currently be unfamiliar to some, the name Chris Hanna has long been one synonymous with the forward-pushing, world-beating electronic community in Belfast city. An elemental, much-admired presence in the city, he has released a string of releases under different guises in the past. Running parallel with borderline legendary sets at showcases including AVA Festival and homegrown club institutions such as Twitch,…

  • Full Daytime Schedule Announced for Output 2019

    January 22, 2019 - By 

    The full daytime schedule for Output Belfast 2019 has been announced. Returning for its fifth outing on February 21, the conference will featuring various panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networking events at Metropolitan Arts Centre and Oh Yeah Centre from over 75 artists, managers and industry figures. The conference will close with a Q+A entitled ‘The boat that rocked – Public Service Broadcasting and the White Star Liner EP’. First performed as a part of BBC 6Music’s Titanic slipway concert, it will “unpack the full story of Public Service Broadcasting’s extraordinary suite of music on The Titanic – the White Star Liner…

  • Foals Set For Summer Series at Trinity College

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    Foals have been announced to play the Summer Series at Trinity College this Summer. The returning quartet – who will launch Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 on March 8th – will play the show on July 2nd. Tickets are priced at €52 and go on sale on Friday, February 1 at 9am. “Lyrically, there are resonances with what’s going on in the world at the moment,” Yannis Philippakis said of the forthcoming two-part abum. “I just feel like, what’s the utility of being a musician these days, if you can’t engage with at least some of this…

  • Drake to Play Three Dates in 3Arena

    January 22, 2019 - By 

    Drake will play three dates in Dublin in March. Taking part of his Assassination Vacation European tour, the Canadian rapper will play 3Arena on March 19, 21 and 22. Support on all three nights comes from Tory Lanez. Tickets cost €76 and go on sale on Friday at 9am.

  • Ryan Adams For Olympia Theatre

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    No stranger to the city, it’s been announced that Ryan Adams will play Dublin in a couple of months. The U.S. singer-songwriter will return to play the Olympia Theatre on March 31. Adams – who will release three albums in 2019, including Big Colors on April 19 – has played the Dublin venue ten times in the past. Tickets for the show are priced from €49.54 and go on sale on Friday, January 25 at 9am.

  • BEAK> Set For Dublin Show

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    BEAK> will play Dublin in the Spring. Having stopped off in Belfast in 2018, the Bristol-based, Geoff Barrow-fronted trio – who released their stellar third album, >>>, back in September – will play Whelan’s in Dublin on May 18th. Tickets are on sale now priced €22.00. The band have also just released the video for new single ‘Brean Down’. Check it – and all forthcoming tour dates – below.

  • Stream: Arvo Party – ouroboros

    January 17, 2019 - By 

    Following a big 2018, a year that saw the Belfast-based producer and musicians release his second album, II, all while emerging as one of the country’s strongest electronic artists, Herb Magee AKA Arvo Party has returned with ‘ouroboros’. Across nine minutes, the track untangles as a masterfully propulsive effort, marrying ecstatic synth shapes, woozy ambience and drubbing rhythms. Better still – in a move that fully underscores the broad-minded spirit that’s setting Magee apart – there is, ladies and gentlemen, a sax solo. Delve in below. ouroboros by Arvo Party

  • Watch: JyellowL – True Colors

    January 17, 2019 - By 

    Ahead of what we expect to be a strong year for Word Up Collective, JyellowL has unveiled the video for new single, ‘True Colors’. Taken from his latest EP, Me n Me Too, slick production and breathless bars meld for one of the strongest efforts from the Dublin-based rapper, aka Jean-Luc Uddoh, to date. We’re told, “The song is about becoming aware of the shadiness in the world and calling it as is but also exposing yourself for masking moments of vulnerability with exuberant confidence, hiding your true self behind the bravado.” Check out the video – and upcoming JyellowL tour…