• My Bloody Valentine Announce Long-Awaited Irish Return

    November 25, 2024 - By 

    It’s finally happening. My Bloody Valentine have announced their long-awaited return on home soil. Apart from a couple of sets at Electric Picnic in 2013 and 2008, the shoegaze legends last headlined Ireland 32 years ago – one year after the release of their seminal second studio album Loveless. Now, after endless rumours and speculation in the intervening years, the Kevin Shields-fronted quartet will play 3Arena in Dublin on 22nd November 2025, thanks to Foggy Notions. Tickets go on sale next Friday, 29th November at 10am. Sign up via mbv and Foggy Notions for presale access.

  • Raving Through the Rural Core: An Interview With Post Punk Podge

    November 21, 2024 - By 

    Post Punk Podge and the Technohippies have had another righteous year, and it’s all set to culminate in an unmissable performance at DeBarra’s in Clonakilty on 30th November. With their genre-flipping sound and raw, soul-sorting energy at its peak, the Limerick collective bring their latest album, Keep On Raving In The First World, to the island’s most iconic venue. With a singular knack for turning introspection into searing anthems, this show is sure to be as transformative as it is celebratory – a perfect way to cap off a monumental chapter for the band. Go here to buy tickets to…

  • Mogwai Set For Irish Shows

    November 19, 2024 - By 

    Mogwai are coming back to Ireland. A few months on from their main stage performance at the inaugural In The Meadows, the Scottish post-rock heroes have announced that they’ll play three dates across the island next summer. Set to come after the release of their new album, The Bad Fire, on 24th January, the Stuart Braithwaite-fronted band will play the following shows: Thursday, July 24th 2025 Heineken Big Top in Galway Galway International Arts Festival) Friday 25th July 2025 The Big Top, Limerick Saturday July 27th 2025 Vicar Street, Dublin Tickets go on sale at 10am on 22nd November –…

  • Premiere: Ciaran Lavery – “Light” Entertainment

    November 14, 2024 - By 

    Last week, we thoroughly enjoyed catching up with Ciaran Lavery, digging into one of the lauded NI artist’s most ambitious projects to date: “Light” Entertainment. Not only doubling up as his fifth studio album—which drops tomorrow—and a live spectacle set to take over the Lyric Theatre tonight—last remaining tickets are here—it’s also the title of a brand new short film. Directed by Shaun Doogan and Ciarán McCann, it represents, in a masterfully surreal, visually stunning fashion, what Lavery encapsulates on “Light” Entertainment the album: essentially how a constant stream of information (and misinformation), news, social media, images, video and entertainment leave…

  • Problem Patterns, Jordan Adetunji and More Win at NI Music Prize

    November 14, 2024 - By 

    Problem Patterns and Jordan Adetunji were among the names to win big at the twelfth edition of the Northern Ireland Music Prize in Belfast last night. Rounding off this year’s Sound of Belfast programme, the annual awards ceremony – which launched back in 2013 to celebrate NI music across several awards – took over the Ulster Hall for one of its strongest outings to date. As well as live performances by the likes of Tramp, Dana Masters and Oh Yeah Legend award recipient, Eric Bell, the night saw queer punks Problem Patterns walk away with the big one – Best…

  • Jordan Adetunji Nominated for Grammy Award

    November 11, 2024 - By 

    Five years ago, we tipped Jordan Adetunji as one of our 19 for ’19 acts “destined for the bright lights,” and he’s more than lived up to that promise. Now, with his Grammy nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance, the Belfast trailblazer’s career has reached new heights, putting him in the ranks of Beyoncé and The Weeknd. His single ‘Kehlani’ has racked up over 300 million streams, showcasing a sound that blends his trap-influenced beginnings with influences from neo-soul, afrobeat, and rock, as we noted back in 2019: “a hook-laden, ambitious vision whose grasp matches its reach.” From the moment…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 8th November

    November 8, 2024 - By 

    We’ll level with you: it’s not been a mad busy week for new Irish music but here’s the best of it, featuring Skinner, Susie Blue, Hazey Haze x 40 Hurtz, Tadhg Williams and more Skinner – Calling in Sick EP Susie Blue – Venite Ad Me Hazey Haze x 40 Hurtz – HARDSHIT Tadhg Williams – Faith of Old Tayne – Fear (feat. Rolo Tomassi) Revolution Above Disorder – The Flowers of Destruction

  • 10 Acts to Catch at Output Belfast

    November 5, 2024 - By 

    Over the past few years, we’ve been right in the thick of Output Belfast, Ireland’s largest one-day music conference and showcase. Hosting and featuring on various panels has been fun – and often revelatory – but it’s felt especially meaningful to co-host some truly memorable evening showcases since 2015. Zig-zagging across the Cathedral Quarter, hyper-caffeinated from the afternoon conference scramble, to catch some of the island’s very best acts in rooms where you can be sure sounders abound? Year in, year out, that’s what it’s all about. But being able to host some of our favourite artists as part of…