• Brian Wilson Set For Dublin Return

    April 19, 2018 - By 

    The legendary Brian Wilson will return to Dublin to play his and the Beach Boys’ Greatest Hits live later this year. Performing alongside Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin and his band, Wilson will plays tracks spanning his 54-year career at Vicar Street on August 21 and 22. Wilson last played the city last year at Bord Gais Energy Theatre as part of the Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour. Tickets for the show are €92.50 (Steep, for sure, but come on… Brian Wilson) and go on sale on Thursday, April 26 at 10am.

  • Another Love Story Announce First Acts

    April 19, 2018 - By 

    Hands down our favourite small Irish summer music festival, Another Love Story have announced the first acts set to play this year’s outing. Returning to Killyon Manor, Co. Meath across August 17-19, the festival – which is co-presented by Homebeat and Happenings – the following acts make up the first announcement: Mammal Hands, Cloud Castle Lake, The Lost Brothers, Ships, O Emperor, Mount Alaska, Somadrone, Davy Kehoe, R Kitt, Pillow Queens, Solkatt, Dowry, Joshua Burnside, Anna Mieke, Sorcha Ricahrdson, Deaf Joe, Robert John Ardiff, Nava, Roe, Inni K, The Silken Same, Sun Collective, Attention Bébé, Interskalatic, Graham Mc Sweeny, Simon O Reilly,…

  • Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert Announce Grand Social Show

    April 18, 2018 - By 

    On May 11, Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat and fellow Scot, singer and guitarist RM Hubbert will release a collaborative album, Here Lies The Boy, via Rock Action. The release will precede live dates from the pair, who have announced a date at Dublin’s Grand Social on July 24. Special guest on the night is Glasgow singer-songwriter Siobhan Wilson. Tickets cost €18.50 and go on sale on Friday at 10am.

  • Bringing It All Back Home: An Interview with Our Back Yard Festival

    April 18, 2018 - By 

    This time last year, we spoke to organisers of Our Back Yard, one of the country’s most inspired small, homegrown festivals. Ahead of returning to Gilford on June 30 with acts including Hunkpapa, Petty Youth and Beauty Sleep, we catch up with organisers to discuss the past, present and bright future of the festival. Hi guys. Featuring the likes of Bonnevilles and Emerald Armada, reports from last year’s Our Back Yard were very positive. How was it compared to previous years? Our Back Yard 2017 was a watershed event for us. Whereas previous years had a distinctly lo-fi, amateurish vibe,…

  • Screaming Females Set For Dublin Show

    April 18, 2018 - By 

    It’s been announced that New Jersey DIY punk trio Screaming Females will play Dublin’s Grand Social on September 6. The Maria Patternoster-fronted band announced their seventh studio album, All At Once, earlier this year. Set for release via Don Giovanni records, it will be follow-up to 2015’s Rose Mountain. Tickets for the Dublin show are priced €15 and go on sale on Friday at 10am.

  • Other Voices at ANAM @ The Helix, Dublin

    April 13, 2018 - By 

    North Dublin gets a lot of bad press. We hear so many tales of ludicrous individuals and gangs that it’s easy to make the assumption that the North of the city is a place lacking in substance. Presented by DCU and Other Voices, ANAM is the start of an annual showcase of what culture lies bubbling beneath the surface of the city, but its importance is felt most by the local residents of the North side. Starting off the night are Discovery Gospel Choir (below), a harmonically powerful, multi-cultural group that shake off the traditional Irish awkwardness by asking everyone…

  • Premiere: The Mad Dalton – Seafaring Man

    April 13, 2018 - By 

    Officially launched at Belfast’s Love & Death last night, ‘Seafaring Man’ is the new single by Belfast-based Scots-Canadian singer-songwriter Peter Sumadh AKA The Mad Dalton. Taken from his forthcoming debut album, Open Season – which will be released in June following a successful pledge campaign – it’s another full-bodied slice of wistful Americana that, rather than getting ensnared in the images and memories of the past, aims two eyes firmly on the horizon. Open Season is launched at Belfast’s Black Box on June 14. Have a first listen (and look at Chris Molloy’s video) below.

  • Stream: Arvo Party – Liberté

    April 12, 2018 - By 

    It came as no surprise to us when we discovered that Herb Magee aka Arvo Party was nominated for last year’s Northern Ireland Music Prize. In his review of the Belfast-based producer and musician’s self-titled debut album, Cathal McBride said, “With great Irish electronic acts like Solar Bears and Adultrock having called it a day within the last year, Magee sounds more than ready to take up the mantle they’ve left behind.” Seven months on, Magee continues to uphold this promise in style. A masterfully propulsive six minutes of electronica blurring sonic lines via late 1990s trance worships, simmering ambience surges,…

  • Iron & Wine, WhoMadeWho, Mano Le Tough and More Set for Body & Soul

    April 12, 2018 - By 

    With the likes of Fever Ray, Chronixx and Jon Hopkins making up the first announcement, Iron & Wine, WhoMadeWho and Mano Le Tough are amongst the latest acts announced for this year’s Body & Soul festival. Set to return to Ballinlough Castle in Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath across the Summer Solstice weekend of June 22-24, the festival will also welcome the following new additions – including many Irish acts: Pantha Du Prince, AV AV AV, Tshegue, Riley Pierce, Soulé, Lilla Vargen, Bitch Falcon, Pillow Queens, Barq, O Emperor, R.S.A.G., Bon Voyage, Hvmmingbyrd, Sing Along Social, Reckless in Love, Mano Le Tough with The…