• RHA’s Hennessy Lost Friday

    July 4, 2017 - By 

    Uniting some of the country’s finest acts for a special summer night of colour, creativity and cocktails, RHA’s Hennessy Lost Friday will return to RHA Gallery on Friday, July 7. As well as sets from two of our favourite Irish acts at the minute, Dublin electro-pop dup Ships (whose debut album we premiered back in April) and Diolmhain Ingram Roche AKA experimental electronic artist Wastefellow (pictured below), the event will also feature beats from DJ Hula Hoop throughout the night. Sealing the deal, those down early on the night will be given a walking tour of this summer’s RHA Annual…

  • Liam Gallagher to Headline Samhain Festival

    July 3, 2017 - By 

    Currently experiencing a revival via his debut solo album and last week’s set at Glastonbury, it’s been announced that Liam Gallagher will headline the Sunday night of this year’s Samhain Festival at Weston Airport in Dublin on October 29. With Annie Mac headlining the Saturday night, Gallagher will be supported by The Strypes and Touts. Tickets are priced €59.50 and go on sale this Friday at 9am.

  • TTA’s Irish Releases of 2017 So Far

    July 4, 2017 - By 

    As we move into the second half of 2017, it’s safe to say we’ve been treated to some stellar releases from Irish artists since January. Compiled and written by a selection of our writers – Stevie Lennox, Kelly Doherty, Mitchell Goudie, Cathal McBride, Eoin Murray, Aaron Drain and Caolan Coleman – here’s the albums and EPs that have stood out most. Percolator – Sestra Hypnotic, motorik, at times myoclonic, Sestra is the debut record we both hoped and expected from the seasoned pros. Like their clear influence of Stereolab, Percolator occupy the spaces between subgenres, from dream-pop & shoegaze to…

  • TLC, Leftfield and More For Metropolis

    June 28, 2017 - By 

    Metropolis have announced their first wave of acts for the returning festival on October 28th and 29th of this year. The line up so far includes TLC, Leftfield, Death in Vegas, Mount Kimbie and many more to be announced. Weekend Tickets go on sale this Friday 30th June at 9am via Ticketmaster.ie & Usual Outlets. www.metropolisfestival.ie

  • Disillusionment and Self-Discovery with Shookrah

    June 28, 2017 - By 

    Having featured in the sixth issue of our magazine back in early 2015, Cork RnB maestros Shookrah have evolved into something quite special over the last couple of years. Following a memorable set at Body&Soul at the weekend, Senita Appiakorang and Emmet O’Riabhaigh open up about process, metamorphosis, new material & their peers. Hi guys. First thing’s first: for those not in the know, how did you Shookrah first come about? When and where were the seeds sown? Senita: We all loosely knew one another from college and mutual friends. There was a glory period we called “the holy trinity”…

  • Red Bull Music Academy 2018 x Bodytonic Dublin Launch

    June 28, 2017 - By 

    On Saturday, July 1, Red Bull Music Academy and Dublin’s Bodytonic will team up to present a day-long event at the Bernard Shadw brimming with guest lectures and a Q+A RBMA alumnus and Belfast DJ Timmy Stewart. Later in the evening, Timmy, French electro-funk wizard Gary Gritness, Fort Romeau and the Bodytonic DJs will keep the party going until late. Want in? Entry is via RSSP on the Bodytonic website right here. Revisit T-Bone’s Boiler Room set from 2015’s AVA Festival below.

  • The Horrors Announce New Album, Irish Dates

    June 28, 2017 - By 

    Three years on from the release of the exquisite Luminous, Essex’s finest indie/gaze post-punk revivalists The Horrors have announced its follow-up, V. Produced by Paul Epworth, the album will be released in September and followed by a string of UK and Irish dates, including Belfast’s Mandela Hall on October 16 and Dublin’s Tivoli on October 17. With the band exploring new sonic territory on the release, keyboardist Tom Cowan said, Tom Cowan continues: “It’s natural, if you do see yourself as an artist, to progress and not play it safe. Bowie pre-empted the modern condition of not being able to…

  • Mark Lanegan Set For Irish Dates

    June 28, 2017 - By 

    Having recently released his stellar tenth solo album, Gargoyle, it’s been announced that Mark Lanegan will return to Ireland for dates in December. The Seattle alternative rock legend and former Screaming Trees frontman will play Belfast’s Mandela Hall on December 5 and Dublin’s Academy on December 6 respectively. Support on both nights come from The Icarus Line’s Joe Cardamone. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, priced £22.50 and €28.00. Definitely worth hitting up if you gave Slane a miss.

  • Twin Freaks Festival

    June 28, 2017 - By 

    Unless you’ve been living under a considerably large rock recently, you will know that Twin Peaks has returned and has comfortably re-asserted itself as quintessential (and brilliantly batshit) water-cooler conversation TV. With the North having its own celebration via last month’s Belfast Twin Peaks Fest, the stunning Ballyhook Hill in Grangecon, Co. Wicklow will play host to Twin Freaks Festival on August 12. The one-day Lynchian inspired event will be a celebration of music, art, film and performance, and will feature contributions from Katie Kim, Paddy Kelleher, Cobra Truth, Brian Conniffee and more. Fancy dress encouraged and rewarded. Limited earlybird tickets are priced…

  • Premiere: Mosmo Strange – L’etrange

    June 25, 2017 - By 

    Having ascended to the higher (and notably more well-attended) ranks of the live scene in the North over the last couple of years, Belfast quartet Mosmo Strange are a band that have always been as much indivisible with the low-end as they are lo-fidelity. A particularly spartan and stripped-back case in point can be found on the band’s new single ‘L’etrange’ – the lead track from their forthcoming Strangetapes release – is an untreated blast of strutting, desert-inflected rock featuring saxophone from Peter Howard of Derry’s Scenery. Have a first listen to the single right below.