• Stream: Naoise Roo – Crying (Roy Orbison Cover – A Cappella)

    March 9, 2017 - By 

    Sometimes, stripping songs back to their pure, elemental basis reveals something uniquely special. A point in case can be found with Dublin chanteuse par excellence Naoise Roo’s a cappella cover of Roy Orbison’s timeless ‘Crying’. Recorded at a #strikeforrepeal fundraiser last weekend, the rendition – which sees Roo’s exquisite vocal poise command gleam into sharp focus under three minutes – is simultaneously stoic and strong; meditative and utterly defiant. Released yesterday as part of yesterday’s Strike For Repeal takeover, stream the track – recorded by Gav Hennessy -below.

  • Watch: Eoin Dolan – One Girl

    March 7, 2017 - By 

    Taken from his forthcoming second album Ubique, ‘One Girl’ by Galway songsmith Eoin Dolan is a breezy slice of surf-pop which – in his own, likely totally spot-on words – will set the tone for the album’s spacey, ethereal and adventurous new world vision. The track features Dolan, as well as James Casserly on drums, Adam Sheeran on bass and Conor Deasy of Tomorrows and Biggles Flys Again on lead guitar. Recorded and produced by Dolan, and mastered by Fergal Davis, Philip K Dick, sixtie/seventies sci-fi, Brave New World and French classic-pop have coalesced to inform the poise and direction of…

  • Stream: Robyn G Shiels – If I Were Thy Demon (Documenta Remix)

    March 6, 2017 - By 

    Currently on tour in Germany with Dave Hause, Kilrea doom-folk master Robyn G Shiels released arguably his strongest single to date, ‘If I Were Thy Demon’, back in November last year. Four months on, the track has been totally – and rather brilliantly – reworked by Belfast drone-pop band Documenta. Alternatively titled ‘DocuDemonta’, the remix – which is released as an exclusive pre-order of upcoming Robyn G Shiels EP, I Have Loved The Stars Too Fondly To Be Fearful Of The Night – makes for a blistering four and a half minutes. …Fearful Of The Night by Robyn G Shiels

  • Eddie Vedder Set For 3Arena Show

    March 6, 2017 - By 

    As part of a forthcoming European tour, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has announced that he will play Dublin in June. With support from Glen Hansard, Vedder will stop off at Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday, June 9. Tickets – which go on sale this Friday from 9am – are priced at €61.45 additional.  

  • AVA Announce Boiler Room Stage Line-Up

    March 2, 2017 - By 

    Set to return to Belfast’s T13 for its third incarnation across June 2-3, the line-up for the Boiler Room stage of this year’s AVA Festival has been revealed. As well as Belfast mainstay Ejeca, Denis Sulta, Jordan, OR:LA, Saoirse, DJ Deeje, JC Williams and Twitch DJs will all feature. Tickets for AVA 2017 are priced at £60 and are available to buy here. Go here for news of this year’s full line-up.

  • MINE Anthology Launch

    March 2, 2017 - By 

    On the eve of International Women’s Day 2017 this Tuesday, March 7, MINE – a unique anthology of art, comics and illustrations in support of the Abortion Rights Campaign – will launch at Dublin’s Workman’s Club. With over 30 contributors, the stories and art within the pages of the publication represent creative responses to the struggle for repealing the eighth amendment in Ireland from a wide range of perspectives, both female and male. As well as performances from Æ MAK and Mongoose on the night, the launch will feature speeches and performances from aactor and writer, Tara Flynn, who contributed…

  • First Acts Announced for Longitude 2017

    March 1, 2017 - By 

    Having recently scooped the ‘Best Medium Festival’ award at the Irish festival awards, the first acts confirmed to play this year’s Longitude Festival in Dublin from July 14-16 has just been revealed. With more to be announced for the annual Marlay Park festival in the coming months, The Weeknd will headline the Saturday and Mumford & Sons will top the bill on the Sunday. Elsewhere, Skepta, Picture This, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Jack Garratt, Kaytranada, Glass Animals, Mac Miller, Kaleo, Wiley, Dua Lipa, Milky Chance, Tom Misch, Loyle Carner, Lucy Rose, The Very Best, Jorja Smith, Her, Raye and Rexe Orange County…

  • A Musical Celebration of Stevie Martin

    March 1, 2017 - By 

    On Saturday, March 4, Derry’s Nerve Centre will host a Musical Celebration of sadly-missed singer-songwriter Stevie Martin AKA Rainy Boy Sleep. With all profits in aid of Pieta House, And So I Watch You From Afar, Making Monsters, The Wood Burning Savages, John Deery & The Heads, Furlo, Waldorf & Cannon, Rosborough, Susie-Blue, Shoot The Messenger, August and Allie Bradley will all perform in honour of the late Northern Irish artist, who passed in August last year. Tickets for the show are £12 and can be bought here. Doors at 7pm. Photo for the Thin Air by Joe Laverty

  • Premiere: Field Trip – Evening’s Over

    March 1, 2017 - By 

    The title track from their forthcoming, Eoin Dolan-recorded EP of the same time, ‘Evening’s Over’ is a wonderfully restrained slice of jangle-pop from Galway’s Field Trip. All but lullabyesque in its sleepy lo-fi tone and pace, Sean Walsh from the band said, “The song reflects on the scenario of a night of drinking. You’re on the couch, it’s 5am and getting bright, the birds are singing, you’re comrades are passed out around you and now you get the chance to gather your thoughts and reflect on the evening. The song is sort of sigh of relief that the night is…

  • Dr Crippen’s Waiting Room 2017

    March 1, 2017 - By 

    Hands down the most happening annual psychedelic event on this small green island, Dr. Crippen’s Waiting Room will return to Belfast’s Voodoo on March 10 and March 11 with a first-rate cosmically-inclined bill. As well as live sets from Blumehaus and Schreinein, a host of DJs from across Europe will congregate and serve up the very best psych sounds for over two nights. Go here for the show’s Facebook event page.