Set to return to Dun Laoghaire Harbour in Dublin on August 5 and 6, the first acts set to play this year’s The Beatyard have been announced. With many more acts, happenings and details set to be announced over the coming while, Bananarama, Candi Staton and Horse Meat Disco are the first artists revealed to play. Also confirmed is the Eatyard (see what they did there?), which will feature 100+ stalls and vendors. You can pick up 2 for 1 tickets right now for just €45 right here.
Back in October, we premiered ‘The Claddagh’, a highlight from Galway musician David Boland AKA New Pope’s brand new album, LOVE. Having said “via wonderfully wearied reflections and crushing guitar shapes, Boland sieves gold from the quite literal stoney shore in subtle, masterfully soul-lifting fashion” our verdict of the single could also double up as a summation of LOVE as a whole. Recorded at College Road in Galway, the seven tracks that comprise the release – featuring Colm Bohan, Stephen Connolly, G Tobin and Mosey Byrne here and there – coalesce to re-affirm, once again, that Boland is not merely one of…
Having premiered its title track and lead single via The Thin Air in May last year, Old Amsterdam is a forthcoming EP from Derry’s Neil Burns AKA Comrade Hat set for release on January 17. Previously a member of arguably the city’s finest offbeat pop-makers Strength, Burns has released the EP’s second single, ‘Go To Waste’. A wholehearted, deceptively layered slice of experimental pop that knowingly indulges an “adult contemporary” angle, the track puts living in the moment and cutting oneself some slack centre-stage. Old Amsterdam by Comrade Hat
Bolstered by a band of musicians including Chris McConaghy AKA Our Krypton Son, Gavin McCartney and Rion McCartney, Derry’s Adam Leonard AKA Invaderband first caught our attention back in March of 2015 with his single ‘The Implausible Man’. Now, almost two years on, Leonard has just unveiled his self-titled debut album, a record that – according to the main man – “covers a number of disparate bases: the invasion of Iraq, ectoplasm, alien attack and Alan Rickman, and that’s just for starters. Sonically it’s consistent though – a non-stop stream of dynamic post-punk, brushing Krautrock confetti from its shoulders…” With hints…
Following on from a very memorable festive feast for senses in the company of Andrew Weatherall back in December, David Holmes‘ God’s Waiting Room will return to Belfast’s Maple Leaf Club on Saturday, February 11 for Valentine’s Day special. Headed by Montréal artist, producer and “detached crooner deep within a dystopian discotheque” Bernardino Femminielli, the night will also feature a 4 hour DJ set from Holmes and DIE HEXEN live, as well as Jeff Doherty and Mark Gilliland in Room 2 and films/visuals courtesy of Stephen Hackett and Jason Deadman. Set to be compered by Joe Lindsay, the first 200 through the…
In the first installment of the show this year, we returned to Dublin Digital Radio last night for our weekly two-hour slot of experimental, cosmic and ambient sounds, Death Culture Blues. From Jack Rose to Windy & Carl, it was – as we might well be likely to say on several of these posts down the line – easily our favourite show thus far. Check out the full playlist and listen back via the DDR Mixcloud page below. 1. Jack Rose – Sun Dogs 2. The Makers – Don’t Challenge Me 3. Kariem Riggins – Bahia Dreamin 4. Temples –…
Taken from an upcoming live EP, Motion Picture Soundtrack, ‘Siren Song’ is the first of five videos being released by fast-rising Belfast singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Owen Denvir on each Friday in the month of January. Featuring a five-piece choir, this first cut from the EP – recorded by Mike Mormecha and filmed by Dog Kennel Productions at Queen’s University – puts Denvir’s vocals centre-stage, making for a masterfully meditative tale of pain, solace and redemption. Have a first look at the video below.
The electronic music-making moniker of LaFaro and GOONS bassist Herb Magee, Arvo Party first caught our attention back this time last year with debut EPs Beep and Tintinnabuli. With an album in the works, Magee resurfaced on Sunday with the aptly-titled 1/1/2017, a compilation EP of sorts featuring five tracks that wouldn’t seem remotely out of place on say, the soundtrack to Commando, Rocky IV, Kickboxer – and countless other classic 80s action movies besides. Conjuring the likes of Todd Terje, DROKK, John Carpenter, Dog Blood and Floating Points, Magee said of the EP on his Bandcamp page: “This EP is a collection of…
Released via Minneapolis-based imprint Always Human Tapes, Zizek At The Discotheque is a new, eight-track release by Kilkenny producer Peter Lawlor AKA REPLETE. Doubling up as his first ever physical release, the cassette – featuring some of his strongest material to date – is a compilation of sorts, bringing together older tracks with new material. Stream it below and pick yourself up a copy of the limited run release for next to nothing right here. Zizek At The Discotheque by Replete
“I tried to throw a plastic bottle at the singer of the Frames…” As first lines go, ‘Boring’ by Limerick five-piece windings captures one’s attention much like Falco of Future of The Left/Mclusky before taking “aim and firing at complacency, ennui and helplessness in the face of everyday adversity.” Accompanied by Philip Shanahan’s brand new live video compiled of footage shot during the record of the band’s fourth album, Be Honest and Fear Not, the single feels like musical target practice for what’s certain to be an interesting year. We premiered Be Honest and Fear Not back in September. Stream it and check…