• Stream: exmagician – Kiss That Wealth Goodbye

    November 2, 2015 - By 

    Set to make their debut appearance at Lavery’s, Belfast on Friday, November 13, exmagician is Danny Todd and James Smith of Cashier No.9. Despite the name change, their brand new debut single, ‘Kiss The Wealth Goodbye’, is familiar yet suitably triumphant territory that retains their symphonic psych-pop spell of yore. Dig a little deeper and the burning urgency that drives the track (and their forthcoming self-titled EP) forth reveals an outfit in no mood to relive past glories. Go here for the Lavery’s show Facebook event page and stream ‘Kiss That Wealth Goodbye’ below.

  • Watch: Alarmist – Petrichor

    November 2, 2015 - By 

    Dropping on the same day of the release of their hugely anticipated debut album Popular Demain (full review coming tomorrow) Dublin instrumental rock wizards Alarmist have unveiled the video for triumphant, kaleidoscopic lead single ‘Petrichor’. With the album now available via Small Pond Recordings on 12″ vinyl, CD and digital download, the opening is comprised of studio footage shot and edited by Afghaniscan AKA Robert Scanlon, who along with Rian Trench of Solar Bears was one of the engineers on the album. Alarmist will launch Popular Demain in association with Ensemble Music this Friday (November 6) at Dublin’s Sugar Club,…

  • EP Stream: O Emperor – Lizard

    November 2, 2015 - By 

    Set for vinyl release via Trout Records on November 6, Lizard feels like a real arrival for Waterford quintet O Emperor . A four-track EP of harmony-driven psych-pop conjuring the likes of Gruff Rhys, Ariel Pink and Tame Impala’s more restrained efforts, it’s a suitably kaleidoscopic masterstroke revealing a band on the cusp of potentially extraordinary things. O Emperor play the following dates in November and December: November 15: Theatre Royal, Waterford November 26: Sugar Club, Dublin November 28: Roisin Dubh, Galway November 30: Shacklewell Arms, London December 3: The Pavilion, Ireland

  • Watch: Morning Veils – Lady In Red

    October 30, 2015 - By 

    Lending itself very nicely to their furtive and chimeric craft, Cork outfit Morning Veils keep a pretty low-key presence online. Comprised of members including Elaine Howley of The Altered Hours and Roslyn Steer, the band’s tagline on Twitter is “forgotten folk and other stories”, a little offering of insight that firmly nods in the direction of the band’s yearning new song ‘Lady In Red’. Conjuring the likes of early Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Pod-era Breeders and the more ruminating tracks on Queens of the Stone Age’s self-titled debut, the single – recorded by Dan Walsh – will feature on the band’s forthcoming debut album, Her Kind, which be…

  • Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2015

    October 29, 2015 - By 

    Set to be another ten day celebration of LGBT creative culture, the equal parts bold and brilliant  Outburst Queer Arts Festival will return to Belfast from November 12 to 21. Spanning film screenings, theatre performance, visual art and various special events, the festival this year’s outing features everything from a LGBTQ pop-up book club with Patrick Gale, Genderama – a creative project about gender – OUTBURST: OUTLOUD and HOUSE at the Mac, an unmissable night celebration the New York House Ballroom Community. We’ll be previewing our “must-see” events soon. In the meantime go right here to check out the full listings and check out the…

  • TEMPERED Contemporary Music Weekend

    October 29, 2015 - By 

    Hosted by the indomitable, ridiculously informed Moving On Music, TEMPERED is a celebration of homegrown contemporary music talent that will take place in three Belfast venues – Black Box, St. George’s Church and Crescent Arts Centre – from November 5-8. All very reasonably priced shows, The ‘JamJar’ finale, Ian Wilson’s The Last Siren, Ed Bennett’s Decible Ensemble, Crash Ensemble’s Born In the 80s and Chamber Choir Ireland’s Arvo Pärt at 80 make up the weekender’s superb five-show programme. Go here to pre-book tickets now.

  • Watch: All Tvvins – Darkest Ocean

    October 23, 2015 - By 

    Set to feature as one of the tracks on FIFA ’16 – a huge coup by anyone’s standards – ‘Darkest Ocean’ by Dublin duo All Tvvins is arguably their strongest single effort to date. Urgent and hooky in all the right places, the track’s release has been rounded off in style with yet another exquisite video courtesy of Feel Good Lost’s Brendan Canty & co. Speaking to us about the video, Canty said, “It’s was such a privilege to make a music video to one of my favourite songs of the year. ‘Darkest Ocean’ is one of the best indie songs I’ve heard in…

  • Stream: Joseph Panama – Saturn Howl

    October 23, 2015 - By 

    Channelling the more masterfully protracted – and occasionally quite dark – ambient drone expanses of the likes of vanguards Harold Budd, Tim Hecker, Stars of the Lid and William Basinski, Saturn Howl by Overhead the Albatross bassist Joseph Panama comprises two varyingly enveloping, twenty-two minute soundscapes that induce several shades of cosmic levity, cavernous glory and barren madness. Stream or download it via Bandcamp below. Saturn Howl by Joseph Panama

  • Cork Film Festival 2015

    October 29, 2015 - By 

    Bursting with genre-spanning documentaries, features, short film and special events, Cork Film Festival will transform Cork Opera House, Gate Cinema, Triskel Christchurch and Farmgate Cafe into a bustling, heady cinematic fête from November 6 to November 15. Officially Ireland’s oldest film festival and Cork’s flagship cultural happening, the festival will celebrate its grand 60th outing by playing hosting to a wonderfully rich and diverse selection of documentaries, contemporary world cinema, animated films, a talent development campus and categories focusing on music, mental health and food. Check out the official Cork Film Festival 2015 trailer and brochure below.  

  • Watch: Therapy? – Deathstimate

    October 22, 2015 - By 

    From the halcyon days of ‘Perversonality’, ‘Screamager’, ‘Femtex’ and ‘Brainsaw’, Therapy? have always been good for a lurid titular portmanteau. The latest in that hallowed tradition is their new single, ‘Deathstimate’, which serves as a triumphant, seven-minute closer to their fourteenth studio album, Disquiet. Set for official release on October 30, an abridged version of the single has been released with a suitably heavy video by Sitcom Soldiers. Therapy? play Infernal Love anniversary shows at Dublin’s The Button Factory on December 10/11 and Belfast’s Limelight on December 12. Watch the video for the ‘Deathstimate’ below (and go here to stream the full, seven-minute, Sabbath…