• Seven Quarters Announce First Line-up of 2015

    January 12, 2015 - By 

    Having had a great first year in 2014, Dublin club Seven Quarters returns to Whelan’s, Dublin, for its fifth outing on February, 27 with Dublin instrumental quartet Alarmist (picturedd) and Neil O’Connor AKA Somadrone. Very much setting itself apart from other Irish club nights, Seven Quarters gives away two exclusive tracks on limited edition 7″  vinyl (hence the idea of the word “seven” referring to the vinyl – the “Quarters” part is based on the fact the club will happen four times a year. . Limited advance tickets are on sale now and the first 150 tickets come with a limited edition vinyl. Dig the poster for…

  • Premiere: Come On Live Long – Trough

    January 12, 2015 - By 

    Having spent the autumn and winter months carving out the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed debut, Everything Fall, Dublin five-piece Come On Live Long have returned with ‘Trough’, a four-minute spectral gem that hints at some extraordinary things in the making. Initially intended to be an ambient interlude on the album, the song began to grow organically as the band invited guest musicians and friends to lend their talents to the piece. Featuring Tadhg Byrne on violin, Matt Rafter on cello, Bill Blackmore on flugelhorn and trombone, and Michael Maguire on accordion, it combines a mini-orchestra of instrumentation, including a pedal organ…

  • 15 For ’15: Speed of Snakes

    January 9, 2015 - By 

    Set to feature in physical form in our forthcoming January magazine, we continue 15 for ’15, a feature looking at fifteen Irish acts we’re absolutely convinced are going places in 2015. Over the first two weeks of January, we’ll be previewing each of those acts, accompanied by words from our writers and an original photograph by our wonderful team of photographers. Next up: Dublin duo Speed of Snakes. Photo by Alessio Michelini. 2014 saw the end of a band called Adebisi Shank, but this year the vibrations of the two remaining hatchlings of the snakes whose trails are the cosmos will reverberate along your consciousness like never before.…

  • 15 For ’15: Axis Of

    January 7, 2015 - By 

    Set to feature in physical form in our forthcoming January magazine, we continue 15 for ’15, a feature looking at fifteen Irish acts we’re absolutely convinced are going places in 2015. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll going to be previewing each of those acts, accompanied by words from our writers and an original photograph by our wonderful team of photographers. Next up: Belfast-based three-piece Axis Of. Photo by Tom McGeehan. 2015 looks all set for take-off for the North Antrim act dubbed by Rocksound “the most exciting band to come out of Northern Ireland, possibly ever”. Axis Of launch into the New Year…

  • Watch: Women’s Christmas – Thumbs Up To The World

    January 6, 2015 - By 

    You know when you watch a new music video, only to immediately think, “This looked so much fun to make”? Well, Dublin indie rock band Women’s Christmas have just unveiled one of those videos for their single ‘Thumbs Up To The World’. Directed by DADDY and Charlie Doran, the video – fittingly shoddy, in the best possible sense – had us in absolute and utter stitches at the end. In fact, were going on the line here: if you’re not amused by dodgily-rendered floating band members – having the absolute craic in the process – then you are probably dead inside.…

  • EP Download: Winterlude – Four Songs

    January 6, 2015 - By 

    An unexpected start-of-year surprise, Belfast-based musician Neil Brogan has released Four Songs, a wonderfully stripped-back EP as Winterlude. Whilst certainly redolent of certain aspects of Sea Pinks – the Brogan-fronted trio who have have recently released the stellar Dreaming Tracks – the EP is underpinned with more touches of Americana, country and jangle-noir. Download the EP for free via Bandcamp below. Four Songs by Winterlude

  • The Thin Air Tuesday Throwdown @ Laverys, Belfast

    January 6, 2015 - By 

    A weekly night in the Back Bar of Laverys Belfast, The Thin Air Tuesday Throwdown will feature guest DJs, live performances and the very best in new and old indie rock, psych, electronica, noise, post-punk and experimental. Expect the likes of: Dinosaur Jr, Yo La Tengo, Can, Built To Spill, Deerhoof, Mac Demarco, The Fall, Grandaddy, Trans Am, My Bloody Valentine, Ty Segall, Do Make Say Think, Sparklehorse, Mclusky, Swans, Thee Oh Sees, Quasi, Stereolab, Jesus and Mary Chain and Neu! Starts Tuesday, January 6. Free entry. Kicks off at 9.30pm.

  • Watch: Ham Sandwich – Apollo

    January 6, 2015 - By 

    Having featured in our Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2014,Ham Sandwich have unveiled the rather ambitious video for ‘Apollo’. The second single to be taken from the band’s forthcoming third studio album – set for release in April – the (let’s face it, equal parts fun and frightening) video for ‘Apollo’ stars Peter McGlynn and was produced and directed by BQ&Chrome

  • 15 For ’15: Sissy

    January 6, 2015 - By 

    Set to feature in physical form in our forthcoming January magazine, we continue 15 for ’15, a feature looking at fifteen Irish acts we’re absolutely convinced are going places in 2015. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll going to be previewing each of those acts, accompanied by words from our writers and an original photograph by our wonderful team of photographers. Next up is  Dublin lo-fi three-piece Sissy. Photo by Carlos Daly. Boy meets girls. Protest punk meets loud lo-fi garage. A three-piece band is born. Traversing the jagged topography of social commentary, sexual politics and gender inequality, streaked through with black humour and sonic…

  • 15 For ’15: Oh Boland

    January 5, 2015 - By 

    Set to feature in physical form in our forthcoming January magazine, we continue 15 for ’15, a feature looking at fifteen Irish acts we’re absolutely convinced are going places in 2015. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll going to be previewing each of those acts, accompanied by words from our writers and an original photograph by our wonderful team of photographers. Next up is Galway garage-pop trio Oh Boland. Photo by Sean McCormack. What with ‘garage rock/pop’ being one of the three/four musical styles currently en vogue, Tuam’s Oh Boland are likely to leap on most of these ‘to watch’ lists as a matter…