• Premiere: Loner Deluxe – Track 1 Side 1

    September 1, 2021 - By 

    We’re pleased to offer a first look at the new video by Galway’s Loner Deluxe. Comprising Rusted Rail records main man Keith Wallace, A Lilac Decline aka Cecilia Danell and So Cow’s Brian Kelly, the trio’s recent LP, Field Recordings, is hands down one of our favourite Irish albums of the year thus far. A highlight, opener ‘Track 1 Side 1′ is a cyclical lo-fi feat, featuring scorched lead guitar in the vein of Pixies’ Joey Santiago. Have a first look at the track’s accompanying visuals, courtesy of tinyEPICS, below.

  • Féile Na Gréine Line-Up Announced

    August 26, 2021 - By 

    Féile na Gréine have unveiled the line-up for their highly-anticipated return next month. Curated by local collectives DIY LK and Lower Your Expectations, the Limerick music trail will take place across September 11-12th at The Commercial, Mother Mac’s, Crew and Pharmacia. Set to play across the weekend are Acid Granny (pictured), Aoife Wolf, Bodycam, Eimear Reidy, Elaine Malone, Jinx Lennon, lastminuteman, Macca & JB, Naive Ted and Tom Prendergast. Tickets for this year’s festival, which were free, have already sold out.  If you missed out, a waiting list for pods is here.

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 20th August

    August 20, 2021 - By 

    It’s been another stellar week for new releases in every corner of the island. Delve into the best of the lot, featuring Arvo Party, Villagers, Rosa Zajac & Daragh Lynch, Tolü Makay, Floor Staff, Ward, Erica Cody and more. Photo by Rich Gilligan Arvo Party – The Grand Stretch Corpus II by Arvo Party Villagers – Fever Dreams Rosa Zajac & Daragh Lynch – The Burning of Auchindoun Tolü Makay – Aye No Oil Paintings – What Good Does It Do What Good Does It Do? by No Oil Paintings Orla Gartland – Woman On The Internet Woman on the…

  • New Cork Festival The Great Beyond Announced

    August 4, 2021 - By 

    A new music and comedy festival is coming to Cork. Courtesy of Coughlan’s Live Promotions – the good people behind the gem that is the Cork bar and venue of the same name – The Great Beyond will take place at the sublime 18th-century county mansion Ballinacurra House in Kinsale across Saturday, September 11 to Sunday, September 12. And the line-up is nothing to be sniffed, either. Across the two days, BellX1, Lisa Hannigan, The Frank & Walters, Wallis Bird, The Scratch, Marc O’Reilly, Bernard Casey, Laura O’Mahony, Naked Animals, Paddy Dennehy, Rowan, Ultan Conlon, Cry Monster Cry, Robert John Ardiff, Míde…

  • Ireland Music Week Announced Line-Up

    July 28, 2021 - By 

    The line-up for this year’s Ireland Music Week has been announced. Taking place online across October 5-8th, this year’s showcases will be filmed at the Grand Social in Dublin. Over 500 acts applied, 50 of which have been revealed today. Among the names include the likes of M(h)aol, Pretty Happy, Cherym, Joel Harkin, Tolü Makay, Niamh Regan, Maria Kelly, Bicurious, Citrus Fresh, and Pixie Cue Rhythm Orchestra. Check out the full line-up below. “Selection for IMW is on most developing artists’ ‘to do’ list and brings with it opportunities to develop into international markets and networks,” said Angela Dorgan, CEO of…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – July 23rd

    July 23, 2021 - By 

    It’s been another big week for new Irish music, with tracks coming from all over the country from emerging artists and established favourites. Dig into new releases from Wynona Bleach, Alan Finan, Leveland, Rachel Mae Hannion, Sprints, Lorraine Nash, Somebody’s Child and more. Alan Finan – The Dwelling EP The Dwelling EP by August XII Records Wynona Bleach – Drag Leveland – River Dunx – I Land At Sea Rhoshi – KRU.SSH Rachel Mae Hannion – Closer Cheesmore – Suffocating Lorraine Nash – Wolves Sprints – How Does The Story Go? Modernlove – Come Over x Somebody’s Child – Crazy

  • Bob Mould For Solo Whelan’s Show

    July 21, 2021 - By 

    Bob Mould has announced a solo show for Dublin. The ex-Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman will play a solo electric show at Whelan’s on January 19 2022. Tickets are priced €29.50 and go on sale this Friday (July 23) at 10am. The show, which coincides with the upcoming release of his Distortion: Live vinyl boxset, sees Mould perform solo versions of music from across his 40+ career, including some Hüsker Dü classics.

  • Dinosaur Jr Announce Dublin Show

    July 19, 2021 - By 

    Dinosaur Jr. have announced a Dublin show as part of a forthcoming UK and Ireland tour. As well as playing Manchester, Hull and Glasgow, the J Mascis-fronted trio return to Dublin’s Vicar Sreet on Sunday, March 27 2022. The band last played the venue – and Dublin generally – back in November 2016. Tickets for the show go on sale at 9 am on Thursday, July 29th. Photo by Cara Totman.

  • New Irish Festival, Meadows Festival, Set For IMMA at Royal Hospital Kilmainham

    July 19, 2021 - By 

    A new festival is coming to IMMA at Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Presented by promoters POD, Meadows Festival is a specially designed, socially-distance and open-air summer series of live music, performance and spoken word. Taking place next month, across August 20-22, the series will feature set from David Keenan & Niamh Regan, Just Mustard & John Francis Flynn, Saint Sister & CMAT, A Lazarus Soul & Lisa O’Neill, and more. Check out the full line-up below. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, July 21 at 9am, priced €19.10 per person. Tickets are available in groups of 4 & 6 persons…

  • The War on Drugs To Make Dublin Return

    July 19, 2021 - By 

    The War on Drugs are coming back to Ireland. Accompanying the news of their first album in four years, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, the Philadelphia indie-rock band have announced they will play Dublin’s 3Arena on Thursday, April 14 2022. Marking their first headliner in the city since 2014, tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, July 23rd at 10am. I Don’t Live Here Anymore is out via Atlantic Records on October 29th. Check out the video for the album’s lead single ‘Living Proof’ below.