• Mixtape Preview: Madonna – Truth or Dare @ Oh Yeah Music Centre

    July 30, 2019 - By 

    Let’s face it: honorific nicknames in popular music don’t come any more clear-cut than Madonna and the Queen of Pop. The singer, songwriter, businesswoman, actress, producer, dancer, director, author and humanitarian born Madonna Louise Ciccone in 1958 has ceaselessly shapeshifted and fearlessly reinvented like no other. Her musical output is but half the story. Naturally, such a towering legacy has attracted its fair share of filmed exposés and feature-length accounts over the years. None, however, even flirt with the sheer watchability of Alek Keshishian’s 1991 film Madonna: Truth or Dare (or In Bed with Madonna outside of North America). Filmed…

  • Stream: Danny Madigan – Lost Shore

    July 26, 2019 - By 

    You might not know it yet, but Belfast, of all places, is home to a steadily-thriving synthwave scene. Look no further than Transpacifica, the remarkably prolific Alpha Chrome Yayo and Belfast-based whiz Danny Madigan. Today, the latter releases his strong single effort to date.  ‘Lost Shore’ finds Madigan taking inspiration from his homeland, revealing that the song was inspired by, and written whilst sitting beside, Lough Neagh. Abstract, but somehow familiar, this new release is another step forward for the musician and the rest of his fellow synthwave artists, who gather themselves together under the mysterious ‘Club Arnold’ banner. Stream the single – and it’s…

  • Stream: Lonesome George – Stumble Day

    July 26, 2019 - By 

    Drawing influence from artists as mottled as Tinariwen, Tool and Dublin folk miscreants Lankum, Lonesome George have emerged from Belfast’s session scene with a singular fusion of trad and contemporary folk. At the heart of the band’s craft is the songwriting duo of Joe Campbell-McArdle and Myles McCormack, two old friends who approached traditional music at the same time and have learned alongside one another. Stephen Loughran, a celebrated flute player and Dermot Moynagh, whose contemporary style on the bodhran has become the heartbeat of the sound of forward-pushing trad-folk in Belfast, seal the deal. New single ‘Stumble Day’ finds…

  • Slipknot To Kick Off 2020 European Tour in Dublin

    July 19, 2019 - By 

    Everyone’s favourite mask-clad metallers Slipknot will return to play Dublin next year. As of yet, the date and venue for the show are to be announced, but the Corey Taylor-fronted band will kick off their 2020 European tour in the capital. They last played Dublin in 2015, as part of their Prepare For Hell tour. The band will release their sixth studio album We Are Not Your Kind via Roadrunner on August 9. You can get early access to tickets for the Dublin show by pre-ordering the album here.

  • Battles Set For Dublin Show

    July 23, 2019 - By 

    NYC experimental rock masters Battles will play Dublin later this year. With Dave Konopka having left the band last year due to personal reasons, the duo of Ian Williams and John Stanier will play the Button Factory on October 24. Tickets are priced at €28 and go on sale on Friday at 10am.

  • Aldous Harding To Play Vicar Street

    July 15, 2019 - By 

    Aldous Harding will play Vicar Street later this year. Fresh for supporting Villagers at Iveagh Gardens, the New Zealand folk singer-songwriter will play the Dublin venue on December 3. Tickets are €25.00 and go on sale at 9am on Friday.

  • (Sandy) Alex G Set For Dublin Show

    July 15, 2019 - By 

    U.S. indie rock hero (Sandy) Alex G will play Dublin early next year. The singer, songwriter and musician will play at The Button Factory on February 8th, 2020. On September 13th, he will release his ninth album, House of Sugar, via Domino. Tickets for the Dublin show are priced at €16.50 and go on sale this Friday at 10am.

  • Oh Yeah Music Centre Make Call-Out for Annual Scratch My Progress Scheme

    July 9, 2019 - By 

    One of the programmes at the beating heart of Belfast music hub Oh Yeah Music Centre is their rolling Scratch My Progress scheme. A fully-funded career development accelerator programme designed to help new musicians break through in music industry, the initiative has seen the likes of Kitt Philippa, Sister Ghost, Wynona Bleach, Strange New Places and countless other acts pass through its ranks over the years. Once again, the programme – which we can only highly recommend for up-and-coming Northern Irish bands and artists – is now recruiting selected acts for the intensive talent development programme. Full details, guidelines and application…

  • Premiere: Citóg Records Volume Four – Too Much Can Kill You

    July 9, 2019 - By 

    On Thursday (July 11) Galway independent label Citóg Records will launch its highly-anticipatd fourth annual compilation at the Róisín Dubh. Once again, it’s a prime opportunity to hone in on just how far the label has come. Across eleven tracks, this new installment (which is titled Too Much Can Kill You) offers a remarkably varied and totally inspired snapshot of Citóg as a collective of artists, collaborators and friends. From the woozy sci-fi surf of Eoin Dolan’s ‘Superior Fiction’ and Tracy Bruen’s shapeshifting ‘Mirror’ to the inward-peering indie-folk of ‘Amsterdam’ by David Boland aka New Pope and beyond, it’s full, genre-spanning testament to the importance…

  • Stream: HEX HUE – Numbers (Arvo Party Remix)

    July 5, 2019 - By 

      Never one to balk at a remix, Herb Magee aka Arvo Party’s latest re-imagining is arguably one of his most inspired to date. The Belfast producer and musician (who also features in our round-up of the best Irish tracks of last month) has taken the slick, slow-burning alt-pop of HEX HUE’s ‘Numbers’ and reworked it as a widescreen electro gem in his own image. Stream it below.