So Cow w/ Hot Cops, Junk Drawer & Shrug Life @ Voodoo, Belfast
July 11th, 2016 | by James Trotter
Irish independent music is going through something of a renaissance at the moment with a burgeoning collective of bands attempting …
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Wye Oak – Tween
June 21st, 2016 | by James Trotter
It’s been two years since the release of the critically acclaimed Shriek and the members of Baltimore’s Wye Oak have …
Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
May 19th, 2016 | by James Trotter
Will Toledo sings “I’m so sick of: fill in the blank” on album opener ‘Fill in the Blank’ and that …
Handsome Eric/Maxamillian Raxatrillion – Split EP
February 25th, 2016 | by James Trotter
Dublin’s lo-fi wonder Handsome Eric returns with a split and brings with him the upstart from the American Maxamillion Raxatrillion. Handsome Eric brings …
No Monster Club – I Feel Magic
February 19th, 2016 | by James Trotter
Magic conjures up images of David Copperfield making the Statue of Liberty disappear, David Blaine looking off-his-face with an eye drawn …
Preview: Outloud @ Outburst 2015
November 12th, 2015 | by James Trotter
As part of this year’s Outburst Arts Festival, the inaugural Outburst: Outloud this Saturday (November 14) will be a day …
Bully w/ The Winter Passing & Fangclub @ Whelan’s, Dublin
November 12th, 2015 | by James Trotter
Monday is a strange night for gigs in Ireland and it shows in the mostly empty main venue of Whelan’s. …
Deerhunter w/ Atlas Sound @ Button Factory, Dublin
November 3rd, 2015 | by James Trotter
Situated amidst the roar of stag dos and Central European tourists lying drunken on the wet cobblestones of Temple Bar …
SlowPlaceLikeHome – Romola
October 31st, 2015 | by James Trotter
Fishing boats come in and out, young men and women in wetsuits ride slices of polyurethane on foamy waves and …
Label Mixtape: Merge Records
July 7th, 2015 | by James Trotter
Started by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan of Superchunk in 1989 as a vehicle to release their own music Merge …
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