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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …