• Jigsaw Fundraiser @ Roisin Dubh, Galway

    The Roisin Dubh played host to a very special fundraising night in aid of Jigsaw, a free mental health service featuring live performances from My Fellow Sponges, Steven Sharpe, Aindreas De Staic and the Latchikos and special guests Jdog and Los Lasagne y patatas. Photos by Vincent Hughes.

  • Track Record: The Late David Turpin

    In the latest installment of Track Record, Dublin artist David Turpin (AKA The Late David Turpin) selects and talks about some of his all-time favourite records. The Late David Turpin’s concert Romances will take place at Project Arts Centre, Dublin on September 17 as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe. Photos by Abigail Denniston. Bjork – Medulla I love Medulla because it’s very beautiful, and it’s also very ugly – like the interior of a human body. Watching a documentary I was struck by how germane and technical Bjork is in the studio – which is not always how she’s presented as…

  • Bookmark: Will O’Connor

    Will O’Connor is a producer and recording engineer based in Galway. His band Grounds For Invasion released their debut album Dying Stars in February. He mostly reads fiction. Photos by Sean McCormack. Cormac McCarthy – The Border Trilogy It’s hard to sum up what McCarthy did with these novels. Yes, they’re violent and tragic, but they’re also fiercely beautiful. Have a Spanish-English dictionary handy. * Although this might be me being an arse again. Raymond Chandler – The Big Sleep Thrilling, funny and entertaining. Guy drives around a lot, gets punched a lot, drinks a lot, meets lots of inexplicably…

  • Deerhoof Irish Tour

    One of our favourite bands ever here at TTA towers, Deerhoof put on two incredible shows at Whelans in Dublin and The Black Box in Belfast with support from So Cow and Wild Love. Photos by Aidan Kelly Murphy and Liam Kielt. Whelans, Dublin The Black Box, Belfast

  • AAA: Reverberation Psych Fest @ The Grand Social, Dublin

    In this installment of AAA we go behind the scenes at the Reverberation Pysch Fest weekender which took place at the Grand Social in Dublin last weekend, featuring The Urges, Twinkranes, Magic Pockets, The Watchmakers, This Other Kingdom, Elastic Sleep, Dead Rabbits, Documenta, Autumns and much more. We’ll have a full review of the weekend online shortly. Photos by Ste Murray.