Dive into brand new gems from God Knows, M(h)aol, Nerves, VARO featuring Lankum’s Ian Lynch, YARD, RUÁ and Skinner Photo by Yana Babkina God Knows – The Observer Feat. Dreddy M(h)aol – I Miss My Dog Nerves – Dirty Fingers VARO feat Ian Lynch – Sweet Liberty RUÁ – Forbidden Pleasures Skinner – Eisbär (Grauzone Cover) YARD – Slumber
Off the back of his sublime debut album, Loner, Donegal alt-folk artist Declan McClafferty aka Ramper talks us through some of his all-time favourite songs – from Kate Bush and the Bothy Band, to Dylan, Villagers and beyond. Photo by Joe Doherty Bob Dylan – Girl From The North Country I think this was the first song that pulled me out of listening to music through the prism of what the guitars were doing. I got a bit obsessed with the simplicity of it – acoustic, vocal, harmonica. Dylan is like a big hole. If you get stuck in there…
With their debut LP All Smiles Tonight due in a couple of months, Poor Creature headlined Whelan’s in Dublin with support from Nev Clay. Photos by Erin Plaice.
Belfast trio Chalk capping off their Conditions tour with a triumphant show at Whelans in Dublin. Support by Makeshift Art Bar. Photos by Matt Gorman.
You know the drill. New Irish music, none of it shite. Myles Manley – Jeremiaaad 2 // Aran Jumper We’re putting on Myles Manley along with Garden Centre and the Daisy Chain at the Ulster Sports Hall in Belfast on Friday, 18th April. Tickets are here Poor Creature – The Whole Town Knows Paddy Hanna – Oylegate Oylegate by Paddy Hanna Morgana – Power Cuts Alpha Chrome Yayo – Promise Mascot Agency Mineral Stunting – Come Rain Come Shine Come Rain Come Shine by Mineral Stunting Mob Wife – Make You Rich Hotgirl – The Stink 1000 Beasts – Spiral…
The inaugural outing of new Athlone music and arts festival, CROÍLÁR, featuring sets by Aoife Nessa Frances, Shiv, Rory Sweeney & Pippa Molony, Ellen O’Meara, Tolu Makay, David Kitt, Mohammad Syfkhan, Junior Brother, Kez and more. Photos by Ian Davies.
Lambrini Girls with support by Hotgirl at Whelan’s in Dublin. Photos by Seán Kelly.
Yer man with all the musical talent: Geordie Greep, live at Vicar Street in Dublin. Photos by Matt Gorman.
Irish music this week isn’t so much stacked as spilling over. Hear brand new cuts from Myles Manley (who we’re bringing to Ulster Sports Club on Good Friday – tickets below), Search Results, Garrett Laurie, The Null Club, Data.Soul, The Number Ones and many more. Myles Manley – Jeremiaaad 1 // Di Fontaines Tickets for Myles Manley and Garden Centre at the Ulster Sports Club in Belfast on Friday 11th April are right here Search Results – Be Laurel Garrett Laurie – Something Blue Data.Soul – My Data Soul The Null Club – The Null Club Monday’s Child – Love,…
Creepy Future have crash-landed like a flaming police siren hurled through a windscreen. With ‘Trust Your Guts,’ the newly formed three-piece garage punk outfit from Dublin deliver a sub-two-minute ripper that hits like a riot in fast-forward. Made up of Derek (Moutpiece, the ObjectorZ), Conzo (Female Hercules, Afterwardness), and Moose (Wild Rocket, New Gods), Creepy Future feel like a dream-team beamed in from a DIY dimension where songs are short, fast, weird and fun in equal measure. Lyrically, they veer between night terrors, insect plagues, beach life and brain fuzz. Live, it erupts in what they call a ‘life-affirming energy…