• Irish Tracks of the Week – 1st November

    November 1, 2024 - By 

    Against absolutely no odds, we’ve pulled together the very best Irish sounds of the week once again. Dive into brand new M(h)aol, Christy Moore, Negro Impacto, Connor McCann, Deathbed Convert, Eve Clague and more M(h)aol – Snare Connor McCann – Cold Letters Christy Moore – A Terrible Beauty Negro Impacto – 1800 Deathbed Convert – Inverse Field Vol​.​1 – Inishowen Inverse Field Vol.1 – Inishowen by Deathbed Convert Rory Nellis – Any Given Day Susi Pagel – can u hear me now? Jerry Fish feat. May Kay – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances how r u…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 25th October

    October 25, 2024 - By 

    The clocks going back means we’ll lose an hour’s listening something something. Here’s the very best Irish music of the week, from Aoife Wolf, Messyng FC, Joshua Burnside, Tramp, Strange Boy, Laytha, PostLast and more Aoife Wolf – Bristle of Delusion Messyng FC – Lisselton John Street Football 2k12 Lisselton John Street Football 2k12 by Messyng FC TRAMP – BIMBOFICATION EP Strange Boy – God Help Him (Seemingly He Didn’t) God Help Him (Seemingly He Didn't) by Strange Boy Joshua Burnside – Ghost of Bloomfield Road / Good for One Thing PostLast – Halloween Meryl Streek – Fine Jail EFÉ…

  • Artifacts Trio at Black Box, Belfast

    October 16, 2024 - By 

    Moving On Music, Belfast’s undisputed champions of boundary-pushing sounds, are set to present one of the most exciting jazz acts of our time, Artifacts Trio, at the Black Box on Wednesday, 16th October. The all-star trio – flutist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid, and drummer Mike Reed – are lauded torchbearers of Chicago’s storied jazz scene, carrying the influential legacy of The Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM), a pioneering organisation founded in 1965. Artifacts Trio take AACM’s mantra of “Ancient to the Future” to heart, weaving African American cultural traditions into…

  • Monday Mixtape: AM Shanley

    October 13, 2024 - By 

    Ahead of the release of his sublime new single ‘You Really Have Me’ this Friday, 18th October, Lisburn artist AM Shanley waxes lyrical about some of his all-time favourite songs, featuring Sparklehorse, Cat Power, Quasi, Guided By Voices and more PJ Harvey – Who The Fuck (Demo) Twenty years ago this year, PJ Harvey released Uh Huh Her and my fourteen-year-old self skived school to buy it – and my world was changed. I adore everything about this song, the delivery is so playful and feral and fun. Her sludgy Drop C guitars throughout that album are just wonderful and…

  • Line-up for Quiet Lights 2024 Announced

    September 25, 2024 - By 

    It’s been a real joy seeing Quiet Lights shine a light on both Irish and International folk, traditional, and experimental music over the last few years. Six years on from its debut outing, the festival returns in November with its strongest programme to date. Returning to Cork City across 21-24th November, this year’s line-up features a host of long-time TTA favourites, among them Elaine Howley and Rachael Lavelle, who will perform a double-header, as well as Joshua Burnside, Aoife Wolf, Cormorant Tree Oh, Lemoncello, Mohammad Syfkhan and Ana Palindrome. The inclusion of The Tan Jackets, Lisa Hanigan, Cormac Begley, and Muireann…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 23rd August

    August 23, 2024 - By 

    Dive into the very best Irish music of the week, featuring Sun Mahshene, TRAMP, Gurriers, Ethan Hollan, John Blek, Maria Kelly, a long-awaited reissue by Pocket Promise and more Sun Mahshene – A Place We’ve Never Been A Place We've never Been by Sun Mahshene Pocket Promise – i’ve been here for ages Bedrooms – crusher/birds of prey Ethan Hollan – Valentine Ahmed, With Love. – help wanted. TRAMP – The Birds (Lowered Suspension) JyellowL x Holly – Right Here Gurriers – No More Photos John Blek – Easy Now Robbie Stickland – Bad at Goodbyes Aby Coulibaly – Glow

  • Under The Drum Festival Announces First Ever Programme

    July 26, 2024 - By 

    A brand new music festival set at the foot of the County Antrim Hills, just thirty minutes from Belfast, is set to hold its first ever iteration on Saturday 28th September. Set just outside Ballyclare, it takes its name from Drumadarragh, one of the hills overlooking its intimate setting of Breckenhill. Atop the bill are NI Music Prize-winning alternative folk artists, the supremely talented Joshua Burnside and Arborist, with the likes of indie-psych quartet Junk Drawer, Galway garage punk masters Oh Boland, Derry alt-pop artist Roe, experimental rock quartet Blue Whale, Brand New Friend, Cian Nugent, London act Arliston, Susie Blue, jangle-pop master Neil Brogan, Demi O’Hara…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 19th July

    July 19, 2024 - By 

    It’s a hefty week for new music from across the island. Here’s the best of it, featuring releases by Shiv, Ciaran Lavery, His Father’s Voice, Slomatics, Tongue Bundle, Robbie Stickland, Cold Soviets and more Photo by David Willis Shiv feat. Kojaque – Cherry Pie His Father’s Voice – The Blues Ciaran Lavery – Heart Malaise Slomatics – Silvers Ship Into the Past Silver Ships Into The Past by Slomatics Cold Soviets – A Decade of the Devil’s Rosary Tongue Bundle – Second Hand Banger Second Hand Banger by Tongue Bundle Robbie Stickland – The Revenge of Nosepicker The Revenge Of…

  • Monday Mixtape: how r u

    July 15, 2024 - By 

    how r u, the new slowcore project by Belfast singer-songwriter Thom Southern, unveiled his stellar debut LP moot last Friday. Ahead of an intimate show alongside lovver and ghoulgirl at the Black Box in Belfast on 31st July, he takes us on a guided journey through some of the tracks that inspired the project, from Duster and The American Analog Set to Grouper and Porch Kiss. Duster – Inside Out I first discovered Duster when someone told me my productions sounded like them and when I listened to them it took things to another level for me with new ideas…