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Breaking The Plane: An Interview with Oh Sees’ John Dwyer

May 15th, 2019 | by Brian Coney

Released last year, Smote Reverser delivered yet another curveballing and nuanced listen from San Francisco garage-psych trailblazers Oh Sees. From …

May 13th, 2019 | by The Thin Air

This Saturday, May 18, the Bullitt Courtyard will host a summer sound system from esteemed label Soul Jazz Records. The label was founded …

May 13th, 2019 | by Adrian Lyons

At a Galway City Council meeting this past January it was announced that the controversial Street Performance & Busking Bye-laws …

May 6th, 2019 | by Colin Gannon

Colin Gannon rounds up the very best Irish tracks released of the month just gone, featuring Eomac, Joni ft. The …

May 1st, 2019 | by Brian Coney

Kicking off on Thursday, the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival will bring a dizzying array of talent to Belfast’s city centre for …

April 23rd, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

Digging up the past is dirty business. Northern Irish indie The Dig, the first feature from brothers Andy and Ryan Tohill, brings …

April 18th, 2019 | by Cathal McBride

Girl Band’s incendiary LP Holding Hands With Jamie found itself landing on Albums of the Year lists far and wide …

April 16th, 2019 | by Brian Coney

Like many broadcasters working within music, Phil Taggart is himself a musician. It’s something that has granted the Northern Irish …

April 9th, 2019 | by Brian Coney

Ten years is a long time in the summer festival business. Both in terms of challenges faced and having reason …

April 9th, 2019 | by Will Murphy

BATS are easily one of Irish musical landscapes’ greatest oddities. A five piece playing a fusion of post-punk, prog and metal …