• Classic British Horror Screenings @ The Ulster Folk Museum

    August 19, 2016 - By 

    Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive, National Museums Northern Ireland, the British Film Institute and FilmHubNI, classic British horror movies come to rural Northern Ireland for a pair of unique events at Cultra, Holywood’s Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. In the atmospheric setting of the Folk Museum, the audience will have an opportunity to wander through the parkland on which the museum is situated and discover the charming period cottages, farms, schools and shops to set the scene. Before the feature, there will be a screening of footage from Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive. Focusing on the theme of folk…

  • Biophilia Live @ Light House Cinema, Dublin

    August 15, 2016 - By 

    For one night only, Dublin’s Light House Cinema will screen Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton’s Björk: Biophilia Live on Saturday, August 20. A 97-minute, multidimensional concert doc filmed at London’s Alexandra Palace in September 2013, it coincided with the Icelandic icon’s critically-acclaimed eighth studio album. Justly described as “an infinitely creative journey that presents a culmination of work that represents one of the most original musical endeavours of a generation”, it’s a spirited snapshot of an icon that is most definitely best experienced on the big screen. Tickets are available to buy here, priced €10.00.

  • Neo-Neo @ Black Box

    August 12, 2016 - By 

    A live performance series celebrating the very best in underground music and experimental visual art, Neo-Neo is a new, four-part series that will take place at Belfast’s Black Box across August and September. Bringing together a choice selection of the country’s most innovative electronic musicians contemporary artists including Barry Lynn AKA The Host, Kab Driver, Black Mountain Transmitter and Kaidi Taitham with visual artists such as Ben Craig, Laura McMorrow, Helena Hamilton & Rachael Campbell-Palmer and more, each installment offers a unique collaborative slant, with the distinct prospect of some very catalytic moments throughout each night. See below for the full schedule for what is set…

  • Nirvana/Sonic Youth in Cork: 25th Anniversary Show

    August 5, 2016 - By 

    “[Cobains] came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because when we toured Ireland, we played in Cork and the entire day I walked around in a daze. I’d never felt more spiritual in my life. It was the weirdest feeling and I have a friend who was with me who could testify to this. I was almost in tears the whole day. Since that tour, which was about two years ago, I’ve had a sense that I was from Ireland.” The words of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain in an interview with a US magazine in July 1993. Less than two…

  • Gem Fest 2

    August 3, 2016 - By 

    Having taken over the Bandstand in Dublin’s Phoenix Park last month for a free, all-ages event with Patrick Kelleher, Roslyn Steer and more, the ever-informed Little Gem Records have announced details of Gem Fest 2. Taking place over the weekend of August 19-21, the Dublin record store and hub will host the following free concerts and events: Friday, August 19 (7pm) Screen Gems Music and B Movie night Little Gem Records (18 Kildare Street) Saturday, August 20 (2pm) Pandelindio & Bird People; Argentinian experimental folk in the park with special guests Stephen’s Green Bandstand Sunday, August 21 (2pm) Freenix & The Bandstand Band Concert &…

  • Popicalia 22

    July 25, 2016 - By 

    Having declared back in January that they were “alive and well and making plans for 2016” Dublin’s self-proclaimed Bockety POP collective Popical Island will host their grand twenty-second Popicalia at Bello Bar on Saturday, July 30. Headlined by indie-rock trio Squarehead, the show – which also features fellow islanders Land Lovers and Ginnels – is an inestimable opportunity to (re-)acquaint oneself with said bocket. Admission is just €8 (or £300 according to the show’s Facebook event page. Man, Brexit has hit hard).

  • Inside Moves: Dan Shake @ T13, Belfast

    July 16, 2016 - By 

    Following on from their stellar first birthday with Maurice Fulton at the Empire last month, Inside Moves will take over Belfast’s T13 on Friday, July 22 to host London-based producer Dan Shake. With the esteemed fortune of being the first ever non-Detroit artist to be signed to Moodymann’s Mahogani imprint, Shake tips his hat to everyone from afrobeat pioneers Tony Allen and Fela Kuti to contemporary producers such as Motor City Drum Ensemble and the downright legendary J Dilla. With support on the night coming from the Inside Move resident DJs, this is set to be another memorable showcase in one…

  • Gem Fest 2016

    July 15, 2016 - By 

    Purveyors of all things sonically excellent, Dublin’s Little Gem Records will host a free concert and celebration at The Bandstand in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday, July 17. An all-ages, free event, where picnic blankets and dancing shoes are encouraging, Patrick Kelleher, Roslyn Steer, Fuzzy Hell and Cobra Truth will all perform from 2pm. Nice.

  • Remembering John Coltrane @ Black Box, Belfast

    July 15, 2016 - By 

    The latest outing from the ever-tasteful folks at Solid Choice Industries, Belfast’s Black Box will host a free celebration of the music of John Coltrane on Sunday, July 17. Marking the 49th anniversary of the legendary jazz saxophonist and composer’s passing, the night will explore the wide arc of Coltrane’s own work and the music of his contemporaries that he inspired. Including a screening of The World According to John Coltrane (a 1990 documentary produced in association with his esteemed widow, Alice) this is an unmissable proposition for diehard fans, the well-acquainted and newcomers alike. Doors are at 7pm.  …

  • Oh Yeah Summer Zine 2016

    July 10, 2016 - By 

    When we launched our free physical magazine back in October of 2014 we did so with the boundless conviction that there’s still very much a market and audience for print music magazines. That uniquely fuzzy feeling one gets picking up a lovingly-compiled magazine upon entering a coffee shop or leaving a record store, eager to delve in and get discovering: that’s exactly – and purely – what drives us to produce our own zine, month in, month out. Working alongside Belfast freelance photographer Carrie Davenport – easily one of the leading lights in her field – last summer we were given the opportunity…