• Moving On Music Set To Hold Online Concert Event ‘All The Noels’

    October 20, 2020 - By 

    Belfast-based tastemakers par excellence Moving on Music are set to hold unique online live music experience held throughout the Black Box, Belfast, titled All The Noels. The 30-odd-minute single shot, walk-through experience is set to showcase different music taking place across the various spaces of the venue. The video – recorded across one day by a team of audio-visual professionals – attempts to capture the feeling of being in possibly our favourite Belfast venue for live music. Performances come from some of TTA faves, experimental rock quartet Blue Whale, traditional Irish vocal quartet Landless, Irish jazz pianist Scott Flanigan‘s Trio, jazz drummer Steve Davis, folk duo Laytha and traditional flute & whistle player Martha Guiney with Shane McCartan. Speaking of the project, Mick Bonner of Moving on Music said “it was…

  • Live From Guerrilla Studios – Episode 6

    September 16, 2020 - By 

    We’re not exaggerating when we say we can’t remember what Thursdays were like before Live From Guerrilla Studios. One of the very few things that have made this whole pandemic shite vaguely sufferable, the weekly live showcase has delivered first-rates sets from The Bonk, Maija Sofia, Acid Granny, Aoife Nessa Frances, Kneecap and many more besides. Episode six is absolutely nothing to be sniffed at, either. On Thursday, 17th September, Ray Wingnut, Moojoo the merch monkey and co. welcome two ironclad TTA favourites: Clare MC God Knows and Dublin’s Naoise Roo. There will also be vt from Cormorant Tree Oh…

  • Long Distance Love @ National Concert Hall

    September 16, 2020 - By 

    Some of the country’s very best acts are coming together for a show next week. Transmitted live from the National Concert Hall on September 22 from 8pm, Long Distance Love will feature sets from Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny, Radie Peat, The Mary Wallopers, Maija Sofia and Sorcha Ní Scolaí. Presented by MusicTown – which runs from 9th-27th September – and the NCH, in association with Foggy Notions, tickets for Long Distance Love cost €8.

  • Live From Guerrilla Studios – Episode 5

    September 3, 2020 - By 

    It’s Thursday in the cursed year of our Lord 2020, which can only mean one thing. Yes, from 10 pm tonight (September 3rd), the country’s very best weekly broadcast Live From Guerrilla Studios returns with another stellar line-up. Having already played host to the likes of The Bonk, Maija Sofia, Junior Brother and Myles Manley, tonight’s live episode will feature sets from Aoife Nessa Frances and Elaine Malone. There will also be some additional pre-recorded revelry from Jinx Lennon and Ordnance Survey. Join Ray Wingnut, in-house turntablist Djackulate, Moojoo the merch monkey and more from 10pm over at the Live From Guerrilla Studios YouTube…

  • Live From Guerrilla Studios – Episode 4

    August 18, 2020 - By 

    A weekly must-watch since it launched via The Bonk and co. last month, Live From Guerrilla Studios returns this Thursday, August 20th with another comprehensively deadly line-up. As well as specially commissioned video appearances from Fears and Gash Collective, this week’s episode will feature live performances from Dunk Murphy aka Sunken Foal and one of our must-watch acts for 2020, Acid Granny (pictured). As ever, things kick off in the company of Ray Wingnut et al. from 10pm right here. Make a note of that for this Thursday and, while you’re at it, consider donating to the Live From Guerrilla Studios Patreon here.

  • Live From Guerrilla Studios

    July 1, 2020 - By 

    Since launching back in 2011, Dublin’s Guerrilla Studios has become a vital hub in the landscape of independent Irish music. Situated under a bridged railway close to Dublin City Centre, it has produced myriad first-rate sounds from some of the country’s finest forward-pushing propositions. On Thursday, July 9, the studio space will play host to the very first episode of Live From Guerrilla Studios. The brainchild of two titans in Irish music, Ray Wingnut and John ‘Spud’ Murphy, it will feature performances from TTA favourites The Bonk and John Francis Flynn. Things kick off at 10pm from here. Stay tuned…

  • High Rise | Low Rise: Gross Net & Blue Whale @ Rosemary Masonic Hall, Belfast

    February 1, 2020 - By 

    On Saturday, February 1st, Belfast Film Festival will host a one-off event exploring utopian and dystopian urban visions of Northern Ireland. Taking place at the former Masonic Hall on Rosemary Street – a three-storey stone building designed by Young & Mackenzie that was officially opened in 1956 – High Rise | Low Rise promises a playful, in-depth look at how modernist architecture and urban design was presented in media through the 1950s to the 1980s in Northern Ireland. Bringing that to life are two of Belfast’s best musical propositions: Blue Whale (above) and Philip Quinn aka Gross Net, who will be providing live soundtracks to…

  • A Night for Daniel Johnston @ The Duncairn, Belfast

    January 22, 2020 - By 

    Four months on from his passing at 58, several Irish musicians will come together on Wednesday, January 22 (aka Hi, How Are You day) to pay tribute to the late, great Daniel Johnston. A towering figure of lo-fi, the songwriter and visual artist, Johnston’s music and legacy will be celebrated at the event from 7.30pm at the Duncairn in Belfast. Performing on the night – which will raise funds for PIPS Suicide and Self Harm prevention – are Aaron Shanley, Junk Drawer, Buí, Chris Ryan of Robocobra Quartet and Jealous of the Birds. Tickets are £10 on the door (or £8.50…

  • Kosmische Kristmas 6

    December 20, 2019 - By 

    That most seasonal of Irish underground krautrock supergroups celebrate that special time of the year with a night of “music that never happens again not happening again” for the sixth year running at Plugd this Sunday, 22nd December. The band features Cruiser’s Chris Quigley & The Sunshine Factory’s Jack Horgan on guitar, The Altered Hours’ Cathal MacGabhann on keys, Gilbert & Trá Pháidín’s Micheál Fitzgerald on Bass, Fixity/The Bonk man Dan Walsh on Drums & Flute. For just five euros, you can join them as they seek freedom through repetition until 1am. Walsh and MacGabhan will spin appropriate tunes before and after. Doors open…

  • The 343 Festive Knees Up

    December 20, 2019 - By 

    Hands down the country’s finest artist-focused, feminist-led art space, the 343 in East Belfast will throw their Festive Knees Up with a typically first-rate assemblage of performances on Saturday, December 21st. Featuring Wake House, Alumna, Hive Choir, (the country’s premiere Velvet Underground and Mud tribute configuration) The Kathleen Turner Underground, the 343 DJs and more, doors for the night – which will raise funds for the Newtownards Road space – open at 8pm. Tickets are £12 and it’s BYO (no glass, you hear?)