• The Beatyard 2016

    July 29, 2016 - By 

    Featuring everyone from Parliament/Funkadelic legend George Clinton, Roy Ayers and Jape to Lee Scratch Perry, Rubberbandits and Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, The Beatyard will make a no doubt victorious return to Dublin’s Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Saturday July 30 and Sunday July 31. With tickets available to buy here, the August Bank Holiday weekender festival – presented by Beck’s – will also include The Eatyard (including Brewtonic Carinvale, Bread & Bones and The Big Blue Bus), Studioyard featuring The Bernard Shaw Flea, ADW Art, Tasty Threads and more, as well as Kidsyard, promising “imaginosity” (we like the sound of that…

  • 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…

  • Zehr Gut presents: Sevensol, Sleep Thieves & Liza Flume

    July 7, 2016 - By 

    The latest in a series “promoting German musicianship and artistry” in Ireland, HomeBeat and the Goethe-Institut Irland will host the next Zehr Gut at Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery and Studios on Friday, July 8. Making up the bill for this installment is Dublin-based Australian songstress Liza Flume, electro-pop threesome Sleep Thieves and Leipzig’s Sevensol, founder of the city’s imprint Kann. HomeBeat DJs will also be providing the party vibes all night along. Doors at 9pm, BYOB, tickets €8/€12/€15.

  • Tuesday Throwdown: Apartments @ Lavery’s Belfast

    July 7, 2016 - By 

    One of the featured “ones to watch” acts in our 16 For ’16 feature at the start of the year, Belfast duo apartments will play a live Thin Air Tuesday Throwdown (and their last show for the foreseeable future) in the intimate space of Lavery’s Belfast Back Bar on Tuesday, July 19. Having released their six-track debut EP, Rush, back in October of last year, the emo/hardcore pair have quickly established themselves as a live act very much worth checking out. Admission is free. The Thin Air DJs before and after. Rush by apartments

  • Psykick Dancehall #3: Kojaque, God Creative + Crimes Against and Young Phantom @ Bello Bar, Dublin

    June 23, 2016 - By 

    Featuring some of the absolute best in the emerging Irish Hip-Hop scene, the latest installment of Psykick Dancehall – our regular Dublin showcase with Medium Presents – takes place at Bello Bar on Saturday, June 25. Headlined by God Creative + Crimes Against, the show will also performances from Kojaque and Young Phantom. Admission is just €6. Doors are at 8.30pm.

  • Innocence of Memories with Grant Gee @ Irish Film Institute

    May 26, 2016 - By 

    Perhaps best known as director of 1998 Radiohead documentary, Meeting People is Easy – as well as the video for ‘No Surprises’ – British film maker, photographer and cinematographer Grant Gee will make an appearance at Dublin’s Irish Film Institute on Sunday, May 29. A highlight of this year’s International Literature Festival, there will be a screening of Gee’s latest film, Innocence of Memories, followed by a Q+A with Grant in conversation with writer and critic Peter Murphy. The event takes place at 4.30pm. Admission is €10/€8. Go here for more info.