• Art For Blind & The Model Present Out Of Step Weekender

    May 26, 2022 - By 

    Over this weekend of 27th-29th May, Out of Step – a festival curated by Art for Blind for their residency at The Model, Sligo – will unfold through film, music performance, conversation and workshops. Underground tastemakers par excellence, Art for Blind continue to explore Ireland’s rich multidisciplinary cultural fabric. The aim of their residency at Sligo venue – also home to the Niland Collection – has been to explore the programming of artists and musicians from diverse social, economic and geographical backgrounds. This weekender, its title inspired by the iconic Minor Threat song, expands the residency into the realm of film offering a view from the…

  • Ghouls On Film: A Page of Madness

    May 25, 2022 - By 

    Since October last year, Belfast has been blessed by Ghouls on Film, a genuinely refreshing and carefully-curated monthly film club screening films challenging the representation of women in horror. Ran by Belfast-based artist Isabella Koban, it has already screened a series of stone-cold classics, indie releases, and lesser-known gems that explore how women can find agency in the world of horror. On Sunday, 29th May, the club returns to its primary home at the Black Box with one of its most unmissable events to date: a special, one-off screening of Teinosuke Kinugasa’s 1926 silent avant-garde masterpiece A Page of Madness. As well…

  • Robocobra Quartet Announce Empire Belfast Headline Show

    May 4, 2022 - By 

    It’s six weeks until the release of Robocobra Quartet‘s third album Living Isn’t Easy, and amidst their jaunts across Europe and Ireland to play some truly incredible bills, they’ve announced their biggest hometown headline show to date to celebrate the release, set to take place at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on October 7. This follows headline dates at the Limerick’s Kasbah Social Club on September 15th and Whelan’s Upstairs on September 17th. Nathan from the band says “We’ll be coming out of a busy summer of festivals and it will be a special moment to have a proper celebration of the album in a…

  • Open Ear 2022

    April 8, 2022 - By 

    If there’s a better Irish music festival than Open Ear we honestly haven’t heard of it. Across 3-5th June, the supremely-curated weekender returns to the blissful environs of Sherkin Island off Cork for its first edition since 2019 (and what an unforgettable experience that was). With more acts yet to be announced for the June Bank Holiday blow-out, the festival have recently announced part A of this year’s line-up. Featuring a whole raft of TTA favourites, among them Acid Granny, Jane Deasy, Olivia Furey, the Department of Energy and Fulacht Fia, it’s another masterfully balanced mix of palette-spanning electronic and…

  • Ten Past Seven & Shifting at Bello Bar

    March 4, 2022 - By 

    On Saturday, 5th March, Dublin’s Bello Bar hosts one truly righteous double-bill: Kerry instrumental trio Ten Past Seven with Dublin noise-rock levellers Shifting. After myriad months of being unable to do so, both bands will largely perform music from two of the best released on these shores in 2020: Long Live The Bogwalrus and It Was Good respectively. Limited numbers of vinyl will also be on sale on the night. Tickets are €10 on the door and available here. Newcomer? Not to worry. Check out two new live videos of both bands performing – live in Rory from TP7’s shed no less – below.…

  • Synthesize_Her_

    February 7, 2022 - By 

    Synthesize_Her_ is a new, collaborative experience and workshop that explores noise-making technology. Presented and facilitated by producer, DJ and engineer, Viva Dean aka Bé the two-day event – which takes place at Dublin Modular, at 5 James Joyce Street in Dublin across March 5-6th – will also include a historical overview of the role of women and gender minorities in sound production by DJ and writer Kate Butler. Synthesize_Her_ sets out to interrogate our understanding of who is encouraged to create and innovate our technology, and to make space for those who are not. Participants will be guided through discussion and experimentation,…

  • Naoise Roo Set To Perform Debut LP Lilith in Dublin

    February 2, 2022 - By 

    Naoise Roo is set for a special, one-off performance next month. Currently based in Belfast, the Dublin artist will perform her acclaimed debut album, Lilith – hands down one of our favourite Irish albums of 2015 no less – at the recently-launched Workman’s Cellar in Dublin on Thursday, 10th March. As well as performing the album in its entirety, accompanied by a full band for the first time since the album’s original tour, she will be supported by fellow Belfast-based songwriters Aoife Wolf and Clara Tracey on the night. Ahead of what’s expected to be a seismic year of new music and…

  • Tony Hawk Set For Dublin Q+A

    January 25, 2022 - By 

    The man, the myth, the skateboarding legend Tony Hawk is set for a Q+A in Dublin. Taking place at Citywest in Dublin on 29th July, An Evening With Tony Hawk will explore the Californian’s “lifetime of pushing boundaries”. If the poster artwork is anything to go by, we’re in for a wild ride. Tickets are priced from €33.50 and go on sale on Friday, 28th February at 9am. VIP packages are also available including the opportunity for a meet and greet with Hawk and a limited-edition signed Birdhouse skate deck

  • The Jealous Wall at Belvedere, Mullingar

    December 14, 2021 - By 

    Featured dark and twisted tales, read by Eimear Keating, The Jealous Wall is one of Dublin Digital Radio’s most essential monthly slots. On Wednesday, 29th December, she takes the show beyond the airwaves for a storytelling event at the Jealous Wall itself, at Belvedere in Mullingar, Westmeath. Beginning with live music by experimental artist Frog of Earth, the event will come to a head with a series of carefully handpicked short stories, featuring upcoming writers from the Midlands. Taking place entirely outside, and therefore COVID compliant, the event kicks off at 6.30 pm and admission is €12.50/€8.00 (OAP/Student). Alcohol (wine and…

  • Merchy Christmas at the Grand Social, Dublin

    December 7, 2021 - By 

    Returning for its second consecutive year, Merchy Christmas will take over Dublin’s Grand Social later this month to throw Irish artists a lifeline in the face of the huge challenges presented by COVID-19. Running from 10am-4pm on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th December, countless TTA favourites including Lankum, Myles Manley, Junior Brother, Pillow Queens, Silverbacks, Nealo and Loah will set up stall for a real-life merch market. “The Christmas merch sale last year was one of the highlights of the year for me,” said Nealo. “It was heartwarming to meet people face to face and to hang out and chat…