• Codeine Set For Irish Show

    April 3, 2023 - By 

    New York indie rock legends Codeine are set for a long-awaited Irish show. Off the back of reuniting late last year, the trio of Stephen Immerwahr, John Engle, Chris Brokaw will stop off at Whelan’s on 30th August as part of 10 EU/UK shows in support of their lost 1992 album, Dessau. The dates also double up as the band’s first non-US shows since 2012. Tickets for the Dublin show at €26.50 and go on sale Widely regarded as slowcore (and sadcore) pioneers, Codeine released two albums during their initial run, 1990’s Frigid Stars and 1994’s The White Birch, as…

  • The Bonk Announce Irish Tour

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    The Bonk have announced details of an upcoming Irish tour. Almost certainly the country’s finest genre-warping proposition, the Philip Christie-fronted project will embark on the aptly-named Tour In The Month of May, an 11-date traipse across the island, playing various venues alongside the Maija Sofia, Elaine Howley and – at Dubln’s Sugar Club on 27th May – a “mystery legend” to be revealed. Check out the full dates and info below. The tour coincides with the release of The Bonk’s highly-anticipated second album, Greater Than Or Equal To The Bonk. Set for release via boutique label thirty-three45 on 12th May,…

  • Pavement Announce Galway Show

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    Galway is getting a long-awaited Pavement show. Five months on from their incredible two-night stint at Vicar Street in Dublin as part of their second reunion run, the Stephen Malkmus-fronted indie rock heroes will play live at the Heineken Big Top as part of this year’s Galway International Arts Festival on 24th July. Tickets go on sale this Friday, 31st March. Revisit our gallery from the first of the band’s 2022 Dublin shows, features on Slanted and Enchanted and Wowee Zowee, as well as Monday Mixtape from the one and only Bob Nastanovich.

  • boygenius Set For Dublin Show

    March 29, 2023 - By 

    boygenius are finally coming to Ireland. The U.S. indie rock supergroup, comprising Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, will play the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin on 28th August. With more to be announced, MUNA are among the acts to support on the night. Tickets for the show go on sale at noon this Friday, 31st March. The news come ahead of the imminent release of the trio’s highly-anticipated debut album, the record, on Friday. Check out the video for recent single ‘Not Strong Enough’ below.

  • The Walkmen Set For Dublin Show

    March 27, 2023 - By 

    The Walkmen are set for their long-awaited Irish return. Four months on from announcing their first shows in a decade, it’s been revealed the Hamilton Leithauser-fronted indie rock heroes will play Vicar Street in Dublin on 23rd August. Promoted by Foggy Notions, the show marks the U.S. band’s return to the venue, having last played there in October 2012. Tickets are €36.50 (including booking fee) and go on sale on Friday, 31st March at 10am. Revisit a stone-cold modern classic from the Walkmen below.

  • Irish Tracks Of The Week – 17th March

    March 16, 2023 - By 

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s the very best music released across the island this week featuring Perlee, Ian Nyquist, Ailbhe Reddy, Uly, JyellowL, Celia and more Perlee – Reckoning Celia – Celia EP 03 Celica EP 03 by Celica Uly – Emperor’s New Groove (for Klara) Ailbhe Reddy – Endless Affair Endless Affair by Ailbhe Reddy Ian Nyquist – Black Earth Cairn BLACK EARTH CAIRN by Ian Nyquist Dashoda – Never Enough JyellowL – La Vie Est Belle XXXX in Stereo (ft. Rory Sweeney) – Second Skin Second Skin (ft. Rory Sweeney) by XXXX In Stereo Reylta – Lucifer’s Love…

  • CMAT Wins RTÉ Choice Music Prize

    March 9, 2023 - By 

    CMAT has won the Best Album prize at this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize. Following on from recent winners like For Those I Love, Denise Chaila, Lankum and O Emperor, the Dublin singer-songwriter – real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson – scooped the main prize for her debut album, If I My Wife New I Would Be Dead, at the annual awards at Dublin’s Vicar Street tonight. CMAT fought off competition from the likes of The Mary Wallopers, Aoife Nessa Frances, and Fontaines D.C. to scoop the Best Album prize and walk away with €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided…

  • Robocobra Quartet Announce Irish Dates

    March 8, 2023 - By 

    Acclaimed Belfast experimental jazz-punk project Robocobra Quartet have announced a pair of Irish dates sure to be packed for September. This follows a year that’s seen them win the NI Music Prize for their phenomenal third LP, Living Isn’t Easy, and continue touring international clubs and festivals alike; meanwhile frontman/drummer Chris W Ryan has quickly become one of the most in-demand producers in Ireland for his work on the likes of Just Mustard and NewDad. The group set off for Austin for SXSW this weekend, before a further series of festival appearances leading into summer. Their two Irish dates are: Fri 22 Sep – Belfast – Limelight 2…

  • Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die – Nil All

    March 2, 2023 - By 

    If there’s been a better, more defiantly emphatic noise rock band to come out of Ireland in the last 15 years than Hands Up Who Wants To Die, we positively haven’t heard them. On albums including 2014’s Vega In The Lyre, they have served up their singular brand of trouncing, skull-blasting heft. Now, six years on from their last release – a split with B.O.B. following the amicable departure of original frontman Barry Lennon – the band are back with their long-awaited third LP, Nil All. Teaming up once again with long-time collaborators John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Black Midi, Lankum, Caroline) and…

  • Premiere: Akrobat – Zamalour

    February 23, 2023 - By 

    On 18th March, Dublin indie/art-rock band Akrobat play their biggest headliner to date when they take over Whelan’s for a show alongside BiG Fridge. The show is set to kickstart the latest incarnation of the Shane Regan-helmed band, with a line-up reshuffle cueing what’s set to be a busy few months. Ahead of the release of the first of two EPs in 2023 – Shank, which is due in April – we’re pleased to present a first look at the video for ‘Zamalour,’ one of several peaks from the band’s Rian Trench-recorded, wonderfully genre-spanning debut album, Jammed Space Movement. Created by Ray Beggan and Aaron Ross,…