• Open Ear Festival Announces Stage Times

    May 28, 2018 - By 

    One of the most unique and diverse festivals in Ireland, set in the beautiful off-coast sanctuary of Sherkin Island, Open Ear Festival holds its third annual outing from May 31-June 3, and times have just been announced. From avant-garde sound design and ambient music to experimental dance music and groovy electronics, it is a festival that champions the best of the best in the Irish undergrowth. As a festival of forward-thinking musical technologists, it’s nigh-on-peerless in Ireland right now. This year, the Thursday includes an opening concert featuring Dream Cycles, electroacoustic artist Roger Doyle and organist & drone artist Aine O’Dwyer in a hidden location on…

  • Stream: Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands – The Sea

    May 24, 2018 - By 

    Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands have released a new song in support of the campaign to Repeal the 8th amendment and the Yes side of Friday’s referendum. The band, now a duo of Patrick Kelleher and esoteric experimental artist Brian Conniffe, have stated the following: “We unreservedly assert and support the rights of all women to total bodily autonomy. We stand in complete and active opposition to any and all institutions and legislation which oppress women, including those which curtail freedom of reproductive healthcare choices. Ireland, 25 May 2018: Vote Yes. Repeal the 8th.” An unravelling patchwork of…

  • Mac DeMarco Set For Belfast Show

    May 24, 2018 - By 

    Canadian indie rock hero Mac DeMarco will play Belfast’s Limelight 1 on Monday, October 29. Having played Dublin’s Vicar Street back in November last year, it will double up as DeMarco’s debut show in the city. Tickets for the show – which is hosted by Strange Victory – are priced £24.50 and go on sale on Tuesday, October 29. Doors are at 6.30pm.

  • Watch: Our Krypton Son – Falling In Love Is A Suicide Mission

    May 23, 2018 - By 

    Quite possibly the island of Ireland’s finest songwriter, Chris McConaghy AKA Our Krypton Son has returned with new single ‘Falling In Love Is A Suicide Mission’. A carefully-crafted, elegiac peak from his critically-devoured second album Fleas & Diamonds, the single is accompanied with wonderfully minimalist visuals courtesy of Tristian Crowe. Watch the video and have read of an exclusive written accompaniment to the track titled ‘The Old Plymouth’ by McConaghy below. The Old Plymouth Harry Dean Stanton lights a cigarette and stands at the water’s edge. The flickering lights of Dupont tremble in a graveyard of stars. He snorts at…

  • Kurt Vile & The Violators Set For Belfast Show

    May 23, 2018 - By 

    In addition to his previously-announced Vicar Street show, one of indie rock’s finest and most understated guitarists and songwriters – not to mention chill dude – Kurt Vile brings The Violators to Belfast’s Limelight 1 on November 15. He’s released seven acclaimed albums, the most recent being his the wonderful collaboration with Courtney Barnett, Lotta Sea Lice, as well as working with J Mascis, Kim Gordon, John Prine, John Cale and Warpaint as the respect he commands increases exponentially. Tickets go on sale this Friday May 25 at 9am from Ticketmaster, priced at £21 + booking fee.

  • Lauryn Hill Set For Dublin Show

    May 23, 2018 - By 

    As part of a world tour celebrating twenty years of her seminal debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill will play Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday, November 30. Speaking about the tour, Hill said, “This album chronicled an intimate piece of my young existence. It was the summation of most, if not all, of my most hopeful and positive emotions experienced to that date. I loved and believed deeply in my community’s ability to both love and heal itself provided it received the right amount of support and encouragement. Our world today, both complex and changing, is in need…

  • Watch: Brigid Mae Power – I’m Grateful

    May 21, 2018 - By 

    ‘I’m Grateful’ by Galway-based Irish artist Brigid Mae Power is a heart-rending peak from her extraordinary third album, The Two Worlds. Now, the track – which mines a chimera from a well of emotion and intent via minimalist, slowcore-leaning folk – comes accompanied with visuals directed, filmed and edited by Myles O’Reilly of Arbutus Yarns, and features art direction and Super 8 footage by his fellow This Ain’t No Disco collaborator Donal Dineen. Read our review of The Two Worlds here and our recent interview with Brigid Mae Power here.

  • Video Premiere: No Spill Blood – Ossein (Live)

    May 18, 2018 - By 

    Ahead of what is set to be a monstrous midnight show tomorrow night (19th May) in The Grand Social, Dublin’s cosmic heft overlords No Spill Blood have shared a brand new track in the form of ‘Ossein’ Recorded as part of a live session in Guerrilla Studios Dublin this month, the synth-doom, Komische, prog behemoths have served up another dose of world-swallowing energy marked by Matt Hedigan’s frightening howl, Ruadhan O’Meara’s trademark synths and Ror Conaty’s propulsive drums. The track marks the first new music from the trio since their 2015 Sargent House outing Heavy Electricity. The session was shot and edited by Thom McDermott. Feast your ears below.…