• Stream: Wyvern Lingo – Snow II (Arvo Party Remix)

    December 15, 2017 - By 

    Via the likes of his 1/1/2017 EP, this stellar John Carpenter cover in back in October, remixes for the likes of Rory Nellis and New Pagans and the release of his Northern Ireland Music Prize-nominated self-titled debut album – one of our Irish albums of the year, no less – it’s safe to say Belfast producer and musician Herb Magee AKA Arvo Party has a very strong 2017. Sealing the deal on the last few months is Magee’s brand new remix of ‘Snow II’ by Wyvern Lingo, a six-minute electro re-imagining that nocturnalises the original in fine fashion. Having already confirmed his…

  • Justice, Bonobo, Vince Staples and More For Forbidden Fruit

    December 15, 2017 - By 

    With the likes of The War on Drugs, Grizzly Bear and Thundercat already announced, Forbidden Fruit has revealed eight new acts set to play its 2018 outing. With more still to be announced, Justice (above), Bonobo, Vince Staples, Glass Animals, Bicep (Live), Denis Sulta, Hunee and Ross from Friends have all been added. Forbidden Fruit 2018 takes place at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham in Dublin 8 across the June Bank Holiday (June 2-4). Ranging from €64.50 to €162.50, tickets are on sale now.

  • Kamasi Washington, John Talabot, Little Dragon and More Added to the Bill for Beatyard 2018

    December 14, 2017 - By 

    Although they’ve always delivered in the past, the line-up for next year’s Beatyard is shaping up to be something rather special. Set to return to Dun Laoghaire Harbour across the Bank Holiday Weekend of August 4 and 5, the festival has revealed Kamasi Washington, Little Dragon, The Sugarhill Gang, The Skatalites, John Talabot, Joy Orbison, Modeselektor (DJ Set), Le Boom, I Am The Cosmos, Bad Bones and Bodytonic DJs have joined the bill. With more acts still to be announced, see the full current line-up below. Go here to buy tickets.

  • Video Premiere: Le Boom – Don’t Need It Now

    December 14, 2017 - By 

    It’s been a great year for Dublin’s Christy Leech and Aimie Mallon AKA Le Boom. Having accumulated 230,000 Spotify plays for their debut single ‘What We Do’, the pair’s propulsive brand of electronic house-pop undoubtedly won them a host of new fans at the likes of Body & Soul, Electric Picnic, Latitude, Hard Working Class Heroes. Castlepalooza, Sea Sessions and Indiependence throughout 2017. Created by Conor McCormick, the video for their new single, the DFA-conjuring, party-starting ‘Don’t Need It Now’, captures features the twosome tear it up at the aforementioned festivals and more. Have a first peek at that below.

  • Alanis Morissette For Dublin and Cork Shows

    December 14, 2017 - By 

    Ten years on from playing Dublin’s Marlay Park as part of her Flavors of Entanglement tour, it’s been announced that Alanis Morissette will return to Ireland for two shows next year. The multi-platinum selling Canadian-American musician will play Cork’s Live at the Marquee on July 4 and Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on July 5. Tickets go on sale on Monday – December 18 – at 9am. Alanis Morissette has released eight studio albums, most recently 2012’s Havoc and Bright Lights. Her international debut album, Jagged Little Pill, topped the charts in in ten countries, with sales of over 33 million units…

  • Beck and Yeah Yeah Yeahs Set For 3Arena

    December 13, 2017 - By 

    The rumours are true: Beck and Yeah Yeah Yeahs will team up for a show at Dublin’s 3Arena on May 23. While Beck released his 13th studio album, Colors, back in October, YYYs are back on tour for the first time in four years following the release of Mosquito. Tickets are priced from €58.50 includes booking fee and go on sale Monday at 9am.  

  • Somadrone Announces Sixth Studio Album ‘Wellpark Avenue’

    December 11, 2017 - By 

    Dublin producer Neil O’Connor AKA Somadrone has announced details of his forthcoming sixth studio album. The full-length follow-up to 2015’s stellar Oracle, Wellpark Avenue will be released on February 1. According to O’Connor, the album will mark a departure to previous outings. With “dystopia, LSD, Timothy Leary and TV music of the 1970s” all contributing to the sound of the album, it will forsake drum machines and heavy synth in favour return to traditional song and instruments akin to his 2010 album Depth of Field. O’Connor has also said that the album also has “a sound that references the likes of seminal British…

  • Watch: Fox Jaw – Heel To Toe

    December 11, 2017 - By 

    With over 300 shows, nine singles, two albums, two EPs, one live album, Limerick’s Limerick five-piece Fox Jaw have really put the legwork in since forming back in 2006. Having spent the guts of 2017 to focus on songwriting, the Ronan Mitchell-fronted five-piece are back with the latest single, ‘Heel To Toe’, an unravelling four-minute lament conjuring the slow-burning introspection of The National and the more orchestral chamber-rock of Hope of the States-esque circa The Lost Riots. The single – which is accompanied by a video directed by the band’s drummer Shane Serrano – is released in conjunction with a…

  • Watch: And So I Watch You From Afar @ The Live Room Belfast

    December 11, 2017 - By 

    Having just returned from a mammoth European tour and ahead of their biggest hometown show to date, our very own world-beating instrumental titans And So I Watch You From Afar play the inaugural session at The Live Room Belfast, following the release of their massively acclaimed fifth album, The Endless Shimmering. Having transcended their reputation as not just an internationally-respect math-rock outfit, but one of the cornerstones of contemporary Irish – specifically Northern – subculture, the north coast quartet are in many ways they’re the only band who could’ve fittingly kicked off this series of sessions Start Together Studio‘s Live Room, where four of their five albums have been…

  • The Altered Hours Announce New EP, European Tour

    December 6, 2017 - By 

    Arguably the country’s best band, Cork’s The Altered Hours have just announced details of a forthcoming new EP and an accompanying European tour. The follow-up to last year’s stellar full-length In Heat Not Sorry, the five-piece will release the four-track On My Tongue via Art For Blind Records and Penske Recordings early next year. A typically first-rate effort from the band, lead single ‘Open Wide’ is currently premiering over on Clash. To coincide with the release, the band will also embark on a nine-date European tour across February-April. Yours truly will host the Belfast date, which will also feature drone pop masters Documenta,…