• New Additions to Out to Lunch and Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    Several new names have been announced for Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival and its sister festival Out To Lunch. Set to make its 13th outing across January 5-28, Moon Duo (pictured) with support from Belfast drone-pop masters Documenta is strong addition to the Out To Lunch bill, while Ben Folds, Bridget Christie, Kate Rusby, and I’m With Her Collective are the new CQAF additions, slotting alongside the likes of Lau, An Evening with Jonathan Meades, Cosey Fanni Tutti in conversation, Shirley Collins and more next year’s schedule, which runs from May 3-13. Go here to check out the current line-ups and…

  • London Korean Film Festival Comes To QFT

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    As part of the UK tour of the London Korean Film Festival, this weekend Queen’s Film Theatre will be presenting a selection of new and contemporary Korean gangster cinema. First up is Die Bad (Friday 17th, 6.20) the wild 2000 debut from Ryoo Seung-wan. Made on a tight budget, it’s a wild gang saga stitched together from a series of shorts. Next is writer-director Park Hoon-jung’s crime drama New World (Saturday 18th, 6.20), a thoughtful, intricate cops and criminals clasher. Finally, there is the chance for NI audiences to get a look at The Merciless (Sunday 19th, 6.20), a swaggering crime-action…

  • Premiere: I Am The Cosmos – Nothing But Love

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    The follow-up to 2016’s Letting It Go 12″ single and 2013’s Monochrome LP, Dublin-based electronic duo Ross Turner and Cian Murphy AKA I Am The Cosmos are back with a new four-track EP titled ‘Nothing But Love’. Written, produced, recorded and mixed in the National Concert Hall, Dublin and scheduled for a vinyl release via the ever-reliable Art For Blind on 12″ vinyl on December 15, it’s another masterfully propulsive, slickly effort from the pair. Each track here is straight-up dancefloor fire and no mistake. Have a first listen below. Photo by Cait Fahey.

  • Lankum Announce Irish Winter Tour

    November 15, 2017 - By 

    Having just released one of the albums of the year in the critically-acclaimed Between The Earth and Sky, Dublin’s finest folk miscreants Lankum have announced a 10-date Irish Winter tour. Kicking off in Dundalk on November 19 and culminating in a show at Vicar Street on December 9, the tour also takes in a Belfast date at The Duncairn. See below for the full dates and go here for ticket info. Read CJ Mc Canney’s review of Between The Earth and Sky here. Have a peep at the sublime video for Lankum’s latest single, ‘The Granite Gaze’ (which we premiered…

  • Young Fathers Announce Academy Show

    November 14, 2017 - By 

    Having returned last month with the brilliant ‘Lord’ – the lead single from their forthcoming third studio album – Mercury-prize winning Edinburgh trio Young Fathers will make their return to Dublin for a show at the Academy on March 28. The three-piece of Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and G. Hastings last played Dublin at Forbidden Fruit 2016 and Longitude back in 2015. Tickets for the Academy show are on sale, priced  €25 inclusive of booking fee.

  • Django Django, Lankum and More Set for eir Other Voices

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    With the likes of Aine Cahill, Perfume Genius, and Songhoy Blues already announced, three new acts have been added to the bill for this year’s eir Other Voices in Dingle. Set to return to return across December 1-3, the annual Wild Atlantic Way festival has revealed that Django Django (pictured), Lankum, Loyle Carner and Booka Brass Band will make an appearance at St. James’ Church at this year’s outing. With many more acts to be announced, here is the current line-up:

  • Yo La Tengo Set For Olympia Theatre Show

    November 14, 2017 - By 

    Having last played the city back in 2015 at National Concert Hall, it’s been announced that New Jersey indie rock legends Yo La Tengo will return to Dublin on Saturday, April 28 for a show at the Olympia Theatre. The show kicks off the band threesome’s UK and European spring tour, and marks their first fully-fledged tour since the release of 2015’s Stuff Like That There. Accompanying the news is a hint that a new album might well be in the works: “keep your eyes peeled for more Yo La Tengo news coming soon in what promises to be a busy…

  • Moon Duo To Make Dublin Return

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    Hands down one of the finest cosmically-inclined twosomes in existence, Portland’s Sanae Yamada and Ripley Johnson AKA Moon Duo have announced that they will return to play Dublin early next year. The pair – who released the two-installment Occult Architecture Vol 1 and 2 this year – will stop off at Dublin’s Button Factory on Friday, January 26. Tickets go on sale this Friday (November 17) at 9am, priced €16. Best not to miss this one.

  • Iron Maiden Announce Belfast Show

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    Having played Dublin’s 3Arena back in May, heavy metal overlords Iron Maiden have announced that they will play Belfast’s SSE Arena as part of their Legacy of the Beast European Tour on August 2. Speaking about the tour – which kicks off in Estonia in May and concludes at London’s o2 Arena on August 10 – Maiden manager Rod Smallwood said, “For this History/Hits tour we decided to base the theme around the Legacy Of The Beast name, which suits our purposes perfectly by giving us scope to get creative and have some fun, especially with Eddie! I don’t want…

  • Video Premiere: Shrug Life – First World Problems

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    In case you missed the memo, Dublin three-piece Shrug Life released one of the Irish albums of the year, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, last month. Directed by long-time collaborator Dave Knox, the video for the album’s opening track and latest single ‘First World Problems’ is – in the band’s own, suitably spot on words – “a schizophrenic split-screen of life’s absurdity – featuring tarot cards, frenemies and “crap corporate coffee” along the way”. And just when we thought we couldn’t dig the track any more. Have a first look at the Knox’s visuals below.