• Video Premiere: Cian Nugent – Lost Your Way

    November 30, 2016 - By 

    One of many gems to be found on his stellar third album, ‘Lost Your Way’ by Cian Nugent is a masterful tale that blends Loaded-era VU harmonic sensibilities with a breed of lyricism conjuring the personal introspection of Blood on the Tracks-era Dylan. Now, ahead of forthcoming European and UK dates (which are listed below) Nugent has unveiled Aoife Nessa Frances’ sublime, black-and-white video for the single. Here’s an exclusive first look. 25. Jan – Stockholm, SE / Obaren 27. Jan – Aalborg, DK / Northern Winter Beat 29. Jan – Copenhagen, DK / Huset w/ Promised Land Sound 30. Jan – Berlin, DE…

  • Green Day Set For Irish Shows

    November 29, 2016 - By 

    Having released their twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio, in October, it’s been announced that Green Day will play outdoor shows in Belfast and Dublin next summer. Supported by Rancid, the Billy Joe Armstrong-fronted trio will play Belfast’s Ormeau Park on June 28 and Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham on June 29. Tickets – which go on sale this Friday at 9am – are priced £45.00 and €59.50 including booking fee respectively.

  • Southern Hospitality Board Announce Hiatus

    November 28, 2016 - By 

    Having spent the last couple of year’s as one of Leeside’s most tireless and passionate promoters, Southern Hospitality Board has announced that they are going on an “undefinable hiatus”. Founded by Aisling O’Riordan and Caoilian Sherlock following the clouse of the Pavilion back in 2014, SHB kicked off their gig-promoting tenure with a show at Triskel Arts Centre with Girl Band in October 2014 and will host possibly the final ever show, The Sudden Club Weekender featuring Rozi Plain, The Shaker Hymn and Anna Mieke Bishop, at The Kino on Sunday, Decemeber 2011. In a Facebook post, the promoters pre-emnpting…

  • Fleet Foxes Set For Iveagh Gardens Show

    November 28, 2016 - By 

    Having recently revealed that their third studio album is almost completed following an extended hiatus, Fleet Foxes have announced that they will play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Friday, July 14. The date marks the band’s first Irish date since June 2011 at Cork’s The Marquee. Tickets for the Iveagh Gardens show go on sale on Thursday (December 1) at 9am. Re-live a Fleet Foxes classic below.

  • RTÉ Announce Partnership with Choice Music Prize

    November 28, 2016 - By 

    Ahead of its return to Dublin’s Vicar Street on Thursday, March 9, RTÉ has announced a new partnership with the Choice Music Prize. The partnership will see both RTÉ2 and RTÉ 2FM play a lead role in supporting what has become one of the highlights of the Irish musical calendar as part of a new agreement. Speaking about the announcement, Director-General at RTÉ Dee Forbe said, “Supporting Irish music and Irish musicians is a core part of what RTÉ does and this partnership will allow us to take our support one step further. Through RTÉ2 and RTÉ2FM, two established brands…

  • Premiere: Conor Mason – On The Surface

    November 23, 2016 - By 

    Conjuring the wistful wanderlust of both Grandaddy and Villagers ‘On The Surface’ by Derry singer-songwriter Conor Mason is a song that “looks at feelings that arise when considering things that we can’t yet explain, the mystery of the unknown”. Taken from a forthcoming EP set for release at the end of January, it’s a real gem, too: mining solace from uncertainty, culminating in a call to recognise the beauty outside the static in our heads, it makes for a wonderfully crafted five minutes, revealing Mason to be a master of hook, harmony and heart.

  • Watch: Guerrilla Sessions with Ray Wingnut feat. Lynched

    November 23, 2016 - By 

    Ahead of their massive Vicar Street show on Saturday night, Lynched recently sat down with Irish music champion Ray Wingnut for the first ever Guerrilla Session. Doubling up as a radio session recorded for Spin ALT on Spin South West (check it out on Sundays from 9.45-11.45am), it’s a wonderfully paced and engrossed feature in which Dublin traditional folk quartet discussing the likes of success, compromise, and the universality of folk, as well as performing two songs, ‘What Will We Do When We Have No Money?’ and ‘The Tri-Coloured House’. The session was shot/edited by Thom McDermott; John ‘Spud’ Murphy on sound.

  • Jagwar Ma Announce Dublin Show

    November 23, 2016 - By 

    Having stopped off at the likes of Glastonbury and Lollapalooza Berlin as part of a worldwide headline tour this year, Sydney trio Jagwar Ma have announced they will play the Green Room of Dublin’s Academy on Friday, April 28. An album recalling rock’s discovery of acid house in the late eighties, the band’s second album, Every Now and Then, was released via Marathon Artists last month. Tickets for the band’s Dublin show are priced €21.00 including booking fee are on sale this Friday at 10am.

  • Angel Olsen Set For Irish Shows

    November 22, 2016 - By 

    Having released easily one of the albums of the year in My Woman, Angel Olsen has announced she will return to Ireland for three dates in May as part of a forthcoming European tour. With tickets on sale this Thursday (November 24), Olsen will stop off at Dublin’s Vicar Street, Cork’s Opera House and Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on May 19, 20 and 21 respectively. Go here to buy tickets. Read Zara Hedderman’s review of My Woman here. Photo by Jenna Foxton

  • Album Premiere: Walpurgis Family – Live Your Life Around It

    November 21, 2016 - By 

    Following a hiatus of a few years, Dublin indie pop quartet Walpurgis Family are back with a new full-length album – their third record to date – in the form of Live Your Life Around It. A self-proclaimed “eclectic, energetic and upbeat roller coaster trip through various scenes, all centred around the theme of how mental health is absorbed into everyday life”, the album touches on everything from panda surgeons, War and Peace, the thin line between reality and delusion, Don Quixote, the panic caused by a breakup and more. Recorded by Mark Chester (Ginnels, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Lie Ins, No…