• Premiere: Bedrooms – crusher/birds of prey

    August 19, 2024 - By 

    It’s hard to believe it’s been over four years since we first sang the praises of Bedrooms. Their third single, ‘Bus Lanes’, was a perfect introduction to a Dublin trio who knew their way around the subtleties of indie rock—a band who could surely tell apart echoing the cool restraint of Luna and the reflective depth of Damon & Naomi—all while quietly carving out their own space. Now, four years on, the band are on the cusp of unveiling their long-awaited debut album, Perfectly Still. Reuniting with Bill Ryder-Jones at YAWN Studios—the same space where they crafted their 2021 EP…

  • Silverbacks Announce Third LP, Share Video for ‘Something I Know’

    August 6, 2024 - By 

    Silverbacks have announced details of their highly-anticipated third studio album and shared a new single, ‘Something I Know’. Arguably the island’s finest guitar band, the indie-rock six-piece – and long-time TTA favourites – will release Easy Being A Winner on Friday, 18th October via Central Tones/Cargo. Accompanying the news is their stellar new single ‘Something I Know’. A month on from LP3’s first single, ‘Selling Shovels,’ the band’s latest effort filters the influence of My Bloody Valentine, Guided By Voices and Stereolab, turning up the contrast yet more on their supremely-crafted indie rock. Speaking about the song, lyricist and guitarist Kilian O’Kelly…

  • David Holmes’ God’s Waiting Room to Return

    August 2, 2024 - By 

    God’s Waiting Room is coming back to Belfast later this year month David Holmes’ iconic club night has made for some of the most unforgettable happenings in the city over the last few years. With each event summoning its very own pure-cut – some might even say lysergic – magic, its return on Saturday, 31st August is certainly not one not to be slept on As ever, it’s another blinder of a bill, with Holmes being joined by both Luke Una and Tony Morris. Talk about a holy trinity. It’s all happening between the walls of Malone Rugby Club this…

  • Under The Drum Festival Announces First Ever Programme

    July 26, 2024 - By 

    A brand new music festival set at the foot of the County Antrim Hills, just thirty minutes from Belfast, is set to hold its first ever iteration on Saturday 28th September. Set just outside Ballyclare, it takes its name from Drumadarragh, one of the hills overlooking its intimate setting of Breckenhill. Atop the bill are NI Music Prize-winning alternative folk artists, the supremely talented Joshua Burnside and Arborist, with the likes of indie-psych quartet Junk Drawer, Galway garage punk masters Oh Boland, Derry alt-pop artist Roe, experimental rock quartet Blue Whale, Brand New Friend, Cian Nugent, London act Arliston, Susie Blue, jangle-pop master Neil Brogan, Demi O’Hara…

  • Féile Na Gréine Reveal 2024 Line-Up

    July 23, 2024 - By 

    Féile Na Gréine is back, and the 2024 edition promises to be its most ambitious yet. Running from August 23rd to 25th, this annual, volunteer-run festival will take audiences on a three-day musical trail through the music capital of Ireland, Limerick City, stopping at an array of venues – from art spaces and underground clubs to craft breweries and street parties. It’s there we’re certain it will underscore its status as a supremely curated expression of Ireland’s world-beating DIY community. This year’s perfectly pitched line-up includes TTA favourites The Bonk, known for their song and freeform jazz improvisation led by…

  • Féile na Gréine Announce Dublin and Limerick Fundraisers

    July 17, 2024 - By 

    Very soon we’ll anointed with the knowledge of who all’s playing this year’s Féile na Gréine – the annual, volunteer-run Limerick festival that is right up there with the finest, supremely curated expressions of our world-beating, island-wide DIY community. Ahead of that, organisers have announced details of a couple of fundraiser gigs for this festival, set to take over Dublin and Limerick next week. With money raised at both going into funding this year’s festival, which takes over Limerick City form 23-25th August, Crowbar in Dublin will bring together Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, Nashpaints and Aoife Wolf on…

  • Another Love Story Announce 2024 Line-up

    June 25, 2024 - By 

    Another Love Story have revealed the line-up for its upcoming 10th anniversary edition. Hands down one of the island’s very best summer festivals, ALS celebrates a whole decade in the game with its return to majestic Killyon Manor in Co. Meath across 23-25th August. And what a bill to mark the big occasion. As well as sets by the likes of Jape, Muireann Bradley, Poor Creature, Crispy Jason, New Jackson and more, this year’s festival will feature Ethio-jazz master Hailu Mergia, John Francis Flynn, Kíla, Mohammad Syfkhan, David Kitt, Ana Palindrome, Attention Bébé and more. And that’s before even getting…

  • Video Premiere: PostLast – Scavenge

    June 20, 2024 - By 

    Earlier this month, PostLast released their second single – and one of our Irish tracks of the summer thus far – ‘Scavenge’. Conjuring the likes of Mazzy Star and Beach House at their most subtly widescreen, it was a fresh introduction to a duo wielding an irresistible alt-pop sound from the off. Comprising HAVVK’s Julie Hough and Stephen McHale of BARQ, the project launched back in April with the sublime ‘Connect 4’. Across three minutes, it unveiled a songwriting pair with a kind of alchemy that perfectly deviates from their respective bands. Having first connected while completing a joint headline…

  • Quarter Block Party Announces 2024 Line-Up

    June 19, 2024 - By 

    Right up there as one of the most reliably outstanding fixtures in the Irish summer festival calendar, Quarter Block Party will return to Cork between 20th-21st July. It’s another supremely assembled programme from the organisers, with countless TTA favourites – from Search Results and Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, to Crying Loser, Messyng and various others – taking over Test Site, Plugd Records, Coughlands and Crane Lane across the weekend. We’re a little hesitant to outright say you’d be silly to miss it, but you absolutely would to be fair. Get your tickets here and check out the show…

  • The Jesus Lizard Add Dublin Show To Comeback Tour

    June 5, 2024 - By 

    The Jesus Lizard have just announced a Dublin show as part of their upcoming comeback tour. David Yow, David Wm. Sims, Duane Denison and Mac McNeilly will stop off at the Button Factory on 15th January 2025. Tickets go on sale at 10AM this Friday, 7th June. The band, who will release their seventh studio album, Rack, via Ipecac on 13th September will also play their first-ever Northern Irish show at the Limelight, Belfast on 14th January.