Belfast-based post-harcore/noise-rock band PigsAsPeople have released a new single titled ‘The Art Of Leaving Your Home’. Set for release on Idle&Us in September, the track is available to download for free or pay what you like via Bandcamp. Stream the track below. The Art of Leaving Your House by PigsAsPeople
As exclusively revealed on BBC Radio Ulster programme Across The Line, Dublin band Villagers have been announced as headliners of the inaugural Harvest Music Festival in Ards on Saturday, August 31. The festival – taking place at Grey Abbey House – will also feature performances from Hayseed Dixie, Duke Special, Gareth Dunlop, Farriers and Emerald Armada amongst others. Tickets for the festival’s debut showcase – the centrepiece of the ‘Ards 1613’ festival – are available to purchase here, priced at £20.00 (children under 12 go free).
Video hand-painted and arranged by Sarah Winters, Belfast-based electro-acoustic singer-songwriter Rachael Boyd has unveiled the video to her superb new single, ‘You Need To Stop Looking’. A clear-cut progression from her 2011 EP Back In Your Box, the track is set to feature on Boyd’s forthcoming EP Too High, which is released on August 6 via Abandon Building. Stream Sun Glitters’ excellent remix of the track here and watch the video to the original below.
Two days after they unveiled the video to their new single ‘The Difference Between’, Mojo Fury are now streaming another new track, ‘Iris Influential’, via YouTube. Taken from the band’s forthcoming, long-awaited second album, it is an electronic-led, decidedly more laidback affair from the Mike Mormecha-led band, who have started a pledge campaign to assist the release of the aforementioned new album, also named The Difference Between. Go here to learn contribute to the campaign. A statement posted on the band’s Facebook page said, “We wanted to give you possibly the heaviest and the lightest tracks off the new album. By producing this album ourselves…
At last! Seven years on from the release of their debut EP, Bangor indie pop quartet Kowalski are streaming their long-awaited debut album, For The Love Of Letting Go. Recorded at EMS Audio, Bangor and the Brown Trout Inn, the ten-track album is also available as a “name your price” digital download and a limited edition 12″ Vinyl via Bandcamp. Stream the album below.
Canadian artist and producer Abel Tesfaye AKA The Weeknd has unveiled the video to his new single, ‘Belong To The World’. Almost eight minutes in length, the video is directed by Californian Anthony Mandler, best known for having worked on sixteen videos with Rihanna. ‘Belong To The World’ is taken from Tesfaye’s forthcoming debut album Kiss Land. Watch the video via MTV here.
With their highly-anticipated second album on the horizon, Belfast/Lisburn three-piece Mojo Fury have unveiled the Tommy Keery-directed video to their new single, ‘The Difference Between’. The Michael Mormecha-fronted band have also announced that they have started a pledge campaign to assist the release of the aforementioned album, also named The Difference Between. Go here to learn move. Watch the video to ‘The Difference Between’ below.
Having wowed at Forbidden Fruit and set for Derry’s Ebrington Square on July 28, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers have announce a string of Irish dates in October. Starting in Belfast’s historic Ulster Hall on Wednesday, October 23 the five-date leg will culminate in a second night in Dublin’s Vicar Street on October 30. View the full dates below. October 23 – Ulster Hall, Belfast October 25 – Milk Market, Limerick October 27 – Radisson Hotel, Galway October 29/30 – Vicar Street, Dublin Tickets for the show go on sale next Friday, July 19. Good times!
The organisers of arguably Northern Ireland’s finest and most respected homegrown musical festival, Glasgowbury, have announced that this year’s festival – the thirteenth in its history – will be its last. Taking on Friday July 19 and Saturday 20 at Eagle’s Rock Valley, Draperstown, this year’s showcase – headlined by The Japanese Popstars, And So I Watch You From Afar and The Answer – will mark the transitional point where the Glasgowbury team move onto the next stage of its development. According to a press release posted on the official Glasgowbury website: “Progressing to the next stage of its forward-thinking…
Sacramento math rock trio Tera Melos have unveiled the Behn Fannin-directed video for their song, ‘Weird Circles’. The opening track from the band’s superb fourth album X’ed Out – released via Sargent House in April – the song is a typically bananas slice of experimental pop wonderment, something the video manages to reflect – via luminous cereal milk, robotic squirrels and dancing hotdogs – extremely well. Watch the video below. Alternatively/also stream X’ed Out via Bandcamp here.