• Details of Conor Walsh Album Announced

    January 28, 2019 - By 

    Details of the release of new music by much missed Mayo artist Conor Walsh has been announced. Called “an album for his fans”, The Lucid will be released on double-sided vinyl on the third anniversary of his death, on Monday, March 11, with pre-sales available via Bandcamp rom February 14. Side A of the album, we’re told, contain acoustic melodies, while Side B comprises electronic material. The stripped-back release was inspired by composers including Hauschka, Aphex Twin and Nils Frahm. Conor’s sister, Fiona Walsh, who helped to bring the project together said: “This album is for his fans and by…

  • Cardi B, Vince Staples, Anne-Marie and More For Longitude

    January 28, 2019 - By 

    Cardi B and Vince Staples are among the twelve new names added to the bill for this year’s Longitude. Also joining the likes of Chance the Rapper, A$AP Rocky, Future, Brockhampton and Rae Sremmurd are new additions Anne-Marie, Gunna, Trippie Redd, Flatbush Zombies, AJ Tracey, JPEGMAFIA, J.I.D, Jimothy, H.E.R and Joey Purp. Cardi B will join Future as a headliner on Sunday night. Longitude takes place across July 5-7. Day-to-day breakdowns will be revealed in the coming weeks. Ranging from €79.50 to €199.50, tickets are on sale now.

  • Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul Set For Dublin Show

    January 28, 2019 - By 

    Dublin’s 3Arena will play hosted to one one of the strongest bills of the year in May. The sole Irish installment of the Gods of Rap 2019 tour, hip-hop giants Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul will play the venue on May 14th. The show will be hosted and presented by DJ Premier. The tour will mark the anniversary of three iconic records: Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) turns 25, Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back turns 30, and De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising turns 30. Tickets are…

  • Video Premiere: Post Punk Podge feat. TPM – Government Security

    January 25, 2019 - By 

    One of our 19 for ’19 featured artists, Limerick’s Post Punk Podge and the Technohippies are back with another establishment-botherer in the form of ‘Government Security’. Tackling the insidious danger of their hapless rep, given what they’ve been at recently, it’s another timely number from one of Ireland’s foremost Zeitgeist-catchers. Mixed by Theodore Vain and featuring a cameo from Dundalk duo TPM, this single precedes his forthcoming EP, Post Millennium Tension – out February 15. One of the most engaging live performers and prolific acts on the isle, Podge is currently working on his debut album, a mixtape, and astonishingly, ‘Government Security’ won’t even feature on the new EP. Grab the track…

  • Countersunk share video for 101 Beats Per Minute track, ‘I Only Have Eyes’

    January 23, 2019 - By 

    From August 2018 right up to the end of the year, Dublin experimental label, Countersunk, has been sharing a track a week as part of its 101 Beats Per Minute project. Featuring contributions from a wide range of Irish musicians and producers, each track in the collection is as distinct as the next, with the only brief given being that it had to be 101 bpm. The tracks themselves have been released anonymously, but among the contributors are the likes of Jape, ELLLL, Margie Jean Lewis, Somadrone and Countersunk’s own Sunken Foals AKA Dunk Murphy. The anonymity of each of the release’s…

  • Full Daytime Schedule Announced for Output 2019

    January 22, 2019 - By 

    The full daytime schedule for Output Belfast 2019 has been announced. Returning for its fifth outing on February 21, the conference will featuring various panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networking events at Metropolitan Arts Centre and Oh Yeah Centre from over 75 artists, managers and industry figures. The conference will close with a Q+A entitled ‘The boat that rocked – Public Service Broadcasting and the White Star Liner EP’. First performed as a part of BBC 6Music’s Titanic slipway concert, it will “unpack the full story of Public Service Broadcasting’s extraordinary suite of music on The Titanic – the White Star Liner…

  • Foals Set For Summer Series at Trinity College

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    Foals have been announced to play the Summer Series at Trinity College this Summer. The returning quartet – who will launch Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 on March 8th – will play the show on July 2nd. Tickets are priced at €52 and go on sale on Friday, February 1 at 9am. “Lyrically, there are resonances with what’s going on in the world at the moment,” Yannis Philippakis said of the forthcoming two-part abum. “I just feel like, what’s the utility of being a musician these days, if you can’t engage with at least some of this…

  • Drake to Play Three Dates in 3Arena

    January 22, 2019 - By 

    Drake will play three dates in Dublin in March. Taking part of his Assassination Vacation European tour, the Canadian rapper will play 3Arena on March 19, 21 and 22. Support on all three nights comes from Tory Lanez. Tickets cost €76 and go on sale on Friday at 9am.

  • Ryan Adams For Olympia Theatre

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    No stranger to the city, it’s been announced that Ryan Adams will play Dublin in a couple of months. The U.S. singer-songwriter will return to play the Olympia Theatre on March 31. Adams – who will release three albums in 2019, including Big Colors on April 19 – has played the Dublin venue ten times in the past. Tickets for the show are priced from €49.54 and go on sale on Friday, January 25 at 9am.

  • BEAK> Set For Dublin Show

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    BEAK> will play Dublin in the Spring. Having stopped off in Belfast in 2018, the Bristol-based, Geoff Barrow-fronted trio – who released their stellar third album, >>>, back in September – will play Whelan’s in Dublin on May 18th. Tickets are on sale now priced €22.00. The band have also just released the video for new single ‘Brean Down’. Check it – and all forthcoming tour dates – below.