Belfast’s Deeply Armed have been making subterranean waves for a while now. Tracks passed hand to hand via samizdat channels. Whispers between heads. Andrew Weatherall was an early booster. David Holmes played out a psychedelic version of one track at select ritual-like occasions. But now the trio break cover with ‘The Healing,’ a debut 12” that feels like a signal flare from a long-dormant dream. The release comes bolstered by remixes from Andrew Innes (Primal Scream) and Brendan Lynch (Paul Weller/Lynch Mob) and Keith Tenniswood (2 Lone Swordsmen/Radioactive Man), a trio of producers who know a thing or two about…

You know the drill. New Irish music, none of it shite. Myles Manley – Jeremiaaad 2 // Aran Jumper We’re putting on Myles Manley along with Garden Centre and the Daisy Chain at the Ulster Sports Hall in Belfast on Friday, 18th April. Tickets are here Poor Creature – The Whole Town Knows Paddy Hanna – Oylegate Oylegate by Paddy Hanna Morgana – Power Cuts Alpha Chrome Yayo – Promise Mascot Agency Mineral Stunting – Come Rain Come Shine Come Rain Come Shine by Mineral Stunting Mob Wife – Make You Rich Hotgirl – The Stink 1000 Beasts – Spiral…

New Jackson live at the Button Factory in Dublin with support from Rory Sweeney and The Outside. Photos by Seán Kelly

The Lathums live at The Academy in Dublin with support from Sadhbh Keane. Photos by Ian Davies

There’s a moment on ‘Oh I Forgot’ where Leigh Arthur’s voice seems to lean in just a little closer. Where everything else falls away and the full weight of memory hits like a warm gust, momentarily lifting everything. It doesn’t announce itself; it just blooms. That’s the kind of song this is. Quietly devastating. A minor-keyed, heart-stung hymn that burrows in without bluster. A veteran of some of Ireland’s most vital DIY outfits – Dublin lo-fi punk greats Sissy and, for a time, post-punk trio Extravision – Arthur has long carved out a singular presence in the underground. Her current…

Cleopatrick live at The Academy in Dublin with support from Projector. Photos by David McEneaney

Junior Brother live at the Button Factory in Dublin with support from Search Results. Photos by Matt Gorman

Anna B Savage live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from Chanele McGuinness. Photos by Ian Davies

Spiritualized live at Mandela Hall in Belfast. Photos by David McEneaney

Problem Patterns live at McHughs in Drogheda with support from Fightmilk. Photos by Ian Davies