• Rhythm and Resistance: An Interview with Les Amazones d’Afrique

    October 18, 2024 - By 

    Les Amazones d’Afrique are no strangers to facing down convention. Fusing hypnotic West African rhythms with socially charged lyrics, the all-female collective has become a formidable force in the global music scene. Their blend of activism and artistry has always been inseparable, and with their third album, Musow Danse, they’ve created their most urgent statement yet. Set to take the stage at Mandela Hall on 28th October, their performance stands as one of the most anticipated events in this year’s Belfast International Arts Festival, promising a celebration of resilience, power and liberation. Ahead of the performance, Brian Coney chats with…

  • Monday Mixtape: AM Shanley

    October 13, 2024 - By 

    Ahead of the release of his sublime new single ‘You Really Have Me’ this Friday, 18th October, Lisburn artist AM Shanley waxes lyrical about some of his all-time favourite songs, featuring Sparklehorse, Cat Power, Quasi, Guided By Voices and more PJ Harvey – Who The Fuck (Demo) Twenty years ago this year, PJ Harvey released Uh Huh Her and my fourteen-year-old self skived school to buy it – and my world was changed. I adore everything about this song, the delivery is so playful and feral and fun. Her sludgy Drop C guitars throughout that album are just wonderful and…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 11th October

    October 11, 2024 - By 

    Delve into the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring Chalk, Ciaran Lavery, Gurriers, Proper Micro NV, Celaviedmai and more Chalk – Tell Me Ciaran Lavery – Everything Considered Ahmed, With Love. – Comma, Fullstop. Gurriers – Dipping Out Skinner – Geek Love EP Proper Micro NV – Just a Drop Celaviedmai – Cool Ya Temper (Evan Miles Remix) Pinhole – Sweet Spot Jock – Joe Duffy Wynona Bleach – I Deserve That The Ocelots – About You Rhob Cunningham – Lucy The Fae – Like Your Man

  • Singing And Dying Is What We Are Born For: An Interview With RÓIS

    October 10, 2024 - By 

    Song as a fundamental part of the human experience, a force both profoundly quotidian and supernatural, sits at the heart of RÓIS’ new release MO LÉAN. Its guiding theme is that of death and grief and their expression through music, inspired by forms that served an exalted purpose for generations and generations of Irish people. Caoineadh or keening is a form of vocal lament that existed in Gaelic society since antiquity and only ceased as a living rite at the turn of the 20th century. Sung at wakes near the body of the deceased, generally by a single or a…

  • Uranium Club w/ Search Results, Spit and Mana

    October 8, 2024 - By 

    Listen, “gig of the year” talk can be a little suss but sometimes, every now and then, it tallies up. Consider, for a moment, what’s set to happen at Mono’s Bar at Dalymount Park in a few short weeks. Featuring support by none other than Mana, and a pair of TTA favourites, Spit and Search Results, Minneapolis’s finest Uranium Club play their first-ever Dublin show on Saturday, 16th November. Comprising Brendan Wells, Harry Wohl, Ian Stemper and Matt Stagner, the perennial punk weirdos have, for the last decade or so, fared as one of the very best to do it.…