• Premiere: DIVAN – Sale of Lakes

    June 21, 2016 - By 

    Formed out of the need to explore new territory away from their other projects, Dublin imports DIVAN, made up of members of Ambience Affair and Tomorrows have found a new lease of life on their forthcoming album Modern Knowledge. Produced by Ramona Falls, Menomena and EL VY man Brent Knopf, expect the album to be one rich with depth and melody. Brian Coney chatted to the band about their formation and their ethos. Listen to ‘Sale of Lakes’ below. Hi guys. First up, for those completely new to you, can you give us a bit of background to the formation of the…

  • Rave New World (17/6)

    June 17, 2016 - By 

    With Aidan Hanratty off on a well-earned holiday, Antoin Lindsay delivers a look at the best electronic gigs, tracks and mixes of the week. GIGS Twitch Present Objekt at QUBSU, Belfast Saturday, June 18 It’s been a long time coming, but Objekt is coming to Belfast, specifically Twitch, and it will probably be absolute carnage. With his lethal combination of deep cuts and bangers he’ll almost certainly be a huge hit with the crowd. Warm up comes from the fantastic Manchester crew Meat Free. TRACKS Ian Pooley – Cold Wait (Bicep Edit) Drafting in local favourites Bicep for a remix…

  • Bookmark: R.B Kelly

    June 16, 2016 - By 

    In this installment of Bookmark, we spend some time with upcoming sci-fi writer R.B Kelly as she selects the books that made a huge impression on her writing. Her debut novel Edge of Heaven is available through Liberties press this month. Photos by Dee McEvoy. This Other Eden – Ben Elton This was the first adult science fiction book I ever read, and it’s what got me writing science fiction in the first place. Elton was writing about the near future as he saw it in the early nineties, and I love the way he creates a frighteningly plausible scenario…

  • Album Premiere: Glimmermen – Breakin’ Out

    June 14, 2016 - By 

    Just last month we shared ‘Bang’, the lead single from Breakin’ Out, the new album by Dublin’s Glimmermen. Calling it a “markedly more linear yet no less distinct and ear-grabbing effort from the four-piece”, it reinforced our belief that the band – whose debut EP Satellite People caught our attention back in 2012 – had something different and potentially quite vital to their collective bow. As it so happens, Breakin’ Out confirms that fact in assured fashion, each of the release’s nine tracks threading together to form an effort where the major key and quietly emphatic cogitations on the everyday meld to…

  • Lisa Hannigan w/ Ye Vagabonds @ St Luke’s, Cork

    June 13, 2016 - By 

    “Scooch!” It’s getting towards the end of her powerful set at St. Luke’s in Cork and Lisa Hannigan is encouraging support band Ye Vagabonds to squeeze in a little bit closer to the microphone so they can all be heard on a beautifully harmonised take on the title track from her second album Passenger. A chuckle ripples through the reverent audience in the ornate and acoustically masterful old church before they quickly return to attentive silence. It’s a moment that tells you all you need to know about a Lisa Hannigan live performance as it exudes her endearing comfort, and…

  • Watch: Dublin Boiler Room

    June 9, 2016 - By 

    Headlined by one of the country’s most respected proponents of techno, Sunil Sharpe, the mighty Boiler Room made it’s highly-anticipated return to Dublin on Monday night with another stellar line-up of all-Irish electronic talent. As well as featuring TTA Cork favourite Elll, the night also featured live sets from hardware wizard DeFeKT, Daire Carolan & Sonel Ali. Miss out first time around? Watch all 4 hours and 38 minutes of it below.

  • Lisa Hannigan @ Black Box, Belfast

    June 9, 2016 - By 

    Despite initially making her name singing with Damien Rice throughout the height of his fame, it wasn’t until the end of that creative partnership that Lisa Hannigan really came into her own, beginning a solo career that saw her notch up impressively high profile TV appearances – none more impressive than an appearance on The Colbert Report – during a time when Rice had faded into the shadows. Although no new studio albums have been forthcoming since assured debut Sea Sew in 2008 and more mature follow up Passenger in 2011, she’s continued to expand an already impressive CV by…

  • Goat – I Sing in Silence

    June 1, 2016 - By 

    Swedish masked-psychedelic collective Goat last Friday dropped their latest 7″ on Sub Pop. I Sing In Silence, a concise release featuring two brilliantly experimental tracks, demonstrates just how far the eccentric group have grown since their formation back in 2012. The offbeat group’s distinctive sound fuses together elements of afrobeat, rock and folk, incorporating tribal drums and chants to create an inventive fusion of world music. The visionary project embraces music and culture from all corners of the globe, bringing aspects of them all together to create an intoxicating, otherworldly sound. The experimental group claim that the project stems from a long-running collective of townspeople from their hometown…

  • Stream: Majestic Bears – Does She Know?

    May 27, 2016 - By 

    Galway based folk trio Majestic Bears have been making audiences ‘ooo’ and ‘aaaa’ with modest consistency for the past while. While still in the early stages of their recording career, the group have displayed a knack for charming motifs and deft sincerity to keep the summery folk fan in all of us whistling all the way to the shops. Ahead of the release of their forthcoming EP on Citóg Records Julia in June, the group are premiering their track ‘Does She Know’ along with B-Side ‘The Devil’s in the Details’. Following from their 2014 release Poems Addressed to the Sea, their latest offering…