• Exhibition: This Was Our Scene @ Fumbally Exchange

    October 19, 2017 - By 

    Tonight’s sees the opening of a new photographic exhibition in Dublin’s Fumbally Exchange featuring the work of Gregory Nolan. Originally from Ireland, Nolan cut his teeth abroad rather than at home – making a name for himself through his blend of traditional music photography coupled with a documentary style to capture the London’s mid-2000’s indie scene, a fact reference in the exhibition’s title: This Was Our Scene. Nolan’s imagery captured the energy of the capital’s music scene, and encapsulated the hedonism and excitement emanating from his adopted hometown. When viewing his photographs of now established names like The Libertines and Frank Turner it is clear that the heartbeat of this resurgence were…

  • ¡NO! – Sediments

    October 9, 2017 - By 

    Dublin experimental project ¡NO! have been steadily drip-feeding us their improvised limited edition CDs and cassettes gradually over the last three years, as well as their regular Concrete Soup nights, which feature live collaborations with internationally-renowned artists. Their tenth release in that time is Sediments, released through Little Gem Records. In the same way the late ’60s & early ’70s led Berliners to fluctuate between their own interpretations of psychedelia, jazz & blues, and making experimental, deeply ambient electronic without pause to consider genre restraints and pay heed primarily to creative impulse -leading to the movement known broadly as krautrock, ¡NO! have paid similar heed to expectation and convention. Although…

  • Album Premiere & Interview: The Bonk

    October 6, 2017 - By 

    Having released a string of stellar singles over the last two years, Dublin & Cork-based experimental, orchestral, psychedelic garage rock project The Bonk have released their debut LP, The Bonk Seems To Be A Verb, and we’re delighted to premiere the entire album on its day of release. Recorded over the last few years while the outfit have been together, it’s released on cassette through Drogheda arts & culture collective Thirty Three – 45. Although the project is based around the compositions of frontman Phil Christie – of O Emperor, the substantial cast of musicians credited on the album includes some of the island’s most…

  • Basic Space Talk @ Hugh Lane

    October 10, 2017 - By 

    Basic Space Dublin continue their series of talk in Dublin’s Hugh Lane this coming Friday with a discussion with curatorial duo RGKSKSRG. RGKSKSRG is composed of Rachel Gilbourne (IMMA Ireland) and Kate Strain (Grazer Kunstverein, located in Graz, Austria) and over the last number of years they have been curating a host of intriguing and engaging shows, utilising a variety of mediums and spaces – notably 2015’s online installation love story featuring the work of Eilis McDonald and last year’s I like to eat with my hands in Wexford Arts Centre. Places for the talk, which begins at 1pm in Gallery 18, are free but limited to…

  • Exhibition: Heart and Soul @ The Copper House

    October 5, 2017 - By 

    This evening sees a new exhibition featuring the work of Irish artist Claire Guinan open in The Copper House on Dublin’s Synge Street. Titled Heart and Soul, the show features portraits of Irish musicians captured in paint. Gunian is due to present her works as large form oil paintings, and has worked with a veritable who’s who of the Irish music scene with images of Paul Brady, Mick Flannery, Aslan’s Christy Dignam, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Dempsey and more on show. The exhibition is an cross section of two of Ireland’s most treasured mediums and is set to continue until October 11th. Full details are available online…

  • Exhibition: Double Movement @ TBG+S

    September 19, 2017 - By 

    Gavin Murphy’s new show, titled Double Movement, in currently on show in Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. The exhibition is a look into the role and functions of the now defunct Eblana Theatre, which was located in the basement of Dublin’s Busáras building. While the main building opened in 1953, the subterranean space, which was due to be a newsreel cinema, lay dormant until 1959. It was then that Phyllis Ryan and her Gemini theatre company opened the aforementioned Elbana. Here they showcased the works of Irish artists, including John B. Keane and Brian Friel, whilst also bringing the work of…

  • American Football @ Button Factory, Dublin

    September 7, 2017 - By 

    It’s unlikely that you’re ever going to find a crowd as earnest as the gentle gang of 20-something year olds that bundle into The Button Factory for emo heroes, American Football. It’s been a long time coming but the Illinois band are finally making their Irish debut 20 years after their humble beginnings and emotions are running high among the expectant audience. The first thing to notice about American Football is that, despite how few shows they’ve actually played over the last two decades, you’d be hard pushed to find a band more technically accurate. Each song sounds identical to…

  • Exhibition: Static @ Pallas Projects + Studios

    September 6, 2017 - By 

    Tonight from 6pm to 8pm sees the preview of Rebecca Dunne’s Static in Pallas Projects + Studios. Dunne is an artist who focuses on sound art, with her exhibitions frequently taking on immersive and interactive roles with their audiences. In Static we are advised that Dunne will present “a feature length picture available in surround sound”, which promises to continue and extend this narrative within her work. The exhibition is due to continue Pallas’ recent pop-up show template and close this Saturday after a three day run – helping to firmly establish the immediacy and visceral nature of the works. Full…