Californian garage/psych outfit Oh Sees are set to return to Dublin for a must-see two-night stint at the Button Factory on May 18th & 19th, almost a year to the day since their last shows here. Unanimously accepted as one of the finest rock & roll bands in the universe, the John Dwyer-led band have averaged around one album per year since 2003 under the Oh Sees name or its various aliases. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am at Ticketmaster.
Having released one of the albums of the year, Weyes Blood is set to play the Button Factory on October 26. Natalie Mering’s fourth album, Titanic Rising, came out in April to unanimous acclaim. Absorbing classical and renaissance music, pop culture and social commentary into a cinematic narrative, it’s the most focused, singular vision of her all-encompassing contemporary pop so far. Read Andrea Cleary’s review from back in April. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, May 22 at 9am from Ticketmaster.
Long one of our favourite songwriters & artists on the island, Naoise Roo has been on an extended hiatus for the last couple of years. Thankfully, she’s just announced her return EP, Sick Girlfriend, and is set to hold her first show in a number of years at Dublin’s Project Arts Centre on May 4. The show will serve as a preview of the EP, with Sick Girlfriend‘s four tracks centred around themes of depression, the negative aspects of the music industry, and the stereotypes that burden women experiencing mental illness. Roo will be joined by producer/bassist Daniel Fox of Girl Band, as well as drummer Rian Trench, guitarist Karl Tobin and…
Adding to the likes of New Order & Paul Weller in the already-stellar Trinity Summer Series, Vampire Weekend are set to play the Dublin College on July 1. This news follows the January release of ‘Harmony Hall’ and ‘2021’ taken from their forthcoming new album, Father of the Bride, set to come out this spring. Tickets go on sale from Ticketmaster this Friday, February 15 at 9am.
Making their first appearance in Ireland in five years, The Antlers are set to play the Sugar Club on April 30 in what will be an appropriately intimate, subdued setting for the cinematic outfit. Having not played together since 2015, following the release of their last album, Familiars, the band has announced a vinyl reissue of their career-defining album, Hospice, on its tenth anniversary. The album, which featured Sharon Van Etten on vocals, was one of the finest to come from the emotive rock movement of the noughties. Of the reissue, primary songwriter & vocalist Peter Silberman said: “We’re reissuing the Hospice LP on March 8th, 2019, in honor of…
In support of their forthcoming fifth album Eton Alive, Nottingham electronic punk duo Sleaford Mods return to Ireland for a run of four shows: February 7 – Limelight 1, Belfast February 8 – The Academy, Dublin February 9 – Róisín Dubh, Galway February 10 – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick Comprised of Jason Williamson’s words & voice, and Andrew Fearn’s beats, they are, in the words of Steve Albini, “the greatest band in the world”. They manage to be one of the most engaging live acts in the world without frills, lacking so much as a proper stand for their laptop – beer crates, normally. Here’s ‘Jolly Fucker‘. Tickets go on…
Shake off those Monday blues, because there’s almost certainly a show for you amongst today’s announcements: One of the all-time foremost purveyors of roots music, American musician, songwriter, composer & producer Ry Cooder makes a rare appearance at Dublin’s National Stadium on October 15. Tickets are priced €76 from Ticketmaster, and go on sale this Friday April 27th at 9am. Pushing misanthropy to the limit, one of the world’s most gifted & natural comedians’ comedians’ comedians, Doug Stanhope makes his first trip to Ireland in several years, playing the Olympia Theatre on June 14. Tickets are priced €40 from Ticketmaster, and go on sale this Friday April 27th at 9am. Fancy revisiting those halcyon days of turntablist alt. rock? Incubus return…
Formerly the indie kings of Belfast, General Fiasco return for a one-off reunion show at Voodoo on Wednesday, January 31. The band, formed of Mid-Ulster natives Stephen Leacock and brothers Owen & Enda Strathern, gained notable popularity in the UK indie circuit in their stint together, before the trio’s last show together as General Fiasco took place in June 2013. Their early EPs & 2010 debut album Buildings, led to their featuring in the likes of The Inbetweeners, and in the years since their dissolution, they’ve performed together and apart in various guises, including with Oh Volcano and Franklyn. Tickets cost £10, and in the spirit of independent venue support, will only…
In what’s in no uncertain terms the finest outdoor show Ireland will probably see in 2018, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds play their first date on the isle in over a decade at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Wednesday, June 6. This follows a select few UK dates that managed to previously avoid us, in support of his latest album, the universally acclaimed Skeleton Tree. It was accompanied with a deeply moving documentary film, One More Time With Feeling, created to promote the album without having to talk about the tragic circumstances surrounding it. That The Bad Sees are on the bill is triumph enough,…
Legendary New York hip-hop group Public Enemy are set to play Belfast’s Limelight 1 on Tuesday, August 5. Consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, DJ Lord and more, the show will mark pioneering Long Island outfit’s debut show in the city, thirty two years after they formed. Lauded for albums including Fear of a Black Planet and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the group released their twelfth studio album, The Evil Empire of Everything, back in 2012. Tickets for the show go on sale from Ticketmaster right here at 9am on Monday morning (June 30). Watch the video…