• ferna Announces Irish Tour

    ferna has announced details of her first-ever Irish tour. Having also recently been announced to play this year’s Northern Ireland Music Prize ceremony on 15th November, the acclaimed North Coast singer-songwriter – real name Hannah McPhillimy – will play a string of shows throughout the island in November and December. Check out the full dates and details for the tour, which stops off in Cork, Dublin, Belfast – as part of this year’s Sound of Belfast -and Portstewart, below. The news comes six months after ferna released her sublime debut album, understudy, which you really should revisit: understudy (debut album)…

  • Irish Tour: Kraftwerk

      Kraftwerk live at King John’s Castle in Limerick and Trinity College in Dublin. Photos by Ian Davies and Monika Ruman King John’s Castle by Ian Davies Trinity College Dublin by Monika Ruman

  • Irish Tour: Florence + The Machine

    Florence + The Machine set out on their Irish Tour this week, taking in Musgrave Park in Cork, Malahide Castle in Dublin and Belsonic in Belfast with support from CMAT and Nell Mescal. Photos by Celeste Burdon, Jane Donnelly and Aislinn McGinn. Musgrave Park in Cork by Celeste Burdon Malahide Castle in Dublin, with support from CMAT and Nell Mescal by Jane Donnelly Belsonic in Belfast by Aislinn McGinn

  • Irish Tour: Sir Chloe

    Sir Chloe live at the Academy in Dublin and the Limelight in Belfast. Photos by Kate Lawlor and Aislinn McGinn The Academy in Dublin by Kate Lawlor The Limelight in Belfast by Aislinn McGinn

  • Irish Tour: Boris

    Boris set out on their Irish tour last week performing live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork, The Button Factory in Dublin and The Black Box in Belfast with support from Pupil Slicer. Photos by Celeste Burdon, Monika Ruman and Aislinn McGinn Cyprus Avenue in Cork by Celeste Burdon The Button Factory in Dublin by Monika Ruman The Black Box in Belfast by Aislinn McGinn

  • EP Stream: Pôt-Pôt – Ode To A

    Following their first gig as a four-piece in March for the Port-To-Port festival in Lisbon, we’re delighted to give you a first listen to Ode To A, the debut EP from Cork-based experimental project pôt-pôt. Its four swirling, oneiric songs are based entirely around the note of A, with it being the only musical note used across the whole record. Cork’s Mark Waldron-Hyden (drums, synth, vocals) created pôt-pôt initially as a solo project – with the goal of writing only music that could be recreated as a solo act – during lockdown, before moving to Lisbon, where he met and recruited bassist Joe Armitage and guitarist Michael…

  • Irish Tour: David Kitt

    David Kitt live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway and The Spirit Store in Dundalk with support from Swimmers Jackson. Photos by Mark Earley and Sean McMahon Roisin Dubh in Galway by Mark Earley The Spirit Store in Dundalk by Sean McMahon

  • Irish Tour: M(h)aol

    M(h)aol live at The Loft in Galway with support from Puck and at Cyprus Avenue in Cork with support from I Dreamed I Dream. Photos by Ciaran O Maolain and John Sheehy Roisin Dubh in Galway by Ciaran O Maolain Cyprus Avenue in Cork By John Sheehy

  • Irish Tour: Biig Piig

    Biig Piig live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork, Dolan’s in Limerick with support from Yune Pinku and The Academy in Dublin. Photos by Celeste Burdon, Ian Davies and Kate Lawlor. Cyprus Avenue in Cork by Celeste Burdon Dolan’s in Limerick by Ian Davies The Academy in Dublin by Kate Lawlor