• Sleaford Mods Set for Irish Tour

    November 30, 2018 - By 

    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…

  • Hozier Set For Irish Tour

    September 17, 2018 - By 

    As part of a wider European tour, Hozier will play five Irish dates in December. As well as a three-night run at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin across December 15-17, the songwriter and his band will play Belfast’s Ulster Hall on December 19 and Killarney’s INEC on December 20. Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday, September 21 at 9am.

  • The Murder Capital Announce Irish Tour

    September 6, 2018 - By 

    Fast-rising Dublin band The Murder Capital have announced details of a two-part Irish tour across November and December. The James McGovern-fronted five-piece – who impressed at various Irish festivals this summer including Electric Picnic – will play Galway, Limerick, Cork, Belfast and Derry. Check out full dates below.

  • Kurt Vile & The Violators Set For Belfast Show

    May 23, 2018 - By 

    In addition to his previously-announced Vicar Street show, one of indie rock’s finest and most understated guitarists and songwriters – not to mention chill dude – Kurt Vile brings The Violators to Belfast’s Limelight 1 on November 15. He’s released seven acclaimed albums, the most recent being his the wonderful collaboration with Courtney Barnett, Lotta Sea Lice, as well as working with J Mascis, Kim Gordon, John Prine, John Cale and Warpaint as the respect he commands increases exponentially. Tickets go on sale this Friday May 25 at 9am from Ticketmaster, priced at £21 + booking fee.

  • Irish Tour: Snow Patrol

    May 22, 2018 - By 

    Snow Patrol embarked on their Irish tour last week with gigs in Cork and Dublin. Photos by Silvio Severino and Moira Reilly. Snow Patrol live at Cyprus Avenue, Cork Snow Patrol with support from Brand New Friend at Olympia Theatre, Dublin

  • The Bonk & Percolator Announce Co-Headline Tour

    May 3, 2018 - By 

    The artists behind two thirds of our top three Irish albums of last year embark on a run of dates spanning the island over the next few months. Improvised psych-pop outfit The Bonk are set to play five shows with kraut/drone trio Percolator. We’ll be hosting the Belfast date at the Menagerie on June 28 – more details will be announced on that shortly. The Bonk An incredible, dynamic live outfit, The Bonk is a broad-based musical project headed by Waterford songwriter and improviser Phil Christie (O Emperor). Gathering influences from 60’s garage, jazz and experimental pop, the band’s arrangements bring recursive rhythms and improvised melodies…

  • This Ain’t No Picnic: An Interview With Alpha Male Tea Party

    April 26, 2018 - By 

    Alpha Male Tea Party are a three piece math rock band from Liverpool that have made a name for themselves with hard hitting off kilter riffs and an idiosyncratic sense of wit. The lads are about to set out on an Irish Tour in order to promote their latest album, Health, with shows in Belfast, Dublin, Galway, Cork and Limerick. Jack Rudden had the pleasure of chatting to the group’s guitarist, Tom Peters, about their latest release, the math rock scene and Abraham Lincoln before they hit the road. Your five date tour kicks off on the second of May. What has…

  • British Sea Power @ Limelight 2, Belfast

    February 11, 2018 - By 

    Despite emerging at a time when the supposed cool of The Strokes and The Libertines reigned supreme, British Sea Power have successfully outlived most of their contemporaries to become a strange sort of cult British national treasure, concerned less with drugs and parties than with books and nature – song lyrics cover such topics as collapsing Antarctic shelves and 1953 floods, and the band once even bagged an appearance on Countryfile. Five years since they last graced Irish shores, BSP’s famously eccentric live show makes a long overdue return. After a reverb-drenched opening set from Belfast dream-pop duo MMODE, BSP…

  • Wyvern Lingo – Wyvern Lingo

    December 12, 2017 - By 

    It’s been a long time in waiting as the Bray trio have traipsed across the world, dominating stages in clubs, arenas and festivals alike in support of fellow Irish icons like Hozier & James Vincent McMorrow, but it looks like Wyvern Lingo are set to arrive, when they unleash their eponymous debut album on Friday, February 23. Out through Rubyworks on vinyl, CD & digitally at the usual outlets, it was primarily recorded in Dublin by producer James Kelly, as well as in Donegal, London & Cologne. The trio of Karen Cowley, Caoimhe Barry & Saoirse Duane released their debut EP The Widow Knows back…

  • Irish Tour: Brian Wilson

    July 27, 2017 - By 

    The downright legendary Brian Wilson and his band live in Galway and Dublin. Words by Steven Rainey and Aoife O’Donoghue, photos by Aaron Corr and Sean McCormack. Festival Big Top, Galway There’s a moment in the 2014 Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy where Brian – played by the wonderful Paul Dano – starts playing ‘God Only Knows’ for the first time on the piano. It’s probably one of my favourite scenes. It’s a quiet and poignant moment of the film, and I remember getting chills, awestruck at how such a simple melody was having such a hold on me.…