No Spill Blood live at Whelan’s in Dublin with support from Poor Creature. Photos by Thom McDermott
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It’s a real red letter day for Irish music, with new music from some Ireland’s finest acts. Check out our pick of them, featuring Lisa O’Neill, Arborist, New Pagans, Frog of Earth, David Kitt, CMAT, Danny Carroll, Ailbhe Reddy, Hands Up Who Wants To Die, No Spill Blood and more. Lisa O’Neill – Silver Seed Arborist – Dreaming In Another Language CMAT – Mayday Robbie Stickland – Time To Say Goodbye To My Old Self Time To Say Goodbye To My Old Self by Robbie Stickland Hands Up Who Wants To Die – L’inconnue New Pagans – There We Are John No Spill Blood –…
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Very few bands do obliteration quite like No Spill Blood. Over the last ten years, the Dublin trio of Ror Conaty, Matt Hedigan and Ruadhan O’Meara have delivered cyclical heft, cut from its very own cosmic cloth. Eight years after releasing one of the most emphatic Irish albums of 2015, Heavy Electricity, the Kraut-metal three-piece are back with news of its eagerly-anticipated follow-up, Eye of Night. Set for release via Finnish imprint Svart on 24th February 2023, the ten-track album is, we are told, a “series of inward folding tales of a protagonist’s journey within the self. An exploration of the…
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Russian Circles live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from No Spill Blood. Photos by Ciaran O Maolain
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Ahead of what is set to be a monstrous midnight show tomorrow night (19th May) in The Grand Social, Dublin’s cosmic heft overlords No Spill Blood have shared a brand new track in the form of ‘Ossein’ Recorded as part of a live session in Guerrilla Studios Dublin this month, the synth-doom, Komische, prog behemoths have served up another dose of world-swallowing energy marked by Matt Hedigan’s frightening howl, Ruadhan O’Meara’s trademark synths and Ror Conaty’s propulsive drums. The track marks the first new music from the trio since their 2015 Sargent House outing Heavy Electricity. The session was shot and edited by Thom McDermott. Feast your ears below.…
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Making its return for the first time in many years, Belfast’s alternative, inclusive Twelfth of July proceeding Curfew, takes place across two of Belfast’s finest small venues – The Black Box & Voodoo. The whole day is kindly run by original runner Pete Jez’ Solid Choice Industries. In direct opposition of ‘the other one’, we don’t have to pretend to enjoy the rad tunes. The only cultural division to be seen is in the cross-genre venue booking -Voodoo is set to host the riff-centric acts, headed by Dublin’s synth-driven space-metal trio No Spill Blood, sludgy heavy rock trio Slomatics, Dublin hardcore act Destriers, space punks Wild Rocket, sludge-doom act Nomadic…
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For several years, arguably Ireland’s finest noise rock outfit, Dublin’s Hands Up Who Wants To Die have devastated rooms across Ireland & Europe, led by the singular stage presence of one Barry Lennon. His ominous presence read death knells over the unified metallic discord conjured by Paul Clynes, Matt Hedigan and John Breslin – known for respected DIY-spirited acts like No Spill Blood, Wild Rocket and Vatican II. Two spectacular records rose out of that particular alchemy: Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, and Vega In The Lyre. The band have announced Lennon’s unfortunate departure from the band with the following statement: “It’s been a…
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From the bone-crushing mighty of Slomatics to the propulsive lo-fi electronica of Holy Fuck, this week’s Thin Air Gigs of the Week is a distinctly darker, heavier affair to last week’s guide. Anyone who tries to contest that’s a bad thing is wrong, my friend. Very wrong. No Spill Blood, Robocobra Quartet, Thumper Bello Bar, Dublin Friday, October 14 Trust be told, you’ll struggle to find a stronger three-band Irish bill than Sargent House’s No Spill Blood, Belfast’s singular Robocobra Quartet and Dublin noise-pop Thumper. With that in mind, Bello Bar is most definitely the place to be in Dublin on Friday night. Slomatics…
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Mutoid Man featuring members of Converge and Cave, set off on tour around Ireland taking in shows at Belfast, Dublin and Galway. Support each night came from label mates No Spill Blood, 7.5 Tonnes of Beard and Ilenkus. Photos by Liam Kielt, Vincent Hughes and Isabel Thomas. Roisin Dubh, Galway by Vincent Hughes Voodoo, Belfast by Liam Kielt The Grand Social, Dublin by Isabel Thomas
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Exploding Eyes, No Spill Blood, The Fontaines and Switzerland live at the Barricade Inn, Dublin. Photos by Francisco Michel.