Rún’s second single is here, and with it, any lingering sense of mystery around their potential (which was quite literally nil, to be fair) dissolves into something far more powerful. Out now via Rocket Recordings, ‘Strike It’ is a possessed, slow-burning marvel: sludge bass, sky-splitting force and Tara Baoth Mooney’s incantatory vocals summoning something ancient, unholy and vital. Clocking in at under five minutes, it’s a masterclass in widescreen tension and release, capturing a band in full psychic bloom. The single lands two months after the seismic arrival of ‘Terror Moon’ and ahead of their performance at the always unmissable…
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Thom McDermott captures a DIY one-dayer for the ages: the inaugural Conncert at The Lodge in Co. Mayo, featuring Poor Creature, Fixity, John of the Apocalypse, Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Rún and more.
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On these shores, few creative initiatives pair careful curation with an independent spirit as focused and informed as Spilt Milk. A year on from hosting the likes of School Tour, Syn and the sadly-missed Shammen Delly, the annual festival of music, art and film returns to Sligo town across 18th-20th November for its fourth outing, and arguably its strongest line-up to date. The programme from this year’s festival comprises four events, taking place at one of the island’s finest art centres, The Model – and it’s primed to be another wonderfully palette-spanning affair featuring several TTA favourites. From 7pm on Friday, the venue will…
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One of our favourite Irish acts at the minute, Bray trio Wyvern Lingo will launch their debut, four-track EP, Letter to Willow via Rubyworks on Friday, March 4 – three days after playing their biggest Dublin show to date at Dublin’s Button Factory on Friday, April 1. Currently on tour in the UK with Hozier, the trio have unveiled a rendition of their fellow Wicklow artist’s ‘Run’. Very nicely capturing their keen ear for harmony, it’s a first-rate re-imagining from a band who came to the forefront of our attention with the release of ‘Subside‘ last year. Wyvern Lingo also play Galway’s Roisin Dubh on…