Dylan Tighe has just released a delux version of his album ‘Record’ which includes a number of live songs recorded from the launch night in the Grand Social, a night we reviewed […]
New Music – Dylan Tighe – The Ghost
Fragile Balance – Candlelight Sessions – Album Review
Fragile Balance – Candlelight Sessions – Album Review by Killian Laher Fragile Balance are two guitarists from Texas. Their third album, Candlelight Sessions was recorded live in a studio, and consists of […]
New Music – Oliver Cole – Unitarian Church – 18-12-15
Oliver Cole released his second album ‘Year of the Bird’ in July of this year, and now you have the chance to see him play it live in the Unitarian Church next […]
Moving Forward: An Interview with Riot Tapes
Moving Forward: An Interview with Riot Tapes Since becoming as a band in 2009, Riot Tapes are now ready to release their debut record. The Dublin group (consisting of Elaine Doyle, Chris […]
New Music – Pugwash – Play Intimately (As If Among Friends)
Pugwash return with what is being billed as their first internationally released studio album. This is actually their sixth album, dating back to the 1999 release ‘Almond Tree’, to say nothing of […]
A Letter From Neil Hannon – New Divine Comedy Album
The letter below just dropped onto the Divine Comedy Facebook page, which is a time line of events which happened and could have happened, with some good news at the end! Hello […]
BC Camplight – Workmans Club – Friday October 9th
The next few months are sizing up pretty nicely on the music side of things! Another treat should be BC Camplight, who plays the Workman’s club on Friday Oct 9th. Brian Christinzio […]
New music: Roman GianArthur – Ok Lady
Make your Friday a lot better by settling in with Roman GianArthur’s (and Janelle Monáe) take on Radiohead. Part mashup, part covers, part re-imaginings it’s just damn good. Enjoy.
Erased Tapes – Free Compilations
Erased Tapes are one of our favourite labels, with artists such as Peter Broderick, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Olafur Arnalds and Nils Farhm. They have a series of free sampler […]
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review by Killian Laher Flesh World hail from the west coast of America, yet make decidedly non-west coast sounding music. Opening […]
New Music – Gwenno – Chwyldro
In a world where lyrics are often lost in the mix, we rarely pay that much attention to what a pop star has to say. It’s only when you listen closely to […]
New Music: James Vincent McMorrow – How to Waste a Moment
The bold James V McM has dropped a tune onto Soundcloud which is being seen as a taster sized treat of what is in store from his forthcoming album. It has come […]
New Music – Girl Band – Paul
It’s nice to see something this bitter and twisted come out of our own fair shores, and not surprise it’s from Girl Band. Their album ‘Holding Hands With Jamie’ will be released […]
EL VY (Matt Berninger + Brent Knopf) Album + Dublin show
If the question ‘what is the plural of Elvis’ has ever kept you up at night, well, all has just been revealed! This is a side project of Matt Berninger of the […]
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble – Album Review
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble Tall Firs are a pair of laid back, laconic American guitar strummers. Signed to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, Ghostlight Ensemble is their fourth album. Don’t expect […]
My Pilot – Welcome to Ireland – EP Review
My Pilot – Welcome to Ireland – Review by Killian Laher Dublin band My Pilot’s latest release, mini-album Welcome to Ireland. Opening track In Country starts with a picked guitar pattern before […]
New Music – Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin’
Kurt Vile has just released the first single ‘Pretty Pimpin’ off his upcoming album ‘b’lieve i’m goin down…’. The album will be out on September 25th on Matador Records. As you’d expect […]
New Music – Mark Lanegan & Beth Orton – Your Kisses Burn
Mark Lanegan Shares ‘Your Kisses Burn’ duet with Beth Orton Heavenly Recordings continues to mark it’s 25th anniversary with a meeting of the past and the present. Mark Lanegan, who has been […]
New Music – Monotony – Back to the Castle
Feeling sleepy? Need something to wake you up? How about the latest from Monotony ‘Back to the Castle’ which comes from their six song self titled EP. See what you think below. […]
New Music – Sweet Baboo – Got To Hang On To You
If it wasn’t lashing rain today, this would be perfect for the summer vibe! Some sweet sounds from North Wales in the form of Sweet Baboo. See what you think below. His […]
New Music – Mercury Rev – The Queen of Swans
It seems a long time since we’ve heard from Mercury Rev, and indeed their last album Snowflake Midnight was released in 2008! Some good news then in the form of a new […]
New Music – Columbia Mills – The Perfect Day
Dublin band Columbia Mills release their new EP ‘The Perfect Day’ on Friday June 12th ahead of their gig in Whelan’s of Dublin on Saturday June 13th.With comparisons to New Order, The […]
New Music – Beirut – No No No
Zach is back, and this time he’s on 4AD, so if Future Islands are anything to go by, he’ll be Indie royalty by about Christmas. We love him here, so all good. […]
New Music – Baio – Brainwash Yyrr Face
Baio is the bass player with Vampire Weekend, and this is his first single off his debut album after having released a series of EPs. You can see the results below, they’re […]
New Music: Ríona Sally Hartman – Show Me
Ríona Sally Hartman is the lead singer of the band Monster, Monster. This is the first single off her debut album, which will be launched in Smock Alley on June 14th. As […]
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review by Killian Laher Paul Tiernan, formerly of Interference has several solo albums under his belt, his latest, The Mystery of Others is […]
Interview With Adrian Fitz-Simon On Faking His Own Reviews
Adrian Fitz-Simon is a crook, plain and simple, but you have to admire his moxy! If you click on his website, you will see a page of glowing reviews for his new […]
The Districts – Academy – 02-05-15 – Preview
Have you your Saturday night sorted yet? If not, then the Academy 2 is possibly the place to be, with one of those bands that could explode over the course of the […]
Tobias Jesso Jr. – The Button Factory – Friday December 4th
He hasn’t even played his sold out gig in the Unitarian Church (May 10th) and Tobias has already booked his next gig in Dublin in a substantially bigger venue! Pitchfork have the […]
No More Workhorse 