A music blog from Ireland.
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Tomorrow an all-dayer from Hefty Horse brings some of the best folk and funtimes to Whelan’s Upstairs for the second Heft Fest. Since I posted the original flyer and a mix of tracks selected especially by head Horse Simon Dowling, new acts have been added to the already delectable bill. Rhob Cunningham and Biggles Flys
Friday, September 30th, 2011
This is the latest video from the Souljacker stable: made for The Fallen which is a pre-release track from the new album Burials by The Ambience Affair. I really, really like this song and the album is...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
A little welcome note to a new blog I’ve noticed lately: Echo Parade. Led by Máire Rowland and Christopher McGrath, it aims to be “a domain for all that is fantastic, confusing, interesting and awakening in the...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Returning to Dublin since their excellent show at last month’s Future Bright gig, Low Sea play Shebeen Chic tonight, bringing their dream pop sound back to the city. Best of all, it’s free if you get there...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Saw this last night, really is too good not to share. Dublin drummers Ror Conaty and Rob McComish perform on Grafton Street, drawing a very appreciative crowd. Beats dogs made of sand! Respect is due to SimonJay100...
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Good news for Dublin’s music fans today as a new record shop called Elastic Witch pops open in the Twisted Pepper with Gib Cassidy at the helm. Drummer in Logikparty, co-owner of the independent White Plague Records...
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Here’s a great video of the great new song by Last Days of 1984 called Season. It was shot at the Alliance gig on Sunday: you can see how much bigger and better the upstairs venue looks...
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
This weekend super-Scots Vasquez attend to the needs of Cork and Dublin with two shows that I am tentatively guessing will shred the faces off those in attendance. According to the promoter “there’s definitely something here for...
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
To celebrate the month, hell, the year that’s in it, Large Mound have released a new song on the 25th of every month since January. For the ninth installation of Another Year Of Rock, here’s September’s New...